SAN DIEGO, CA— This weekend at one San Diego cafe, drama exploded as the barista who “never sweeps” raised a complaint about no one else ever sweeping.
According to witnesses, the staff meeting was progressing as planned, the necessary announcements having been dispatched, until individual members of the group were invited to bring up issues. Maura Jackson, who has been with the cafe for four years as a part-time staff barista, felt it was time to speak out. “No one else ever sweeps during close,” she said. “It’s only me. I just had to say something about it.” The room exploded into chaos.
The Knockbox arrived on the scene in time to catch the fallout.
“She never sweeps,” said barista Donna Lee. “Like, never.” She added that the closing checklist would corroborate her story, as team members initial their completed tasks. “I’m so pissed right now,” she said.
“She only works three days a week,” added Xavier Lopez, the shift lead who hired Jackson. “It’s literally impossible that she could be the only person sweeping.”
A third coworker who wished to remain nameless had simply this to say: “It’s bullshit. This whole place is bullshit.” Our investigators also reported one barista angry-crying.
Who really does the bulk of the sweeping? We may never know.
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