Barista
Brighter Side: Custom work playlists
May 30, 2025By: Peter Runn, SFU Student Something I appreciate about working for a small local coffee shop is we’re allowed to play whatever music we want. Unlike the corporate-stocked playlists mandated by most retail chains, at least my employer understands not having Benson Boone serenade from the ceiling 20 times a shift boosts employee morale. As long as explicit music is filtered out, my coworkers and I get to decide exactly what we want to treat our ears to. We have custom playlists we share with each other to enlighten our music tastes. If we feel like listening to Lorde’s entire…
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Eight things brewing in your barista’s brain
October 25, 2022By: Gem Yelin Lee, Copy Editor There are things customers who have never worked in a café will probably not know. Among these include the ability to act like a decent human being with bare minimum manners, and the daily…
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Flowchart: is your barista secretly in love with you?
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