Starting May 12, Starbucks workers will be required to wear a black or blue shirt, along with khakis or dark denim. This is not something unheard of in the hospitality industry, but many entitled employees are throwing tantrums over this.

LOL. Clearly, they are not taking this well.

According to NBC:

Starting May 12, employees will be required to wear a solid black shirt and khaki, black or blue denim bottoms. Shirts can be short- or long-sleeved and collared or collarless, the company said in a memo released Monday. Starbucks will give each employee two free T-shirts.

“By updating our dress code, we can deliver a more consistent coffeehouse experience that will also bring simpler and clearer guidance to our partners, which means they can focus on what matters most, crafting great beverages and fostering connections with customers,” the company said in a post on its website.

I have worked at several service industry jobs, and every single one mandated a dress code, one that many employees were not too happy with. However, most people accept this as a nonissue and arrive at work in the clothes the company requires. This is why Starbucks workers now take the title of this country’s most entitled baristas.

But some workers protested the move. Starbucks Workers United, a labor group that has unionized workers at more than 550 of Starbucks’ 10,000 company-owned U.S. stores, said it told the company last week that it has already negotiated a tentative dress code agreement during bargaining sessions with the company. The union said it opposes any changes to the dress code until bargaining concludes and a labor agreement is reached.

Jasmine Leli, a Starbucks barista and union bargaining delegate, said the company should be focusing on things that improve store operations, like appropriately staffing stores and giving workers a guaranteed number of hours.
“Instead of addressing the most pressing issues baristas have been raising for years, Starbucks is prioritizing a limiting dress code that won’t improve the company’s operation,” Leli said in a statement provided by the union.

“They’re forcing baristas to pay for new clothes when we’re struggling as it is on Starbucks wages and without guaranteed hours.”

It’s really not that deep, but this sheds light on how spoiled these employees are. Since when was a minimum wage job supposed to guarantee wages? These people think they are on the right side here when they are acting like nothing more than a bunch of spoiled toddlers throwing tantrums.

In 2016, the company expanded the color of shirts employees could wear, adding gray, navy, dark denim and brown to the previous guidance of black or white. It also allowed patterned shirts in those colors.

Oh, deer. Whatever will they do? Why is 'expression' such a dramatic issue for these people? It’s just the color of a shirt, but they’re making much ado about nothing. That said, someone should probably inform them they can always find a new job, though it’s unlikely they’ll land one without a similar dress code. So, it sucks to suck.

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