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What do you guys think of this situation? Do you think our OP had good intentions or were they being rude, annoying, etc. while the barista was just trying to work? How do you tell in social situations if people have good intentions and just want to connect?

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Alexandra Grossman

As a barista if OPs story was what fully happened that barista was rude. Being a barista isn't just making your coffee, it's the customer service and connection that goes alongside it. There's a whole reason why regulars come back again and again, it's not because of the coffee half the time it really is the atmosphere of the coffee shop and it's an integral part to community building. Coffee shops ARE a venue for pleasant social interaction. I feel like we are turning into a society that is becoming more and more selfish, with the idea "well it's not her job to talk about anything besides coffee" but as a barista it takes 2 seconds to be nice, "Oh thank you! really like X character, what can I get you?", and now that customer leaves happy and their day is better for having that quick connection with someone else in a niche that they love. I'm not saying she needed to chat him up forever, but even during a rush as a Barista you should know how to politely answer or deflect and get the line moving. Even on the worse of days I am able to be polite if I cant muster the energy to be overly nice, and complain or cry in BOH later. Her ignoring his question and flately asking him if he's going to order or not is extremely rude and he's totally in the right for not ordering further.

Emma Stubbs

I guarantee that she’s had to deal with this before where men are “just trying to talk about anime” with her while she’s trying to work. And I bet the first few times she was kind and assumed they were just making small talk or maybe even got into a nice anime discussion. But then I’m sure it turned out he wanted more than to just “strike up” a conversation and when she had to tell them that she wasn’t interested I’m sure things got weird. A lot of men don’t handle rejection well. So she decided that she would just do her job instead of trying to let them down easily, only to end up with men being jerks to her.