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Snake enjoying coffee from Peet's Coffee here!

I understand you.  Trust me, I do.

You get up and question if this hamster wheel of a life is worth it.

Somehow, you find the motivation to get clothes on and into your car.  

You’re on your way to class/work and you need your caffeine fix in order to be a productive human being. I’m there with you—I promise.  

But, don't spray your goddamn negativity on my already soul wrenching job.  

First, when we ask how your morning is going, we could really care less about third snooze button you hit, or the biker that didn’t slow down for you crossing the street. Just like you don’t care about how we had to stand for a half an hour outside at 5:30 in the morning because maintenance forgot to unlock our building.

You want your coffee, I want to get paid. So let’s have a mutual level of respect for each other and respond with a simple “good morning,” as opposed to “I’ll take a triple shot hazelnut latte.”

Second, when we’re taking your order, holding your credit card to our face isn’t going to to make us work any faster. However, I will find imaginary buttons to press until your arm gets tired. And then point to the debit card machine that you’re supposed to swipe yourself.

And when you throw your five dollar bill on the table while I’m patiently waiting to receive it, I will drop your change on the hard counter—Then look at you while you struggle to pick it up.

Lastly, (and this is a more personal issue) why would you ever accept a bakery item that wasn’t warmed up? I understand time is an issue, but if you’re going to wait ten minutes to order, and another five minutes for you’re caramel macchiato, what kind of monster would accept a cold butter croissant? Thirty seconds in our oven and it will literally melt in your mouth. I take a genuine offense every time a person eats a cold danish. We offer to heat it every time, and I refuse to believe anybody prefers their bakery items cold.

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