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How to apologize/make up for my mistake? (self.starbucksbaristas)
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TLDR: I walked out today.
Long story: I’m not going to lie I always get frustrated at my job, but I usually will just have some caffine and try to focus, but for some reason today I KEPT messing up and KEPT moving too slow even though I had a lot of caffeine. We were understaffed today so I took my break in the break room instead of my car so I could come back quickly, and over my break one of my coworkers saw my bare unmasked face without makeup which made me even more upset. Other than work related stuff I have a lot on my mind, my parents are both very sick with coronavirus, I’m behind in school (due to sick parents), my weight is ballooning, and I’m dealing with a recent SH relapse. I’ve informally taken some time off school, but at work my hours got cut out of nowhere (nearly halved) so I couldn’t afford to take any time off. I tried to come in like normal today and work but I couldn’t deal with constantly disappointing my coworkers and letting them down. I was super slow on warming because I couldn’t get my body to move any faster so I got moved to DTW where I almost immediately gave out the wrong drink.
After that I just wanted to die. I’m genuinely so tired of being a fuck up wt this job. I haven’t been sleeping lately, and when I do I wake up constantly because I’m stressed and it’s made me super fragile. I couldn’t deal with anymore customers and I just walked (ran) out and had a total breakdown. I came back in to clock out and my SSV gave me a speech about how “mental health > Starbucks” but I know this will probably have consequences. This is like a no call no show but even worse because I made a scene when my SSV came to talk to me because I couldn’t stop crying for long enough to explain to her what was up.
I’m so upset and embarrassed. I feel like after this my hours are going to be cut even more and I can’t afford that. I don’t know what to do here to apologize.
Long story: I’m not going to lie I always get frustrated at my job, but I usually will just have some caffine and try to focus, but for some reason today I KEPT messing up and KEPT moving too slow even though I had a lot of caffeine. We were understaffed today so I took my break in the break room instead of my car so I could come back quickly, and over my break one of my coworkers saw my bare unmasked face without makeup which made me even more upset. Other than work related stuff I have a lot on my mind, my parents are both very sick with coronavirus, I’m behind in school (due to sick parents), my weight is ballooning, and I’m dealing with a recent SH relapse. I’ve informally taken some time off school, but at work my hours got cut out of nowhere (nearly halved) so I couldn’t afford to take any time off. I tried to come in like normal today and work but I couldn’t deal with constantly disappointing my coworkers and letting them down. I was super slow on warming because I couldn’t get my body to move any faster so I got moved to DTW where I almost immediately gave out the wrong drink.
After that I just wanted to die. I’m genuinely so tired of being a fuck up wt this job. I haven’t been sleeping lately, and when I do I wake up constantly because I’m stressed and it’s made me super fragile. I couldn’t deal with anymore customers and I just walked (ran) out and had a total breakdown. I came back in to clock out and my SSV gave me a speech about how “mental health > Starbucks” but I know this will probably have consequences. This is like a no call no show but even worse because I made a scene when my SSV came to talk to me because I couldn’t stop crying for long enough to explain to her what was up.
I’m so upset and embarrassed. I feel like after this my hours are going to be cut even more and I can’t afford that. I don’t know what to do here to apologize.
Internal-Piesis 14 points 2y ago
They are right though! Your mental health IS far more important than someone’s latte. Society expects us to turn into a people-pleasing robots as soon as we clock in. It isn’t that easy when a lot is going on with your personal life. I think you should be okay with your job given that it isn’t due to just not giving a shit. You obviously are very upset about it!!! Hopefully your SSV knows that and you can just explain to her that there is a lot going on in your personal life and it was just a bad day. It isn’t a recurring thing so I think it’ll all be okay. We are allowed to have bad days and mess up, we’re human beings for christ’s sake. However, I hope everything turns out for the best! Be sure to take extra care of yourself right now.
QueenMab88 3 points 2y ago
Sounds like you had an anxiety attack. Your SSV is absolutely right and it seems like they were pretty understanding about it. Apologize if you feel like you need to, but give yourself a break. I doubt there will be anything serious as far as consequences, if anything happens at all. That being said, my only advice is to see if talking to a therapist will help you gain some peace and perspective. Fortunately, we have free access to that through Lyra, so maybe give that a try.
praisethelore 3 points 2y ago
When your sleep is shit- your life is shit. I promise you are only making silly mistakes because you haven’t been getting enough sleep. My advice is to lay in a dark room and try to sleep then come into your next shift with a new mindset: efficiency. You don’t need to say anything to your coworkers- just show them you are ready to work and are focused. If you can bounce back then they won’t cut your hours in my opinion.
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