¶ … night as I was watching a movie, I remembered about my summer. Last summer I worked as a barista in a popular bar. It was my first summer job and I thought that I will have a lot of fun. But working as a barista is not always fun, as most of the time it is hard work. What I know now and I did not know then, is that a barista needs to be a calm person and most of the times he must be a listener. It was a nice experience from which I learn a lot about people and especially about myself.
The barista job was a challenge for me because I needed to interact with all types of people: grumpy, sad, thick-skins, bossy etc. The rich ones, the teenagers and drunken ones were the hardest customers to satisfy. Because I was new in this field I did not know how to serve all the drinks properly or how to make all the cocktails from the menu. Sophisticated people were always asking me to do cocktails I did not know how to do by myself. Since I needed help to do the cocktails, obviously I was moving slower. Moving slower they...
In my first day I was upset, angry and disappointed on my abilities, as I thought I could not do the job right. But after a talk with one of my work colleagues I realized that not everyone is good at this job at the beginning, but after a while one learns to be good at it.
One time I had a client who left his wedding. He started to tell me that he is insecure and he is thinking that he did not choose the right woman. When I asked why is he thinking like this; (if it is because she was
cheating him with someone else) he said that this was not the reason. He then started to tell me his story. I found out that this woman, who was waiting for him at the altar, was in fact his former wife. They divorced two years ago, but after a year they met in a bar coincidentally and they had a drink. After that drink they decided to meet again, after a…
