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how to deal with coworkers who don’t like you? (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by lovey12120
there are a few coworkers of mine who don’t seem to like me and i get that not everyone is going to like me and i’m not going to like everyone i work with but at this point it’s getting a little ridiculous.
we were pretty busy all morning the other day and one of my coworkers came in for a mid shift. she was put at bar but wouldn’t help with any of the drinks. i put drinks from the sticker machine at cold bar because that’s where she was at and i was working hot bar and she would take forever to start the drinks. i’m talking about looking to restock things at the worst time. funnily enough, she wouldn’t even restock anything. she’ll also take forever looking for stuff in the back and one shift i worked with her, i went back there multiple times to grab smth and she was just standing in the back on her phone. another time i was assigned to reg but the barista on bar was a almost off and she and i always switch occasionally during our shifts together, nbd. so i was on bar and then the coworker comes in and she’s assigned to bar and tells me to go back to the register and starts getting really close to me and grabs the drinks im making from my hands. then later in the shift, she refused to help me do both reg and bar because she was cleaning the lobby… for 30 minutes. she wasn’t even cleaning and just taking forever on purpose, like looking at merchandise when there was clearly a line. so i was stuck running between bar and reg and warming for a good while until my shift came out the back to help me
another coworker of mine is really passive aggressive and since she’s been at starbucks for about a year now, she gets put on CS a lot but just uses it to act like the shift and tell everyone what to do. for example, she’ll tell me to make backup teas and just stand there watching me and this new girl struggle doing absolutely nothing. i left the register when there’s no line to help the new girl catch up with drinks and the moment a single customer walks up to the register she tells me i have a customer. she expects me to drop what i’m doing, mid drink, to go help the customer when she’s standing 5 ft away from reg doing nothing at all. like i get it’s CS but usually shifts at my store on CS stop what they’re doing if there’s a lot of traffic. she gets mad at me for dumb things and if i mess up, she’ll correct me which is fine but then talk shit about me to the shift in charge. thankfully the shifts are really nice and i get along with them but i know she expects me to get reprimanded.
i know i should talk to a shift or my sm about it but they all really like these girls even though they’re like the worst employees who don’t actually do anything. i’m fairly new and i have no idea what i did for these girls to act like this towards me. it’s also hard to ignore because i work at least half of my shifts with them. is there anything i can do? like how do i deal with them?
we were pretty busy all morning the other day and one of my coworkers came in for a mid shift. she was put at bar but wouldn’t help with any of the drinks. i put drinks from the sticker machine at cold bar because that’s where she was at and i was working hot bar and she would take forever to start the drinks. i’m talking about looking to restock things at the worst time. funnily enough, she wouldn’t even restock anything. she’ll also take forever looking for stuff in the back and one shift i worked with her, i went back there multiple times to grab smth and she was just standing in the back on her phone. another time i was assigned to reg but the barista on bar was a almost off and she and i always switch occasionally during our shifts together, nbd. so i was on bar and then the coworker comes in and she’s assigned to bar and tells me to go back to the register and starts getting really close to me and grabs the drinks im making from my hands. then later in the shift, she refused to help me do both reg and bar because she was cleaning the lobby… for 30 minutes. she wasn’t even cleaning and just taking forever on purpose, like looking at merchandise when there was clearly a line. so i was stuck running between bar and reg and warming for a good while until my shift came out the back to help me
another coworker of mine is really passive aggressive and since she’s been at starbucks for about a year now, she gets put on CS a lot but just uses it to act like the shift and tell everyone what to do. for example, she’ll tell me to make backup teas and just stand there watching me and this new girl struggle doing absolutely nothing. i left the register when there’s no line to help the new girl catch up with drinks and the moment a single customer walks up to the register she tells me i have a customer. she expects me to drop what i’m doing, mid drink, to go help the customer when she’s standing 5 ft away from reg doing nothing at all. like i get it’s CS but usually shifts at my store on CS stop what they’re doing if there’s a lot of traffic. she gets mad at me for dumb things and if i mess up, she’ll correct me which is fine but then talk shit about me to the shift in charge. thankfully the shifts are really nice and i get along with them but i know she expects me to get reprimanded.
i know i should talk to a shift or my sm about it but they all really like these girls even though they’re like the worst employees who don’t actually do anything. i’m fairly new and i have no idea what i did for these girls to act like this towards me. it’s also hard to ignore because i work at least half of my shifts with them. is there anything i can do? like how do i deal with them?
Responsible_Snow7109 6 points 1y ago
I have a coworker who has been with starbucks for 5 years and ive been with starbucks for a little over 2 years. She was my trainer. She is extremely passive aggressive and i type with a lot of detail so it would be way too long of a comment if i were to start on her exact passive aggressive statements. But i come into my shift today and clock on. The shift supervisor who is buddies with her and some others in their clique...my shift supervisor told me to go take over bar so this same coworker of mine can go on a 10min break. Then instead of goin on her break, she grabs a few cold drinks and puts it on the counter of cold bar and tells me to do those while shes on hot bar making drinks still. Like she has never been vocal about liking bar. In fact if u ask her where she would rather be, she definitely wouldnt say bar. But everybody at my store knows bar is my favorite but it seems she always acts like an asshole to me when i get put on bar. Like speak up...if u want bar time then be vocal and speak up. Dont act shitty to me. I get put on bar alot when i ask where they want me at cuz they all kno i love it and the others dont really have a preference but the ones that do always say ovens or CS.
And one time i was told to go on bar with her and so i like hot bar the most and this same coworker knows that cuz I've said it to her a handful of times before. And so im kind and ask her which bar she would prefer. She asks "can i be on hot bar?" I said "oh yea not a problem!"...then we have a lull in orders and nobody was in the store. It was silent and dead and were all so bored and a few moments later, a sticker pops outta the printer and she grabs it out and puts it on a cup and then starts reaching over to grab the black iced tea and make the drink... Literally right next to me. Like u kno i like hot bar but u requested to do that after i asked and i kindly took cold bar and then were all bored and ur guna do my cold bar drink just cuz thats the only drink to make and ur bored? Then go on cold bar! Like i just dont understand her. Also wen im in the middle of doing 1 or 2 drinks on cold bar and she has a shit ton of hot drinks, she will come over and do my cold drinks too like i have 1 or 2 on my counter. May u please stop doing my drinks so that i may also have something to do at my station?
I will come in like 2 hours after her for my shift and i clock in and the shift supervisor switches people around and tells me to go on bar and tells this coworker to go on register and she'll also unbox some things from the order while she has no customers at register. I will be in the middle of mobile orders and she will bring the box of the blond espresso bags of beans and dump em all on the very limited counter space right where the steaming pitchers are kept (cuz we store them right under that counter on a shelf thingy. Well she just dumps em all on the counter while im making drinks. Also when she brings milks up front for me when im on bar and shes on CS and she wont put the damn milks in the fridges. Like wtf theres barely any counter space. Stop putting gallons and cartons of milk in my way. Ur CS...if ur guna bring em to the bar, then put em away. Theres moreeee things but im guns leave it at that
And one time i was told to go on bar with her and so i like hot bar the most and this same coworker knows that cuz I've said it to her a handful of times before. And so im kind and ask her which bar she would prefer. She asks "can i be on hot bar?" I said "oh yea not a problem!"...then we have a lull in orders and nobody was in the store. It was silent and dead and were all so bored and a few moments later, a sticker pops outta the printer and she grabs it out and puts it on a cup and then starts reaching over to grab the black iced tea and make the drink... Literally right next to me. Like u kno i like hot bar but u requested to do that after i asked and i kindly took cold bar and then were all bored and ur guna do my cold bar drink just cuz thats the only drink to make and ur bored? Then go on cold bar! Like i just dont understand her. Also wen im in the middle of doing 1 or 2 drinks on cold bar and she has a shit ton of hot drinks, she will come over and do my cold drinks too like i have 1 or 2 on my counter. May u please stop doing my drinks so that i may also have something to do at my station?
I will come in like 2 hours after her for my shift and i clock in and the shift supervisor switches people around and tells me to go on bar and tells this coworker to go on register and she'll also unbox some things from the order while she has no customers at register. I will be in the middle of mobile orders and she will bring the box of the blond espresso bags of beans and dump em all on the very limited counter space right where the steaming pitchers are kept (cuz we store them right under that counter on a shelf thingy. Well she just dumps em all on the counter while im making drinks. Also when she brings milks up front for me when im on bar and shes on CS and she wont put the damn milks in the fridges. Like wtf theres barely any counter space. Stop putting gallons and cartons of milk in my way. Ur CS...if ur guna bring em to the bar, then put em away. Theres moreeee things but im guns leave it at that
GrayCera12 5 points 1y ago
I’m sorry you are feeling this way. That’s not right at all for them to act like that, especially to you. They’re acting really immature. I would tell a shift or the SM about it because they need to be a team player and learn to be patient that you are fairly new as well. Idk why some baristas treat some green beans unfairly or even making them feel so unwelcomed. If anything, talk to them. Tell them that you need help.
OddDifficulty3774 3 points 1y ago
Punch them
Status-Ad-3893 1 points 1y ago
Even if you don’t want to, there’s nothing that can be done unless you tell your SM
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