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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2021 - 04 - 12 - ID#mpkern
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some shifts really have you feeling like this when you clock out (reddit.com)
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dumbflatwhite [OP] 80 points 2y ago
understaffed. customers were back on their bullshit. in the same position for most of my 6 hour shift. fave co-workers weren’t scheduled today. time for a depression nap.
thechrismonster 37 points 2y ago
>same position for most of my 6 hour shift

by most we mean on bar for whole peak then the shifts pretending to give us a break by sending us to do floors the last 30m of our shifts
keithct6 10 points 2y ago
holy shit did we have the same shift today lmfao
melodiic_ 22 points 2y ago
me today, we had 4 partners for the entire day and mobile orders just would not stop coming in. no time to clean or restock or even make cold brew until we closed, it was exhausting lmao
Sarahthelizard 19 points 2y ago
Then mids/closers are like "They didn't do ANYTHING. >:("
sararhiannon__ 20 points 2y ago
Some?....Most.

Being understaffed, rude customers, constant pressure for DT times, CC scores, we’re never doing well enough according to SM and DM. Every shift I finish work and go home and feel like that.
Koalastars009 -15 points 2y ago
That’s how these businesses make you work harder. They all do it. When in reality it’s really hard to find a good employee or a good team that’s super efficient and fast.
sararhiannon__ 17 points 2y ago
Nah b that’s how you make sure your employees use every penny of their mental health benefits hahahahah nobody wants to work harder when every goal feels unachievable because you don’t even have enough employees during busy periods to hit the DT times they’re expecting. Just stresses everyone out.
duderancherooni 1 points 2y ago
You had me until the last sentence. Yeah it’s how they make you work harder so they can squeeze every ounce of enthusiastic labor out of you until you’re a shell of a person and quit. Then they reel in the next fool. I’m not at Starbucks, but it’s the same story at the fast food chain I just left. I moved on to serving at a real restaurant so I can at least make some decent money while I’m driven into the ground and demoralized every shift.
coffeeandcamels 8 points 2y ago
How I felt today after being cold bar during peak (with a 91 half hour on a MONDAY) and then being put on window for the last 2 hours of my long ass shift :/
445143 3 points 2y ago
NINETY ONE?!
coffeeandcamels 3 points 2y ago
We regularly do 90-100 half hours at the end of the week but the customers really tried to kill me today
445143 6 points 2y ago
Bro I cannot imagine, last Saturday we were upper 50s for peak and I wanted to die. You guys must work harder than God.
coffeeandcamels 7 points 2y ago
We try but we’re all ready to quit at any moment so I think it’s just literally too much for any human
ugholivia 1 points 2y ago
What exactly does the half hour thing mean?
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SwissArzt 6 points 2y ago
Me solo barring because we are extremely understaffed (supposed to at least have another person or two on bar), with my manager refusing to order supplies. My store has been out of venti cups, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla
Professional_Pack225 2 points 2y ago
My manager is the same way. We have enough space to have bigger orders and not run out of anything but she refuses to even order enough
TylerJ716 5 points 2y ago
How did you get this picture of me from yesterday???
Jadenvicious1 3 points 2y ago
I work at a 24 hour store and it's annoying because we only have 3-4 people on an overnight, during weekends were usually wrapped until about 130am and then still have to do all the cleaning, components, restocking and extra before 4am when the morning crew shows up and they still bitch about what we don't get done even if it's something as small as 4 caramels and a counter isn't wiped. One of our morning shifts went to our SM and complained about it and now we're losing one of our favorite and best shifts on overnight to the mornings because people really think we're just out here with our thumbs up our asses not doing shit even though we get the store ready for them in the AM. This shift literally described us "banditos" 🤦‍♀️😑
LindaFromAccounting_ 3 points 2y ago
I know this is meant to be a joke but awww that poor little cat 😭
lhavard 3 points 2y ago
All.
peachiez_ 3 points 2y ago
this is how every closing shift has felt recently
ugholivia 2 points 2y ago
Yesterday everyone was doing something ( I guess) and they had my soloing drive and making the drinks at the same time...
lunafreyaknox 1 points 2y ago
This is me today because our window register is broken. Keep having to explain to people that we have to walk up front to ring them up. “Yes Susan, the same person that touches your coffee, also has to touch your phone if you want to use the app”
ittybittybakerkitty 1 points 2y ago
All locations in my area are either closed or on reduced hours since Friday except for us 🙃 Saturday a customer yelled at me till I cried, Sunday we finally got our mobiles shut off and Monday our drive thru line was out to the road - one lady complained about the wait so I looked at our timer... Bitch been in the active line 5min. Not my fault you saw the longass line and thought it'd be fine. You aren't my problem until you hit the speaker box 😉
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blueberrrytea 1 points 2y ago
when you get put on dto the whole day 🥲
dumbflatwhite [OP] 2 points 2y ago
being put on drive for a whole shift drains my soul in a way i cannot explain. i am a shell of a person after those shifts.
BaristaBeech 1 points 2y ago
Me coming home from my Sunday shift, I had to call in on Monday because my anxiety peaked. I’m lucky I have a nice SM who understands, I might’ve been fired otherwise because I basically texted her once and then ignored everyone all day. I felt really bad but I really couldn’t deal with it.
GimmeCl0ut 1 points 2y ago
This is me basically everyday
Nastybeerlight 1 points 2y ago
saturdays and sundays
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