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Life has been a rollercoaster of opportunity lately :D - The GM's husband of the company that I work for owns a coffee company and is opening up a coffee shop where I live - specifically only about a 5 minute walk from my house, which is super convenient! Long story short, he offered me a job as a part-time barista and I absolutely took it. He knows me from my current job and is familiar with my work ethic and personality, and he also knows that I have no barista experience. He's more than happy to train me though and go with a learn-as-you-work kind of scenario. I have experience in hospitality but this is all new to me, I'm super excited to give something new a try! As mentioned before, it will be a part-time position and very chilled as the town where I live is out in the sticks lol so not too busy. So are there any baristas or even those who work in similar positions who have any advice or tricks of the trade to offer? I want to gain some new insight as well as feel adequately prepared :) - Little update 30/6/26 - I met my team today and got a better idea of what is expected of me from my boss. I also met my fellow coworkerwho I will be covering shifts for when she needs me to and she is soooo lovely! I'm looking forward to beginning my training next week :) - Update 16/7/26 - I have my first official day of work tomorrow! I will be working with the other barista for the next few days as I ease in from training. |
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A lot of the job comes with memorization of the menu and customer service. It'll take time to get comfortable with making drinks, steaming the milk correctly, and sequencing etc. I'd say the biggest thing is giving yourself grace while learning, and have fun. I work at a chain coffee shop so my experience might be a little different from what you'll have, but I do enjoy it a lot and hopefully you will too :) |
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Great opportunity. Customer service is mostly fun and mostly very rewarding. Especially the gossip. So take it all in but be very careful what you pass back out, the good news (babies and getting jobs and kids doing well) are great. But take care not to pass on real bad stuff (someone going to prison, divorces). Let the bad news spread from the families themselves. The skills of timeing, managing your tables and your ingredients will stand you in good stead all your life. Like Lorelei says above. Every day I use my long time ago waitressing skills in normal life. |
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Lorelei said:
A lot of the job comes with memorization of the menu and customer service. It'll take time to get comfortable with making drinks, steaming the milk correctly, and sequencing etc. I'd say the biggest thing is giving yourself grace while learning, and have fun. I work at a chain coffee shop so my experience might be a little different from what you'll have, but I do enjoy it a lot and hopefully you will too :)
Thank you, it's great to hear from someone else in a similar position! Just like you said I think it will definitely take time to settle into a rythm and learn the ins and outs. I'll definitely keep your advice in mind :) |
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ZeroZero said:
Great opportunity. Customer service is mostly fun and mostly very rewarding. Especially the gossip. So take it all in but be very careful what you pass back out, the good news (babies and getting jobs and kids doing well) are great. But take care not to pass on real bad stuff (someone going to prison, divorces). Let the bad news spread from the families themselves. The skills of timeing, managing your tables and your ingredients will stand you in good stead all your life. Like Lorelei says above. Every day I use my long time ago waitressing skills in normal life.
Yes I think it will be very beneficial to have those skills and experience under my belt! I'll definitely keep this in mind and be careful what I spill the beans on ;) |
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I would actually love if my barista told me they were going to prison thats hilarious ok jokes aside congratulations what a nice opportunity!! You will do great Im sorry I have no advice just encouragement lol |
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Ooo good luck! I enjoy working in hospitality overall! It took TIME for me to steam milk properly - to not waste milk I was shown to do it with water and dash of dishwashing liquid lmao. |
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Lucky Ranch said:
I would actually love if my barista told me they were going to prison thats hilarious ok jokes aside congratulations what a nice opportunity!! You will do great Im sorry I have no advice just encouragement lol
Lol, encouragement is also very much appreciated! Thank you <3 |
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Nightingales Ridge said:
Ooo good luck! I enjoy working in hospitality overall! It took TIME for me to steam milk properly - to not waste milk I was shown to do it with water and dash of dishwashing liquid lmao.
Thank you! Steaming milk is definitely something I haven't done before so I may have to utilise that 🤣 |
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Have so much fun! I am not a barista and probably never will be, but I'm typing this while I'm sitting in the Starbucks I hang out in to write and the people are so sweet and so friendly and it's a great way to make connections with your community! |
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