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Life As A Barista

@lifeasabarista-blog / lifeasabarista-blog.tumblr.com

Green apron-wearing barista working mostly closing shifts part-time.
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Frodo

Frodo goes up to the counter and tries and fails to order a cup of tea. Samwise, who is accompanying him, says, “Master Frodo will have a grande green tea with room for cream, please.” The barista hands the cup to Frodo, and the entire shop cheers. “Huzzah!” they cry. “Look at Frodo Baggins, ordering that cup of tea all by himself!” Later, Sam puts out a fire in the kitchen and Frodo is given the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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random tip for taking drive-thru calls when not at your till: visualize the drink/item as you repeat it back to the customer; you'll remember more before you have to go running back to the expeditor. Do you have any special techniques for remembering large orders?

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e.e. cummings

                                                                                          up

e.e. cummings     g              o              e                s

to the counter &orders

an icedvanillalatte

he

       sits.

                                                                                              waits.

                     onetwothreefourfive minutes

until the baristalady   w h i s t l e s   his name—

"how do you like your coffee, mr. poet?"

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Anonymous asked:

One of my shifts is the most amazing badass. She's a great barista, but also just a badass. After close we're literally walking out the door and some guy says, "I just need something real quick," and pushes his way inside before she can re-lock the door. She says, "Come on," and drags me back in and I'm like, "What? We're making this jerk something?" Nope. She just waited for the alarm to go off (so f-ing loud), smiled sweetly at him, and said, "We're closed. Have a nice night. Goodbye."

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Me: Sorry about the wait, we're just recalibrating the shots so your drink doesn't taste gross.
Drive-thru customer: Really. Well I've been waiting in line for 22 minutes.
Me: Mmm, nope. The screen says 6 minutes. Nice try. But hey, looks like our decaf shots don't need any calibrating!
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Green tea frap, white mocha, peppermint, java chips, mocha drizzle. All rung up separately, plus a discount count. Fuck our lives.

Right? And I don't know about you, but the discount code isn't even activated yet at my store. Found out after someone ordered it. Because, you know, there's this great big sign advertising them.

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