That literally just happened to me right now lol everything was fine when I was in bar and these two ladies decided to put their whole body on the counter and just stare into my soul. So I decided to ask “hi did you need something else?” They said they were waiting for their drinks and I politely told them to just have a seat and that I was working on all their Frappuccinos and that it would be a bit because I could only make one at a time. Dude they sat for 5 seconds and then got up again stayed there no matter how many times I would tel them to please sit. I let messing up and finally in full on anxiety panic mode I blurted out “would you mind having a seat? You standing there and staring is making me very nervous and uncomfortable” they didn’t get mad but they were definitely surprised. Told my shift lead about it and he just left and said he would help me do their drinks lol

as a relatively new partner i FEEL this. but you have to mess up to know how to do it right. it gets better every shift and your coworkers will start to respect you more and more. it sucks that your coworkers aren’t patient and understanding with you. some people are like that 😑 but you’ll be a great barista in time don’t worry :))) you are exactly where you need to beeee make mistakes ask hella questions!!!

literally living that right now… this my 5th week. feeling like all my coworkers hate me lmfao, it’s so lonely here.