And then you get yelled at for staying later to make sure everything is done.

Sorry I’ve worked both and I’m worked to the bone in the mornings sometimes left to solo bar all morning and do ice bins, drains and floors all while close comes in and complains we didn’t set them up.

Yeah that would be the more efficient route. I also think having separate personnel to come deep clean the store for clean play would be good too, because no one is able to do an effective clean play after just working a 7-8 hour shift. While we’re at it, there should be a service for all metal store pieces to be absolutely singed in boiling water during the night so that it’s truly actually clean. I know there’s a hobar but our store doesn’t have the space to utilize it properly

I could see why morning wouldn’t get any since any food that would be expired is thrown away the night before. But yeah, we do occasionally get to grab foods that are expiring that same night so I suppose that’s a bonus for not getting smoothies.

Opener here, appreciate you saying that. We have half an hour max to do everything. After that it's a permanent rush. Drinks are back to back and mobile orders and walk-ins are nonstop for at least five hours. Everyone wants their coffee before work or after their night shift.

We open with two people. One on window/bar, the other on backups/bar/warming/stocking/everything else. This goes on for two hours.

The social struggle is real. Every customer is already mildly upset because it's dark and cold and they have to go to work or are coming off shift. 4 AM is not my personal shining social hour either.

Everyone who comes on shift, all throughout the day, is upset that more didn't get done before they arrived. Everyone currently on shift is wishing they had about eight more arms and five less caramel fraps with sweet cream cold foam and extra mocha drizzle made with 1% milk and three shots but actually it's not sweet enough so let's remake it but I'm on my way to work so I'll just come back tomorrow morning and you can make it for me then, [First Name Aggressively Stated].

We aren't lazy. The store is just actively burning down around us from the minute we arrive. It's not the closers' fault. Every day part blames the day part that came before them, which for openers is closers. But the problems are due to tight scheduling, skeletal staffing, and constant stupid corporate promotions. There's nothing any day part can do about that.

I wouldn’t say it’s toxic here. We don’t really complain about our morning people, mostly about how our manager decides to staff mornings vs closing . Generally when he’s there, nothing in the morning gets gone. I’m mainly just frustrated with how closers never really get recognition for what we do, which isn’t openers fault.

I will say I spent my main portion working mornings, and have only recently been part of night crew exclusively ( starting a few months ago, so I think I spent 6 months morning and have been night since those 6 months due to block scheduling ) so I at least have an equal viewpoint from both sides. But with mornings it’s a lot easier to go home and forget, where as nights you go home and sleep , I graining the frustration and tiredness

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