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I got a coffee on the way home from the gym today.
The crew there are all in their twenties and usually have funny banter going on which slows them up but not enough to be annoying. The last week though I have noticed a distinct strain to the air.
Today myself and a bunch of other people learnt why. Apprently two of the crew are dating and I guess things arn't going well.
I order my coffee and walk over to the station where you pick it up. I see the person who took my order pass that order on to the barista who was "discussing" something with another worker. The girl taking orders repeats my order four times to the girl who ignores her. She rolls her eyes, writes my order on a cup and goes back to serving the other customers.
30 seconds or so go by and she finally notices me and says "was there something you wanted?" in a tone that indicated I was interrupting her dialogue to this guy. I tell her my order and she turns away, doesn't even look at me and points to the counter where you place your order and says "order over there."
My expression resembles this
The co-worker she is talking at goes like this 
, and the order taker hears and comes over and tells her I HAVE ordered and to hop to it. I haven't even been able to get in a word edge wise and she barks at me "well what did you order" and her and the guy get into another discussion about customer service and how shes being rude "Im not rude Im just blunt" and she finally starts making my drink. The order taker and the guy are now trying to make small talk to make up for the barista and start trying to joke it off. Asking me how my day was etc.
I told them that it was a hobby of mine to randomly stand around in coffee shops for no reason
They both looked so embarressed. The barista just rolled her eyes. As I left I heard both of them going off at her about being rude.
I thought the whole thing was amusing, I have had SO many co-irkers like her!
The crew there are all in their twenties and usually have funny banter going on which slows them up but not enough to be annoying. The last week though I have noticed a distinct strain to the air.
Today myself and a bunch of other people learnt why. Apprently two of the crew are dating and I guess things arn't going well.
I order my coffee and walk over to the station where you pick it up. I see the person who took my order pass that order on to the barista who was "discussing" something with another worker. The girl taking orders repeats my order four times to the girl who ignores her. She rolls her eyes, writes my order on a cup and goes back to serving the other customers.
30 seconds or so go by and she finally notices me and says "was there something you wanted?" in a tone that indicated I was interrupting her dialogue to this guy. I tell her my order and she turns away, doesn't even look at me and points to the counter where you place your order and says "order over there."
My expression resembles this
The co-worker she is talking at goes like this , and the order taker hears and comes over and tells her I HAVE ordered and to hop to it. I haven't even been able to get in a word edge wise and she barks at me "well what did you order" and her and the guy get into another discussion about customer service and how shes being rude "Im not rude Im just blunt" and she finally starts making my drink. The order taker and the guy are now trying to make small talk to make up for the barista and start trying to joke it off. Asking me how my day was etc.I told them that it was a hobby of mine to randomly stand around in coffee shops for no reason
They both looked so embarressed. The barista just rolled her eyes. As I left I heard both of them going off at her about being rude.I thought the whole thing was amusing, I have had SO many co-irkers like her!
beyond that I have seen many relationships crumble and then they start to slack on the job and argue and treat each other and their fellow workers like crap!! We discourage dating amongst the crew now, and we basically don't allow shift managers to date the crew members, although if a relationship is starting to form then usually the crew gets the option to transfer to another store or quit dating.
Some people can manage it, but in this case this girl was being ridiculous. "I'm not rude I'm just blunt"?? Please. There's no reason to take her crappy attitude out on an innocent customer.
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