Yeahhh I’m pretty sure I’m calling off tomorrow to do some job hunting. I’ve taught, worked at Amazon, and I’m soooo tired of getting treated the same way over& over again. But at least I got a decent paycheck from Amazon. Don’t get me wrong, it absolutely sucks there and teaching is its own shit storm but I can’t really find anything positive about Starbucks and I can feel how much it’s weighing me down. Two thumbs down for this stupid job

No, it’s definitely more than that. It’s a group of people who hang out often outside of work. They laugh and joke with the newest partner when he makes a mistake but they treat me like I’m stupid, and always have. There’s a blatant difference how they treat other people vs. how they treat me.

I’ve tried to be nice to them and I’m sorry but I don’t need to prove myself to anyone in order for them to treat me with respect. No one has to like me, but they are not kind nor respectful in the least. Literally not even 5 minutes ago, I just tried to help a coworker and she came over and said she was fine when others had been stepping in for her. They don’t support me and have all felt they could manage me but they certainly don’t treat others like that. The shift is the main problem and some of them are completely fine when she’s not around. They are choosing to behave this way and it’s just disrespectful.

Omg what is it with the training there? I got absolute shit training. This is part of the problem I’m having with my coworkers. I trained in the mornings and then my first shift out of training, and my schedule after that was nights, the shifts and their friends treated my like absolute shit because I didn’t know what to do. I’m the type, though, if you tell me what I need to get done I’ll happily do it! They have been on my ass since day 1 about every little thing, question me about customers’ orders and are usually the ones that are wrong, and still get on me about EVERYTHING. The shift that’s the main problem doesn’t even say hi to me whenever either of us comes in.

So here’s the thing, there’s this guy that’s brand new and they don’t correct him on anything. Now, luckily I’m a self sufficient person and I’ve had some pretty rough years (my mom died unexpectedly six years ago…had to figure a lot out on my own) so I can figure a lot out on my own. This dude has no common sense and no one is correcting him on a single thing.

Yesterday, the shift who’s been the problem had people coming over to help me on DT when there wasn’t even a line! And yet they laugh and joke about the new dude who makes ridiculous mistakes and let him do whatever. I haven’t felt so insulted in a long time.

I knew I heard over the headset that we were out of unicorn cake pops and new dude was on warming/ POS. Unicorn cake pops weren’t marked out but I asked if someone could check when a customer was ordering some in DT. The shift told me if it wasn’t marked out to put it through. I KNEW she was wrong but to prove a point, did it anyway. Lo and behold, when the customer came to pay for her order we were out. I snapped and said that was why I asked someone to check. Mind you, they’d had chewed my ass out for not having that shit marked out and they said nothing to him.

I’ve also heard them talking about me over the headset. I know how that feels my friend. And I’m with you! I can feel how much this is affecting me mentally and physically. On top of it, I have fibromyalgia so any stress makes it worse. I called off today because I came home fuming last night and I felt if I had gone in, I was going to lose it. I plan on emailing the DM and letting her know I want a transfer NOW because of how badly it’s affecting my health and I am telling her everything. Several people, shifts included, don’t work weekends (while they talk about making plans on the weekends but claim it’s for other reasons such as childcare) but because I need Sundays off for the farmers market ($20/ hr in cash) my clueless manager gives me hell. I’m so with you, I wish I could quit right this minute but I’m apartment hunting right now. And agreed about it’s hard to leave on good terms, I would love to bitch out my manager and tell him what a shit store and “team” this is.

He already called me and sent me a text today and I’m not answering his ass. It’s a minimum wage job that doesn’t nearly cover me being able to survive. I owe this man, this store, these people (coworkers and customers), this company absolutely nothing since I’ve gained not a single thing out of this.

Yes, I agree! I just do not care about this job nearly as much as they do. And I don’t like it. I do not enjoy doing one single thing there. And I’m with you! If they expect so much out of “partners” (what a bullshit term) then they need to increase the pay. I go in feeling drained already (which is how I know it’s about time to move along).

May we both find something better! Keep your head up, something better is out there!