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Monday, February 12, 2007

Making beans hot so they can be coffee for money & hipster avoidance

I'm roasting coffee for a living again. It can be a tedious thing to do, and a lot of the time I have to be completely focused, like many jobs. Though, Wednesdays I have to work as early as 4 am. I do get to set my own hours (I come in when I want for the most part), get to guzzle down free coffee, and I have virtually no interference from work place politics, because I work by myself. Thats right, lone wolf-style. No overhearing about inter-workplace sexual relations, various gossip, or psuedo-simian jockeying for hipster dominance. All those things wrought my last job, which was waiting tables in an organic foods cafe. The boss of said job had little resolve when it came to dealing with serious problems and distributed criticism a little too unreasonably. My current boss is a decent bloke with a pleasant demeanor and largely trusts my judgement.

The pay is a little low, hours may fluctuate, and I can't really leave to go pee if need be, though that comprises the majority of the nuances. Sometimes, like exactly right now, I get a little too fucked up on coffee: which actually is awesome compared to other occupational hazards, such as the ones that include scenarios where you're smarter than your boss or you have to deal with the public. Though it should be known that while working in a coffee related setting, its actually pretty retarded to romanticize overconsuming coffee. Also, burns happen all the time roasting coffee, but the consumption of coffee heightens the senses you see, thus helping to circumvent the chances of serious injury.

All in all, its a refreshing change from the usual and its paying the bills kind of.

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