Hi Samantha, Thanks for sending me the email letting me know that you are still
working for Ruben at Vince's Coffee, Renton, Washington. Sarah had told me that
she was able to help you get the barista job. I met Vince before he had a location.
He asked me to help him find a good location in the Renton area, if possible.
I saw the location and met with the landlord and eventually introduced him to
Ruben. Ruben was able to negotiate a rent agreement and the rest is history 8-).
Anyway, one day Ruben let me know he wanted to add someone sharp to his
staff of baristas. I announced his needs in one of our staff meetings. Sarah was
there, she met you and introduced you to Ruben. Sarah kept me in the loop
so I knew you were there. I am glad that it worked out well for you.

OMG Sam, I just realized I missed you when you were in San Fran! :( I feel really bad. I'd like to catch up when you're free. My car was stolen less than 12 hours after moving to Cali, and I JUST got it back today! 3 weeks and one day later. Bastards! Anyway, I've been preoccupied with job hunts (got one yesterday) and searching for my car, so there's my excuse for not connecting with you. Hope it's good enough, and I look forward to hearing how you are. Miss ya!

Awesome, I'll be seeing you soon then. I'm actually not sure what shifts I'll be working next week, but I've been working 2nd St. mornings, but not sure with new years and all... I'll see you even if we don't get to work together though :D Talk to you soon!

Sam, that's a great Idea! I assume it'd be not problem-unless she completely destroyed all traces of your existence from the company vaults ;) which I doubt is the case.

Definitely give her a call! I'd love to work with you. When are you in town again?

Sam! I'm glad to hear you're getting back into coffee, I was worried about you for a while ;)

I wish we still worked together, pumping out the coffee-a seamless team. We'll just have to be virtual co-workers...as soon as we both find our new cafes.

It was good to hear from you, and I'll see you soon!

Erica Green

OMG, I can't wait to work with a fellow coffee geek (you) again! I feel so detached from it all working with such apathetic 'newbs.' See ya!

Hmm... very similar backgrounds! I started 3 years ago, someone signed me up for a competition, so I had to learn. I am always wanting to improve how I teach it. There seems to be different levels of achievement when learning how to pour. I am working on taking a lot of my baristas from know how to predicting the pour... if you have any suggestions.... I am eager to get even more information. That's what this is all about right!!!