I seriously love reading some of these posts.
Instead of doing homework for the past 45 minutes, I just read about 100 random posts. My 2 favorites (that are also not X rated):
- From Your Friendly Neighborhood Barista - from Portland (Oregon or Maine?)
- To the owner of the dog who took a shit outside my apartment building - from Vancouver, BC
The first one basically sums up my entire barista career, from November 2003 until now. I’m so glad someone ranted about it on craigslist. I couldn’t have said it better. This is just an excerpt:
“First of all, I am one of the fastest barista’s in the company. I can take your huge order from you and whip them out in record time without making a mistake. But when you choose to pull up, already having seen the long line on both sides of my window, please don’t tell me that you’re in a hurry and I need to make your drink FAST. This will just make me move slower, because, what kind of idiot stops to get coffee when you’re running late?
Having said that I am super fast, I am human, however, and do make mistakes on occasion. I know it was my fault, and if you come back I will be more than happy to remake it for you and offer you a second drink. But if you act like a dick that I accidentally gave you sugar free caramel in the 16oz instead of the 12oz, then that’s just going to piss me off. Maybe if you hadn’t rapid-fired your 7 drinks at me, then rolled your window up, I wouldn’t mix things up.
Speaking of ordering 7 drinks… no big deal. But when you rack up a $28 tab, and don’t leave a tip, that’s just rude. It’s even more rude when your company pays for your tab, and you still don’t leave a tip. Would you spend $30 at a restaurant and not leave a tip? You would? Oh, well fuck you then.”
My thoughts exactly.
Second, is the rant about the dog shit. It had me laughing from the first sentence:
” All I have to say is Fuck You for not picking up your dog’s shit.”
The rest is just an angry and hilarious rant on how the person is plagued by the dog poo s/he stepped in. Read it.
I found it amusing… perhaps other people will too. Reading the “Best of Craigslist” posts is an excellent way to spend late nights that should be spent doing homework.
