Basically they have been with Starbucks starting a month before me and are hardly what I call professional. I mean don’t get me wrong I don’t mind joking and goofing off. However they are going to kill themselves (as a healthy coping mechanism their words not mine) constantly saying on the floor in front of teenagers and other partners. I myself have struggled with depression, suicide, and self harm and it truly yes bothers and concerns me.

The other night I told them they need to stop joking about it because it’s concerning and makes others uncomfortable. Which caused them to get upset. Then there’s the matter of that they do not clean after themselves on bar or after they eat etc. it’s always a disaster when I walk in the door because they aren’t helping the partners or anything like that. They continue to walk around and do the bare minimum that it is to be a “shift”

I spoke with another shift about it who informed me that they were told many times by even the store manager to stop saying suicidal jokes etc on the floor, because it isn’t okay with the sm or anyone else.

Yes we have talked to them about seeking medical care or even trying Lyra and they refuse both. Now I feel shitty because they can’t say I’m going to kms on the floor anymore and I honestly don’t know what to say or do. Like I don’t know who to reach out to. My store manager can only do so much and I haven’t even mentioned the messiness factor to anyone really besides the other shifts know of their messiness, it feels out of my control.

I feel bad like I took away their only coping skill at work, but I don’t like hearing it every day every twenty mins and we work with teenagers who already are probably stressed as is from various things like school this job etc. seeing someone that’s supposed to be a leader type figure saying those things can be concerning and possibly influential.