Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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Grande-ish rant (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by MyGhostIsStillThere
So I’m generally an exceptionally flexible person, despite school I’m generally able to pick up shifts or trade with my lovely fellow partners but man,
I’ve only been here 6 months and like. I’m getting people who ask to trade with me before they even attempt to ask anyone else.
They’ve admitted as much because I’m “so open” and like I get these disappointed and or sad responses when I say I can’t for whatever reason?
Why? Why me?
Last week in fact I traded or straight up took no less than 5 partners shifts Because I had nothing going on and I didn’t mind an extra few Bucks but now that I need one day. One freaking day, it’s far too inconvenient
I’ve never asked to trade with anyone before now. (Never had to tbh) and almost everyone says no for some reason or another.
And it was for a 4 hour shift on Thursday.
And low and behold this week 3 people have approached me about trading and I’m kinda ticked at it.
And yes by the way, I’m aware I need to learn to say no.
I’ve only been here 6 months and like. I’m getting people who ask to trade with me before they even attempt to ask anyone else.
They’ve admitted as much because I’m “so open” and like I get these disappointed and or sad responses when I say I can’t for whatever reason?
Why? Why me?
Last week in fact I traded or straight up took no less than 5 partners shifts Because I had nothing going on and I didn’t mind an extra few Bucks but now that I need one day. One freaking day, it’s far too inconvenient
I’ve never asked to trade with anyone before now. (Never had to tbh) and almost everyone says no for some reason or another.
And it was for a 4 hour shift on Thursday.
And low and behold this week 3 people have approached me about trading and I’m kinda ticked at it.
And yes by the way, I’m aware I need to learn to say no.
Normal_Human_4567 6 points 1y ago
Learning to say no, like you said, is really the best way to handle it tbh. You need to learn to set work-life boundaries, even if you have absolutely nothing going on it's still okay to say no. If you allow work to creep into your down-time, you're going to get burnt out SO fast, if you're not already.
Next time someone asks you to cover a shift, just say 'hey, I'm sorry but I realised lately I've been neglecting my schoolwork to take extra shifts, and I just can't keep it up any more. Really sorry, I'm just trying to get a better work-life balance'. Nobody can get mad at you for that. Maybe it's a bit of a white lie though
Next time someone asks you to cover a shift, just say 'hey, I'm sorry but I realised lately I've been neglecting my schoolwork to take extra shifts, and I just can't keep it up any more. Really sorry, I'm just trying to get a better work-life balance'. Nobody can get mad at you for that. Maybe it's a bit of a white lie though
rio8envy7 3 points 1y ago
Dude this is so me. Something I’ve learned is people were taking advantage of me and I was driving myself into the ground just because “I like money” and while that’s not the worst reason it’s still a bullshit one. You need to take care of you and once people know they can rely on you you’re their go to.
I recently came back from vacation maybe 3 weeks ago and after coming back I decided I’m not dealing with peoples shit anymore. They don’t request off for an appointment or to take their sister to college that’s their problem not mine. Family emergency is a different story but I’m taking it on a case by case basis because I couldn’t handle it mentally or really at all anymore. Working 7+ days straight is hard.
I recently came back from vacation maybe 3 weeks ago and after coming back I decided I’m not dealing with peoples shit anymore. They don’t request off for an appointment or to take their sister to college that’s their problem not mine. Family emergency is a different story but I’m taking it on a case by case basis because I couldn’t handle it mentally or really at all anymore. Working 7+ days straight is hard.
Flappadingo 2 points 1y ago
You cannot control others. people are going to ask. You are going to have to say No. That’s it. No is a complete sentence.
rio8envy7 1 points 1y ago
No you can’t control others but you could say please stop asking me. I’ve just been ignoring people who as me for coverage.
Apprehensive-Lab-203 1 points 1y ago
This happened to me at my last job. I was very much a yes-man to the point where I was the first one called or asked to take up an extra shift just because I couldn't say no and had nothing going on. I definitely had to learn to say no with this job because a few more bucks is definitely not worth burning out.
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