While at work
The coffee shop I work at (sometimes known as my home away from home) has experienced an influx of new workers. This is to be expected, as we can barely keep up with business as it is (which leads me to wonder about the true state of Michigan’s economy). With the wave of new workers inexperience seems to be a common trend. I walked into work the other day, poured a cup of coffee for a customer, noticed that with the coffee came a surge of coffee grounds and all but panicked. I asked my coworkers (new employees, of course) if they had noticed the grounds inside the coffee pot.
“No, why?”
Apparently they had been serving coffee all day without noticing the grounds seeping through. Apparently countless customers had been served cups of coffee complete with coffee grounds in them. And, apparently my coworkers had no idea this was a problem. When confronted with such a situation it is very difficult to not resort to scolding, panic, or screams. I explained to everyone who was working the importance of NOT SERVING COFFEE WITH COFFEE GROUNDS IN IT and took the next step, which is to write a note for everyone to see.
Here is what I wanted to write:
“Thou shall not serve coffee with coffee grounds in it. This is a mortal sin of which sinners shall not be forgiven.”
Instead I ended up writing the rather obvious:
“Do not serve coffee with coffee grounds in it. If you do, you’re fired.”
Okay, I’m kidding about the fired business. No coffee barista should be fired for serving lousy drinks, should they? And coffee grounds in the coffee, does it really make a difference? I, for one, haven’t tried it so who am I to judge?
Later in my shift I ended up explaining the following items:
"You can not reheat milk that has already been steamed over and over again."
"If you are serving tea, the water for the tea needs to be hot. Cold water won’t do."
"You cannot take off your shirt simply because standing by the espresso machine makes you feel hotter than usual. I don’t want to see your hairy chest, or your Chinese character tattoo."
“No, why?”
Apparently they had been serving coffee all day without noticing the grounds seeping through. Apparently countless customers had been served cups of coffee complete with coffee grounds in them. And, apparently my coworkers had no idea this was a problem. When confronted with such a situation it is very difficult to not resort to scolding, panic, or screams. I explained to everyone who was working the importance of NOT SERVING COFFEE WITH COFFEE GROUNDS IN IT and took the next step, which is to write a note for everyone to see.
Here is what I wanted to write:
“Thou shall not serve coffee with coffee grounds in it. This is a mortal sin of which sinners shall not be forgiven.”
Instead I ended up writing the rather obvious:
“Do not serve coffee with coffee grounds in it. If you do, you’re fired.”
Okay, I’m kidding about the fired business. No coffee barista should be fired for serving lousy drinks, should they? And coffee grounds in the coffee, does it really make a difference? I, for one, haven’t tried it so who am I to judge?
Later in my shift I ended up explaining the following items:
"You can not reheat milk that has already been steamed over and over again."
"If you are serving tea, the water for the tea needs to be hot. Cold water won’t do."
"You cannot take off your shirt simply because standing by the espresso machine makes you feel hotter than usual. I don’t want to see your hairy chest, or your Chinese character tattoo."
Labels: coffee shop talk, daily
2 Comments:
Cold water?
SRSLY?
Oh my! Thank goodness you are there to save the day!
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