My store has had its fifth outbreak in 30 days. I am exhausted I am overworked and I am under paid. We have possibly 10 partners left to work right now and those are the ones of us that are vaccinated. One of the partners who tested positive just posted a photo shoot and she did she called out with symptoms three days ago got a positive test today from the weather conditions and these photo shoots these pictures were taken two days ago no one in my store aside from 10-15 of us is taking this seriously. I understand that many of my partners are very young and they just don’t know to care or whatever but it’s been two years of this and I am exhausted. Another one of my partners called out so he could go to a show today. Again not a genius partner posted snap chats that his other partners can see not a mask and say no social distancing and he was there with two other partners who had the day off one of those partners was exposed to the positive partner. My husband works at a neighboring store they lost their entire morning crew due to an outbreak in their store now they’ve lost the night crew so they’re literally only open from 10 to 5. I’m constantly having to rearrange my schedule so I can continue to work but I have a fiveyear old and it’s not easy. I want the stores to just shut down at this point. Either the stores need to shut down or they need to bump our pay because this is just not worth it. on top of all this I asked a woman if she had a mask and she called me a bitch which is fine people of called me a bitch people of called me worst but then when she purposely licked her fingers to touch my counter I nearly lost my shit. I swear these anti-maskers are the reason all my partners are getting sick. I am also incredibly worried that I am asymptomatically spreading all these germs from these unvaccinated anti-masking humans that come in and hack all over my store waiting for their “medicine ball“. Maybe if enough of us decide to stop going to work until this is over they’ll hear us but probably not and I just can’t afford to not go to work. Sorry for this terribly long rambling post but I figured only you guys would understand the trouble and stress this pandemic has put me through at the bucks.
victorious_gem22 points1y ago
okay, that woman that lick her finger && then touch the counter is absolutely disgusting. I hate these anti-mask people, they act really childish, it'd honestly embarrassing
Aurora_Boreallis [OP]30 points1y ago
Worst part she told me “I’m a nurse I know the risks and I’m fine” jokes on her I got her name. License plate (vanity plates of course) and we only have one hospital in the area. Wasn’t hard to report her to her chief of staff or whoever
victorious_gem10 points1y ago
yes 👏🏾 seriously, a healthcare worker did that?! I'm in shock 🤦🏾♀️
Texastexastexas10 points1y ago
Post it!
Tvdrone168 points1y ago
Bring back hero pay, it should never have stopped in the first place
alphagoddessA6 points1y ago
I’m so sorry, you deserve so much better. Thank you for your work in providing a bit of joy for people in these tough times, but you shouldn’t have to risk your health or safety to make a living. Howard Schultz should be ashamed. Starbucks has the money and resources to do right by you, and it’s so disappointing they’re not. I hope someone sees this and offers you a new job.
Aurora_Boreallis [OP]3 points1y ago
I honestly normally love my job. But it’s the almost being punished for being vaccinated that kills me
alphagoddessA1 points1y ago
Hey, have you thought about unionizing to advocate for changes at your store? Saw $1 and thought of you
LilacFlores1 points1y ago
I completely understand your concerns but young people aren’t the only ones to blame here. It’s unfair to have that perspective. All around me (this is in South Florida) the only people who wear masks are the younger population. The blame needs to be placed on those who aren’t taking this seriously, NOT on your bias towards young people.
Aurora_Boreallis [OP]1 points1y ago
1. I didn’t say all young people are to blame. 2. I’m ranting and sharing how I feel about my very young partners not taking self isolation seriously. The partners my age (which you also don’t know how old I am) are taking it seriously. 3. I can’t speak for other areas just for my experience 4. I am placing the blame on those who I am seeing not take it seriously in MY store. Thank you.
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