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Hey guys, I was wondering if there are any baristas in the Petaluma/Santa Rosa area whose store might be looking for a transfer in a couple months. I'm going to start calling around soon, but thought I'd ask you guys first. I've worked in a DT store for 6 years, and would prefer another DT store.

Also, does anyone know the way they calculate pay increase for transfers? I live in Bakersfield, Ca and the cost of living is lower here. I've heard that it's up to the SM and DM to decide what your pay will be.

Any help is appreciated :)

No its cool if you only leave $1.50 tip for those 16 fraps you ordered during Happy Hour.

And no I don't expect tips, but honestly if I did something like that at any establishment (a huge order during a crazy time) I'd leave at least a $5, espeically considering how much money they are saving.

I can't wait til 5pm tomorrow.

This is soooo accurate!!!

I've been meaning to post this but 2 Mondays ago I went to a District Coffee Master's meeting and one of the suggestions was to develop some recipes using our coffees so I made "All Things Italian" it's Italian Roast with Double Chocolate Chip Hazelnut Ice Cream. I didn't use an ice cream maker cause I don't have one but once I had cooked all the ingredients I froze it for 2 hours so that it would firm up a bit then I took it out and added the chocolate chips and hazelnuts, let it freeze overnight and I'm ashamed to say it but I had ice-cream for breakfast. It was so good. I made up a second batch and we sent it to our support centre and they loved it!
( PICTURE of glorious ice cream!!! )

I'm looking to make the move to a licensed sbux store after 5 years of starbucks drink-making experience at Barnes & Noble. I applied a few weeks ago and just a few days ago the SM of the store closest to my house asked me in for an interview on Saturday.

So my question is: What should I expect to be asked? I'd like to be prepared as possible. Any advice you can give would help! Thanks!

Were we giving out free coffee and tea to people who brought in their own cups today? Couldn't find anything on the portal, but customers kept saying they read it, heard it, ect. Did this happen in your town too? Needless to say, we gave away a ton of free bevs today. For the record, I am in Portland, Oregon.

So I quit Bux at the beginning of the year for various reasons, tried looking for other jobs, am currently having no luck, so of course I decide to submit myself to the torture and reapply at Bux.
I did the online application and applied to 5 stores close to my house. I also decided to text a friend/co-worker and see if my old store needed peeps. I talked to my ex-boss who said she would rehire me but she couldn't find me in the applications, I guess because I only applied to those specific stores.

So just wondering if anyone knows how long it takes before your application goes back into the "pool" of applications where anyone can grab you? I applied April 13th so its been a week now. I am really anxious to start making some money again.

Thanks all.

So today while we were pretty slow, one of the baristas was taking a customers order and collapsed. It was pretty much the scariest thing I've ever seen. We ran over and it seemed like she wasn't breathing, so one of our regulars who is a doctor came running over to help. He eventually revived her and everything, but it was just...terrifying. has anything like this happened to you or someone else at work? How did you handle it? She's okay, but is staying in the hospital for a couple days I believe.

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Hiya. I wanted to ask a quick question concerning homeless people. There used to be two that would come by, but there were claims that the male was stealing tips, so everyone was told to automatically call the police when he entered the store. The female came by one time, apparently, and the store manager automatically called the police even though she was sitting alone, reading.

I guess I just have a huge problem with this as the both of them do not harass anyone. The tips being stolen is still speculation, but the fact that the shift on duty told me the female was doing absolutely nothing [this is what the shift also told the police when they arrived; and from what i recall being told, the cafe was empty, aside from the early morning regulars] is just...sociopathic.

Should I even bother calling corporate about the store manager calling the police on someone who was doing nothing wrong at all? It seems like they are okay with advocating discrimination as long as they don't lose money, honestly.

Thank you for your time.