Yeah, some of my former retail coworkers were only staying for college. I also want to take advantage of the college program, but I wasn't able to, so I may try to go back to working for a retail Starbucks store in the future. Target actually does have a college program though. It doesn't look to be as good as Starbucks' one.

I was worried I didn't get free coffee! \*frown\* My store has no tables. I was gonna mention that as an advantage, but they'll come back when the pandemic gets better.

Drive-thrus cause customers to dehumanize us much more.

You did guess right that I work at Target. There's also a Starbucks in an Albertsons in my city.

what do you mean?

Mine did. Exactly why I left. It was a partner abusing me.

Yeah, you definitely want your main store to care about staffing the Starbucks properly. I'm a seasonal employee for the holiday/Christmas season, and Target's store director has been given permission to pay lots of payroll. I've been scheduled 39 hours for my first week. She knows I'm very experienced at Starbucks and I was like, "Give me work to do." My paycheck is going to be the best I've ever gotten in my life. When it comes to working at Starbucks, not only is it the luck of the draw as to who your coworkers are, but your work experience is hugely determined by your management. (I had problems with both at my old store!)

Ok, whatever store you worked for was probably breaking laws if they didn't give you breaks. At Target, if no one can cover you, you just take your break instead and leave your department without an employee. No one cares. We're big about taking breaks at our store.