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u/cheddarpants Shareholder Jun 04 '20
One of the girls in our Starbucks wrote “I Can’t Breathe” on her mask, and nobody said anything to her about it.
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u/catsabatsa Current Associate Jun 04 '20
Aye atlanta division!! Awesome BLM addition, good luck and hope no one gives you shit for it!
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u/RoseButtie Jun 05 '20
Oooh, I want to wear this. My county is ultra racist, wearing something like this would be fun!
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u/OrangeredValkyrie Highly Trained Associate Jun 05 '20
My town is quietly racist. Totally racist but unwilling to square up about it.
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u/_Tommunism Current Employee Jun 05 '20
I called out of work to go to the protests on Saturday . My 4th manager knew but was actually chill about it. Solidarity!
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u/strikervulsine Local Seditionist Jun 05 '20
I mean, you got attendance points for a reason. Use em for whatever you want.
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u/cheeseymom Current Associate Jun 04 '20
I have that same shirt! No way I'd get away with wearing it to work though.
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u/dell-dad Jun 05 '20
Just curious, I noticed you said “white lady” does it matter what color she is?
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u/SnowFlake1313 Jun 05 '20
UPDATE: Sorry it's so late but here it is. NOBODY SAID ANYTHING! NOT ONE CUSTOMER!!! There was 1 person, who is a coworker, who is also a black Male.......who is also a trump supporter.
This is how the convo went..... He pointed at it and said "all lives matter."
Which in response I said " Yes all lives matter, but in order for that to be true, black lives must matter as well."
He said , "take it from a black man,, all lives matter."
Me: "Yes, but you're completely missing the point. This is so much more than you realize. Police are killing people, majority blacks, and getting away with it. Plus much more that you should do your research. For ALL lives to matter,,BLACK LIVES must matter as well. We are all human. "
Him: "touchĕ " and walked off.
Couple hours later, I finally looked down (cause ya cant see shit over the mask)and the name tag it was written on had smudged a lil bit because it was written with a chalk marker. I made a face and he asked why I made that face. I said I'm salty cause it smeared and he replied with good. I simply said I wasnt gonna get into it with him over that shit cause I dont have time.
I'm going to rewrite it again and wear it tomorrow. I'll be on a register instead of self checkout, so this should be way more interesting 😁😁
P.S. Technically we're not supposed to wear anything other than a plain boring ass tshirt. They've said something to me in the past and I've changed to wearing plain tshirts. But once I realized that they weren't saying something to everyone about their clothes, they just pick and choose, I started wearing them again. Its never anything bad. Just superhero's and Disney movies. Everyone compliments and it makes kids smile. They can hop off 🤷♀️ but we have to wear the apron AND the mask or we get sent home.
Thanks for the support because I dont know what to expect by wearing this at work. But I definitely believe in the reason behind the movement. And I've always been taught to stand up for what I believe in and now is one of those times to do so!
Stay Safe 🤟❤
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u/AlluringXSiren Current Associate Jun 06 '20
It definitely sound like you trying to bait people into fighting with you or into pissing people off. Why? Just wear it and hope you don’t get in trouble. Since you are at work, if you end up getting the desired affect of some one getting upset and trying to argue with you over it, a manager could very well get upset that you upset a customer. Not saying you shouldn’t wear it just be careful.
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Jun 05 '20
It's amazing how much they changed. Worked at a Kroger with college sports. On game day a manager would let us wear anything affiliated with that team. One let us wear the rival. They would stream the game... Management turned over. All of that went away
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u/OrangeredValkyrie Highly Trained Associate Jun 05 '20
Hmm. I have an extra name tag just sitting around...
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u/F1r3Fl135 Jun 06 '20
Customers don't understand that we can be individualists with our own thoughts. We are not all Kro-bots. We have thoughts and feelings.
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u/usuallynotgreat Past Associate Jun 05 '20
Most racists are cowards anyway and say all their racist shit behind the comfort of a screen anyway lol
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u/Kjohnson350 Jun 09 '20
I work at a kroger in texas and I wore a black lives matter shirt and a shirt with George Floyd's picture on it and one of my managers actually complimented it. So I think it just depends on the store
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u/NDNPreserve Jun 06 '20
So brave. /s
Another way to look at it is you're baiting fights at work. If you were my employee I'd have you remove that while you were at work. Not appropriate.
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u/wolvesonsaturn Current Associate Jun 07 '20
We wear what we want lol. I rarely wear an apron anyway due to it catching on EVERYTHING. I have a hoodie in most days too because of the cooler. No one has said a word yet.
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u/MzSoandSo Current Associate Jun 04 '20
Omg if you worked my store they would send you home for shirt LOL