Has anyone noticed how the baristas at the Embarcadero Peet’s Coffee are incredibly friendly and nice? I remembered them being peppy. The other morning I walked up to the counter bracing myself, ready to cringe at “happy happy happy” service, but instead I was charmed. This is no Burger World. The workers at Peet’s seemed genuinely nice. Their smiles were real! They made real eye contact. They joked and teased each other. It was mesmerizing. In a silly way, it melted the grumpster in me.
Cynics might say, “Wonder what they put in their coffee.” Sure, the coffee is good. But it was seeing people having a good time at work, being nice and silly to each other and customers alike that put a smile on my face. And then, when the caffeine kicked in … even the dullest doldrums in the T were looking pretty good.
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They are pretty darn friendly, and not the customer-service-type friendly that looks and feels fake. I go there almost every morning.
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No experience with the Embarcadero one, but one of the baristas at the Westfield Peet’s put this on my cocoa last time I was there. I was charmed:
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Rats, the photo didn’t work. A link:
http://twitpic.com/1frag
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Is Embarcadero the Ferry Building location? Or a different one? I go to the Potrero location, they are the best, friendliest and nicest coffee-shop staff I’ve ever met.
Glad you had a good experience that morning!
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@Beth, that is too adorable. I go to the Peet’s on Van Ness, where the people are fairly friendly but not so friendly as to freak me out. I am still trying to (cough) make friends with one of the baristas.
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Might I add, for you single ladies out there… There are two hunks at the Embarcadero Peets – a clean-cut, ‘military looking’ barista and the other has that Haight-Ashbury, hippie-ish style. A beautiful antithesis in the works that keeps me running over there for more java!
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jeff Reply:
March 24th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
ah, and should any of you single ladies make that transit love connection, send us your stories. that under-populated category “Muni Romance” sure could use some beefing up.
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