u/squid_429

What is up with drive times?? I know they’re important so people aren’t waiting for forever but sometimes it’s unreasonable. God forbid someone has to wait an extra minute or two, especially later in the day

I was ringing and dinging (taking orders and cashing them out) and yeah, the times weren’t great. Our register is broken, so we kind of had one screen. One person solo baring and making backups because they were instructed to. I have a restriction atm so all I can basically do is ring and ding. Later on I’m told that I could ask another coworker or manager for help if we need it (I didn’t think we needed it, I was trying to help and thought we were fine). Manager comes back later, informs me it’s not fine and is annoyed. Like bro, there’s only so much I can do. One coworker was in the back. And we have someone training on ovens. I can’t force them to go faster??

My point is, is that as the person taking orders and cashing people out the time has somewhat to do with how fast I take to take orders and ring people up, but I rely on everyone else to be fast. It takes time for the customers to order (especially if they don’t know what they want), making drinks, making food, people asking questions at the window while trying to take someone order at the same time (and vise versa), rude customers, needy customers, customers forgetting to add something then orders it at the window, and much more. ITS NOT JUST ME!! Why does no one get that? Why do I get the blame?? I hate this job.

Edit - how silly of me, I forgot to add customer connections, how can I when I have to get them out as fast as possible?!?!

Can someone explain how I got them?

Yeah, too much stress in my life without my job. It’s just the tip of the iceberg guys

Is anyone excited or disappointed that we will be getting paid weekly?

There’s pros and cons to it I feel.

Some pros: you get paid more often, you’ll know what you earn in a week

Some cons: “less” money goes to your account (it might not look like it’s as much), have the option to spend more money if you’re trying to save

I’m sure there’s more, but what do you guys think? I’m kinda excited

I hate the store, my coworkers, I feel like I’m going to get in trouble constantly, so much pressure for drive times, blending powder, etc.

I’m running on no sleep, I’m in school, I’m struggling to maintain it all. I feel like I don’t get paid enough to do this

The only thing I love is the customers and being a barista 🫩

After peak when it was calmer the times were bad. Does the sm have a talk with people? Does the dm get involved?

Edit: please give me at least one serious answer 🥲

Second edit: Yall are killing me with these comments!!

I’m sure some of you have seen me around this page, but I’m genuinely gonna tweak out. I’m not feeling the greatest so I decided to call off work. I just got paid Friday so my sick time should have gone up, before that it was 6.06 and my shift is six and a half hours.

I reached out to a coworker to see how to call off because I never have before and no one told me how to. So I call the store and ask for a shift, they handed the phone to the manager (🥲) and she ended up saying “did you find anyone to cover your shift?” I said “no” because i literally didn’t know I had to, I get that’s on me. But then she said “I would start looking” and basically hung up. Can I get in trouble or fired for this?? I’m actually so stressed

On top of today’s shenanigans, I’m starting to hate working here. I love being a barista and being social with customers but it gives me SO MUCH ANXIETY talking and socializing with my coworkers. I just feel like I don’t fit in, and the only coworker I really get along with is transferring.

I haven’t gotten enough practice on hot bar because they keep putting me in the window or on drive thru. And when they do it sometimes takes me a moment to think like “what goes in this” because I don’t ever make drinks on espresso bar. But yet they’re getting on me about sequencing when in reality how am I supposed to when I don’t get practice. There’s another girl who started the same time as me and another girl who started a little after me and they both make drinks all the time

But back to the first part, will I get in trouble if I didn’t get anyone to cover my shift? There were also only like 3 people I could message, two are shifts, four are new people still training, one doesn’t work here, and I don’t have the other one’s number.

TLDR: called off an hour and a half before my shift started because I don’t feel well. Manager asked if I found someone to cover my shift, I said no, she said I would start looking. If I find no coverage and I be in trouble? I should have enough sick time to cover this shift

Hey! So I’m looking for a bigger cage for my chinchilla, any brand recommendations?

Spill the recipe for your drinks. Could be basic could be unique. But I want to know!

Okay, so I’m a Christian Conservative and a MAGA supporter (17F). I don’t try to push my opinions on others and I will occasionally talk about what I believe in.

Anyways, I know it was a while ago but why is everyone still joking about Charlie Kirk’s assassination?? I don’t understand how someone can be so cruel and laugh and say that he deserved it, and his children don’t deserve him to be their father and that his children are better off without him. I don’t understand why Erika Kirk gets so much hate, she was there when her husband was shot and killed in public.

Charlie was a human like the rest of us and he stood for the freedom of speech and religion. Our first amendment rights. I don’t know why people hate him so much. I understand that political parties get in the way and I understand not liking some people, but this is just excessive.

When the woman who tried to kill the ice agent with her car liberals were like “No no no!!!! She was so innocent!!!! Why’d she have to die?! She was just a person who had a family she should’ve been there for still!” But when Charlie died people would laugh at it.

I’m not saying the woman’s life wasn’t valuable but she also tried to run over the ice agent. Charlie was just talking and got killed.

It’s just crazy how violent some extreme liberals can be. I just don’t understand the logic.