{"id":886,"date":"2011-09-14T15:55:45","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T15:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web02.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters2\/archives\/886"},"modified":"2015-05-24T07:04:38","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T07:04:38","slug":"a-day-as-a-coffee-shop-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/886","title":{"rendered":"A day as a coffee shop assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I always thought that being a coffee shop assistant was an easy task and I could earn money in a relaxing way. Yet, I have changed my mind towards work since yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Yesterday, I went to my uncle&rsquo;s caf&eacute;. He had not got enough staff in his caf&eacute;, so he invited me to work in his caf&eacute; for one day to help him and also gain some work experience. So, I got a day as a coffee shop assistant.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Working in a caf&eacute; seemed quite interesting. I could earn money by standing at the cashier or making coffee which seemed to be very simple tasks for me. However, things were not under my control at last.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;At first, I thought making coffee was easy. All I had to do was to mix the coffee powder with some milk and sugar. Unfortunately, a lot more skills were required in making a cup of coffee. For example, I should pay attention to the ratio of coffee and milk. I had to have persistence in making coffee.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Due to the failure of making coffee, I had a try of being a cashier. Arithmetic was my strength and I was very confident in handling the job. However, my self &#8211; esteem hit the rock bottom. The music played in the caf&eacute; made me feel relaxed. So, I collected money relaxingly, yet slowly.&nbsp; When I realized that I was too slow, the customers had already got impatient and they had been grumbling. I felt really depressed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;As my uncle saw that, he asked me to collect the cups and dishes after the customers had finished their cake and coffee. While I was thinking that it was the easiest task of all, I broke some dishes and cups. The relaxing atmosphere was spoiled.&nbsp; I felt really embarrassed. Fortunately, my uncle was not mad at me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Though I made a lot of mess, a day as a coffee shop assistant is a good experience, which helps me understand myself better.&nbsp; At first, I really thought that it was easy to work, especially in a caf&eacute; but I discovered that working in a caf&eacute; is, in fact, quite tough and challenging, especially making a cup of coffee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I always thought that being a coffee shop assistant was an easy task and I could earn money in a relaxing way. Yet, I have changed my mind towards work since yesterday.<\/p><p>Yesterday, I went to my uncle&rsquo;s caf&eacute;. He had not got enough staff in his caf&eacute;, so he invited me to work in his c.........<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/886\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":8474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","language-en","schoolyear-33"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3033,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions\/3033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}