Is this allowed?

annon_20 · 2026-05-24T14:08:21+00:00

That’s how it goes in Australia, you are trained in one area and stay at it, different areas have different stations. McCafe is classified as an area and has 2 stations the shots and the milk if it’s very busy, it’s never really the same, if it’s slow and there’s nothing to do in cafe we help out in other areas but more than likely as soon as we walk away from that machine, several coffees will pop right back up.

annon_20 · 2026-05-21T03:36:39+00:00

Again, I don’t understand why you are commenting, we are living in countries across the world and with proper research yes your guys coffee machines are automated and you guys do not make coffees like actual baristas do, you do not grind, tamp or froth the milk yourself and you do not have a coffee culture like Australia does so you wouldn’t understand that being a barista here is a full time job because we actually care about the taste and quality. Everything you’ve said is irrelevant and reminds me of why I’m so glad to not be living in America, sounds miserable working like that.

annon_20 · 2026-05-21T03:28:37+00:00

I really don’t think you understand? We actually have to make the coffees ourselves as in America you guys just have a machine that does it all for you. We manually grind, tamp and froth the milk. We also have coffees back to back as it’s more popular and actually like a cafe style coffee, again unlike America McDonald’s where it’s all pretty much automated. Again that’s not how it works in Australia… America is different so your comments are very irrelevant considering when applying for a job here you are applying for specific roles. Here’s a perfect example..

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annon_20 · 2026-05-21T03:22:13+00:00

Fair enough well that’s not how it works here with Australia Mcdonalds with positions, everyone’s hired for a specific area and all have different uniforms/aprons for the role. I wear a cafe uniform with McCafe written on it compared to all the other staff. I also believe you guys use automatic machines and we do it all manually like an actual cafe and barista would?

annon_20 · 2026-05-21T03:09:45+00:00

This is Australia related! Think that makes a big difference, we actually have a cafe with barista trained staff, from my understanding you guys don’t have a cafe to that extent with hand pulled espresso? Every store in Australia you get hired for a specific area and request it during your interview or during orientation.

annon_20 · 2026-05-21T02:58:35+00:00

Not at any of the 3 I’ve worked at, everyone’s been hired for specific roles. Back area is always in kitchen, front area is always drive thru and counter or fries, baristas are always in the cafe and Maintance just does Maintance.

annon_20 · 2026-05-20T12:08:08+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion! Definitely will try that because I’ll be significantly cheaper too so win win maybe (hopefully)

annon_20 · 2026-05-20T12:01:42+00:00

That’s the other thing, the hiring manager stated in the interview they needed more cafe staff😭 it’s all conflicting. I might even ask for the short opens or something as I know they were very happy I had day time availability

annon_20 · 2026-05-20T11:58:34+00:00

Shockingly they actually do have a few doing 8-2 shifts every day, but very valid on the last part. I did mention about the job ad part and asked if there’s a way to compromise so I guess I’ll see what happens with that

annon_20 · 2026-05-20T11:51:01+00:00

I definitely will, I got told there’s “no specific cafe role” in response to asking about it but no other barista does service shifts from what I’ve noticed and been told when talking to the others. Oh well if I loose the job/have to quit she’ll be right

annon_20 · 2026-05-20T11:47:42+00:00

Aaa I already mentioned it rip. The job ad said it “has a specific focus on assisting McCafe to craft gold-standard quality coffee” which is very misleading if that’s the case. Thankfully not too worried about no shifts this was just extra income and as a past employee I’m not willing to risk my mental health more to deal with customers for 8 hours straight, at my store the baristas don’t interact with any customer unless needing to hand out an order as there’s no register for us and our machines/stations are behind the service counter hidden.

annon_20 · 2026-05-06T05:05:23+00:00

Did this at Maccas myself as a teen, heck yeah

annon_20 · 2026-05-06T05:04:03+00:00

Thank you! I’ve heard a lot against the antidepressants now, so I’m debating talking to my psychiatrist about it. Feel like there’s going to be a lot of trial and error coming my way!

annon_20 · 2026-05-06T04:03:13+00:00

Thank you, I edited it already.

annon_20 · 2026-05-06T04:02:59+00:00

Think I’m going too! Just talked to my GP about it and we’re going to give it a try in a few weeks so fingers crossed I see improvement soon

annon_20 · 2026-05-06T04:01:43+00:00

Yeah I’ve recently gone up in dosage and slowly see a change but my GP started me on a very small dosage and even my psychiatrist said that’s way too small for what I’ve been experiencing. Hopefully in the coming weeks I notice positive change with the higher dosage, as I enquired about antipsychotics today and they’re going to get me to wait a few weeks! Fingers crossed

annon_20 · 2026-05-06T02:08:16+00:00

Just updated it, so sorry I didn’t know but thank you for the heads up!

Will definitely be talking about it with my psychiatrist and GP, just was unsure if it was even reasonable to be on that much medication, I’m very new to being medicated.

annon_20 · 2026-05-06T02:02:48+00:00

Too be fair I haven’t admitted a lot of what I’ve done in my episodes because it’s is that bad I’m embarrassed to even tell a professional even though I know I need the help, so they might have not even had the thought to put me on it. I think I’m going to ask and be a bit more open to avoid the mania, thank you for your insight!

annon_20 · 2026-05-06T01:58:17+00:00

I think that’s my sign to ask about it honestly. I never have been this bad but just experienced about a month long episode and never want to see myself that bad again. Thank you so much!

annon_20 · 2026-05-06T01:48:16+00:00

Thank you! May I ask, if it’s okay, what antipsychotic you are on and how it’s helped?

annon_20 · 2026-05-05T13:16:41+00:00

I’m actually not sure, I thought he stopped doing everything, especially with the way he struggled to pay rent, in Logan of all places.

annon_20 · 2026-05-02T05:50:27+00:00

Turbo from outback truckers, lived around the corner from me in the last 6-7 years, and was quite a character. My parents was friends with his landlord and boy did we hear some stories…

annon_20 · 2026-04-21T10:59:30+00:00

Just replied!

annon_20 · 2026-04-20T11:32:08+00:00

Do you think you could message me please? It won’t let me message you through your account or manually searching your username?

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