This morning at the Bux, This woman came in and ordered a venti vanilla breve chai. For those of you who aren't familiar with coffee language Breve means Half and half. This woman ordered her drink and then asked if that drink was made with non fat milk. I said no, breve means half and half. She then asked for an extra shot of vanilla. So, I told her that we would usually put 5 pumps of vanilla in that sized drink and asked if she wanted 6. She responded with oh no, 5 pumps is enough. I really wanted to ask her if she had ever had this drink before, being that she questioned all the custom changes to her drink!
This man and his wife came in and asked me about our Internet. I told him it was a AT&T hot spot and you have to pay for it or have a registered starbucks card to get it for free. He then tells his wife how frustrating it is because in Eugene it's free. I also really wish I could tell people when they state something so matter of fact like and it's wrong! Starbucks never has free Internet, you may be able to pick up someone else's wireless but it's not Starbucks. It wasn't free in Memphis or NY and it's not free here OR in Eugene. So, you are wrong sir, very wrong!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Turkey lurkey!
So, this weekend was the beginning of spring break for me at Bon Appetite. Even though I will probably work about 10 hours for them I still had a ton of time on my hands. I decided to finally cook up the turkey I got for Thanksgiving and make a bunch of food to freeze so that maybe Tori and I would stop eating out. I have made in the last 2 days Turkey pot pie, Mac and cheese, turkey tetrazzini, and lasagna. today I am suppose to make Shepard's pie, banana bread and turkey soup. This should give Tori and I like 40 meals! I am only making banana bread so that we use the frozen bananas.
It has been nice having a break but I am a little concerned that it will be hard to get back in the swing of work. I basically had Friday thru Monday off (I did work about 3-4 hours on Saturday), when I went into Starbucks on Monday morning all my regulars asked if I still worked there. I went in to Bon Appetite today and will go in on Friday just to bake off some pastries. It's been pretty fun to sleep in!
It has been nice having a break but I am a little concerned that it will be hard to get back in the swing of work. I basically had Friday thru Monday off (I did work about 3-4 hours on Saturday), when I went into Starbucks on Monday morning all my regulars asked if I still worked there. I went in to Bon Appetite today and will go in on Friday just to bake off some pastries. It's been pretty fun to sleep in!
Friday, March 13, 2009
Hey Mama!
This Morning at Starbucks T-Mobile girl (who I like to call Shaniqua Bonita) came in and ordered her ridiculous drink, which is a Venti 5 pump Sugar free Caramel, 5 pump sugar free vanilla, Breve, 5 splenda with whipped cream Americano. I don't like this woman because she tries to get her syrups and breve for free which makes her drink about $1 cheaper ,and she calls me "honey" or "Sweetie". She hates me, because I have made it my personal life at Starbucks mission to make sure she pays for her syrup and breve. Today she came in and asked for her drink and then told me she was short on cash and would add her own breve at the condiment bar. She then walks down to the hand off station where she starts yelling "hey, Mama!" "Mama!" as she is yelling this I realize she is yelling at me. So, being me, I just ignore her because my name is not "mama". Finally she goes "hey you!" and I look over to her and say "oh, were you talking to me? I am sorry, I figured you were talking to someone else because my name is not mama and being that I am not a Mama, I don't respond to that!" Really? who calls the Starbucks barista or anyone other then there Mama, that???
When I got to Bon Appetite, they had this nice college age Chinese girl come in to the bakery, because she wanted to use the mixer. I showed her how to use it and then she looked at me and asked "how much water do I need? and I asked what she was making and she said "dumplings". I asked what was in the dumplings and she told me flour and water. So, I tell her I am not sure but to just add water till the dough is the right consistency. So, she is adding water and looks over at me and says "is this OK?" and I ask what kind of dumplings are you making and she says "Chinese dumpling"...do I look Chinese? She had also called in her friend Ben for help, he was the Chinese club president and not Chinese. He then looks at the dough and then at me and says "um, the doughs kind of dry?" All I wanted to say to these people was....it is not my project and I am not Chinese!
When I got to Bon Appetite, they had this nice college age Chinese girl come in to the bakery, because she wanted to use the mixer. I showed her how to use it and then she looked at me and asked "how much water do I need? and I asked what she was making and she said "dumplings". I asked what was in the dumplings and she told me flour and water. So, I tell her I am not sure but to just add water till the dough is the right consistency. So, she is adding water and looks over at me and says "is this OK?" and I ask what kind of dumplings are you making and she says "Chinese dumpling"...do I look Chinese? She had also called in her friend Ben for help, he was the Chinese club president and not Chinese. He then looks at the dough and then at me and says "um, the doughs kind of dry?" All I wanted to say to these people was....it is not my project and I am not Chinese!
Since my absence from blogging...
I have....
Continue to work....a lot.
visited Hannah, Brent and Emmett in Yakima Washington.
Hung out with Hannah and Gracie.
figured out Murphy's ear infection.
tried a bible food diet and realized that sugar is good and it's not going to leave my life anytime soon.
fell in love with Lentils!
bought a new Alternator.
figured out public transportation.
made some delicious Irish car bomb cupcakes.
Spent a lot of money.
got my Ipod working...not that it was broken...it was just new.
Went and saw Marley and Me...which messed me up for about a week and a half!
Drove all over the Tigard area with my sister while she was visiting.
Tried to start reading twilight.
starting reading the Shack and haven't finished it due to lack of time.
brought my Brother in laws game cube home.
played a lot of Mario Kart with Tori.
gone to a least one family game night.
saw twilight at Kennedy school with Tori.
Sold my snowboard to Nicole at work.
went shopping...a lot.
changed managers at Starbucks...again!
Learned more names and drinks at Starbucks.
quit Netflix...due to lack of time.
started eating Baby Belle cheese....It's delicious!
had a tooth filled....with pain killers NOT working!
Ate 4 different kinds of Red Robin burgers in one day! beat that!
Went to the new JCrew outlet in Woodburn with Hannah and Gracie.
got free hockey tickets from a regular at Starbucks who couldn't use them...Thanks Matt!
Decafed T-Mobile girl's drink....because she is annoying! p.s. I have never done that to anyone except her!
Really friends....you haven't missed much!
Continue to work....a lot.
visited Hannah, Brent and Emmett in Yakima Washington.
Hung out with Hannah and Gracie.
figured out Murphy's ear infection.
tried a bible food diet and realized that sugar is good and it's not going to leave my life anytime soon.
fell in love with Lentils!
bought a new Alternator.
figured out public transportation.
made some delicious Irish car bomb cupcakes.
Spent a lot of money.
got my Ipod working...not that it was broken...it was just new.
Went and saw Marley and Me...which messed me up for about a week and a half!
Drove all over the Tigard area with my sister while she was visiting.
Tried to start reading twilight.
starting reading the Shack and haven't finished it due to lack of time.
brought my Brother in laws game cube home.
played a lot of Mario Kart with Tori.
gone to a least one family game night.
saw twilight at Kennedy school with Tori.
Sold my snowboard to Nicole at work.
went shopping...a lot.
changed managers at Starbucks...again!
Learned more names and drinks at Starbucks.
quit Netflix...due to lack of time.
started eating Baby Belle cheese....It's delicious!
had a tooth filled....with pain killers NOT working!
Ate 4 different kinds of Red Robin burgers in one day! beat that!
Went to the new JCrew outlet in Woodburn with Hannah and Gracie.
got free hockey tickets from a regular at Starbucks who couldn't use them...Thanks Matt!
Decafed T-Mobile girl's drink....because she is annoying! p.s. I have never done that to anyone except her!
Really friends....you haven't missed much!
Friday, December 19, 2008
Ding Dong...the jerk is gone!
About a week or so ago Marty (old bakery lead)started asking us what he should be doing at work. When I say we I really mean Michele and Shari...he wouldn't speak, look or even acknowledge me! I found it pretty funny...and figured no words said to me were better then one word! We had a big brunch on Sunday that he was suppose to help us out with and work at, but decided that he wasn't going to do that. Instead I found out on Sunday that he was going to burn out the rest of his sick days and not come back! I was so excited, which my excitement was interrupted by a big banana fiasco. We needed frozen bananas and hadn't started them...you had to be there!
I safely traveled to and from both my jobs this week with all the snow. On Sunday, Michele taught me how to ride the bus. Being that Lewis and Clark sits on a big curvy hill, my only option was to ride the bus home. It wasn't too bad, it took about 1 and 1/2 hours to get home. Then in the Morning I walked the 6 blocks to the Max station to get to Starbucks. We opened at 6:30 rather then 5am for Monday and Tuesday. I prefer the Max to the bus, Mainly it's just faster!
Well, I hope everyone has a good Christmas, I will be in Idaho with my sister's family. As long as the weather permits us to drive up there!
I safely traveled to and from both my jobs this week with all the snow. On Sunday, Michele taught me how to ride the bus. Being that Lewis and Clark sits on a big curvy hill, my only option was to ride the bus home. It wasn't too bad, it took about 1 and 1/2 hours to get home. Then in the Morning I walked the 6 blocks to the Max station to get to Starbucks. We opened at 6:30 rather then 5am for Monday and Tuesday. I prefer the Max to the bus, Mainly it's just faster!
Well, I hope everyone has a good Christmas, I will be in Idaho with my sister's family. As long as the weather permits us to drive up there!
Friday, December 5, 2008
Team Marty ~ 1, Team Amanda ~ everyone else!
These last couple of weeks have been pretty interesting. Starbucks has been crazy busy and a lot of fun. I have decided to start learning all my customers names I have got about 20 of them down. Bon Appetite is slowly getting better, the bakery lead is leaving around Christmas and not coming back. We are all pretty excited about him leaving. With him gone, that means more responsibilities for the three of us left in the bakery. I will be taking over the catering side which means I now have a meeting every Thursday.
This last week was a little rough, Tuesday I woke up pretty late. I usually wake up at 3 am and get dressed and head to Starbucks but that morning I fell back asleep for 45 minutes and had to rush out of the house. When leaving my house I walked right into the biggest mambo jambo spider web EVER! It was seriously the size of my face! I wouldn't be surprised if Spiderman himself spun the web, it was that big. My face nearly bounced back...sadly the web clung to my face and I was for sure there was a huge hairy spider on me. All day I felt as though there were spiders crawling in my hair! I then went to Starbucks where I was a little grumpy and was pretty happy to leave at 10 am. When I got to Bon Appetite Marty decided to have a meeting with our Sous Chef ( She is second in command) to tell me how terrible of an employee I was. Needless to say I was pretty upset at the end of the meeting. When he went home for the day I went and talked to the Executive Chef and he told me that Marty is an idiot and not to listen to him. That made me feel a lot better! Don't worry my day wasn't quite over yet! When I got home, I went straight to bed only to find that Murphy had Peed on my pillows! Well I assume it was Murphy, Tori doesn't usually do that! So then I had to wash my pillows and ended up sleeping on a stack of towels! We think Murphy is mad at us because we aren't always home, about a week or so ago he peed on Tori's rain coat, luckily it was a rain coat and not her pillows! The rest of the week went ok, Marty started being nice to me again...although I don't trust it! Thankfully he will be gone after Christmas....Merry Christmas to us!
This last week was a little rough, Tuesday I woke up pretty late. I usually wake up at 3 am and get dressed and head to Starbucks but that morning I fell back asleep for 45 minutes and had to rush out of the house. When leaving my house I walked right into the biggest mambo jambo spider web EVER! It was seriously the size of my face! I wouldn't be surprised if Spiderman himself spun the web, it was that big. My face nearly bounced back...sadly the web clung to my face and I was for sure there was a huge hairy spider on me. All day I felt as though there were spiders crawling in my hair! I then went to Starbucks where I was a little grumpy and was pretty happy to leave at 10 am. When I got to Bon Appetite Marty decided to have a meeting with our Sous Chef ( She is second in command) to tell me how terrible of an employee I was. Needless to say I was pretty upset at the end of the meeting. When he went home for the day I went and talked to the Executive Chef and he told me that Marty is an idiot and not to listen to him. That made me feel a lot better! Don't worry my day wasn't quite over yet! When I got home, I went straight to bed only to find that Murphy had Peed on my pillows! Well I assume it was Murphy, Tori doesn't usually do that! So then I had to wash my pillows and ended up sleeping on a stack of towels! We think Murphy is mad at us because we aren't always home, about a week or so ago he peed on Tori's rain coat, luckily it was a rain coat and not her pillows! The rest of the week went ok, Marty started being nice to me again...although I don't trust it! Thankfully he will be gone after Christmas....Merry Christmas to us!
Saturday, November 15, 2008
October
Well it has been a quick month and a half since I last blogged. Sorry, although I don't have internet at home and get off of work after the library closes...not so much my fault. Both works are going fine. I was a little stressed out there for a while. Starbucks was messing with my schedule and Bon Appetite was just frustrating. I now have a set schedule that I work and it is working out wonderfully.
A couple of weeks ago I had a wedding cake down in corvallis. I baked all the cake at my house and made buttercream at Aunt Mel's house. The cake turned out really nice. It was very plain but I usually feel that less is better. I drove down to Corvallis on Friday and spent the night at Aunt Mel's house and the next morning she and I went to deliver the cake. When we were done I hung out with Uncle Jack for awhile and then drove all the way back to Portland. Here is a picture of the cake, when I first dropped off the cake there was no table cloth of even flowers for the top. I am glad they changed that...It looks much better.
Since I now open Starbucks everyday during the week I have started to get to know the regulars more. My co worker Carolyn told me that I had to learn the names of 5 different customers during my shift. I actually learn 8! I mean really 5? come on give me a challenge! There is Judy ~ Grande extra Caramel, Caramel Frappachino, Janice ~ Venti non fat Caramel Macchiato, Taryn (the pregnant lady) ~ Grande 3 pump non fat no whip mocha, Don ~ Venti no room Americano with a double cup, Pete ~ Doppio espresso with 1" of steamed milk and a tall ice water, Shelia ~ Venti non fat no whip Hot chocolate, Ashley ~ either or both a tall Caramel Macchiato, Grande non fat extra foamy latte, Bobbi ~ Venti Light whip pumpkin spice latte. That's right I know my customers!
Last week I went to lunch with Sandra and after lunch signed me up for my 401K. Now I really feel like an adult! She invited me to go to the blazer game the next night. Our tickets were on the 100 level and we had so much fun! Her friends Woodley and Kristi came with us. I haven't watched a blazer game in a really long time! This game made me want to be a blazer fan again! We ended up winning by 2 or 3 points.
Things will calm down a little in December. Bon Appetite will close for about a month for Christmas break. So, if anyone needs any ganaches, turtles, truffles...let me know. I will be charging $10 for Ganache, $1.75 each for Turtle and $1.25 each for truffles. Or really if you need pies, cakes ect. just let me know!
A couple of weeks ago I had a wedding cake down in corvallis. I baked all the cake at my house and made buttercream at Aunt Mel's house. The cake turned out really nice. It was very plain but I usually feel that less is better. I drove down to Corvallis on Friday and spent the night at Aunt Mel's house and the next morning she and I went to deliver the cake. When we were done I hung out with Uncle Jack for awhile and then drove all the way back to Portland. Here is a picture of the cake, when I first dropped off the cake there was no table cloth of even flowers for the top. I am glad they changed that...It looks much better.
Since I now open Starbucks everyday during the week I have started to get to know the regulars more. My co worker Carolyn told me that I had to learn the names of 5 different customers during my shift. I actually learn 8! I mean really 5? come on give me a challenge! There is Judy ~ Grande extra Caramel, Caramel Frappachino, Janice ~ Venti non fat Caramel Macchiato, Taryn (the pregnant lady) ~ Grande 3 pump non fat no whip mocha, Don ~ Venti no room Americano with a double cup, Pete ~ Doppio espresso with 1" of steamed milk and a tall ice water, Shelia ~ Venti non fat no whip Hot chocolate, Ashley ~ either or both a tall Caramel Macchiato, Grande non fat extra foamy latte, Bobbi ~ Venti Light whip pumpkin spice latte. That's right I know my customers!
Last week I went to lunch with Sandra and after lunch signed me up for my 401K. Now I really feel like an adult! She invited me to go to the blazer game the next night. Our tickets were on the 100 level and we had so much fun! Her friends Woodley and Kristi came with us. I haven't watched a blazer game in a really long time! This game made me want to be a blazer fan again! We ended up winning by 2 or 3 points.
Things will calm down a little in December. Bon Appetite will close for about a month for Christmas break. So, if anyone needs any ganaches, turtles, truffles...let me know. I will be charging $10 for Ganache, $1.75 each for Turtle and $1.25 each for truffles. Or really if you need pies, cakes ect. just let me know!
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