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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

if you can't handle dealing with endless insufferable people and decided to sign up for a barista job, then that's definitely on you

[–] Im_old 57 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sometimes you have to do what you have to do to pay the bills!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That probably includes not offending the customers lol

[–] Im_old 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That depends, some people need to be offended and get a reality check. Otherwise just muttering imprecations jnder your breath against humanity at large will get you through the day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Barista is also traditionally supplemented by tips, which are likely to suffer if you're wearing a pin that makes the customer feel like a burden.

[–] Im_old 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No matter how endless or insufferable people might be, that job may still be preferable for someone than the alternative opportunities available.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Assuming that the person has any other opportunities.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Let me translate that.

If you get overworked at an exploitative minimum wage job, then that's definitely on you

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

There are many different minimum wage jobs out there. Speaking as an introvert who has had several of them, if small talk is that taxing for you then you should consider a job with less intrinsic social requirements.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

this just drained my battery

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly, just be born to rich parents smh my head

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Very classy, victim-blaming people that need to eat and pay rent.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

i was a barista for well over 10 years (as an introvert to boot). it's 100% a side gig. it may cover some food and gas, but NO ONE is paying rent with barista pay, especially since they cut labor every time it's "slow" for 20 minutes.

i stayed there because of the free pound of coffee every week and flexibility, but don't act like it's always the only thing between the workers and homelessness

[–] glitchdx -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

on the one hand, victim blaming is bad, and we shouldn't do that. On the other hand, there isn't a shortage of bullshit dead end jobs that don't require previous experience, so you can absolutely get a job that is more or less customer facing if need be.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I definitely feel like there's a correlation between jobs being entry level and being customer facing. Also in many jobs of any level you still have "customer management" even if that customer can take different shapes than the usual retail crowd, but that's not always a good thing.

[–] glitchdx 0 points 2 weeks ago

Restaurants have kitchen staff. Retail has merchandisers and night crew. I'm sure I can come up with more if I put any effort into it whatsoever. I'm not saying that customer facing jobs aren't the majority of entry level positions, but they're far from all of them.