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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 :) |
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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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