Is it just me, or does this new year already feel strangely like the last one? So far, the only difference is an influx in non-fat, gluten-free and alternative milk requests. But the flow of drinks remain basically the same, as do the sighs of the disgruntled regulars reacting to the new prices for the same fancy-shmancy things and their slightly tighter work clothes. Some barista advice: Just skip the resolutions!
Read MoreMy non-service industry friends think my borderline-Scrooge outlook on the holiday season is just downright depressing. It's not that I hate Christmas...it's just that I do not in any way relate to the merry, smug happiness that I see replayed every year in festive movies, extra cheery advertisements, and the colourful invitations of parties I cannot attend. While you are getting ready to celebrate, I just got a few more shifts that need to be covered.
Read MoreThese tips have been successfully tested, and are surprisingly effective. Although I haven’t actually asked a customer out (my co-workers have), I have made it possible to be successfully asked out by the customer (even better!) on a few occasions. Yes, the coffee shop is more practical than any online dating website. Isn’t a cafe where all classic first dates begin, anyway?
Read MoreSo many people pass through my doors that even as charming as I’m sure you are(n’t), it’s inhumanly impossible, yes, even for Coffee Girl, to remember your face, name and drink…especially at rush hours.
Read MoreWho is coffee girl? Many, many regulars have tried to ask me that question. I usually just shrug, force a smile, hand over their morning lattes, and duck behind the counter. Like most lifers in the service industry, I pretend these questions don’t exist- I’d rather steam up creamy foam for you than think about my grubby refrigerator- box-style-life and how I had no choice but to don an apron all those once-upon- a-times ago.
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