Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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Just a bit worried about some things (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by CallOfOniichan
Hey guys. Nearing the end of my third week green bean here. I just want to get some insight and advice from some of you all here about some things. I knew going into this job that it would not be easy, but that my previous experience with other jobs would help mitigate some of the challenges. I would go to say that this is true. But it has also been a lot more difficult mentally for me than I imagined.
The first week was a lot easier for me due to the hours being so tame. 1:30 - 5:30 is probably the best I could have asked for and I do realize this is by design to ease in new hires. However, there was a lot to take in at once and I knew that I would still be learning for a long time to come. That being said, due to losing staff in the past couple months, I was immediately slapped on opening shifts my second week, as well as having two of those be eight hours. Furthermore, today would have been my seventh day working in a row following that week. Key word is would have.
Last night, after working an early morning shift, I had to help my God father move out furniture from the nursing home his father stayed out shortly before he died. I didn’t return home until 10 pm and I hadn’t eaten at all that day. I had the dinner my Mom made and then I realized I needed to get to bed as fast as I could since I had to wake up for work at 4:30 in the morning. I took my medicine and things went downhill. For anyone that takes or has taken Zoloft, I’m sure you’re aware there’s a chance that it can completely mess you up and make you sick. It’s exactly what happened and it made me on the edge of throwing up and unable to sleep for the next 3 and half hours. I was trying hard to get through it but I knew I had to call in. I sent a text to my SM at 12:00 because I heard that I had to give as much time as I could.
I called in at 5 and my partner who answered was sympathetic to the circumstances. That being said, I’m really afraid that my shift won’t be and it’s really playing heavy on my mind right now. She’s been really helpful and nice, but I also know that she can get stressed out and snap a little. I’m just worried that I’ve tainted my relationship with my partners and shifts by having to work this much with so much responsibility so fast. I’ve not been entirely terrible at my job thus far but there have been difficulties. And now on top of my guilty feelings of incompetence, I had to call in. It was definitely a necessity, because I would have been no help to anyone with 3 hours of sleep and being on the verge of puking. But I can’t help but worry about the relational consequences between me and my partners that this could have.
TL;DR: Green bean, got worked a lot of hours with a lot of responsibility fast, not perfect at the job so I feel guilty for being a liability in certain areas, then had to call in this morning so worried about relationships with fellow partners.
The first week was a lot easier for me due to the hours being so tame. 1:30 - 5:30 is probably the best I could have asked for and I do realize this is by design to ease in new hires. However, there was a lot to take in at once and I knew that I would still be learning for a long time to come. That being said, due to losing staff in the past couple months, I was immediately slapped on opening shifts my second week, as well as having two of those be eight hours. Furthermore, today would have been my seventh day working in a row following that week. Key word is would have.
Last night, after working an early morning shift, I had to help my God father move out furniture from the nursing home his father stayed out shortly before he died. I didn’t return home until 10 pm and I hadn’t eaten at all that day. I had the dinner my Mom made and then I realized I needed to get to bed as fast as I could since I had to wake up for work at 4:30 in the morning. I took my medicine and things went downhill. For anyone that takes or has taken Zoloft, I’m sure you’re aware there’s a chance that it can completely mess you up and make you sick. It’s exactly what happened and it made me on the edge of throwing up and unable to sleep for the next 3 and half hours. I was trying hard to get through it but I knew I had to call in. I sent a text to my SM at 12:00 because I heard that I had to give as much time as I could.
I called in at 5 and my partner who answered was sympathetic to the circumstances. That being said, I’m really afraid that my shift won’t be and it’s really playing heavy on my mind right now. She’s been really helpful and nice, but I also know that she can get stressed out and snap a little. I’m just worried that I’ve tainted my relationship with my partners and shifts by having to work this much with so much responsibility so fast. I’ve not been entirely terrible at my job thus far but there have been difficulties. And now on top of my guilty feelings of incompetence, I had to call in. It was definitely a necessity, because I would have been no help to anyone with 3 hours of sleep and being on the verge of puking. But I can’t help but worry about the relational consequences between me and my partners that this could have.
TL;DR: Green bean, got worked a lot of hours with a lot of responsibility fast, not perfect at the job so I feel guilty for being a liability in certain areas, then had to call in this morning so worried about relationships with fellow partners.
askley422 13 points 2y ago
dude this is way too much. like i totally feel for you and i understand that calling in is stressful, but i can guarantee you are totally fine and nothing is tainted. if you’re sick, you’re sick. nothing more you can do about it except get some rest so you can come back feeling better. it’s really not that deep i promise you
CallOfOniichan [OP] 3 points 2y ago
Thank you! I have a big problem with trying too hard to make good impressions and be liked to where I can get in my own way with stuff like this. But you’re absolutely right. I appreciate it :)
brownie1267 3 points 2y ago
i’m the same way, i’m really new at my starbucks too and i just so badly want everyone to like me 🙃 which most do but the second i had a problem w one person i got so upset
8ultaoreune 2 points 2y ago
as someone diagnosed with anxiety and depression i can say that for me its gotten better over time, i still have bad days where i feel like all my coworkers hate me and my mind goes to extremes but it gets better!
it depends on who youre working with too, i happened to start off with a bunch of very....strong personalities when i first joined (it'll be my sbux 2 year anniversary in october!), but once you work with them enough you can either choose to distance yourself and focus on work or try to befriend them slowly, it helps to trust your gut :)
my best advice from my experience is that if you're ever unsure it's usually best to keep enough distance that you dont feel like their opinion of you is life or death while also making acquaintance with them so you can work comfortably together. overthinking about how a coworker percieves me while working on the floor with them is the wooooorst lol, best wishes to everyone in this thread!
it depends on who youre working with too, i happened to start off with a bunch of very....strong personalities when i first joined (it'll be my sbux 2 year anniversary in october!), but once you work with them enough you can either choose to distance yourself and focus on work or try to befriend them slowly, it helps to trust your gut :)
my best advice from my experience is that if you're ever unsure it's usually best to keep enough distance that you dont feel like their opinion of you is life or death while also making acquaintance with them so you can work comfortably together. overthinking about how a coworker percieves me while working on the floor with them is the wooooorst lol, best wishes to everyone in this thread!
brownie1267 2 points 2y ago
thank u so much this is amazing advice !!! i have always been kind of a people pleaser type and my whole life i’ve never really had an issue w someone not liking me so the thought of it freaks me out lol. i think this job will definitely teach me how to get over that tho which is good ! while most of my coworkers are literally angels and are so nice, and i’ve even starting hanging out with one of them outside of work already, i did have a problem w one girl and it threw me off for a couple days. but ur definitely right w the “not thinking of it as life or death”, because u just can’t make EVERYONE like u. at the end of the day, it’s just work and i’m just there to do my best and get payed, the perceptions of me from coworkers kinda comes second to it being a job!
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