Such as:
One of my partners thinks that putting things in the fridge gives them a longer shelf life. Including Caramel and Mocha.
Anyone else have any good ones?
Stupid assumptions partners make
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Putting dirty rags back in the sanitizer bucket makes them okay to use and doesn't make other rags dirty.
THIS PISSES ME OFF SO MUCH!
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Putting vanilla bean powder into the protein container without reading the label. Then having to throw out the mixture of VB and protein.
Resetting the cadence five times in a row without brewing new coffee.
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thinking orange blossom is an herbal tea.
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Thinking I can work on any day I am not scheduled because they are hungover.
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@dry sharpie- the cadence thing for me too!!! I swear I stop them EVERY SINGLE TIME "I know you're gonna grind up some coffee, RIGHT?!?"
Just because they have a floater doesn't mean they don't have to do anything
Just because they dont have any customers RIGHT THIS SECOND doesnt mean they can just stand their twiddling their thumbs
Register partners not refilling the pastry case because "I wasn't the one who set it up"
Partners assuming they can just leave without cleaning up their station or restocking anything after standing around for their entire shift doing nothingPosted 11 months ago # -
My newest partner pet peeve:
Just because I am a shift now, doesn't automatically mean you can't chat with me when it's slow, and I'm not using my position to slack off and boss people around either. Also, don't look so confused when I do something like clean a milk fridge or mop up a spill. I am a SHIFT SUPERVISOR not your OVERLORD! We are ALL baristas at the end of the day, some with more responsibility than others, that's all.
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I feel you on that one orange blossom. That's why I always do garbage runs rather than as others to. No job is too small. On the other hand there are the super entitled partners who think I'm there to do their jobs. That's what irritates me, especially with one newer partner of mine. If its not one extreme it's another.
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-"Can I get a grande with whip mocha?" I hate the with whip. Only call things to me if they deviate from standard. Otherwise you are wasting my time and your breath.
-The iced coffee is not Pike Place. It is its own special blend.
-The cadence timer. If I can't take care of it at that moment, I either find someone who can or put the timer on my apron to remind myself to take care of it.
-I have a partner who uses the side of the espresso machine as a mirror.
- Expediting the line in the morning, some partners start strong "Venti vanilla..." and just mumble the rest. Saying "recall" five times is not helpful and, in fact, particularly annoying.
-Partners who smoke. Not that they smoke, just the fact that they feel entitled to take five times as many breaks as those of us who don't smoke.
-Register partners who are particularly useless during morning rush. There is one girl at my store who is always asking for someone to bring plastic spoons to her. Walk the two steps to get it yourself.
-The new INDIVISIBLE blend is not invisible. Just saying.Posted 11 months ago # -
I have one partner get very offended when I recommended a different barista to be promoted over him.
This is the same guy who the day before told me, "I hate busy work. I'm one of those people who will do anything if you ask me, but I'm not going to actively seek out things to do."
I have several partners like this. Delusions of grandeur.
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If you guys don't want register partners to stay planted, you really shouldn't coach them to. If there's a floater, standard deployment requires the register partner to remain forward facing.
My pet peeve? Inconsistent coaching and practices. To newer shift supervisors, keep in mind that when you coach a partner on something, another SS or manager may have told them something exactly opposite. Don't get bent out of shape when someone 'talks back to you' because it's more often than not bad communication on the store level.
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Biggest assumption:
Frappuccino Lights come with sugar free syrups.
I had to tell two of my shifts and my ASM that they do not come with sugar free syrups by default. Even MFL.
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People who assume it's okay to put whipped cream back into the fridge when they finish it.
WHY on earth would you not put it in the sink, or whatever. I see 4 whipped creams in the fridge and think that I'm good for a rush...until I find out with a line of 8 frappucinos ahead of me that they are ALL empty and dirty.
Thanks. Just thanks.
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Me: Okay, well I guess I'm about to take my 15.
Co-worker: I was actually about to take mine. You don't mind, do you? *looks at me expectantly*
Me: Oh, alright. <_<..Posted 11 months ago # -
@2Hot2Handle: Nothing that Rock-Paper-Scissors can't resolve. Survival of the wittiest!
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@2Hot2Handle A 15?? We just get 10s..?
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Licensed store, maybe?
We have one partner who will get so focused on a task that she totally ignores any and all drinks. She'll stand there holding floor mats while there are a dozen Frappuccinos to be made and no one else to make them. Thanks.
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Partners who think they can contradict themselves and still always be in the right. Can't tell you how many times as DTR I'm told "Stay planted! Stay planted!" but then ten minutes later "There are a bunch of coffees you could be getting for me/why didn't you grab those pastries?/etc." How about you just shut it and let me use my common sense, HMMMM?
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^^^ I Don't work in a DT, but this sounds like my store.
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Common sense be damned!
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I understand the point of deployment but if there aren't enough people to execute it properly just extends the wait time and frustrates everyone involved. My SM is ridiculous about it. How am I supposed to get that pastry if I'm at drive thru and youre at bar and there's no floater and the front reg has a line? It's unbelievable.
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I agree with deployment. Whenever shifts/managers tell me **** like that, I literally stay planted (don't move my feet at all and only do those few tasks that that position has). Then I just laugh when we run out of coffee and the line is out the door.
Unfortunately, it's not what people say, it's what they THINK before they do anything else. And usually, they don't.
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@DS there is no wit involved in RPS. It's purely a game of chance..that's why I hate it so much. It's impossible for me to strategize lol. At the end of the day I didn't care much that my co-worker went on her break before I did. As long as I get a break then it's all good!
@hp yup. what you know about 15 minute breaks, son? ;D
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@ryuness: I used to feel bad about staying planted too. Now I just take it even further and don't move an inch. "Well, you said not to move!" Oh, we're out of pike? LOL not my problem.
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EXACTLY, doublecupped!
I forgot my best one. It goes something like this: Just because you find a partner attractive, doesn't mean that he/she wants to have sex with you imminently when you text him/her after midnight... and as an added bonus, without ever getting to know this person outside of work. Hello sexual harassment.
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@ryuness: HEY BB SO I HERD U LIEK TXTN AFTR 12 LOL, PIX?
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@ryuness: Oooh. Do share more!
The only time one of my partners has texted me after midnight was at 2 am looking for shift coverage. Yeah, I was asleep. Like most of the world.
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Calling me, a closer, at 7am to get their shift covered in 1 hour. Yeah no, I'm going back to sleep.
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At 6 AM, after closing the night before, my cell rings. Is it a beautiful secret female admirer? Or Elizabeth Hurley? Or both? NO! "Uhhhh hey [EspressoJunkie], can you come in soon (15 minutes from now) and cover my shift? Um, my hand hurts."
Yeah no, go fxck yourself. And forget my phone number, for the love of BR2 and King Howard Schultz.
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