sorry i’m young, but i do have a coworker who is 50? ish. she is a teacher and works starbucks for “spending money, and fun”.

Lol I just turned 35 and am the oldest at my store. It’s definitely interesting because this is my part time job and I’ve spent most of the last 10 years working two jobs almost always working at least 50 hours a week, so people calling off because they don’t feel like it is so hard for me to understand. But I also feel like that was hard for me to understand even when I was 18 so *shrug*

I’m 51 and I absolutely love working with such a young crew. They are all very respectful to me. I tend to jump into work with both feet and don’t stop but sometimes by the end of my shift I’m mentally and physically exhausted. Even though we have never talked about it, I can tell that, especially the males, will jump in and help with the heavy lifting. These are my kids. I would go to the moon and back for them.

I just turned 30. So not quite 35 but I have a blast working with the younger crew (19-22 years old).
They pick on me for being old. I pick on them for being young and dumb. They ask me for advice on life and they give me advice on what's cool.
They're a good bunch of kids and I love working with them.

In my experience, younger employees have higher highs and lower lows. Many are idealistic and then get super disillusioned. They are way more willing to let themselves be taken advantage of by supervisors regarding schedules/worker rights, but also way more likely to whine and complain about the literal job they were hired for (customers, making customized drinks). Older employees stick up for themself more, say no to stupid shit that isn’t part of the job and would never fly in corporate settings, and put their head down to get the actual job stuff done. I think it’s just a life experience thing.

I’m going to be 47 this year and am the oldest partner at my store by a difference of 15 years to the next closest partner in age.

Sometimes, I feel like I’m 75 compared to everyone else. My body after an 8 hour shift is an absolute mess.

I’ve been out in the working world longer than most of my coworkers have even been alive.

But, everyone seems to enjoy my presence, so I definitely can’t complain that I’m the oldest. Also, when there’s things about the younger generation I don’t particularly understand, they help me out to see their point of view.

I’m in my 30s. We had a 12 person play a few weeks ago and there were only 2 of us over 21. It was... interesting. I’m not the oldest at my store, it was just how the schedule was that day.

The biggest challenge of being the old fart is just seeing these kids struggle through things that I’ve already gone through. But also, I remember how hard it was to be 19 at a job where someone didn’t like me. I just like to help them and remind them that it IS going to be ok, and that while it is hard, it won’t be the end (and that they will ALWAYS work with someone that doesn’t like them or doesn’t pull their weight and it’s best to learn how to deal with it than try to fix it).

We have a really nice dynamic at my store and when I see people on here upset about how terrible theirs is it really makes me sad for them.

I’m 37 but not the oldest in my store. I enjoy hanging out with the “kids,” learning new slang, giving life advice. But then again I’m over 35 and working at Starbucks so I don’t know if the younguns take my life advice seriously!

I’m 29, but I feel really old! Our SM and I are the only ones that are married and have children. He tends to hire female minors, (which is kinda weird) so the average age is like 22.

Had a partner at my last who is the oldest (38) everyone called him dad when I was hired l. 😂