Sorry Karen I am the manager now

[vercetti2021]

I've been promoted to evening manager at my coffee shop. Figures treating other employees with kindness and respect makes you leadership material. So least I am getting somewhere lol the old manager found a new job...so I got this by default I guess? Just means I get to manage a bunch of brats, but they are MY brats and I love them.

[Think. Again.]

1. Congratulations!

The love you express for your "brats" is a great indication that you didn't just get this promotion by default.

If your higher-ups have any business sense, they recognized that you, yourself, are going to be a strong asset to the shop.

I'm with you, holding on to kindness and respect in the face of so much selfishness and hatred in our country IS the only positive way forward.

Well done!

[Walleye]

2. Congratulations, good job, sounds like you have a handle on it too

I think of that Vonnegut quote, “love may fail but courtesy will prevail“. Keep up the good work

[Meadowoak]

3. Congratulations on your promotion!

[hlthe2b]

4. How is referring to "a bunch of brats" that you manage your way of showing respect (& kindness)?

I'm confused.

[vercetti2021]

5. Oh its just an inside joke

They call me grandma because I'm the oldest outside of the owner. So I call my crew brats because they are 10+ years younger than me lol

[jaxexpat]

9. Slow day?

[Auggie]

12. +1

[stopdiggin]

15. +1. AND confused. -(nt)-

[Hassin Bin Sober]

16. Lol. Right?

[orangecrush]

28. ...

[Niagara]

31. Life is too short to be taken seriously all the time.

Relax and have some fun every once in awhile.

[vercetti2021]

32. What I'm saying!

None of what we say to each other is malicious. Most of these kids are between 17 to 25. I'm 33 and the oldest outside the owner. They are brats indeed, but they are my brats. And they are respectful brats that like to play around.

[Niagara]

33. I totally understand.

I worked at a job for over a decade and we teased each other relentlessly.


It made work enjoyable and the day so much faster.


Unfortunately, I've never found another co-workers that were that fun to be around since that job ended.

I don't take life too seriously and I don't have time for drama or deflections.

[Fla Dem]

6. Hope you got a pay raise with the new responsibilities.

Congratulations on the promotion!!

[LoisB]

7. Congratulations on your promotion.

[IronLionZion]

8. When a customer asks to see the manager

do a little twirl and say "Howdy! I'm the manager"

[vercetti2021]

24. Haha

Maybe I should buy a cowboy hat to go with that attitude

[KPN]

10. Hey, congrats V!

[The Jungle 1]

11. That part never changes, we are all brats.

[yardwork]

13. Congratulations!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. You are spot on. "The kindest people are the smartest people in the room" Gov J.B. Pritzker 2023

[Permanut]

17. Congratulations!

[AllaN01Bear]

18. good show.

[Dentbla]

19. like

I like your positive attitude.!!!

[Elessar Zappa]

20. Congrats!

[llmart]

21. As a 35-year retired HR professional...

I'd say you earned the title because of your kindness and respect, not by default. Never underestimate what a higher up may be observing about someone's work ethic and personality.

[Blue Owl]

22. Mmmmm.... coffee.......

I can't understand how anyone could ever be in a bad mood at a Coffee Shop -- but leave it to the Karens of the world to figure it out!

[vercetti2021]

23. Ours is a safe space

We've hosted drag shows before, we also serve alcohol, we have pride flags hung up all year. You'd be surprised how many bigots want a special coffee that normally they would call elitist coffee lol

[Blue Owl]

25. Sounds like the place is in good hands!

I pity the Karen who tries to make a stink in your establishment…..

[vercetti2021]

26. But think about this

How would a Karen react getting bounced out by a trans manager? I have a feeling an core meltdown would ensue.

[Blue Owl]

27. Handle it the right way and you'd be the hero among your staff and customers!

And Karen can get her coffee at the gas station down the street….

[orangecrush]

29. Congratulations

[Niagara]

30. Congratulations, vercetti2021!

[GenThePerservering]

34. Your brats are GOOD brats

Congratulations! A lot of people who want to go into management don't realise that those 'soft' people skills are the way to get the best out of your staff, and keep them happy.

When I was promoted to manager/lead people groaned, because that meant I was the chief editor at our documentation firm and the joke was that I filled my red pen with blood. But I treated everyone well and with respect so they put up with me lol.