Green bean here. Store I just started working this week at doesn’t have any new hat and aprons due to shortage/shipping crisis in port of Los Angeles. Really don’t want to keep wearing someone else’s apron that hasn’t been washed in weeks. What can I do?(self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by Missjaneausten
Edit. I do not live in Los Angeles. I’m in Houston, Texas
MungotheSquirrel48 points1y ago
Well, I can't get you a new apron, but you can totally wash it like it's dishes! Squoosh it around in the dish water to get the stains and whatnot out and you can lay it flat across a tray and send it through the sanitizer. Careful, it'll be steamy when it comes out. If there's a way you can hang it or lay it by the vents of your ice maker, it will also dry really quickly. Otherwise do this right before you leave and at least it will be clean for the next day.
asdfjklyss36 points1y ago
I DMed you. I quit and have some I can send you.
Chemical-Less12 points1y ago
I know we have a fresh one lying around in my store. Dm me and I can send it to you if you'd like! Would probably take a few days but it's preferable to a used one
_abbycadabby_10 points1y ago
I'm so sorry 😓 I can't stomach even one reuse day, the curdled milk smell is just too much. I only got one apron when I started due to the shortages, and I just washed it every night. A couple weeks later they were in stock on CoffeeGear so I bought 2. I hope you get some soon ❤️
mexicanitch7 points1y ago
Is coffee gear legit? They make me enter my partner number and that makes me nervous. TIA
_abbycadabby_8 points1y ago
Yep! It's a Starbucks corporate website. You're safe to put your info in.
mexicanitch1 points1y ago
Thank you!
pinkshadedgirafe3 points1y ago
I bought a lot of cool stuff from there when I was still a partner
mexicanitch1 points1y ago
Thank you!
Missjaneausten [OP]5 points1y ago
I hope so too! I was on coffee gear last night and all the aprons, hats and jackets I was looking at were out of stock!
emnels019 points1y ago
Hey! I live near La. I just quit and I have three. I can bring them to you!
Missjaneausten [OP]2 points1y ago
I forgot to add in my post I’m not in LA. I live in Houston, Texas
hecaete475 points1y ago
I think your SM needs to figure out who has spare aprons and ask to distribute them amongst the green beans so everyone has at least one. More veteran partners may have tons (I worked there for only a year and ended up with 4 plus a red one) and could share but may not realize how dire the situation is.
pizzapluspineapple3 points1y ago
Try another store. Go to one near you and ask them for an extra or two. If they don't, there's probably another one a mile down the road. If double not, you can have mine.
kookubo3 points1y ago
Woah, this is strange. In Canada we have like, 8+ stacks of aprons all with 15-20 in each stack, and we just go through them and wash them when our hamper gets full (manager brings them to a laundromat or something). You guys have to PURCHASE your own aprons?
cfuqua0 points1y ago
No, but it sure seems like corporate is pretending as if they are mandatory.
I can come in with no apron and no hat if they'd like, but my bet is that they wouldn't like.
adventurelyfe3 points1y ago
Wash it. Or buy one off mercari.
GeminiPussy3 points1y ago
Ask to take 1 home and wash it! Surprised your SM hasn’t been asking partners to do that!
Missjaneausten [OP]2 points1y ago
It’s not my apron. I can’t take it home because I’m borrowing it when they aren’t working. If I took it then the next shift after mine ends would be short an apron because I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one borrowing it too. Several of us just started our first week this week and us newbies are basically working in someone else’s apron until we get new ones in for us to actually keep.
GeminiPussy4 points1y ago
Well 🤷🏼♀️ wouldn’t hurt to ask your SM, maybe take it home if you work early the following day. I’m sure the partners who’s apron you took could wear a different one. Bring it up to your SM if you find it an issue, it is food safety that y’all need clean aprons… otherwise ur sol I guess
grumpysnail7552 points1y ago
That’s so disgusting for you and also to be making drinks/food in. Yuck.
ihateyousoymatcha2 points1y ago
We're supposed to take them home with us so if anyone leaves one in the back room just take the name tag off and keep it. Their loss
Most-Banana27881 points1y ago
That’s strange I’m near l.a and we have some. your sm should try and order more maybe during the time she ordered there weren’t any and just gave up trying to order them. As a sm I would have asked other stores in the district for any others so you won’t have to use a used one.
__sugabee__1 points1y ago
Look on places like ebay, Facebook market place, etc. A lot of people will sell their old aprons/hats. I use my dad's old coworkers aprons for painting. I use my own, obviously for work.
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