Having to wait for everyone's lifts after work

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I'm a team leader in a pub, I regularly work the evening shifts and have to set the alarm and lock up once everyone has finished and left. Generally it'll be me and one other member of staff at the end of the night finishing, some drive home, some (like me) get taxis and wait at the back of the pub.
Recently we've had a couple of new staff start who rely on lifts from parents when they finish, the problem is they are waiting about 20-30 minutes for them once we're finished. Both are younger girls who don't feel safe waiting outside alone, which is understandable. I obviously can't lock the door until they're outside so I have to wait with them but this is adding half an hour onto my shift when I just want to get home and go to bed, my taxi only usually takes 5 minutes to get there.
I talked to the manager about it and his answer was just tell them to wait outside and go....but I really don't want to leave 19 year old girls on their own late at night when they don't feel safe. I also don't want to be waiting at work longer than I need to, unpaid, after a long shift.
I've tried telling them when it looks like they're half an hour away from finishing so they can call their lifts but there always seems to be a delay, and there's no guarantee what time we will finish so they can't set a specific time.
AIBU to ask my manager to either sort
something out with the staff members
or let me stay clocked in until I can actually lock up and find some extra tasks so I'm at least being paid to be there?

You need to be clear with them that they need to call for their lifts at x time so that their lifts arriving doesn’t delay you getting home. They probably don’t and won’t realise otherwise.

Give them one hours notice and do some jobs while you wait.

If they have no set finish time it’s very difficult for parents coordinating transport. They have other commitments to work around

Sounds pretty cheeky, she won’t do well in the world of work with that attitude!

And op doesn’t?

Maybe that should have been thought of before their daughters took the job?

Also the pick up is late at night. How many other commitments are the parents likely to have at that time?

They Don't realise a really basic common sense thing?

Tough shit
It's their weird adult/child
Not anyone else's to look after

Have you worked in hospitality before? It has been explained multiple times why you can’t set an end time to the shift if working a closing shift.

I used to work in a popular chain pub. Last orders were at 12, customers had to be out by 12:30. Then the cleaning jobs needed to be done. These daily jobs included: mopping the bar floor, cleaning the bar, re-stocking fridges, cleaning the glass wash machines (only once all glasses are washed), hoovering the seating area, cleaning the tables and even wrapping cutlery. The busyness of the shift determined how much cleaning was left.

None of which is the OP's issue.

Tough shit.

Why on earth does the OP need to be getting involved in that?!

The infantilising of grown adults on here is staggering at times.

Honestly OP, they are two adults plus they are together and in your view, it's not exactly a dangerous place. There's no reason why they can't wait together so you can get home. And as others have said, if they feel nervous then it's up to them to work that out with their parents.

Think you need to set a boundary and say that after next week, they're on their own. They need to figure this out for themselves.

So, the pushy one is obviously the problem.

Hopefully, her probation period will be coming to an end soon, if she doesn’t get herself sacked before then.

OP, you keep being too nice. I would have spent the 15 minutes giving her a verbal warning and then a written warning if she didn't exit after the verbal warning. It's no good saying she was scrolling on her phone ignoring you, manage her.

Could their parents not at least drop you off as a thank you for waiting with them?

That’s a good idea. Relations have probably soured a bit too much for that now though.

Wow! for one so young she is extremely 'entititled' and stroppy, but judging by her Dad's bolshy text to your manager, sticking up for his 'little princess' I can see the acorn did not fall far from the tree! I'm no expert on employment law, but wonder could you simply sack her now on grounds of 'insubordination'? As a new member of staff (who are normally keen to impress/get on with the boss) she's unlikely to improve her attitude now, why wait until her probabtion ends? get rid! You'll be doing her a favour in the long run, teaching her a lesson in life.

If dad is truly concerned about his dd waiting outside, then he needs to make sure that she lets him know her finish time, in good time, and then he needs to get there promptly.

op what is the out one of the cf worker? I can't imagine behaving like that at that age to my manager.