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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2021 - 11 - 12 - ID#qs5fq7
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How do you feel about the vaccine mandate? (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by Ok-Bowl4392
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sofso 20 points 1y ago
i don’t want to share a backroom and be in close proximity with people who aren’t vaccinated, so this is music to my ears
Ok-Bowl4392 [OP] 1 points 1y ago
From the sound of it it looks like they are trying to come up with a second option as lots of baristas still aren’t vaccinated and don’t wanna be. My SM sent me a message about it this morning.
sofso 2 points 1y ago
lmao there are literally zero partners at my store who are unvaccinated. is it really a lot?
Ok-Bowl4392 [OP] 1 points 1y ago
It’s so different at each store. At my store I believe I’m the only who’s unvaccinated but at other stores in our district it’s the opposite.
sofso 1 points 1y ago
ok well i don’t see starbucks backing down on this because (to them) baristas are easily replaceable enough that they prob think they can fire any number and get away with it. but we’ll see i suppose. hope u come around on vaccination
Normal_Human_4567 14 points 1y ago
I like it. I don't wanna work with antivaxxers
Ok-Bowl4392 [OP] -3 points 1y ago
I’m not antivaxer. I’m anti having more health problems then I currently have. A lot of the people who don’t get it may be antivaxer but other than Covid I’m fully vaccinated. It’s more about being forced to get something we don’t know the long term side effects of.
Strangethngsrafoot 5 points 1y ago
I got it the second I was able to. At the time I was getting cancer treatments and if I got full on covid I likely would have died from it. I didn’t go through everything I did and live just so I can die to sling coffee. Lots of people freaked over the polio vaccine too but they didn’t have the internet to make them feel as good as it seems to make people feel now. Anyway it’s a fight I don’t want to get into, but I am glad it’s one less thing I have to worry about.
Ok-Bowl4392 [OP] 1 points 1y ago
I totally get that and as someone who had Covid and was hospitalized for it I understand the fear.
oftbkk 0 points 1y ago
yeah i’m not sure. i’m vaccinated so it doesn’t really effect me but i have a lot of coworkers who aren’t, i don’t think they should be forced to get it just because they don’t wanna lose their minimum wage coffee job. like i understand why they haven’t gotten it yet so eeeeeh
Ok-Bowl4392 [OP] -11 points 1y ago
Yeah almost every other person at my store is vaccinated. Some even told me I’m “irresponsible” for not getting it and that didn’t go over to well 😅
oftbkk -5 points 1y ago
we just had a discussion about it at my store because i’m in the minority of actually getting vaccinated when it comes down to it and they were basically just saying that they’ll get it later but it’s been out for such a short time that they’d like to see it get tested some more and i totally get it.

i also think it’s wonky for starbucks or jobs in general to require it because like …when you get hired anywhere they’re not like “hey bestie did you get the chicken pox vaccine? let me see those records”. it’s just like not a normal thing for jobs to require you to have to work there.
GrahamsDeOro 8 points 1y ago
Yes, for my previous food service job I was required to get the hepatitis A vaccine. And when I went through my orientation at Starbucks I was asked if I have it. It’s not uncommon and mandatory in some cities or counties across the US.
icelessTrash 3 points 1y ago
It's a once in a century/lifetime pandemic of a deadly virus, and yes, if you went to school, proof of vaccines was required in your past, it is not new. This is just the first time it is because of a novel virus/pandemic. Consider yourself lucky.

Many companies have decided they need to provide safer workplaces if we are going to recover from it (notably Tyson, after horrible outbreaks at meat packing plants sickened and killed many of their workers and devastated our meat industry). Not to mention that if we do not reach a certain vaccination level variants and increased deaths are almost guaranteed (see India and the Delta variant, which developed rapidly during unchecked spread, when there was little vaccine availability).

If you have a legit medical exemption (not an Aaron Rogers made up one to try to save face), you won't have an issue. If you simply don't believe or care about any of the above, therein lies YOUR problem in understanding why it's happening, and yes, find a job with a smaller workforce so less people are endangered by your selfishness. Starbucks isn't here for it, and that's a relief.
Ok-Bowl4392 [OP] -1 points 1y ago
Exactly it’s honestly weird to me
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