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we would set timers to go off 10 minutes after the openers start and hide them, lol.

one year i got some SM/ASMs and leads to play an AFD prank on my SM. I went on my half before the SM came in, and had everyone on the floor say they hadn't seen me, that I was a no call/show.

Then another store's SM called mine asking for me, telling she had heard I was planning on quitting. Our district had a shortage of ASMs and I was basically our store's assistant (to the) store manager and had I quit for real it really would have sucked for her.

I’m 2 months into working for the siren now and a couple weeks ago we had JUST run out of pumpkin. I was in the back doing some dishes when my ssv brought me a drink saying it was a pumpkin macchiato. I was like ??? Didn’t we run out of pumpkin? And he goes no I used the last of it that was in the bottom of the bin so I said thanks and took the drink. Turns out he put Sriracha in it 😭😂

Personally, and I know my fellow leads felt the same way, we only pranked and joked with people that we felt could take a joke. We always tried to laugh with, not laugh at.

I also trained new hires and was pretty good at it for the same reason i was good with customers - i tailored (or tried to at least) interactions with others in mind.

Our crew was pretty tight but welcoming too, and our SM was good at hiring folks that would get along with the rest of the store. That didn't always mean the same kinds of people, just compatible ones, as we were pretty diverse too.

I had new peeps to train/supervise that ranged from salty food service/CS vets to super nervous teenagers starting their first job. I had to teach a girl once how to sweep and mop!

I'm glad to hear you have what sounds like a cool crew, makes all the difference in this job. I still keep in touch with coworkers from 20 years ago!

when i worked at the bux we were still using more traditional, semi-auto espresso machines. these are the ones you dose and then tamp into a portafilter and pull shots.

we would take the pucks from the machine and kinda form them into the same shape as the brownies we sold and try and fool someone into taking a bite out of it, thinking it's a brownie and not espresso grounds.