You can tell her she is sharp as a marble. That usually makes me feel better

I wonder if you're in my district, just heard about someone getting fired for that. I feel lime unless there have been warnings, it's really shitty to do

Maybe you should keep your religious beliefs separately because you sound so funn

I completely understand the respect thing, but the respect thing comes from speaking to that coworker who making you feel uncomfortable, not running to the SM immediately. I wish he had come to me first and explained why he felt that way, etc, and I would’ve apologized better.

It was a combination of things. I did call my coworkers, again in a joking way, dumbass and idiot, things like that.

Unfortunately, and this is well within their right, they did not reach out to me to let me know it made them uncomfortable.

But once again, this environment was created well before i was comfortable enough to participate.

Dude we have so many no call no shows and they never get fired! Then almost everyone vapes…nothing. I’m shocked OP got fired over a slip, I could understand a write up but fired is too much for this.

I don’t think cussing necessarily is a big deal. Mine was considered bullying/harassment because it was toward someone, regardless of it being a joke on my part.

I mean, cussing is okay, it can be kinda how you use them though.

And night shift is definitely a lot more chill about cussing usually.

doesn’t really matter, it’s about being professional in the workplace. you can get rehired as it’s the hiring managers decision

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The lobby was CLOSED?!?!? What the actual hell that is so stupid, I hope you can find another store with a cooler SM.

Yeah I was so mad, and I cried for a long time. Because since when can you fire someone for something they did on their own time.

I'd say the existence of that kind of rule is the unfair part here, not the inconsistent enforcement of the rule.

the way Starbucks protects our shit managers is like really bad business practice, no wonder the turnover rate is so high...

I even went so far as to personally call my SSV that this happened with and apologize to them after I was fired. Unfortunately, they did say some things that made me believe they were wanting me to get fired, but I took it gracefully.

When explaining all of my reasonings to my DM, I told him that not only is the environment different during closing shifts, but the people I work with are close in age with me (I just turned 18, most of the closers are high school students including me, except the SSV of course), meaning our humor is pretty much the same at school as it is at work. Obviously this is NOT an excuse, rather an observation to how different a store culture can be in the morning vs night.

I am honestly fortunate enough to have had a chance to speak with my DM over the phone after I had been fired, and also kind enough to offer me a letter of recommendation so I could possibly get a job at another Sbux. He was honestly really nice and calmed my nerves a lot.

In the future if I am able to get an interview with the SM for the other store near me, I’m going to be as transparent as possible. Obviously they’ll find out either way, but my SM was such a hard-ass she wouldn’t LET me explain anything.

Thanks for chipping in, I appreciate it.

Thanks for the context. I was imagining this with a lobby full of customers in it mid day or something.

That does suck and it is unfair, but at the end of the day just try and learn from it and move on.