My First Day Of Work. For Realz.

(I swear, I tried to post this hours ago, but the wifi on my laptop was being stupid, and I didn't get around to c&ping it until now. Enjoy!)

Today was my first day at Starbucks. Eight hours, green apron, behind the counter, on the bar, etc etc.

First off, my coworkers are awesome. Funny, dirty-minded, geeky, helpful, understanding of mistakes, smartasses, etc etc. It helps that at least two of them are "new," too--started within the past six months or so. They're miles ahead of me, but they understand being new and making mistakes. Hell, even the "veterans" do, so no one is going to be snobby or annoyed when I spill or mess up, as I have and will. That, and the kinship of perverted geeky smartasses, make me feel very confident that I'll be happy there :)

I spent the first three hours or so reading through manuals--safety, whole coffee and tea, frappucinos, food case, etc etc. The rest of the day was learning various things from my co-workers: where things live, how this is done, how that is done, don't ever do this, always do this, etc etc. I haven't learned how to make any fancy drinks yet, I was only lead through Americano, latte, and pour-over (individual orders of brewed coffee)...now ask me if I remember anything! XD

I did a coffee tasting (Sumatra...tasted like coffee with notes of soil*), tasted various steamed milks to see the difference between under, over, and perfectly steamed, and tasted espresso shots to taste the difference between just pulled and pulled-for-too-long (SO. BITTER.).

I mopped, I toasted, I cleaned, I filled ice buckets, I laughed, I burned myself, I made a mess, I got myself all sticky. Whee!

When I recited the last bit of the above list to my co-worker, JH, he said "Welcome to Starbucks!"

I have tomorrow off, then work the same hours (9 to 5:30) on Thursday, open on Friday (4:30 a.m. to 1), work earlyish on Saturday (8:30 to 2:30), and have Sunday off. Next week, no idea. People kept asking if I was going to be a closer, since they were apparently looking for night people, but I have all morning shifts, and my interview kinda tricked me into saying I preferred mornings**, so...*shrug*

It was long, tiring, at times boring, at times daunting....but it was a really great first day. And I'm really looking forward to my next one. :D

*It wasn't just me being a coffee hater! My co-workers agreed! Seriously! It's supposed to taste like dirt!

**"What hours would you be willing to work?" "Any. Really. I'm a morning person, I'm a night owl, I can be cheerful and productive at any time of day." "But if you hadto choose..." "Really, anything is fine." "....But if you HAD to choose..."

IN NON-JOB NEWS!

....well, there isn't really any news news, just general life stuff, little things.

1) I'm getting another hair cut tomorrow. Really a trim, as my bangs are trying very hard to blind me while I learn how to handle hot coffee. I've been wanting to trim it for the past two weeks, so I am way more excited than I should be. :D :D :D :D

2) Ryan and I are taking Sammeh to the doctor. Poor thing has some kind of sore throat/cold going on...she had to go in for 5:45 this morning, then came home around 1 and slept until past when I got home at 6. She barely has any voice, aches all over, and looks pretty miserable :( I'm hoping she can get some medicine and a couple days off and feel better soon!

3) Um...that's it for now. I'm boring. :)