no literally. and pls fucking clean before we switch roles

it's fun to watch people think they are so much faster, only to have to stop after 8 drinks to have to rinse all the blenders and pitchers.


and some could be WAY faster if they just rinsed as they went so they wouldn't have to stop every few drinks to clean up.

I’m an absolute disaster on bar, things are so messy but I constantly have a rag on me and wipe it down as often as I can. I’m a messy bar partner and a messy bar drives me crazy.

when i was a baby bean, my trainer always told me “no cleaning until you get all the drinks out” and now I realize how disgusting that is 😭 at my store, we could go hours without a lull in tickets

ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A MIDSHIFT PERSON WHO CLOCKS OUT BEFORE THE AFTERNOON RUSH… PLEASE JUST CLEAN UP AS YOU GO OR AT LEAST BEFORE YOU LEAVE SO US CLOSERS DON’T HAVE TO PANIC PREP RIGHT AS PEOPLE COME IN ugh

>put away your milks.

My little hack for saving time with this steps is to put 1 away when I get out another. Saves time by bending down and opening the door fewer times

It's not the most common but there are definitely folks who rely entirely on CS to clean up after them. Which is totally fine up to a point, but jeez some people take too many liberties in that respect.

Omg this drives me crazy! I have no idea how people can work when the counter is flooded and everything is sticky 😩😩

Also it's even worse when you are dto/w and the drive bar is handing you cups that wet cause they haven't cleaned their area or themselves 🤢🤢

>if you make a mess and don’t clean as you go you’re just making your job/your partners’ jobs harder because then someone will have to come and clean up after you/use a messy station.

One of my SSVs is very strict about people cleaning their station before someone else takes over, which I appreciate both as the person leaving bar and the person starting on bar. I like that she gives us that minute or so to clean it before/as the next person takes over because sometimes it does get messy but that doesn't mean I want it to be someone else's problem, I just need things to slow down a sec so I can really address it

Don’t even get me started. We have a couple at my store that are literal tornadoes. Like clean your shit up!!!! Stresses me out especially if you have to go on bar after them

As a trainer clean-as-you-go and keeping your station clean we’re things I enforced.

I’m a rehire and I didn’t realize how bad the issue of not putting milks away can be until recently. At my previous stores, no one left milk out except for *maybe* a 2% during morning peak, and even then that milk was used up so fast that it really wasn’t left out long at all.

At the store I’m at now…yikes. Milks are left out for HOURS. I’ve noticed I’m only one of a few who ever put milks away. If I’m put on bar, I immediately put all the milks away, as there’s usually one of each milk (dairy and non-dairy…ugh) just hanging out on the counter. Milk is a perishable item, yet you wouldn’t know that being at this store lol

I find it quite concerning that partners just leave milk out…like would you want to drink that whole milk that’s been sitting out on cold bar for an hour? I know I wouldn’t. Considering partners at this store casually work off the clock, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised there’s the milk issue. It’s kinda scary how rough some store locations can be :/

Hi it’s me messy bar partner, but I really do try to keep things clean. I already feel like I’m too slow and to add cleaning in throws me off sequencing because my brain literally can’t focus on cleaning when I should be focusing on getting the next drink ready. But I make a strong effort to at least not leave pitchers with milks or too many milks out, I also try to wipe things down when I’m at a standstill waiting for shots to pull or when it starts to feel overwhelming/I see another partner with a rag so it prompts me to ask to have it when they’re done. But I will always make sure to clean my area before I get pulled off and any time I happen to not have drinks. My thing is for me getting better at being a fast and clean bar partner would require me to have more bar time and I’m like second or third string bar partner so hard to get better if you don’t get chances to practice and improve. So to counter this, my pet peeve are partners who refuse to do anything but bar.

i don't even understand how you walk away from a milky steaming wand. like. part of my original training stressed that as soon as you finish steaming that milk you clean the steaming wand off. i usually do it before i even pour the milk, just with how i sequence.

and yet I'll walk up to the mastrena sometimes to find a crusty steaming wand uhhh no thank you!

im absolutely guilty of being a lil messy on bar due to not having the best hand eye coordination, but i tell myself that part of finishing the drink in the sequence involves cleaning any messes created by said drink.

i also never keep any milks on bar, id rather do 100 squats than accidentally knock something over yknow

I especially hate it when I’m on window and they hand me a drink that is wet on the bottom from the dirty counters and dripping out of the top from the over pour. I should not have to wipe down or relid a drink before handing it out. This is part of the bar partner’s job-make the drink presentable! It’s not that hard to keep a tidy station. So infuriating! Thank you for this post-I needed to get that out.

when there’s a half full pitcher of milk on the counter and a bunch of open sugar packets and milk/water/syrup sludge all over the counter and old milk on the steam wand when it takes a millisecond to just, at the very least, wipe the steam wand .

thank you i was just talking abt this to one of my coworkers it bothers me so much

The biggest flex is being fast *and* neat

I mean im one of those messy drink makers but I clean before I switch roles 😂 and once the rush is over

Keeping a steady pace instead of rushing ultimately makes business go faster too. The cleaner and more organized your station is, the more fluidly you can work. 🤙🏻💕

I have... one specific partner who does this. Even when it's super slow, there is just a layer of milk over the entire counter. They are constantly leaving milks out and keep putting the ice scoop on the dirty counter and reuse it. I am always going behind their back and cleaning.. and yes, I have attempted to say things about it but I am not an assertive person.

Former partner here: completely agree however I used to be semi messy. I would never ever leave my mess for the next person to deal with though and always would try to clean in between unless we got slammed. Then I’d clean after it would slow down some. Editing to add: I’ve never left out milk the most that would happen would be the bar getting a bit over flowed from liquids or dealing with toppings

I will make a mess on bar bc I’m speedy, but I always make sure to clean it up before switching. In addition, when I’m on Cs doing cleanup I try to reach in and wipe the bar down so that the baristas on bar don’t have to slow down.

Same! Esp when they leave all the dairies out ahhhh
and I hate an empty fridge so before I leave the station, I ask the SL if I have time to restock/ or tell whoever is CS.

as a messy bar partner, i clean when i get the chance but i’m generally pretty fast. i also work mostly peak, so even when i feel like i’m going fast the shift still tells me to drop the times down a few more seconds. i do make sure my bar is clean before i switch out and my dishes are rinsed out as i go

Yes my biggest pet peeve omg

Literally brought this up during my last store meeting bc I’m tired of it being my “responsibility” to clean up after baristas. CLEANING UP IS THE LAST PART OF MAKING YOUR DRINK

Not rinsing blenders <<<<

I always keep a clean dry rag on my bar cause I like a clean bar

There’s one partner who it always looks like a full blown warzone. Like syrups everywhere. Milk everywhere. I don’t think she ever wipes down the bar….

If ur a messy bar ur not a good bar period.

I always clean before I switch roles but if I’m on bar it’s gonna be a little messy lol. Like I’ll wipe things down if I have time to between drink orders but yeah

Me cleaning up my coworkers' ice everywhere all the time T-T

Also close the goddamn ice bins when you're done getting ice!