How To Not Suck At A Cafe

So, as most of you would be aware, I work at a cafe, and have been for the last four or five months.

Working in the hospitality industry has opened my eyes to SO MANY NEW AND WONDERFUL THINGS!!!!
I have wanted to write about this for soooooo long but I just never had a chance to.

So I'm doing it now.

Here goes.



I have compiled a few do's and don'ts for EVERYONE who frequents cafes. Since most people will visit a cafe at least one in a blue moon, THIS BLOG POST IS FOR EVERYONE!
And I hope you will not read it and do the opposite of what I am saying, because that is just childish and silly. And I can promise you that the cafe staff will be stabbing you in their minds.




First off.
Some of the most ANNOYING THINGS EVER for cafe staff to have to deal with are the following:




1. Full water glasses/cups left on tables
Whhhhyyyyyy?!?!?!?! You got the water, can you please please PLEASE just drink it???? I understand if you misjudged the level of water you poured yourself, but WHY do you have to leave a FULL GLASS OF WATER ON THE TABLE?!

Now I have to make multiple trips to take all of your flippin' glasses to the kitchen. You could have at least tried to drink some of it. Water is good for you, and no one really drinks enough of it. So before you get up and leave your filthy table covered in dishes, could you just drink the water in the glass?
Thanks, hun.






2. Chairs that are pushed out half a mile from the table
I know you're in a rush to leave the cafe, clearly, but you have two seconds to push the chair in under the table don't you? Oh, you don't? And you'd rather just get up and leave the chair out in the middle of the gaps between the tables causing a very dangerous hazard for people trying to carry their arms full of dishes back to the kitchen? It is very much appreciated.
PUSH IN YOUR FLIPPIN' CHAIRS PLEASE! Its common courtesy.






3. People who sit on dirty tables when there are a billion clean tables to choose from.
Honestly, why? Just PLEASE tell me what reason you have for possibly doing this?????? I DON'T UNDERSTAND!!!!
You realise I didn't have a chance to wipe down that table yet, WHY ARE YOU SITTING AT IT?!?!?!
Oh, you're going to complain to me now about the table being dirty? That is just fantastic <3
I won't point out all the sparkly clean tables around you that you could have sat at instead, because you're the customer and you're always right.






4. People who buy something and then don't eat it.
The amount of wasted food in the cafe is absolutely disgusting.
What happened to the whole " there are starving kids in Africa so finish your meal"?
I understand if you eat the majority of the food and then you leave a little because its just too much food, but you barely touched your Pasta/Burger/Fries/Slice/Muffin/Sandwich.
You can always ask us for a takeaway container or bag if you can't finish it. You paid for it. Why do you want to just throw your money away?
I don't understand.
If the food is terrible you should tell us.





5. People who let their kids create a gigantic, disgusting mess and don't even bother to try and contain it.
They are your kids, you could at least try to help us keep the place at least minimally tidy. Kids are unbelievably messy. Letting them pour their fluffy's all over the table is really unhelpful. We have napkins at your disposal. You could at least TRY to clean up after them a bit. I know its our job to clean up after you but have a little consideration for the poor cafe staff that are constantly cleaning up after people's kids.






6. People getting mad at slow food/coffee deliveries when the cafe is insanely busy.
If you wanted your food and coffee in 3 minutes, you should have gone to McDonald's. There is only so much we can do in the time that we have. We are trying out best. Please don't yell at us because its not our fault and we're doing the best that we can :(





That's all I can think of at the moment. I will more than likely add to this list.
Thanks for reading and I hope it has opened your eyes a wee bit :)


LOTS OF LOVE FROM ME! <3


(I'm not always this rant-y. It has been a super long day and I NEED A DAY OFF)