For those of you who wont believe I was a Starbucks Barista (Brewmaster/Manager) back in Mountain View for about a year, here is proof: I cannot find my little pins of achievement or my black apron with the ballcap (rats!) You see, working at Starbucks, it changes you. Whether you love it or you hate it, you’re never quite the same after you don that famous green apron. The experience is equal parts educational, inspirational, and traumatizing, but one thing’s for sure: all Starbucks employees, past and present, share a very special bond. Here are a few surefire signs that you are one of us: 1. No matter where you work now, you still call all your coworkers “partners.” 2. Whenever you hear any kind of beeping (cell phone alarms, oven timers, etc), you freak out and try to rebrew coffee. 3. You have at least one burn scar on your body that, when people ask you how you got it, you just say, “Eggnog.” 4. You order your Starbucks drinks the “right way” & cringe when other people don’t. 5. You find yourself facing items and rearranging things so they look nice in the cold case while waiting in line. 6. You can’t help but judge people you meet based on their favorite Starbucks drink. 7. You tip really well. At all coffeeshops, but especially Sbux. 8. Your Starbucks order is still an obscure, super complicated drink you made up when you worked there. 9. …unless the store you go to is super busy, which means you order something basic, like a “tall coffee,” just to cut the barista on bar a break. 10. You can’t wear khaki pants or polo shirts without feeling like you’re going to work. 11. You always buy a pound of beans when Starbucks is doing a sales push. Not because you need or want them, but because you feel bad for the barista trying to reach their sales quota for the day. 12. You feel closer to the people you worked morning rush shifts with than you do with your own family. 13. Every time you go to the doctor, you half-expect to get the news that your lungs are coated in a thick layer of matcha powder and you only have 3 weeks to live. 14. No matter how long it’s been since you worked there, you still feel a little rebellious every time you paint your nails or dye your hair an “unnatural” color. 15. Howard Schultz is one of your father figures. 16. You’re secretly appalled when any of your subsequent jobs don’t offer full healthcare benefits and stock options. 17. and yes! I’ve still got my stained green apron crammed in the corner of my closet, because, for some reason, I just cannot bear to get rid of it!!!!
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 03:41:53 +0000
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