baristas

Intelligentsia Interview

toloveanartist wrote in baristas Aug 16, 2011 19:03

I just moved out to Chicago and, after doing some digging, came up with the consensus that, if you're genuinely interested in coffee, Intelligentsia or Metropolis are the places you want to get into. I recently got an interview at the Intelligentsia location closest to me. Thing is, I've been here for two months and have only had a few interviews, ( Read more... )

advice

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biomimetical wrote in baristas Aug 16, 2011 18:52

Schultz refuses to contribute to politicians until something is done about the debt ceiling. (It's a CNN Money article, safe to click).

A NYTimes article on it.

You go, Howard! I'm sorry I didn't read your book and sold it on Amazon for ten bucks.

Gamer Geek Barista Here, Trying to Make Some Waves.

churchswife wrote in baristas Aug 14, 2011 12:14

http://bit.ly/zExtraLife

I'm going to keep this short because my laptop made my first post go poof:

The link at the top is for those of you interested in what I'm going to have to say during the remainder of this post. Those of you who might want to know specifically why I am personally trying to get such a big thing to happen for charity within Sbux ( Read more... )

this is interesting

kaptainsarcasm wrote in baristas Aug 13, 2011 00:33

Starbucks CEO Howard Schutlz cancels church speech because of the church's anti-gay bigotry

ahh sorry to post so much lately guys

inkytwist wrote in baristas Aug 11, 2011 22:35

But the other day a woman ordered a double-short hazelnut latte... poured over iceIs this not like, against health code/ really unhealthy and nasty ( Read more... )

Refreshers

hitbylightning wrote in baristas Aug 09, 2011 14:22

Hi all,
I know the refreshers are being offered in SoCal stores but I have heard of a few stores in NorCal (Central Valley/Bay Area) that might have them -- does anyone know which stores up in NorCal specifically? I'm desperate to try one and if I don't find one up here then I will make a road trip to LA just to get a Refresher.

Customers!

midgetgems wrote in baristas Aug 09, 2011 18:07

A woman came in today and asked for a latte, at sixty degrees ( Read more... )

Technical difficulties...

achtungbabyyy wrote in baristas Aug 09, 2011 00:22

So my Starbucks store just got the sleeve dispensers in. You know, the long, black containers that are conveniently supposed to dispense one single sleeve at the barista's/customer's desire, quick and painlessly? Turns out no matter how many or few sleeves we put in these things, the sleeves are the MOST ANNOYING/HARDEST things to try and pry out! ( Read more... )

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holycarp wrote in baristas Aug 05, 2011 11:23

So, I don't work at Caribou anymore, but apparently in my absence they've botched yet another promotion ( Read more... )

How to Charge?

agapeflower117 wrote in baristas Aug 05, 2011 00:36

So a movie is being filmed in our city, and it's a big deal because it's a big movie, and so we've been getting a lot of weird drink orders from the crew members (who aren't from western PA, let's put it that way ( Read more... )

gross drinks