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Posts tagged The Barista
5 Things I've Learned as a Barista

1. There will always be bad days, but you'll be alright

There were days when I felt so frustrated at work that at the end of the day, I cried. And then I would think, "crap! my makeup!" I sometimes hate my job, especially on those bad days because I I felt so helpless and there was nothing I could do but continue on with work.  Bad days are when I close and when I'm left alone for hours, which sucks! It's also when I accidentally cut myself by slicing a cake, or when my fingers get too dry that they begin to bleed! Bad days are when some customers decide to be extra snappy that day, and when the boss gets that way too. But if there's one thing I've learned from those awful days, it's that when I clock out, my horror will be over. When my shift ends, the awful day ends. Nothing stays bad, it always ends, and all I have to really do is to carry on.

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The Barista | v.01

On April 1st of 2012, I arrived in Canada and I started working as a barista on the 16th of that same month and year. I still work at the same coffee shop to this day, so if we do the math, I've been making coffee for almost 3 years! That's a LOT of coffee! That maybe explains why I have a little lump on my left wrist (huhu).

At first, I thought, being a barista was easy! I've seen them Starbucks people looking so cool with their coffee gear and I thought being a barista was as easy as ABC. Before moving here, I worked for a few months for Fior Cafeยด and that job was like sitting at home all day! It literally felt like playing (COFFEE) house! HAHA. But then when I worked at The Claim, where I'm currently working at, they proved to me that there's more than meets the eye when it comes to coffee-making. 

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