Time: Thursday, 4:55 pm I could already tell it was going to be an adventure of a day when I walked in for my dinner shift and saw Dana, one of my newer coworkers, leaning over the register with a pen and paper in one hand, and a customer's credit card in the other. "Uh … Continue reading Tales from the Café: Houston, We Have a Problem
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(Alternately titled: You Probably Think This Post Is About You) Time: Friday, 8:55 pm It was finally almost closing time after an incredibly hectic day. Zöe had locked the front door, and all but the last few tables had filtered out. Despite the chaotic nature of the evening, I was in a good mood. None … Continue reading Tales From the Café: Familiar Faces
Time: Thursday, 3:49 pm "Yesterday was Meghan's last day," Autumn said, leaning back against the counters in front of our coffee pots. It's the height of the lull between lunch and dinner, and we're each waiting on something before we can move on to our next task. "Yeah, I know." I sighed. "And I guess … Continue reading Tales from the Café: High Turnover Rate
Time: Tuesday, 6:46 pm It was a quiet night. Normally we would have seen our first rush by now, but the café is only about half full, leaving most of us servers wandering around aimlessly under the guise of doing something productive. (Sometimes we actually do productive things, since pissing off the managers is usually … Continue reading Tales From the Café: Contents Under Pressure
Time: Saturday, 12:49 pm On weekends, during the day, we do brunch. This throws people off sometimes, since we switch up the menu a good bit for those two mornings and not everything people expect to see is on there. So despite the fact that I don't work brunch all that often, I have seen … Continue reading Tales From the Café: Can’t Win ‘Em All
Time: Thursday, 1:15 pm "Hey Hunts?" Zöe walked up behind me, and I looked over my shoulder. "86 arugula." I blinked. "We're seriously out of arugula? How did we run out of arugula?" She shrugged. "I have absolutely no idea. I don't even want to know. But just make sure that you let people know. … Continue reading Tales from the Café: Love It or Hate It
Time: Friday, 4:32 pm Mocha Time is a bit of a double-sided café. During the day, we're your mild-mannered coffee-based establishment, providing tasty caffeinated beverages and modestly priced sandwiches. At night, however, we transform in a classy corner of would-be New Orleans, smooth jazz on the Pandora and candles lit at every table. ...meaning we … Continue reading Tales from the Café: Come Here Often?
Time: Thursday, 3:14 pm I stifled a yawn behind my elbow, running a hand through my hair as I blinked hard. It had been a long day, and I was ready for my shift to be over. Just a little less than an hour and I'd be home. I'd just start doing a bit of … Continue reading Tales from the Café: Item Unavailable
A/N: Incredibly fitting for the moment, as the past few days before I write this have been rife with Internet problems at home... Date: Wednesday, 12:38 pm The lunch rush would be here any minute, and all I had to do was make sure my best smile was on my face and we'd be fine. … Continue reading Tales from the Café: Page Cannot Load
Time: 2:35 pm, Monday Mid-afternoons are slow under the best of circumstances, and this one was even worse. I wasn't sure what was keeping people away from the café, but that was the way things went. Honestly, I didn't mind the slow afternoons. It meant that I had some time to get caught up on … Continue reading Tales from the Café: Flat Whites and Macchiatos
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