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Kevin said:"I would like a cappuccino" - The worst is when they actually say "can you make it like the one at the gas station?
no!! someone actually asked you that?!?!!!??!!!
i just don't know what to say. i'm speechless. =:o
1: "may i have a few ice cubes in my coffee? you know why i put ice in my coffee? my brother was in the army and stationed in alaska. he was on watch on one of the coldest nights, and when his shift was over he went to the mess tent. he gulped down a cup of coffee to warm up, and then he had another. because he was breathing in cold air all night, his throat was a little numb, and he didnt realize he was burning a hole through his throat."
2: "have you ever seen anyone eat a scone while sleeping in here? well you have now. i have Narcolepsy one minute i was sitting here with a scone in front of me, and the next i woke up with crumbs all over myself. the coffee doesnt help."
3: one time i made a lady a 16 ounce cappuccino handed it to her, she knocked it on the counter a few times to get some of the air out, took a big gulp, and asked for more steamed milk...
i was so shocked and impressed with the nerve of this lady, that i steamed up a little more milk for her and filled the cup back up for her.
4: while were on this subject, whats with customers adding milk from the condiment bar to their lattes? i know adding cream and sugar to coffee is a habit, but i wonder if these people realize that their drinks are already 90% milk?
One time at Metropolis, this guy came in with his bike and his ipod in one ear, and he walks up to the register where I'm standing and starts rapping at me. He just kept doing it so I turned around and said, "uh hey-- there's a guy up here rapping..." and my co-workers just kind of looked up and then went back to what they were doing. Maybe they thought I was lying. Anyway this guy won't stop and there's no breaks, so finally I just lean forward and say "Hi. Do you WANT something?" and in the middle of his rap he says something like "Yeah mother fuckerrrrs--medium coffee--yo yo..." [I am not going to attempt to rap here]. I get him his coffee and change, rapping still going on, and then he's standing at the condiment bar rapping and swearing really loud out at everyone in the cafe, who are all kind of looking up confused. Finally, Tony and the other managers that were in the back having a meeting came out and kicked him out. The police came. He didn't show up for the court date.
I couldn't tell if I was being serenaded or not....
One time at Metropolis, this guy came in with his bike and his ipod in one ear, and he walks up to the register where I'm standing and starts rapping at me. He just kept doing it so I turned around and said, "uh hey-- there's a guy up here rapping..." and my co-workers just kind of looked up and then went back to what they were doing. Maybe they thought I was lying. Anyway this guy won't stop and there's no breaks, so finally I just lean forward and say "Hi. Do you WANT something?" and in the middle of his rap he says something like "Yeah mother fuckerrrrs--medium coffee--yo yo..." [I am not going to attempt to rap here]. I get him his coffee and change, rapping still going on, and then he's standing at the condiment bar rapping and swearing really loud out at everyone in the cafe, who are all kind of looking up confused. Finally, Tony and the other managers that were in the back having a meeting came out and kicked him out. The police came. He didn't show up for the court date.
I couldn't tell if I was being serenaded or not....
My coffeeshop is located in Athens, Ga; and for those of you who don't know is the town that University of Georgia is in. That being said we get a lot of college kids in the shop. Almost every day we'll have a girl that obviously a sorority gil walk up to the counter and order a caramel macchito, and almost every day i have to say explain to them what a macchito is and suggest to them a caramel latte.
Did someone mention the classic reply to, "How do you like your coffee?"
"Like I like my women, ground up and in the freezer."
A female co-worker at work proceeded to have me handle the rest of that order at the register :P
I am actually jealous of the kid who raps. We just get creepy old men who hit on our female baristas...
My coffeeshop is located in Athens, Ga; and for those of you who don't know is the town that University of Georgia is in. That being said we get a lot of college kids in the shop. Almost every day we'll have a girl that obviously a sorority gil walk up to the counter and order a caramel macchito, and almost every day i have to say explain to them what a macchito is and suggest to them a caramel latte.
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