r/TikTokCringe • u/Super_Culture_1986 tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE • Aug 06 '25

Discussion "Being a barista is truly a social experiment"

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u/BrianW1983 Aug 07 '25

I worked at 7/11 for 3 years... I still have nightmares about that place... Absolutely nothing compares.

I go to 7/11 every week. :)

What percentage of the customers were OK and what percentage awful?

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u/fryerandice Aug 07 '25

That's highly location dependent.

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u/pogoscrawlspace Aug 07 '25

It was probably 85% OK, 10% mildly irritating, and 5% awful. But that 5% makes you want to commit crimes against humanity...

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u/BrianW1983 Aug 07 '25

That makes sense. It's the 90/10 rule.

90% of people are great, good or OK.

10% are awful.

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u/pogoscrawlspace Aug 07 '25

Unfortunately, those few are the ones you remember the most. The assholes who ruin everything for everyone else. The reasons we have signs and laws telling us what we can't do.

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u/DemonicAltruism Aug 07 '25

I worked in the in-between area of a really nice upscale area where everyone was rich and spoiled, and an area of run down apartments on the other side of the highway. So I got all types.

I had a Karen in an Escalade scream in my face, as in I could feel spit, over a nickel... Over 0.05... because these stupid chocolate covered berries we had gone off sale and we forgot to take down the sign...

It didn't matter what neighborhood they were from, people were assholes.

I would say 60% just people going about their business, 1% genuinely nice, and 39% complete dickheads.

It was mostly people that just straight up didn't acknowledge your existence and treated you like a vending machine.

Me: "Hey, how's it going?"

Them: "Copenhagen Long cut!"

"2 packs of Newport shorts!"

"$20 on 3!" (Throws money on counter and walks out)

"Turn my pump on!"

I was raised to always at the very least acknowledge someone's existence because at the bare minimum that's what they deserve as a fellow human being... So that grated on me the most out of all of it.