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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2021 - 10 - 16 - ID#q958ax
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Snappy shift lead (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by Catmom0604
God I have to rant about this flipping shift lead. They are friendly and nice with all my other coworkers and seem buddy buddy with them. When they talk to me it seems like they feel as though they have no choice. I should mention I’m very new, only been with the company a few months. They seem annoyed to even have to speak with me. There have been a few instances now where I feel as though they could have came at me a different way. I don’t wanna go too deep into specifics but I will say I watched a coworker do something in front of everyone, including managers, and no one said a word. Later that day I do the same exact thing, and they cut in and tell me that I can’t do that in a snappy annoyed voice. I genuinely don’t know what I did wrong, they just seem to dislike me. Everyone else at the store either likes me or does a good job pretending too. I don’t understand what I did wrong but after this little rant I’m going to try and let it go and be the bigger person. I’ve been a manager at past jobs and I always went out of my way to make my employees feel as though they could talk to me and every other manager does a great job at this but oh my gosh this specific shift is just rubbing me the wrong way and I can’t for the life of me figure out why they don’t seem to like me. I don’t need everyone to like me it’s just so different from the way everyone else at work treats me, and they don’t seem to treat anyone else this way. I’ve considered saying something to the store manager but they seem really close and I don’t want to be seen as someone who’s too sensitive or starts problems. I’d rather listen to my friends advice: “keep going to work, keep your head up, and remember you don’t have to prove anything to anyone.” Thanks for reading.
Random-Brunette 2 points 1y ago
Maybe they're not a very confident person and sense you're conflict averse and can feel powerful next to you, but their 'I'm in charge' flex comes out as nastiness. I can be similar and hate myself for it... I'll over compensate trying not to be a pushover and just wind up sounding like a bitch.
Catmom0604 [OP] 1 points 1y ago
It’s very possible. I’m just hoping that things will smooth over nicely and we’ll be fine.
cfuqua 1 points 1y ago
>I can’t for the life of me figure out why they don’t seem to like me.

Have you spoken with them directly? I guarantee they can answer this better than anyone here
Catmom0604 [OP] 1 points 1y ago
I could do that, but to be quite honest they are very intimidating and I’m a timid and anxious person who does not like confrontation. Unless they actually start being nasty to me I most likely will shrug it off like I said.
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