I’m going to probably have an unpopular opinion, but that’s a his problem. Nearly everyone has an allergy of some kind. Pets being a larger one. I am allergic to cats, but you know what I do? I take medication for it. It’s not your responsibility to make sure he doesn’t have an allergic reaction.

Now, that being said, if this person was complaining about a deathly allergic reaction, that would be different. Yet you cannot possibly say you should be singled out when I’m sure every other person who goes through your store has a pet.

While you can be ‘nice’ about it and do the lint roller thing, it’s not going do a damn bit of good if they’re SO ALLERGIC. Besides, if they’re so allergic why didn’t they have issues around you before the stray dog hair?

Ask them if they’re going to pay you for the minutes you spend lint rolling your clothes lol

The ADA requires REASONABLE accomodations. This isn't reasonable.

There is reasonable request and there is this request. This request is basically unreasonable and he needs to get medication to control his allergy

💯 I would go to corporate. They cannot force you to do something out of your scheduled work hours. Putting part of your clothes out in the garage and changing out there is an unreasonable accomodation for you.

Tell his ass to stop being cheap and go get an allergy shot, god damn, why would they ask you to do all of that unnecessary work when he literally shouldn't be working somewhere that allows pets around partners 💀 Go work at Pottery Barn or something if you're that bad off

I work at a store where most of us have animals and i feel this is abosolutly crazy they can make a request but they cant force you do anything at your own home or amything. If you have a allergy take zertex or something before work but you can force someone to do that at their own home.

You know you're getting micromanaged when your manager complains about one dog hair on your shirt.

At one point in time, and this way a bad time, I had about 20 cats/kittens. Get your animals fixed, everybody. Anyways, I had a friend and his girlfriend that would like to come over, but his girlfriend was super allergic to cats in particular. She would pet every single one, pop a benadryl and move on with her day. If your coworker can't do that, he needs to learn to deal with his own issues.

Another issue would be that service animals are allowed, so to accommodate his request would mean to tell a customer they cannot accommodate their disability.

Edit: if your SM is saying the lint rolling clothes is required when it isn't officially, they should be buying lint rollers for every partner.

I would just print out the dress code and point out that it says nothing about clothes needing to be lint rolled. That's a wild request, and though I know allergies suck, if you have that severe of an allergy, working with the public is already a huge risk.

Honestly? It's already a problem. It's their allergies that they're living with. Anyone with that severe of allergies to the point to where even a SINGLE hair can cause a reaction should be taking allergy medicine daily to assist with their condition. I have fairly severe allergies when it comes to dogs but I'm not going to chastise my fellow partners with dogs for having dog hair on them. It happens. You shouldn't have to make a new routine or even change part of your lifestyle to make their life easier at work, they should be taking medicine.

Reminds me of that AITA post where someone asked their neighbors not to get a dog because they were severely allergic, and then were super pissed when the neighbors got a dog anyway.

I could be very wrong, but allergies like pet dander are not covered under the ADA and you are not to be expected to accommodate his medical needs if he himself doesn't appear to have them under control. He needs to speak to an allergist if he wants to continue working anywhere in this world. Pets are part of our culture. You are not expected to make extraordinary accommodations for him if he's not willing to also put in the work.

As someone who put in a work accommodation at my store so I would be able to lessen the cross-contamination of the malt powder (I have a severe gluten intolerance and inhaling it gives me full-body hives and stomach problems), you have to speak to a doctor and get a note from them describing what the issue is and send it to HR. They can deny your request if it seems to be too big of an ask or if your issues aren't a protected class, and asking the partners to leave their clothing in the garage and lint roll regularly so they don't bring dander in, seems to be too big of an ask for me, especially if they're not going to supply the lint rollers and will not have a locker room for you to change and keep your clothing so it's completely dander-free.

So basically, it's a him problem. You keep doing you and loving up on that pupper.

Tell your SM they need to schedule you on different shifts if they must but it’s not your responsibility. That’s a ridiculous request. Also the store could buy a lint roller and maybe ask employees to use it when they arrive or something but that’s about the extent they could ‘enforce’.

I really don't think this is a you problem.

For a gift you should gift him some allergy medicine

It becomes his problem the second you walked In the door.

Just remember, you work with food. No one desires to eat/drink things with dog hair in them. I’d be upset because while it’s “just pet hair”, it’s not professional. It’s still a job. I used to work-alongside healthcare professionals that would be covered in pet hair, it’s gross. Keep your pets (and their hair) at home.

Aaaaaand who the f* is he?! He could take Benadryl before he comes to work too so I don't understand why you would have to bend backwards for him! Don't change a thing. Ask for a transfer.

Oh we have a barista like this at my store. I got a husky puppy about a month into working at the store and she wasn’t happy. Straight up told me “Well that’s an inconvenience for anyone in the store with pet allergies.” I told her I don’t care it’s my life and my money and my dog is a very good boy. I don’t lint roll my clothes or keep them in a garage, I don’t even have one lol, I just show up as is. My boyfriend has severe allergies to pet dander and guess what we live together and he just take s a pill once a day. Also one hair! One hair! That’s ridiculous.
Honestly if they ask just say you’re doing what they want but you don’t have to actually do any of that.

Listen, this is an issue amongst a few more! Why do we have to change in any way for someone’s else’s ways of life? This is actually a very wide spectrum these days!
Why do we have to change to make the others feel warm and fuzzy!
What about us and our feelings and our way of living and our way of just being?!!!

This kind of dumbassery is why I left Starbucks the first time and left again the second time after a couple months ( it was extra money, I live comfortably off my other job that pays all the bills)

That's his issue. I have cat allergies, and I've had coworkers that had SO MUCH fur and dandruff all over their clothes and stuff. It sucked, but allergy medicine is a thing. I feel like this is asking too much of you

I would have asked if other partners are going to do the same. I imagine you're not the only one with a pet. It's unfortunate to have allergies but that just seems unreasonable.

The audacity of some people. I’ve had to put up with a ton of shit but this is where I would draw the line. Trying to police my life and forcing me to comply with an unreasonable and ridiculous “request”? I swear I would take this shit to corporate.

Sounds like bro needs to be kept in a bubble 😭😭

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You tried that all that counts :)

Pet allergies are not caused by the hair themselves but by the protein in the saliva, dander or urine which can be deposited on the animals hair. (source Mayo Clinic) As someone who is "highly allergic" to cats and anaphylactic to chocolate I still managed to work at Sbux without making anyone lint roll their clothes and just left the area when someone else made the mocha in case I accidently inhaled some. I took my EpiPen to work, kept Benadryl in my apron pocket and I take allergy meds year around prescribed my my allergist. I assume that partner HAS an EpiPen? Allergies aren't always as simple as popping a pill, but if you are not doing everything you, as the "patient", to manage them, don't expect everyone around you to jump through hoops either.

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You should definitely have this conversation documented with PRSC asap! This is an unreasonable accommodation; like so many people have already mentioned, but you want this documented somewhere in case your SM or that partner later complain to you about your attire. That might almost border harassment if this is brought up to you again and with your previous convo with PRSC you are protected from retaliation against you!

You can't be the only one in your store with a pet! This is the most ridiculous thing I have heard in a long time!

Tell him to buy, or have SB provide an N95 to wear while at work (preferably a real one from 3M, not the knockoff Amazon KN95). A new one every shift so they don’t degrade the fibers. Maybe even eyewear but since the pets aren’t actively around there should be no hair or dander floating around to bother his eyes.

And to take Claritin.
That’s the only realistic accommodation