Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind
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First time on front (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by liveingalpal
So I trained for the first time on cash register/front and lemme tell you holy crap I was overwhelmed. My trainer was super nice and helpful for explaining everything and what to do when customers order foods etc. Around an hour into the training we start to get busy and my trainer was warming food for people since the other baristas were busy.
And there I was, a semi-lost green bean,
And someone was at the register (actually there was a line)
So I put on my big barista hat and tried to take their order.
It went mostly well but holy shit I froze.
Luckily my trainer stepped away from warming to help. But for the rest of my training shift I was pretty much doing register by myself with a few times I asked for help. It was very overwhelming and makes me realize how much I’m gonna need to learn real quick. Does anyone have any tips for remembering what is on all of the different pages? Because finding add ons/subs etc is what I find challenging
And there I was, a semi-lost green bean,
And someone was at the register (actually there was a line)
So I put on my big barista hat and tried to take their order.
It went mostly well but holy shit I froze.
Luckily my trainer stepped away from warming to help. But for the rest of my training shift I was pretty much doing register by myself with a few times I asked for help. It was very overwhelming and makes me realize how much I’m gonna need to learn real quick. Does anyone have any tips for remembering what is on all of the different pages? Because finding add ons/subs etc is what I find challenging
JudithJoy333 8 points 2y ago
I have been working for about 3/4 months now. You can always take a picture of the register and “study” at home. Especially if you are trying to memorize drinks, take a look at the heading at the bottom. All lattes have espresso, so they will be under espresso drinks. And refreshers are there own mixtures so they are under “other”. I promise, after 8-9 times on register it will be easier to find the basic drinks. The add ons will always be the last couple tabs.
I hope this helps a little! Just keep practicing and take a picture of register tabs on your next shift.
I hope this helps a little! Just keep practicing and take a picture of register tabs on your next shift.
liveingalpal [OP] 2 points 2y ago
Thank you! I also would go over the tabs in between customers on shift LOL, this helps!! I’ll try to use this idea to study
navkabar 2 points 2y ago
for me register is/was the hardest part. it takes a while to learn the system, tbh sometimes i still ask someone else on the floor where a certain button is lmao. dw youll get it :)
FfierceLaw 1 points 2y ago
One shift I surreptitiously took photos of all the pages, gave me something to look at off work to help
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