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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2021 - 11 - 18 - ID#qwvl04
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Who survived red cup day sound off… (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by Aurora_Boreallis
notrachelmar 14 points 1y ago
my ghost is writing this
NothingToSeeFolks 12 points 1y ago
I died
b0gw1tch 9 points 1y ago
I wish I died
Mysterious-Dig-3414 9 points 1y ago
We’re aliveee! Stressful day but we stuck together as a team and made it
Smallest_Bean 8 points 1y ago
My body breathes, but I am no longer truly alive
iStealSharpies 7 points 1y ago
Just woke up from a nap. Today was the worst experience of my life. Can’t wait for that partner survey 🤣
killerweeee 2 points 1y ago
I love your avatar!
iStealSharpies 1 points 1y ago
Thank you 😂❤️
KidKonundrum 6 points 1y ago
Oh god am I the only survivor!?
francescugh 5 points 1y ago
guys please b brutally honest in your partner surveys
[deleted] 4 points 1y ago
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rubytuzi 4 points 1y ago
🙋‍♀️ just barely
sayowats 3 points 1y ago
I only broke down crying once today! And it was after work from stress so… Yay? One more than usual but one is better than ten I guess
sayowats 2 points 1y ago
Basically body breathing mentally dead
amazing_redhead 3 points 1y ago
I only cried once!
Crinkie_Onions 3 points 1y ago
i barely survived 😢 my DM was in our lobby for all of peak i was so tense
Select_Swordfish_603 3 points 1y ago
I'm about to go in.... Pray for me
aldrif-odinsdottir 2 points 1y ago
Most of me didn't.

Got put on my worst position through peak (front PoS), got told to "pay more attention" (I have ADHD and APD), and got told, when I was on the brink of tears, that I was being demeaning by a SSV because I wasn't speaking right (again: brink of tears, neurodivergent, can barely understand what people are saying), and I guess that came across as rude.

So I spent the next two hours crying while working the front register and then had a total breakdown on my lunch break, and came back in with my face bruised up.

Oh, but I got Chick-fil-A fries to show how much my manager appreciates me (except I didn't actually get the fries; they just told me that).

And now I get to go back in in under an hour, and again tomorrow morning.
aldrif-odinsdottir 2 points 1y ago
Oh, yeah, and this was coming off of not being able to eat because my bills outweigh my paychecks and they didn't count tips like they were supposed to.
I had to take my Adderall yesterday morning without food, which just made everything worse instead of better.
arcticfae 2 points 1y ago
kinda wish i didn’t make it
amalia13lightning 2 points 1y ago
worked 6 am-2 pm then 5pm to 8:30 pm…

I died but I still have to open tomorrow so
BookDragon1996 2 points 1y ago
I got super lucky my DT store was closed due to renovations (mainly because we got our parking lot repaved) and I got put at a Cafe only store and the store manager was pushing those cups on people to get rid of them. So it wasn't too bad but I almost lot I on a couple impatient people who don't understand that your order is made in order.
shelyeet 2 points 1y ago
9 hours later… I feel like death.
Administrative_Gas26 2 points 1y ago
Couldn’t work today even if I was scheduled, had pretty hight fever Tuesday night
Elliotisnotokay 1 points 1y ago
Honestly was expecting worse. Although I only started at noon. It was busy as hell but seeing customers leave when I told them we sold out within minutes of being open filled me with joy
breadcat3 1 points 1y ago
The first customer of the day tried to argue with us because she thought if she ordered ten holiday drinks she got ten red cups
Aurora_Boreallis [OP] 1 points 1y ago
We’re they not supposed to? Hell we have them out just to be done
breadcat3 2 points 1y ago
No idea my manager just told us one per person
someginger6 1 points 1y ago
My store still has 63 cups. It’s red cup day(s) over here
aninotnahgiel 1 points 1y ago
Alive, but I fear my grip strength will never recover after doing my 7th day in a row of support. Whipped creams are brutal when you already have repetitive motion injuries.
SMAshleyRenee123 1 points 1y ago
I survived but wanted to lose my shit on every customer who wanted to act like a fucking child about tHe ReD cUpS
Markedsoultheif 1 points 1y ago
I absolutely ate shit this morning half an hour into my shift. Had to spend the rest of it covered in mud. Trained a new barista on front. And then proceeded to nearly eat shit every single time I tried to walk.
pompous-pomeranian 1 points 1y ago
My store had so many we gave them away with non-holiday drink purchases and supplied other stores, although our sales almost doubled today because other stores in the district turned off mobile orders which drove traffic to my store.
[deleted] 1 points 1y ago
Sucked
Varadgrim 1 points 1y ago
I work in a licensed store, and it was chill.
sexuallybrokenloser 1 points 1y ago
Passed away
here_forthefun 1 points 1y ago
My arms were hurting from barring so much, my neck was hurting from looking down so much, I spilled steamed milk on my hands a couple of times today and was too busy to care… tired but alive
lcrow99 1 points 1y ago
I barred
2624starbs 1 points 1y ago
Just woke up from a 5 hour “nap”… but… I survived !!
mrhammerant 1 points 1y ago
Never thought I'd say this, but I'm lucky I got Covid when I did.
fannytraggot 1 points 1y ago
I didn't
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