Starbucks

"Hermia* was concerned when, on May 7, she arrived at her Starbucks location in Atlanta to prepare for reopening the next day. 'Most people didn’t come in with their own masks,' she said, 'and the ones provided by Starbucks are I think literally T-shirts that someone cut out.' She says the store’s layout makes it impossible to keep six feet apart from her coworkers at all times, and that if she can’t guarantee everyone will be taking the new sanitation measures seriously, she’ll be exposing herself. Even if every employee follows protocol, there are still customers to deal with. 'Starbucks is a little bit more expensive than our competitors, and I feel like at that price point people get a little pushy,' she said. 'People are never on their best behavior at Starbucks.' There have already been reports of customers harassing workers when they’ve been asked to wear masks, and in general, reopening puts workers in the position of having to enforce public health practices." - Jaya Saxena