At 11/7/06 02:42 PM, amaterasu wrote:
Yes. We have this partner at Starbucks who might just be slightly retarded. I'm dead serious. He has been working there for over 6 months now, and he still can't make an espresso drink right. I gave him the benefit of the doubt for a while, thinking it was just because he has never worked at a coffee shop before, but I was one of the last people to lose my patience. You know the day after thanksgiving? Usually we have as many people working that day as possible to keep up with the customers, but we actually didn't schedule him so we could keep up. Pretty bad, huh?
That's really bad! He should get his ass canned! If you can't work at Starbucks, then that's really bad! Espresso = grind the beans, tamp em down, put the attachment in the machine and hit the button! If you want chocolate or whatever added to the espresso (like my preferred drink: mint chip mocha frap), add the damn milk, ice and chocolate chips, syrup and some mint, grind it all up and boom! pour it in a cup, whipped cream and call it a day! It's not that hard. (I've never worked at Starbucks btw lol but I could be a barista if I wanted to be one).
There's this thing called a "Charlie Steamer" that I used to make quite a bit @ the baseball stadium that I used to work at and it's steamed milk in the cappuccino machine, hot chocolate mix and whatever flavored syrup you want that we had. I miss those things :( So yes, I could be a barista (give me the recipe and it's done).