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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2021 - 11 - 24 - ID#r0zcv3
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Night crew! Favorite/Least Favorite tasks? (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by residenttinman
Alright closers, sound off. What are your favorite and least favorite tasks?

My favorite is breaking down the espresso machines. It’s so satisfying getting the beans out and getting it all clean. Though I also enjoy restocking the fridges.

Least favorite is those damn drains. So gross. So messy. My clothes get gross and/or bleach stained and it’s a horrible task all around.
rainbowstoner27 28 points 1y ago
My favorite is doing a final wipe down of the counters at the end of the night and breaking down the sinks. Everything looks so clean and shiny. Then morning crew shows up.

Least favorite is floors. They’re NEVER clean.
maaaariiiaaa 14 points 1y ago
favorite is making all the backups especially whips and refreshers for the morning shift the next day.

my least favorite is dishes. i used to love it because we got to listen to music and didn’t have to deal with customers, but i had to be on dishes everyday for like two weeks bc my shifts said i was really good at it that my hands got rashes and cuts from the cleaning solution. now i despise it, but i don’t mind doing it every now and then
Guilty_Owlz 11 points 1y ago
I love cleaning sinks, fridges, and bathroom and will do everything possible I can to never touch floors again
KurtzKOButtz 10 points 1y ago
I’ll destroy a day’s worth of dishes, but f them drains
macci-hot-o 5 points 1y ago
I hate when you have to make drinks in the middle of half the equipment missing and our counters look wrecked. It just gets to me and I’m surprised customers don’t get upset about it
Select_Swordfish_603 5 points 1y ago
Weird thing but I love doing the pastry case. I don't like throwing all that food away but love lining up all the little tags in neat little rows, organizing them from sandwiches to pastries. After that, taking the pastry plates and stacking them nicely in neat little ways every single time.

My least favorite thing is mopping. No matter how hard I try it's never clean and my footprints are still there. Infuriating.
Skydery 5 points 1y ago
Favorite: Bleaching EVERYTHING. Cabinets, counters, tables.
JeanLucPicardsAss 4 points 1y ago
I am a shift now but my favourite is turning off the music and the lights, its like popping a tylenol from the heavans

Least fav is that my manager just took away one of my closers and now we close with one barista on the floor
Status-Ad-3893 4 points 1y ago
Favorite: floors or cleaning sinks
Least favorite: bathrooms, pastry case
Voxxyvoo 3 points 1y ago
fav task: trash and espresso machines
least fav: pastry case and restock
normaldud 2 points 1y ago
My favorite is drains!!!!! I love a clean drain, I try to get to it as often as I can since becoming a shift
My least favorite is dishes, I really hate how dry my hands get :(
limechipLIVE 2 points 1y ago
you and i are complete opposites…. we should close together. we’d make a great team.
jackiebangs 2 points 1y ago
Favorite is breaking down bar 1 and cold bar. I love seeing it so clean!
Least favorite is floors, no contest. Fuck those mats
Elegant_District887 2 points 1y ago
i love cleaning sinks and doing the final wipe on the bar, making everything look shiny😩😩

floor mats 👹👹👹
National-Chance2406 2 points 1y ago
my fav part is : dishes, putting stuff back , wiping down , & getting the tea prepped for morning
xj376877 1 points 1y ago
My store just doesn’t do our drains lol
KnownUnderstanding56 1 points 1y ago
i love doing dishes and all my ssv’s know it lol
ashley0927 1 points 1y ago
My favorite is cleaning sinks (so satisfying) and dishes. My least favorite is patio…
limechipLIVE 1 points 1y ago
i LOVE doing bar closing. Other than the drains (ew) I like washing the dishes and putting them out for the next day. I love wiping down the machines and pilling them. and wiping down the counters after everything is done is superior. restocking is okay. not my fav part of closing but it’s fine. i HATE doing floors. i’m always stuck with floors. The dragonfruit and strawberries never come off of the floor
writingqueen22 1 points 1y ago
favorite - breaking down bar
least favorite - drains 🤢
coconutncracka 1 points 1y ago
favorites: cleaning sinks, melting ice, wiping down everything, mopping, restocking

least favorites: dishes, trash runs, sweeping, doing bathrooms
sailorgrumpycat 1 points 1y ago
Least favorite is running the clean play.

Most favorite is collecting, organizing, and dropping the tip bag.
sero5074 1 points 1y ago
I absolutely love cleaning bathrooms, sinks, lobby, and counters. Just so satisfying to clean the mess of the day and have it not touched once again until 5a the next morning, just knowing no customers or partners will mess up a good hard work clean until another 9 hours. I like to make whips and sweet cream too.

Least favourite is probably dishes only bc my hands are very in bad shape right now from constantly washing and dishes. Maybe could wear those rubbers gloves. Other than that, would be sweeping and mopping, while it’s time consuming and isolated, it hurts my whole little old body.
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