Trenta sized rant?So I blame our medical system and starbucks management more than anything, but I am a little annoyed with a sentiment my manager had about my issues.

First, why I am working at starbucks when I have a decent paying job? I need double jaw surgery, and it is expensive. Over $60k if you include the braces. However, after a year of battling the insurance company, my final appeal was exhausted. This happened a week before my surgery in October. When the hospital found out, they said my bill could be $100k-300k. My surgery was on a Friday, but they didn’t get back to me with the expected quote until Wednesday afternoon! By then I had cancelled my surgery with my surgeon. So now I am stuck with braces that have aligned my teeth in a way that doesn’t fit my mouth right now, but how it is supposed to after surgery.

So, I got a job at sbux because of my surgeons suggestion and other people online. I knew getting 20 hours a week on top of 48/36 hours was gonna suck but I decided to get a job here anyways. The thing is, they put me at a store I had never been to before. The busiest one in the South Bay area from what I have heard. Not only that, but it is notorious for call outs -at least from what I’ve heard when I shop at other sbux.

So how could working two jobs 60-70 hours a week go wrong? Well, if you add in back pain and neck pain a lot. My surgeon, orthodontist, and chiropractor all have said my braces could be contributing to my neck pain as well. When you’re tall drive-through sucks. The window is in such a way that just standing up, I am looking directly at the window frame. So, if I want to interact with the customers, I need to tilt my head and bend over. This puts strain on my back and neck which sucks but it can also start to pinch my nerve in the left side of my neck. This f\*\*\*\* sucks for everyone. I have yet to find a comfortable position while working drive-through, and my manager said I couldn’t use a stool to brace myself.

Andddd today… I woke up with my back hurting. I did some back stretches that my physical therapist prescribed for me last year that work surprisingly well, if I don’t agitate my back. I need my 20 hours so I didn’t call out. First thing that happens, I get drive-through, great. After some complaining my manager takes me to the back and yells at me about how I am not being a team player. People on bar get shoulder pain and don’t complain. I am quite aware of physical discomfort. She said she didn’t want me there if I was gonna complain and she didn’t like my attitude. So I left.

I have spent a lot of time and money over the last couple of years trying to address my issues with pain. As I am typing right now I have a gaming chair I need to return sitting behind me (I am trying to find a good chair for neck and back pain), a bed frame that lasted me a month I never returned because I threw away the box:(, and a mattress that my cat is currently sleeping on. I am keeping my old mattress in case I don’t like the new mattress I got. Physical pain is kinda taking over my life, well at least where I live :P I don’t think I’ll be coming back to sbux. BTW to afford all this stuff I work some serious hours at my main job. Here is one with 132 hours in a two week period in August, which I used to buy a new mattress. Ya, I am a big baby… JFC. Maybe it's time I start putting my physical and mental health above money.

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