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Chan790

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16. As a former coffeehouse manager, I have made baristas come in for remedial training for less.

Mon May 21, 2012, 12:29 PM

May 2012

I don't think LynneSin treated the server badly...and I'm generally always on the side of the servers because the customers are assholes.

The same over-helpful notion is why I once had a barista nearly put a woman with a soy allergy in the hospital--"Leave room so I can add my own non-dairy." does not mean add soymilk any more than "Leave room for ice." means "Add ice". The job is simple, but if you can't intuit simple directions' meaning to follow them exactly or need obvious things explained to you, you're dangerous or slow on the bar...and I cannot tolerate that.

Sure, it's an extra few seconds...in a busy store, those seconds can accumulate up to a several minute wait over the course of a rush.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] LynneSin May 2012 OP

I do the same thing. Lars39 May 2012 #1

Ask for a cup of tea, wink, and say Leave Room For Brandy JustABozoOnThisBus May 2012 #2

Yeah, that was my first thought. HopeHoops May 2012 #3

We used to have to tell customers that did that... Chan790 May 2012 #7

Try this. Chan790 May 2012 #4

Sometimes I do that but at this store they had a pitcher of ice water LynneSin May 2012 #12

IT IS YOU! You are apparently being intentionally terse with servers so you can bitch. Lionessa May 2012 #5

You would think I was pretty clear after she first added the ice to the cup LynneSin May 2012 #6

I feel like the defender of a server who was treated badly by a customer. Lionessa May 2012 #8

Defended how? I thought I was pretty darn nice up until the point of being ignored twice LynneSin May 2012 #9

Intentional obtuseness is never nice. You simply kept expectiing your terse Lionessa May 2012 #10

Obviously it's not working with you LynneSin May 2012 #11

Yep, by thelling them again what you don't want without telling them what you do. Lionessa May 2012 #13

As a former coffeehouse manager, I have made baristas come in for remedial training for less. Chan790 May 2012 #16

OMG, that sounds like a speech out of American Psycho or Zoolander! jobycom May 2012 #14

I did the 2nd time LynneSin May 2012 #17

Never heard of this 'leave enough room for ice' concept MicaelS May 2012 #15