Is Being A Barista Stressful?

Baristas, though, quickly learn that dealing with customers before they’ve had their morning (or afternoon or evening) cup of coffee isn’t always as pleasant as a vanilla spice frappuccino. Lines can swell as indecisive customers mull choices. Some come in with massive orders.

Who would have thought that life at a coffee shop could be so stressful? Baristas, though, quickly learn that dealing with customers before they’ve had their morning (or afternoon or evening) cup of coffee isn’t always as pleasant as a vanilla spice frappuccino.

And the tension can build since company policy at most coffee bars is that the customer is always right — even when they’re wrong. Methodology: Starting from a database of more than 9,000 jobs, PayScale used data from over 120,000 respondents who rated their jobs for quality of life factors.