KalauKalutSembang: III. Super Barista

Hye all! Hari ini saya ingin berkongsi tentang pengalaman saya menjadi barista terjon selama 2 minggu. Best oo! Kepada yang ingin berkira2 untuk menjadikan kerjaya ini sebagai part time job - sila lah. Sangat berbaloi.

Asal ek?

Well, kerje sebagai barista memerlukan saya untuk fasih berbahasa Inggeris dan Melayu [kalau leh speaking chinese lagi sempoi]. So, sinilah we can try to sharpen our communication skills, which is very essential later on in our working life. So hari2 kene speaking. Janganla kalo dia cakap melayu, kita tibai Bahasa Inggeris, nampak cam merendahkan customer and vice versa. Apa² pon, bahasa Melayu itu bahasa kebangsaan, cuma kebanyakkan barista work ni dalam kedai kopi omputeh je. hihihi.

Apa lagi yang ada?

Kita boleh cuba banyak jenis kopi!! seriously. banyak gile yang kita leh terai. Segala jenis cino ada. segala jenis mocha ada. minum la sampai taleh tidoq malam. And yes, sebenaqnya semua ni kopi saja. kalo tambah susu, jadi kopi susu dalam bahasa kita, depa tukar jadi Latte. Nampak mahal sket. hahaha! the American trend of having coffee in the morning and late afternoon seems to becoming a trend back here too. So, I hope that my day will come when I really want a cup of nice brewed coffee in the morning bila saya bangun tido. Classic executive.

Itu je ke?

Working as a barista helps you to gain more confidence. When you encounter customers, they can be sometime annoying, but if you handle em properly, the satisfaction of serving em could be very much rewarding. It helps to build up kesabaran kita [sabar itu separuh dari iman] as customer always right. Fuhh! statement. walaupun kadang2 terbakar juga dengan perangai yang pelbagai, tapi professional worker do not let their emotions in their way. This will help you to become more mature in handling both customers and iye! kawan² sekerje!

Bolehke nak sara Blackberry saya?

hahahaha! boleh je. rata2 gaji barista ni [part time macam saya] RM4.50 sejam, which is higher than most off normal restaurant [mcd Rm3.50 kot. baskin Rm3.00 je]. Kerje banyak hours, banyak la payment dia. Di sini lah motto usaha tangga kejayaan itu mai. But if you wanna do it as a full timer, they will pay you up to the maximum of 1.7k for assistant manager or more and even more for a store manager [saya tidak tahu, sebab saya suka serve customer dari ngadap boss ><] Ada tips tak?

Adaaaaa! Senyum selalu, be honest, be yourself, cheerful and vibrant. Insyaallah, murah rezeki. kawan pon leh dapat banyak. Work as hard as you can coz when the paychecks coming, you want to smile and receive it. =)

Kerje lah sekuat²nya seperti kita hidup seribu tahun lagi, dan beramalah secukupnya seperti esok kita nak pergi.