I've been with sbux for almost a year now. Today was my last day because I'm leaving for school 3.5 hours away and I cannot work without my service dog any longer.

A couple things


1) Don't underestimate the connections you will miss and the tears you will shed. I cried in my car once I clocked out for the last time. One of my favorite regulars cried once she realized I was serious about this being my last day. At the end of the day, I know it was just a job. But I loved my regulars and my coworkers. Everyone except for two green beans at my store were amazing people and I hope I keep in contact with them.



2) TLDR: be patient with new partners, and even older partners. We're human and experience things differently

I was one of the most experienced partners at my store and I had been there for *less than a year*. It was almost a year, but it was a year. **More experienced partners, please be patient.** Because of a former manager (who was shitty) I didn't get any bar time until almost ***FOUR MONTHS*** into working with the bux. Even in training I didn't touch the bar I just watched. The manager tried to train me and did it incorrectly. I had to be completely retrained on bar. Most of my coworkers DID NOT realize I never got bar time (even my shifts) and we were so understaffed that they didn't have *time* to make sure I was. **That being said,** once I was properly trained, people realized I wasn't actually shitty at my job. You don't know what a person goes through every shift, even when you work the same job, because you ARE NOT THEM. Please don't assume like they did. Try to coach and ask questions or bring it up to your shift if you notice something.


3) ***The general public fucking sucks***


4) Treasure your regulars and make customer connections. Yes, it's for a score. But it's also for **you**. Talking to some of my favorite regulars, who have become my friends, literally made or broke a shift for me. If I was yelled at by a shitty customer, seeing one of my favorites after that made my day instantly better. Those connections don't come out of nowhere, you have to work for them.


5) I cannot stress this enough, ***RESPECT YOUR GODDAMN SHIFTS***. Yeah, they aren't much higher than you on the food chain of sbux. But they have a LOT more responsibility than we do and they are our *bosses*. At the bare minimum, they deserve respect as a human being. My shifts have always been amazing and wonderful and I turned in a formal complaint because of a partner that constantly undermined both of the ones I worked with despite the partner being brand new. And by brand new I mean two weeks. He always thought he was better than our shifts, gave customers his phone numbers, asked them out, harassed female presenting staff & was homophobic. I'm disappointed to say he wasn't fired.


I think that's it. It's been a journey everyone and maybe I'll be back next summer. I can't say I loved every second but I definitely didn't hate every second. I love y'all, have a great day. Thanks for reading this far

Edit: grammar/formatting