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Full History - 2021 - 01 - 21 - ID#l21p5q
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Grande rant trenta yak 🤢 (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by sadroommate
I just witnessed one of my coworkers have the most disgusting conversation with one of our regulars (let’s call him regular 1) . The conversation was about another one of our regulars a really pretty woman who works for regular1 who comes in every morning. They both call her their “girl” and go on to talk about how fine she is and then they talk about her body parts in a very disrespectful way (you get the gist) . So I turned to him and I said “you’re conversation is making me really uncomfortable” he goes on to say it’s harmless and just locker room talk, and unfazed they go back to their conversation. I’m seething in a frustrated silence and I don’t know what to do. of course my shift wasn’t on the floor to hear them talk so disgustingly so it’s my word against his but fuck. I just can’t believe he would speak about a woman like that especially one he smiles and talks to every morning. It pisses me off. Idk. Thanks for letting me rant. Sorry if I’ve made you feel like making a trenta yak too.
midg-ee 27 points 2y ago
That’s a third place violation, and just generally disgusting and over the line. Tell your SM that he’s making sexual comments about a customer, and that he ignored your telling him it makes you feel unsafe and uncomfortable. Absolutely unacceptable. So sorry you have to deal with this :(
sadroommate [OP] 12 points 2y ago
Thank you guys for the advice, I ended up talking to my shift and my Sm and they said that they would talk to him about it. They did document/ write it down. But I’m not sure what “talking to him” even means and now I just feel so anxious to get on the floor with him again. I think I will call partner relations too. I just wish I could do more for the lady I don’t know if it’s my place to let her now how her boss speaks about her or how I would even approach that topic with her.
iwantmysharpieback 12 points 2y ago
1: if he's saying it front of you, he's saying it in front of others.
2: if you're uncomfortable, so are others.
3: when people finally ACTUALLY have repercussions for their actions it's after an established pattern of poor behavior.
4: speaking up will establish that pattern. Don't just have a single conversation with a shift. Make a stink with the SM.

Signed, a person who was sexually assaulted at work by a "locker room talker"
penelopethyne 10 points 2y ago
Oh my god that is so horrible. So creepy too like it makes my skin crawl thinking about the fact that people actually talk about women like that :((( makes me scared to be a woman
Mommy2SNP 3 points 2y ago
Report it if you don’t think your sm will do anything call partner relations
Abrakadanni 2 points 2y ago
Definitely report this to all who will listen if you feel comfortable.
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