more things baristas are begging you not do.

helllllllooooo dear friends and loyal readers who i always leave hanging because of my inconsistency. i adore and appreciate every single one of you.
don't ever forget that.

i am so excited to share with you another installment of "thing baristas everywhere are begging you not to do." 

if you are new to this blog, read the first post by clicking anywhere in this sentence.
but in summary, as a barista (it pays my bills ya'll), i felt it necessary to verbalize a written list of proper conduct/ decent human behavior/
normal human social skills

when at a coffee shop.

and also the things we baristas wish you wouldn't do/wish wouldn't happen.

that was a lot of slashes. let us move on.

please do not freak out about tiny changes like a menu redesign. 

just because it looks different doesn't mean anything. 

so don't whine or get scared.

please don't assume the creamer pitcher is broken.

 really, you just don't know how to use it, but that makes me sad since the lever you need to release the cream is RIGHT THERE next to your fingers. 

not all creamer pitchers are a pour and go. 

in fact most aren't. crazy to think, huh?

if the couch seats three or four people, you shouldn't need to sit on top of each other when you are THE ONLY PEOPLE IN THE SHOP.

  i thought i was done dealing with cross pda couples. 

but clearly, i'm not.

 therefore i will stare at you till you get the hint.

when i let you know where to put your dishes, should you ask, i mean it. 

don't come back moments later saying "i don't know what to do with my dishes."

 there are counters, there is a tray outside, did i mention THERE ARE COUNTERS.

do not, i repeat DO NOT,
just hand a barista a wad of change to count out because you don't feel like doing it.
that's a level of lazy that doesn't make sense to even me, A LAZY PERSON.

please,
PLEASE don't give me attitude when you've come to the shop after closing,
AFTER CLOSING,
 pull on the door and it doesn't open.
you need to learn how to read signs.

adding to the after hours, don't give me attitude when i won't let you in AFTER HOURS to let you use the bathroom. i don't know of many places that will open to anyone that has to use a bathroom. its a liability on my end and a safety hazard. you made the choice to go drink too much at the bar down the road, so your bladder issue is a YOU problem.

i may have mentioned this in the last installment, but if you see pastries in the pastry case, you'd better believe those are the only pastries we carry.
what you see is what you get.
we don't just put half of our crap out there.
we may rotate new items in but we can't magically appear with the muffin you want that's not in the case.
we make what we make.
go elsewhere.

and this should be obvious, but the world is full of people who are oblivious but DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES come into my shop THREE MINUTES before closing and ask if you have time to grab a quick drink.
 you are taking advantage of everyone working in that shop and the fact that technically we can't turn you away (though we should be able to because three minutes, that's just wrong).
use your brain and realize that we are about to lock to door in a matter of minutes and we need to clean.
we've almost shut everything down.
  i'm not re-brewing a new pot of coffee for you.
  i'm sorry.
 you should have considered that when you left to get coffee as it's getting dark.
 you should have thought, "maybe i should have a backup plan in case they aren't open." i know that's asking a lot of people these days, but COME ON.

whew. that felt good.
 needed to get that off my chest.
 thanks for reading.
let these be lessons for you on how to be a people in a coffee shop.

again, thank you, friends.
you reading this makes me smile and brings me joy.
comment down below any thoughts, questions, comments, concerns, general "hey how are ya?" or have any workplace horror stories/ things you wish people would understand, i'd love to hear from you. 

k thanks luv yew bai.

i don't hate this. i love this. #blogideasfrompinterest

i was flipping through blog today and realized that the last time i wrote was in october.

ironically enough it was a post in reference to how my blogging hiatus was over and i was back at it with the word stuff. well here we are in april and i'm just now writing again. 

i promise i don't hate blogging, internet writing, etc. I truly love it.  i started when i was a little baby in 2009 and still trying to pursue it to present day. 

for reference, dis me circa 2009

and dis me circa 2018. thank you bekah heape photography- look her up on instagram.

it does have something thing to with the fact that i have a full-time job. that will do it to anyone unless you're this magical superhuman bean who can take on all of the different multitasking abilities. if you're one of those people, just stop reading now.

the honest truth is that i have truly lacked any kind of writing inspiration. and that just plain sucks.

i'm not kidding, nothing comes to mind to write about. if the time comes that i do think of something to write about, i jot it down on some paper (i'm normally at work when this happens) and then, being the dummy that i am, i end up throwing the paper out and forgetting about the thought completely.

and yes i know i could just jot it down in my notes on my phone, but i forget to do that half the time and paper is usually closer. 

with all of this being said, i'm working on something to fix the "writing inspiration problem". i have decided to use pinterest as my source of inspo, thus creating the series and hashtag #blogideasfrompinterest- translated for those who don't understand the language of the hashtag "blog ideas from pinterest."

what will hopefully happen here is that i will create this hashtag #blogideasfrompinterest because lets be honest, i need help.  i'm using pinterest as my way of finding my inspiration and showing the honesty behind blogging from my perspective. i hopefully will put out two posts in a week as time allows and i would love it if you follow along in the journey of blogging transparency.

so, lets see what happens, bros.

but bear with me please, i'm delicate.