restricting/denying bathroom access is an osha violation iirc

next time just threaten to pop it out on the floor lmao. (/hj) BUT shifts can’t deny you bathroom breaks. you’re rather telling them why you’re hopping off the floor and pointing out your absence rather than asking for permission imo (from a shift in training)

As a lead, whenever anyone asked to go use the restroom I didn’t need an explanation nor did I ever want one. Just go, take care of your business, do a lobby check on your way back (we’ll hand you a towel at hand off).

Threaten to bleed all over the floor. That’ll make them let you go. Serious talk, shifts cannot deny you use to the bathroom. Just let them know you are stepping off the floor. You’re a grown adult, this is not high school.

Report him. He cannot do that!

Hmmmm I smell a call to HR and an incident report

Don’t ask to go to the bathroom just tell. Maybe ask someone to cover you that’s it.

Let your SM know. That’s not okay. At best he could say, “okay, can you wait a minute while I do x so we can cover?” And if you can wait, great! If not, they should have had a plan in place to support flexibility

Newbie here. I was literally shitting myself on DTR and begging to go. They told me to hang ten so I did, I actually waited 20 minutes and they still tried holding me there. Fuck that I left actually shitting and running to the bathroom. When I came back he took me off window like lmao whatever.

I have partners with ibs I just tell them go when you need just tell me as your leaving I’ll figure out the rest for 5mins lol

i can’t remember an age i didn’t know about the menstrual cycle grateful i don’t need to deal with it. and always carrying a variety of pads and pons and advil/ tylenol for friends and guests cuz that’s the least i can do as a fellow human. especially since i don’t need them regularly, i can get the good brands and let friends/ guests take a break from the stupid cost of feminine hygiene and supplying them if need be when otherwise might not be able to. i’m also huge on it literally being a bodily cycle that’s as natural and a human right as breathing is and refuse to let anything involving it be weird or gross or uncomfortable because again, we’re all human here ^except ^corporate, ^they ^can ^go ^work ^in ^the ^conditions ^they’ve ^made ^for ^all ^eternity

report him

My shift does this !!!! I have IBS so from time to time I'm bolting to the "baristas room" and he always goes

S: " what are you doing in there for 20 mins?"

Me : "I have IBS"

S: "what does THAT mean?"

Me: " it stands for I be shitting"

S: "ew that's disgusting"

Me: "it Actually mean irritable bowel syndrome"

S: "why are you telling me this?"
👁️👄👁️

Straight to your manager dm and pcc imo

Jfc in this day in age, when all of Al Gore’s internet exists, how does anyone still not know how basic human anatomy functions??

Supervisors are bold. I would’ve walked off the floor without another word.

i would be like (in my mind at least) “dude, you’re an idiot if this isn’t a joke. if you actually think womens periods work that way, have fun being a virgin for the rest of your life. clearly you work this shitty job purely because this is the best job someone as stupid as you could ever have.”

in reality, i would probably say “hey, Im not sure if you’ve ever interacted with a woman like, ever, but it doesn’t work that way and if you’re this unaware of how a woman’s reproductive cycle works I would strongly suggest you watch a 10 minute youtube video on the matter, as you sound REALLY ignorant right now and I dont want you to have to continue to make an ass of yourself in front of women for the rest of your life. anyway, while you do some research im changing my tampon, bye”

This is a bigger lens to where the siren is at. Quality shift leads aren’t this. I know, I was a great lead. You need to know how to run a shift and when to say “fuck the book.” You won’t ever see a boss work the trenches on a holiday. As a shift, that’s on you. You make it work the best you can, because there’s no manual for it. The college kids don’t even know what a thanksgiving at the bux is like. But you do.

Does he really want to see what we can do when we bleed? I'm sure he wouldn't like it

I’d have taken it up 100 notches and told him I’d be hitting him with a massive lawsuit/medical bill if I ended up with toxic shock syndrome 🤡

I hope this was a joke. Guessing by the comments it not though

tell him he better hold back these hands before they start swingin’ on him

I don't ask. I tell them hey I'm going to the bathroom and go. I have diabetes and I need to go frequently if I drink a lot of water

Really? Is this "supervisor" like 12 years old.

No way 😂

Erm no. That is messed up. Next time tell him, get someone to cover your station and simply go. No one should be allowed to deny bathroom breaks. If someone said to me I need to go, I would be like sure, then get someone to cover that position or do it myself. Health comes first.

Don’t because if u don’t change it, u can get that toxic syndrome and lose a limb. I forgot the actual name.

No because I would have became disrespectful so fast

Whenever I'm on my period i'm not waiting for a yes or no, im saying "I'm going to the restroom" and leaving so I can change my pad idc. Sorry not sorry I'm not working in the same pad for 8 hours...also your male SSV should get educated on female anatomy as we literally can't "hold it in" what??

You should definitely report this to your SM and maybe to the Starbucks Ethics Violations line. This is very illegal and could get SB sued. That shift needs to be corrected ASAP.

Eww. Fuck him. Get him fired.

I would be sending an email to HR because it will serve as a notification regarding the situation. Don't embellish the unfortunate series of events, just stick to the facts And also make mention of exactly what the shift lead said to you. This will notify them that their manager is denying their employees their given rights as a human being (which BTW, is absolutely insane that he said that to you, OP. As a fellow woman who can empathize with you, especially given my severe never ending MONTHLY non stop cycles FOR YEARS before it ultimately led to life saving surgery.) I'm sorry you had to even experience that. 😢😢

This email sent to HR will also serve as receipts and as I am always saying - RECEIPTS ARE LIFE AND CAN HELP SAVE YOURS/CYA.

I’m not asking anybody to go to the bathroom. I’m letting them know. Hey, I need to go to bathroom. Call my spot real quick it’s important.

If your store is not busy, just go without asking.

That’s uhhh… kind of illegal, no?

At my store we usually just ask each other to cover if someone needs to use the bathroom and rarely even ask a shift as long as someone covers for you I don’t think it matters plus you’re all adults nobody needs permission to use the bathroom. I’d report him to hr because on top of this being a OSHA violation he was a complete ass and sexist. The fact that he thinks you can just control your period he must have never taken a basic biology class 🤡

You ASKED… to use the BATHROOM? Wow

I'd document and report. That's not cool.

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This happened I am sure. Also you’re not in middle school.

TMI! Asking to use the washroom/informing your shift you were stepping off the floor to use the washroom would’ve been perfectly adequate 😵