Is That You In Your Avatar? Vol. 14. "Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney!" — Page 67

YAY!!

And I got you a gift!

It's a CD.

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merry Christmas to the chattiest bunch around!

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Foster, SB/103 is open today, but not SB/98? Or is it the other way around?

Peppermint Mochas are the best.

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Thanks, Foster.

What are you doing today?

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Probably sleeping for some of the day. I was at a Christmas party in Queens last night, and didn't get home until way after bedtime. So I've been up since yesterday morning.

How about you?

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Are you guys stalking your Starbucks baristas? Hah...thats a little creepy.

Akiva

No, just me.

I'm not stalking. It's not like I've looked him up on MySpace, or Facebook.

But I did find one of my hottie doormen on MySpace. But he's in my building. So that's not really like stalking.

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awww


*cuddles into foster*

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Starbucks baristas are always really friendly to their customers, but there's a reason: Trust me, I sat through the four-hour "Exceptional Service" seminar. They're practically forced into it.

one batch of gifts down, three more to go. So far, I'm looking at two new gorgeous pairs of boots (one brown and one black), the greatest book of Bushisms I've ever seen, a season of 24 and two seasons of Friends (I'm more interested in collecting them than watching them, I have 1-4 now), enough Chapstick to last me till next christmas, a few necklaces, a set of vanilla body products from Avon (they do have great lotion, body wash, spray and all that stuff), a Scrabble board, and a box of Sarris Chocolate cappucino meltaways.

'sall good.

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Geek, try a Starbucks in midtown. I don't think they've been to that training session. Ever.

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That's funny, Deet, because at our training session they read us a letter a customer sent the Starbucks corporation (it was years old so it made me wonder if it was the only one they'd EVER gotten) about a barista in a Starbucks near Times Square who, despite the fact that the customer came to New York only once every couple of months, always remembered her name and drink. "Now THAT'S going above and beyond! That's what we all strive for."

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*cuddles foster more*

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I wouldn't doubt it, Deet. That whole training was a bunch of smiley schmaltz punctuated by the free coffee (and the fact that I was getting paid, which is the only reason I put up with it. Oh, and lest we forget the sexy 25-year-old musician I sat next to the whole time, he made the whole thing worth it).

My coworkers were an interesting mix at the Starbucks I did a brief stint in. THere were those that genuinely were nice to the customers and liked their jobs and there were those (like the girl I ultimately quit because of) who felt themselves at constant war with the customers and as if she needed to beat them. Then there were the rest of us who were trying to get through and supported each other through the tough customers. It was a nice time, I miss it. Just not that one girl.

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