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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2020 - 12 - 21 - ID#khjfrs
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Why is this happening to me??? (self.starbucksbaristas)
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aspen_silence 3 points 2y ago
if all of your shifts are doing this then it's probably coming from above them. Your SM is probably looking to you to help teach the new hires or possibly to advance you at some point. Sadly it can feel like knit picking but might not be the intention.

I'd talk to your shifts to see of there is a specific reason or lesson they want to to learn moving forward.
An-Unnamed-Star 1 points 2y ago
Yeah, I really don't think the intention is anything close to being malicious. But with my severe anxiety and me constantly trying to be perfect when they start asking too much of me and expect me to be perfect as well it starts feeling as if I've set the bar too low for myself. Like when the perfectionism starts getting to me internally it's easier to shut it down by saying this isn't rooted in reality and is all internal, but when expectations start coming from external sources and I try to meet them and fail I feel like I've let everybody down and it would be better if I were to just leave
thrashnsass 3 points 2y ago
What behaviors are they "constantly correcting"? Are you consistently fixing the behavior? Could it be that, due to your anxiety and perfectionism, you're hyper-sensitive to it being directed at you or you're not noticing conversations with other partners? I also battle anxiety, this isn't meant as a negative phrasing, just the best way for me to explain that sometimes people are acting normal and I need to check my reactions.
An-Unnamed-Star 1 points 2y ago
The correcting is a bunch of different little things, like, have full conversations with customers, hand out items in their order, etc. (Obviously my shifts have stated this nicer, and I summed it up pretty bluntly for the example.) I understand that these are all valid things and I have made an effort to comply with them. I could be missing conversations with other partners, maybe I should look out for that, honestly, sometimes I forget that I'm hyper-sensitive and not everybody is overanalyzing everything, thanks for reminding me. I have been working on checking my reactions more, and that's why I'm trying not to be super defensive about it to them.....sadly pretty sure I'm failing at this, I still feel as if I need to be defensive, and often my feelings win over my logic.

Probably this will wind up the usual case of I'm really overreacting, and I clearly need to figure out how to not be hypersensitive.........especially at work when there are so many stressed people and I just pick up on that and become a very irritable person which never helps anybody I wish my emotions didn't affect me as much as they do......and yes this is a genuine thank you for reminding me that feelings suck and are rarely useful
thrashnsass 3 points 2y ago
Have you tried anxiety strategies at work? Simple breathing tricks have helped me a lot and if I'm feeling super overwhelmed I have a few things I do. 1) If I'm overwhelmed while barring and my area is messy, I will stop to clean up before working on my next drink. I understand making times are important, but I've always felt that customers will also appreciate that their orders are being made in a cleaner environment. It helps me re-center and get focused again. 2) If I'm just having a rough day and I feel overwhelmed, I use a variation of an anxiety-reducing technique. I try to find and acknowledge 5 things I see, 4 things I hear, 3 things I feel, 2 things I smell and 1 thing I currently taste. I thought it was bogus at first, but now it really helps me!

I wouldn't necessarily say you're overreacting, you're just reacting. Sometimes we need to check our reactions and what's causing them and see where we go from there!

Working at Starbucks was EXTREMELY taxing on me at first (both the circumstances that got me there and learning all the new stuff). I had panic attacks daily, felt everyone was out to get me, etc. Now, for the most part, I really love my job.
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