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timechange01
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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 05:06    Post subject: my first job
i am now a part time employee at dunkin donuts lol Im the coffeeboy. I make hot coffee, iced coffee, cappuccino and lattes Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy



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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 05:16    Post subject:
hey man, at least it's a start.

I worked at a Second Cup (aka Canadian Starbucks), albeit when I was 16 Wink


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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 05:38    Post subject:
Yes its my first REAL job. I did work before but basically I wouldn't consider it a real job. I just used to buy broken xboxes and then repair them and sell them. Wasn't very reliable.

But yea this job is kinda cool. I just started on Thursday and the manager had me sit down at a computer and go through some training program for like 2 hours and then he put me on the floor. I was so overwhelmed at first. Training was from 6am to 1pm and I had it Thursday, Friday and Saturday. So this coming Saturday will officially be my first day of work. I dont deal with any customers though I just stand next to the person who takes orders and then I just make the drink. I dont even know how money registers work lol.

But I was very overwhelmed at first because of the milk/skim milk/creme, sugar/liquid sugar, all the flavor combinations. And the espresso machine which is so annoying because whenever somebody orders a Latte or a cappuccino, I would have to first get the milk in a pot and then heat/steam the milk and if there wasn't enough milk in the pot to fill the entire cup order, i would have to repeat the whole milk heating process again. But I got past all that lol now I can actually do it right and fast. (I just put a shitload of milk in the pot whenever somebody orders a latte Laughing)



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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 05:41    Post subject:
Good for you. A first job is always exciting. No matter what job you have it always teaches you some of the skills for the next.

Congrats!!!!
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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 05:42    Post subject:
You'll be excited for a couple weeks. Give it a month and like any 9-5 you're gonna get sick of it.
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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 05:49    Post subject:
timechange01 wrote:
Yes its my first REAL job. I did work before but basically I wouldn't consider it a real job. I just used to buy broken xboxes and then repair them and sell them. Wasn't very reliable.

But yea this job is kinda cool. I just started on Thursday and the manager had me sit down at a computer and go through some training program for like 2 hours and then he put me on the floor. I was so overwhelmed at first. Training was from 6am to 1pm and I had it Thursday, Friday and Saturday. So this coming Saturday will officially be my first day of work. I dont deal with any customers though I just stand next to the person who takes orders and then I just make the drink. I dont even know how money registers work lol.

But I was very overwhelmed at first because of the milk/skim milk/creme, sugar/liquid sugar, all the flavor combinations. And the espresso machine which is so annoying because whenever somebody orders a Latte or a cappuccino, I would have to first get the milk in a pot and then heat/steam the milk and if there wasn't enough milk in the pot to fill the entire cup order, i would have to repeat the whole milk heating process again. But I got past all that lol now I can actually do it right and fast. (I just put a shitload of milk in the pot whenever somebody orders a latte Laughing)



Sounds like you have the basics. Most people don't even get that in the first few trainning shifts. Now it is all about experience. Any new first job is overwhelming at the start, then you get the hang of it.
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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 05:53    Post subject:
Thank you pistolshrimp. Only 3 days have passed and so far Im liking it. The manager is a total jerk though. There is this one other guy there he is like 18 years old and Im 22 and the manager always acts mean with just us two. Everybody else there is like over 30 years old. He was telling me if he catches me talking to the other guy he will send one of us home.

Even when there was no customers, he just comes up to me and asks me why am I not doing anything. Apparently Im supposed to keep myself busy. On Saturday it was really dumb he was like "why arent you memorizing the names of the donuts? theres no customers. Memorize the names of the donuts" which is ridiculous because I dont even take the donut orders lol but besides the manager its a pretty cool job. I get free coffee since I get to make it myself Very Happy



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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 06:02    Post subject:
^^ tell the assholes over 30 they shouldn't be working at a dunkin' donuts Wink

and then Laughing because they'll probably be there until they are 40


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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 06:09    Post subject:
Another interesting thing I learned is frozen cappuccinos have no espresso in it. Its basically just a cappuccino flavored coolata which I thought at first was kinda strange lol also it has no foam in it since its cold

My FAVORITE order is when people order coffee with milk and sugar or iced coffee with milk and sugar. Some of the more longer orders takes me some time to get used to. Especially when they say something like "french vanilla iced coffee light with skim milk and 4 splendas with little less ice" or "hot coffee dark with creme and slightly sweet with sweet & low". Lol I dont KNOW what slightly sweet means. Slightly sweet to me could mean something completely different. But about 90% of the orders I got correctly.

I remmeber this 1 lady who wanted a light hot coffee with a little bit of skim milk........ This was one of the dumbest requests I had because skim milk barely makes coffee light. I need to put in regular milk to properly make coffe light and so it was either going to have a LOAD of skim milk in there or it was going to be dark. She came back saying the coffee with slightly bitter. So I dumped half of her coffee out and filled it with skim milk and she liked it.

Basically it was a cup of 60% skim milk and 40% coffee Laughing Laughing

EDIT: actually more like 50/50. But still thats a crap load of skim milk lol



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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 06:25    Post subject:
Am I the only one who can't take this guy seriously? He's on the internet sharing about his job at a donut place???

Is this some kind of joke or are you 16 years old?
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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 07:20    Post subject:
Some people have empty lives.


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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 07:30    Post subject:
He is just extremely open, makes him vulnerable to being walked over...
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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 07:41    Post subject:
when I was in uni there were actually quite a few people who had never even had a job in their lives :/

I worked full-time during summers from 16+ and then a part-time job during school from about 17+. Actually the only year of my life I didn't have a job from then was the first year of uni Smile


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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 07:45    Post subject:
moosenoodles wrote:
He is just extremely open, makes him vulnerable to being walked over...


Extremely open or craving for attention?
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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 10:30    Post subject:
first real job at 22/23. How could you have survived money wise Very Happy ? Anyway, gratz
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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 12:52    Post subject:
timechange01 wrote:
Thank you pistolshrimp. Only 3 days have passed and so far Im liking it. The manager is a total jerk though. There is this one other guy there he is like 18 years old and Im 22 and the manager always acts mean with just us two. Everybody else there is like over 30 years old. He was telling me if he catches me talking to the other guy he will send one of us home.

Even when there was no customers, he just comes up to me and asks me why am I not doing anything. Apparently Im supposed to keep myself busy. On Saturday it was really dumb he was like "why arent you memorizing the names of the donuts? theres no customers. Memorize the names of the donuts" which is ridiculous because I dont even take the donut orders lol but besides the manager its a pretty cool job. I get free coffee since I get to make it myself Very Happy


Manager sounds like a dick but he probably wants you to start serving customers and doing other jobs in store eventually.


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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 15:44    Post subject:
lol you should change the title too first handjob Smile
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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 15:47    Post subject:
dunkin owns starbucks coffee hard. we have a baskin robins/dunkin by my house, I fucking LOVE the cappucino blast.


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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 16:16    Post subject:
KrAzY-KaMeL wrote:
moosenoodles wrote:
He is just extremely open, makes him vulnerable to being walked over...


Extremely open or craving for attention?

Oh definitely the latter.


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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 17:57    Post subject:
Newty182 wrote:
timechange01 wrote:
Thank you pistolshrimp. Only 3 days have passed and so far Im liking it. The manager is a total jerk though. There is this one other guy there he is like 18 years old and Im 22 and the manager always acts mean with just us two. Everybody else there is like over 30 years old. He was telling me if he catches me talking to the other guy he will send one of us home.

Even when there was no customers, he just comes up to me and asks me why am I not doing anything. Apparently Im supposed to keep myself busy. On Saturday it was really dumb he was like "why arent you memorizing the names of the donuts? theres no customers. Memorize the names of the donuts" which is ridiculous because I dont even take the donut orders lol but besides the manager its a pretty cool job. I get free coffee since I get to make it myself Very Happy


Manager sounds like a dick but he probably wants you to start serving customers and doing other jobs in store eventually.



Exactly, I have a manager position and you have to come down really hard on new employee until you trust them. You don't want them dicking around when you leave the store. You are the one who is passing on the expectations of head office to the rest of the staff.

I suspect the guy is a dick because every manager I had that was young always had something to prove and lacked people skills.

He is right to ask why you aren't doing something, there are always jobs to do when there are no customers in the store. For example you should be taking out the trash, cleaning counters, tables, stocking up on items during the slow times.

My girls are really good altho sometimes they are cleaning too much and not helping customers so much. I gotta be one them and sometimes they get pissed off. Our customer are cheap, pretty ignorant and messy. They guess at their bra size so you have to measure them because otherwise they are taking EVERY size in the same style but different colors? Waste of time and mess. I gotta be on my girls to find the right size and fit and go from there.

Day flys by tho. It is pretty entertaining and interesting tho. Some of the religious ones who come in covered head to toe are some of the more interesting ones. Underneath all the modest cover they just want to be sexy too. They are actually the most gratefull for good customer service and to be helped by someone who knows what they are talking about. The insecure ones doing sexy pictures always come back in to show me. Other times you just gotta wonder at customers who don't seem to get it we won't take back their dirty used panties.
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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 18:24    Post subject:
i remember working at deli 2 years ago, i quit after just 3-4 months, i couldnt keep up with 3 bosses women that were driving me nuts,but it was good while it lasted


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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 19:06    Post subject:
nouseforaname wrote:
hey man, at least it's a start.

I worked at a Second Cup (aka Canadian Starbucks), albeit when I was 16 Wink


Tim Hortons is Canada's Starbucks (even tho we have Shit bucks....and lots of em). Wink


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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 19:22    Post subject:
SpykeZ wrote:
dunkin owns starbucks coffee hard. we have a baskin robins/dunkin by my house, I fucking LOVE the cappucino blast.


Id rather drink Starbucks honestly. I never tried hot coffee at Starbucks but their frappuccinos own all. I still haven't tasted any coffee drink that tastes better than a frappuccino lol

And I listen everything the manager tells me. Whenever he yells at me to do something I do it immediately without any question. Maybe he will realize one day that he is just being mean lol. & when there aren't any customers, I always clean the counters where I spilled coffee or milk or something. After cleaning the counters and brewing the coffee and everything, I get nervous because theres nothing much else I can do. I cant take out the trash because theres a guy for that and he has to go all the back in the back of the store to throw the trash out. There is a guy for everything almost.

And about the bra in every size lol I do the same with shirts and pants. I always get like 3 or 4 pairs of the same pants in different size and goto the fitting room to try them all on and see which one fits best Very Happy



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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 20:51    Post subject:
yeah my first job was ehh... nvm.
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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 20:53    Post subject:
frappuccino, lol Very Happy

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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 21:04    Post subject:
SycoShaman wrote:
nouseforaname wrote:
hey man, at least it's a start.

I worked at a Second Cup (aka Canadian Starbucks), albeit when I was 16 Wink


Tim Hortons is Canada's Starbucks (even tho we have Shit bucks....and lots of em). Wink


Tim Hortons is Canada's Dunkin Donuts Wink Second Cup is considered a specialty coffee shop (aka $5 for a cappuccino), the same as Starbucks or Timothy's.

I know the lines have blurred recently (12-13 years ago there was no such thing as cappuccino at Timmy's), but basically:

- regular coffee shop = robusta beans for coffee, lattes/cappuccinos come out of a machine with a push of the button
- specialty coffee shop = arabica beans for coffee, lattes/cappuccinos are made fresh when ordered


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$5 for a cappuccino, wow sounds like Norway
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PostPosted: Tue, 28th Jul 2009 21:10    Post subject:
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$5 for a cappuccino, wow sounds like Norway


those stores are mostly for yuppies, while there are "normal" coffee shops (like tim hortons, dunkin donuts) for the rest of us Razz

I'm a medium with milk and 2 sugars for $1.28 kinda guy Smile


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