Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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whoever keeps one bagging trash, causing me to get a copious amount of unidentifiable liquids on my poor doc martens, your mom’s a hoe (self.starbucksbaristas)
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cringeqween13 156 points 2y ago
As much as it infuriates me that a multimillion dollar company doesn't have better trash bags, I double my bags before I put them in the trashcan.
Vosstonmass1 76 points 2y ago
The double bag is also for safety. I worked in a high incident area and more than once a partner had been stuck by a needle and turns out the cans were only single bagged. It is for sure a standard to double bag the cans.
kayleeispunk 2 points 2y ago
God tell me about it, it’s scary. I also work at a high incident store, one of the highest in the area and we’ve had people literally do crack in the bathroom, smoke weed, cigarettes. We’ve found crushed up pills, needles in the bathroom and outside trash. We have a pair of these rubber gloves we use when doing trash for this reason, so we don’t get poked.
funcdroptables 2 points 2y ago
It's easy to wish they went somewhere else and none of you deserve having to deal with that shit. But it can be nice to remember that these people arent focused on taking advantage of your job, they just see it as a safe place. Nobody should be leaving needles like that--they must have been very messed up
richayy420 41 points 2y ago
Multi billion* too help prove your point better!
nicathor 78 points 2y ago
Honestly, next time you change the trash and it's single bagged just loudly demand to the sky "Who's the noob that isn't double bagging?!" Do it every time and eventually they'll either stop having you change trash, or the person responsible will get called out by someone else
ih8yogurt 1 points 2y ago
I go to whoever was on cs most recently and remind them to double bag. It tends to always be the same person but he’s super nice just a little anxious/forgetful
croissantboyy 67 points 2y ago
Once i was changing the overflowing back of house partner trash that hadnt been changed in days and suspicious and foul smelling shit looking liquid went all over my legs. Another time i tossed trash into the trash compactor on a really rainy day and disgusting, unidentifiable dumpster liquid splashed back out all over me. Needless to say i nearly threw up both times and basically showered in the back of house sink.
BRGLR 6 points 2y ago
I had a coworker that got the garbage juice in her mouth when throwing the trash out... We no longer had an issue with single bagging after that.
croissantboyy 4 points 2y ago
oh my god
temporarynothings 36 points 2y ago
We have a trash can specifically for warming (Idk of all stores do or not) and my SSV will always tell me to single bag it bc “we only put warming papers and wrappers in it” yeah until every other trash is overflowing and people resort to that one for everything 🙄
(just to note: we don’t let every trash can get to the point they’re all overflowing at the same time, but on days we get slammed and have a four partner play trash gets away from us FAST)
(just to note: we don’t let every trash can get to the point they’re all overflowing at the same time, but on days we get slammed and have a four partner play trash gets away from us FAST)
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WorthPrinciple7049 1 points 2y ago
With our store layout, our warming can has never had anything gross in it. We really only for sure double bag BOH (because toddies), the two that brewer and espresso grounds go in, and definitely lobby. No one has ever complained or had an issue that I’m aware of. 🤷🏻♀️ All the rest is basically empty containers. If our cans are full, we just toss empty containers in the hole around the can and whoever changes it bags it all up and wipes out the cabinet.
Razza_ma_tazza 29 points 2y ago
We stay double bagged.
Swordxxxx 26 points 2y ago
I’m pretty sure someone last week dumped an entire jug of frap roast into the solo bagged garbage just to watch me suffer. My khakis were frap roast colour after that.
beansessette 21 points 2y ago
my SM specifically tells us all the time not to double bag. i never listen 😌
DraconidZinnia 17 points 2y ago
Lmao why though... It's policy to double bag :|
rollerderbydyke 9 points 2y ago
Your SM's mom's a hoe
Bubblebutt217 7 points 2y ago
Probably to save money
rudebii 15 points 2y ago
Fewer things induce so much rage
zach0605 14 points 2y ago
whoever put the cold brew grounds in the back trash can, your moms a hoe
BaristaBoi97 14 points 2y ago
Same thing happened to me except it leaked onto my arms and fresh tattoo🙃
acelestialgay 8 points 2y ago
OH GOD NO!!
BaristaBoi97 7 points 2y ago
Yeah luckily it was my last thing to do before my shift was done so i raced home to shower
ih8yogurt 1 points 2y ago
Saniderm helps to keep fresh tattoos from garbage juice (and other Starbucks elements)
skylinegtrr32 10 points 2y ago
Yep. Someone single bagged 3 cold brews they leaked all over my favorite blue khakis when I was running trash at night :) Boudda throw hands with morning crew...
trashkittenxoxo 6 points 2y ago
Yeah, yesterday my manager explicitly told me to dump entire drinks into the trash because "it's double bagged, it's fine." But my understanding is that we double bag in case something sharp pokes a hole in it, and that might not cover leakage?
Anyway I was horrified. If a trash bag leaks anything on me anything more than a couple drops i'm walking out.
Anyway I was horrified. If a trash bag leaks anything on me anything more than a couple drops i'm walking out.
reddskeleton 8 points 2y ago
Doesn’t dumping entire drinks into the trash make it a lot heavier? Seems like a dumb thing to do...
Bubblebutt217 7 points 2y ago
All that to save a couple seconds of time ugh
trashkittenxoxo 2 points 2y ago
This was also to keep berries out of the sink drains, but we have a mesh guard, we just don't use it (laziness? Who knows) half the time. My shift was telling me to strain the berries out first and I asked how, please show me, so to prevent his shift from looking bad the SM stepped in and told me to dump the whole drink. 🙄
Bubblebutt217 3 points 2y ago
Lame. I find that ask forgiveness later works for a lot of SMs IF it’s a logical thing. Like me pre-bagging oatmeal inclusions and labeling it in the morning helps us get oatmeal out the window faster and after several weeks of doing it without asking now my manager has made it a norm
jones_mrgrt 1 points 2y ago
Genius.
rollerderbydyke 2 points 2y ago
I keep the lid on when dumping drinks and squeeze the cup, and then toss the remainder in the trash to prevent berries from getting out.
trashkittenxoxo 2 points 2y ago
I tried this the other day and the whole lid popped off. NBD, just cleaned it up, but I thought of this comment and laughed. I'll have to try it again next time I need to dump one. Someday I'll get it right!
trashkittenxoxo 1 points 2y ago
Oh nice! Thank you, this will be very helpful!
Crow-Lord-Supreme 2 points 2y ago
Blows my mind how they don’t realize that they are basically telling people to create massive trash juice water balloons.
Interesting-Start408 6 points 2y ago
i definitely feel this
TheBlueSuperNova 6 points 2y ago
WHAT?
Luna_Pear 5 points 2y ago
This literally happened to me on my last shift, my doc’s and I were so mad. Lol
Bubblebutt217 4 points 2y ago
I put 6 bags in so I only have to take out the first two then I’m done with the trash and no trying to mess with bags and being called to register and to brew coffee like I’m an octopus lol (I also put 6 bags in the food trash can, but only take out one so they last my entire shift
trashkittenxoxo 4 points 2y ago
This is so smart! I had a partner once suggest we set up extra cans before peak so we could just swap out the cans and change the bags when we had the time. Genius.
Alas, currently i'm working with folks who leave the can empty up front while they walk the bags out to the back and then decide to come back and rebag the can. Nightmare.
Alas, currently i'm working with folks who leave the can empty up front while they walk the bags out to the back and then decide to come back and rebag the can. Nightmare.
Bubblebutt217 4 points 2y ago
I had someone do that while I was on bar and I turned around to throw away an empty milk jug and didn’t see it was bag less. We were down a trash can while they rinsed it out a bit
trashkittenxoxo 1 points 2y ago
We just had trash collecting on the counter beside mobiles, oops
SillyD19 3 points 2y ago
Also I let partners know to dump the liquid out of their drinks before the put them in the trash, SERIOUSLY it isn't hard!
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abradds 3 points 2y ago
Even if I double bag they still leak if too much liquid gets in it 😔
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LadyLechuga 2 points 2y ago
& whoever filled the BOH trash can with 3 toddie placentas, your mom’s a hoe
Localpeach 2 points 2y ago
I injured my back 3 months ago because someone in my store didn’t double bag. I still feel pain from it...
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