Wearing a polo or any shirt with a collar.

I tie it tighter on my waist, making that the standing point for the apron instead of my neck.looks a bit off but also makes it easier to tuck in scarves

did u say ELEVEN hours?????

They were designed for collared shirts

So my manager gets really bad skin burn sometimes and it turned out that her skin reacts sensitively to the chemical they use to wash the aprons. (We dont bring our aprons home, we put all the aprons and cloths in a bag and they come to collect it) Apparently when they get washed in a factory (i suppose) they use like chemical or detergent and if it does not get rinsed and washed properly it reacts to her skin and gives her a burn!

personally i loosen the strap and make sure that i don’t keep my phone or keys in my apron pocket, that weight is all on your neck and that won’t help if you’re moving around like a crazy person

edit: i also agree with tying it tighter around your waist

Mockneck tees

Collar 👍

apron wilding

I wore polo shirts sometimes and would put the neck strap under the collar. Also try putting deodorant on spots that chafe easy. If you get chafed put baby powder on it to absorb any moisture (it helps sooth the pain while it heals)

I make my neck straps looser and if it’s a new apron unfortunately it will do this. You can also see a piece of soft glue fabric on the under side.

I would always tie it tightly around my waist so the weight is redistributed to the midline rather than hanging by the neck. I'd get crazy bad headaches from it otherwise.

Haven't worked at Starbucks yet but at Six flags if the apron was bothering me I would wear one of those gaiters that were also considered "masks" (I live in Texas, they probably would've accepted cardboard as a mask) and just fitted it over the extra cloth which is soft but doesn't move much

Wear a polo and/or tie it tighter while loosening the neck strap.

I just literally wear spiked collars ._. Like a weirdo

I literally wear spiked chokers or different chokers, never had this issue with my appron

I have many skin tags

It’s the starch. New aprons do this to me too. A few washes will help. Also use fabric softener

Get some cortisone cream for the rash!!!! I can’t keep much in my pockets and I loosen my neck loop to keep it from hurting. I try to tie the apron super tight around my rib cage, because it hurts my stomach if o tie it too tight around my stomach, but hurts my neck if I don’t tie it tight enough. Also, if your store allows it, I tie my apron in the front, or I loop the string around and tie it under the apron if I’m not allowed to. Just make sure to tie it in the back if a health inspector comes in so ur shift doesn’t get in trouble.

It’s a violation on the heath audit to have partners tie the apron in the front, because they said the strings can get into food :( I tie my apron in the front but underneath instead of on top get around the rule

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i tie my apron higher up on my waist and it helps with it not pulling down on my neck :)

Don’t have anything in your pockets and loosen the straps

i had a shift who rolled a clean rag around the neck part of the apron and she said it really helped with the chafing

Polo shirts, turtleneck shirts are def an option but you could also get some satin-type (slippy, soft) fabric and make a sleeve for the apron neck so it’s not causing so much friction. This is def a friction burn tho make sure you keep it clean and use aloe as needed

I used to wear a lot of turtlenecks

Baby powder although this has never happened to me

Wash that a lot in DREFT or something similar for sensitive skin a few times .. that helped make mine better

It freakin suckssss! Just like everyone has said I wear collared shirts :)

i wear collared shirts specifically for this reason

Oh girl. Can you remove the neck straps and just safety pin it in place to your shirt? (Nonstarbucks worker)

dont work 11 hours 😭 good on you, but get some well deserved rest!

I have worked for 10 hours straight at McDonalds before and I've never had that happen. 😳 It's never happened to me. It's probably because my shirt had a collar. Or maybe you have too many things in your apron, you're wearing it too tight, I don't know. Even when I wore promotional shirts and nothing else it never happened to me. Luckily at my current job I don't have to wear an apron. To me your skin looks like more of some type of reaction to something rather than a burn...

You should see my oven burns

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