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if you can't handle dealing with endless insufferable people and decided to sign up for a barista job, then that's definitely on you
Very classy, victim-blaming people that need to eat and pay rent.
on the one hand, victim blaming is bad, and we shouldn't do that. On the other hand, there isn't a shortage of bullshit dead end jobs that don't require previous experience, so you can absolutely get a job that is more or less customer facing if need be.
I definitely feel like there's a correlation between jobs being entry level and being customer facing. Also in many jobs of any level you still have "customer management" even if that customer can take different shapes than the usual retail crowd, but that's not always a good thing.
Restaurants have kitchen staff. Retail has merchandisers and night crew. I'm sure I can come up with more if I put any effort into it whatsoever. I'm not saying that customer facing jobs aren't the majority of entry level positions, but they're far from all of them.
i was a barista for well over 10 years (as an introvert to boot). it's 100% a side gig. it may cover some food and gas, but NO ONE is paying rent with barista pay, especially since they cut labor every time it's "slow" for 20 minutes.
i stayed there because of the free pound of coffee every week and flexibility, but don't act like it's always the only thing between the workers and homelessness
Let me translate that.
There are many different minimum wage jobs out there. Speaking as an introvert who has had several of them, if small talk is that taxing for you then you should consider a job with less intrinsic social requirements.
Sometimes you have to do what you have to do to pay the bills!
That probably includes not offending the customers lol
That depends, some people need to be offended and get a reality check. Otherwise just muttering imprecations jnder your breath against humanity at large will get you through the day.
Barista is also traditionally supplemented by tips, which are likely to suffer if you're wearing a pin that makes the customer feel like a burden.
"Traditionally" in US
Correct.
No matter how endless or insufferable people might be, that job may still be preferable for someone than the alternative opportunities available.
Assuming that the person has any other opportunities.
this just drained my battery
Exactly, just be born to rich parents smh my head
Hey look it's a comment from the parallel universe where we live in an anarcho communist society and don't have to work to live. What's it like being able to make coersion-free choices about how to spend your time?