It's been about a month since I started working at CoCo's... a small crepe and coffee shop located in a cute little shopping center quite close to where I live. The commute is only 7 or 8 minutes up the freeway, so it's a big plus.
Working at the shop has it's ups and downs. No, it's not a dream job. Yes, I get to meet interesting people. No, there's no dancing. Yes, I get free crepes at mealtime. It's a give-and-take situation; a hold-me-over type job. It's filling the void of some income at the time, and I may be developing necessary skills for the future... I think the biggest is learning from a perfectionist boss. I really like him -I love that he has so much pride in his work- but he makes me look a little careless in his wake. Every angle of every coffee bag is exact, his crepes are impeccable, his pots and pans spotless. I like doing a good job, but I enjoy the interaction with people a thousand times more than straightening sugar packets.
The crowd varies greatly from day to day. Business is typically slow (thus the straightening of sugar packets), but I do enjoy when it's slow enough to converse with the customers. I've been invited to sit and join more than one table- regretfully refusing because I'm on the clock. An old war veteran from Vietnam, a young world-traveler from down the street, a group of high, college-age kids from Austin, a businessman who practices his German with a thin, red-headed woman who orders cinnamon butter crepes... I like the diversity. I like the fact that I can put a story with my customers.
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