Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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My store ran out of parchment paper Thursday evening. So Friday morning (into the early afternoon) we were made to cook everything directly on the oven tray 🙃🙃🙃 (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by SheebsMcGee
She (my temporary store manager) refused to entertain the idea of just waiting to sell food until we had paper because it would “just be a few hours” and “the oven gets hot enough it’s fine”
So that was stressful and gross and probably a huge violation.
So that was stressful and gross and probably a huge violation.
Gimmecoffee2020 23 points 1y ago
Tell her next time to just run to the store and buy a box of parchment paper from the baking aisle!
SheebsMcGee [OP] 16 points 1y ago
She *eventually* did. But good Lord! It was disgusting to watch. Especially with how greasy and messy the Impossible breakfast sandwich is… and the burnt food bits everywhere… 🤢
Responsible_Snow7109 2 points 1y ago
Yeah I can't imagine. I mean after cooking each thing you would have to stand there and scrape off any burnt pieces of cheese or grease or whatever else because if it stays in there while cooling more stuff, it will cause the entire store to smell like something is burning lol
redcheekboy 9 points 1y ago
Something we have done before is just the warming bags as oven paper. It's not great, but they're designed to withstand heat
Mea-fae_Owl73 1 points 1y ago
Yes! We do this until someone can buy parchment paper from the store. It works.
canidieyet_ 8 points 1y ago
when this happens and we can’t make it to the grocery store, we’ll reuse the parchment paper until we can’t. we keep three if possible: one for food w meat, one for food w/o meat, and one for pastries so we can limit cross contamination the best we can. also so we don’t have grease and cheese melting directly onto the oven plate
MrDunsparces 4 points 1y ago
I’ve been there. Egg bites cooked in the trays made the store smell like a wood fire ;-; luckily we got parchment paper quick
SheebsMcGee [OP] 12 points 1y ago
I just can’t fathom Starbucks actually being ok with us doing that. Allergy risks, cross contamination, religious preferences (pork), even just flavor issues. I don’t want to get in trouble for reporting it though
MrDunsparces 10 points 1y ago
She probably wouldn’t get in trouble anyway because the outages/underordering. Her boss would probably say she “did the best with what she had” lol
[deleted] 3 points 1y ago
honestly, i would just refuse to do this. barista training clearly states you’re allowed to refuse to do something that makes you feel uncomfortable or unsafe.
SheebsMcGee [OP] 3 points 1y ago
I told her to leave me on bar so I don’t have to do that because I’m uncomfortable with it. She didn’t take it especially seriously
[deleted] 1 points 1y ago
ugh, that’s so frustrating! i’m so sorry you were treated like this. i’m glad you got to move though
anonbaristaandstuff 1 points 1y ago
That sounds like a violation but also sounds like something my store would do as well😗
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