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as a veteran (ex-barista) i know how shitty you get treated for such low pay and how people throwing in an extra dollar or two for a tip does make a difference. i will forever be tapping 20% when the barista flips the screen around (or more even! depending)
in conclusion, baristas are doing the lord’s work… show some respect ‼️
May 7, 2024
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You can built equity with your local shop. Idk if that’s a lost art today but when you watch the movies where a guy walks into a store and everyone working knows him and knows his order and he knows about their lives — THAT IS A REAL THING THAT CAN HAPPEN!
My wife & I live around the corner from a coffee shop / bakery we love and we’ve made it a habit to frequent it 3-4 times a week. We order coffee and pastries and we always always always tip. We know the staff because we see them so often, we refer to them by name, and we make sure to be conversational when the moment allows it. This was something we do out of just human decency. But what we learned with time was that the staff took notice of the culmination of those things. They’d remember our orders. They’d flag us down to the front of the line when it was busy. Most days by the time I get to the counter, my order is packed and rung up. Some nights when we go for dinner (incredible pizza & pasta), we get asked if we want to take home pastries or bread for free. Some days an extra croissant appears in my bag. On days when they try new items, guess who gets asked for their opinion?
We don’t do these things for special treatment, but we’ve realized that special treatment often happens because of those things. You can build equity with a business by (1) committing to frequent it often, (2) by tipping appropriately and often, and (3) by treating the staff like humans as opposed to workers. It’s a 10/10 experience. Plus it makes you feel so cool when there’s a long ass line and you walk in and everyone’s like “LOOK IT’S MARIANO! HEY MAN! WE HAVE YOUR ORDER READY OVER HERE!”
Apr 12, 2024
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being traditionally cool is really quite boring and iterative, and it’s actually very cool and sexy to geek out about something you like or share bits of knowledge on a topic you’re passionate about
Aug 17, 2024
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i had it for a little over a year until i was like wow this is actually terrible! i genuinely think it has negatively impacted society by ruining people’s attention spans, having a horrific algorithm, and most of all by the most mind-numbing or outright harmful trends -
fake words that people now use IRL (“unalive”), trad wife tiktok, shein hauls, body-focused fitness vids that encourage fatphobia and unhealthy habits, shallow political/feminist theory and queer discourse, “alpha male” podcaster tiktok, encouraging overconsumption in general, trends ruining local spots or niche things… the list goes on
Aug 17, 2024
a million times cooler than the lackluster “sleek” tech color palette used today
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