hi! I’m a new partner/baby barista here, and I’ve been working for a solid month (?) now. Very happy with my coworkers and I have a pretty decent manager. However, there is one SSV that is incredibly rude to me and just very passive aggressive. background on him they’ve been with the company since the early 2000’s and has patience issues and is very rude to new hires.

So like the past three shifts I’ve worked with them was utterly terrible and awful. Whenever there was a rush, he would leave the floor and not help whatsoever. Whenever I’d ask for his help bc I’m not used to sequencing or making drinks quickly he’d complain and make it seem like a straight up chore that he’s helping me when I’m literally the only one on bar and the other barista is on register and food. Like I wanted to cry so so so so bad.

During rush though, my SSV would literally slam things in front of me and physically like nudge me instead of saying behind, side, excuse me, etc. Like have some decorum if you claim you’re a professional that’s been with Starbucks for that long. Even more I don’t like to be touched bc I have issues with being touched by people I don’t know bc #boundaries. I even told them to stop and they wouldn’t stop.

Furthermore, my SSV would humiliate me when he’d float around to reg during said rush. Saying “oh it’s gonna take a while for your drink to come out…” and gesture over at me. Like omg the most humiliating shifts I’ve ever had.

So I brought it up with my manager and they said “oh that’s just them…they do that to everyone.” When my manager said that to me I got so infuriated that they let this type of stuff slide you know. However, my manager said they’ll talk to said SSV and arrange to where I don’t work with that SSV bc they genuinely make me uncomfortable and make working the weekends so so so so awful.

Yet, I feel like there has been no resolution and what not. Do y’all have any advice? Pls help bc I want to cry and dread every shift with said SSV.