Bridgett got the barista job at Starbucks within a couple of days and was now her store's newest partner and a total green bean. She would never have admitted it to her mother, but she was sort of looking forward to her first day of work. Which was why, when her alarm clock rang on her first morning of work, Bridgett leapt up from her bed immediately. She quickly rushed down the hall to the bathroom and threw herself into the warm water of the shower. Then, she went back to her room to put on her funeral clothes. Finally, she brushed her teeth, added a little pink eye shadow, grabbed a breakfast bar and her green apron and was off to work. When Bridgett arrived, she mingled awkwardly in the corner waiting for someone to notice her.

"Hello," a cheery young man came up to her with bright blue hair. "You must be our newest barista! I'm your shift for today, Ivan. Your trainer, Alyana, will be here in about four hours. For now," He lead Bridgett behind the counter, "I'm going to have you work on your name tag. A name tag is something that is very important here because it automatically creates a connection with the customers. You ask for their name, and they can read yours! It's one of my favorite parts about working here as a partner at Starbucks!"

While Ivan rambled on, Bridgett looked around nervously wondering, "will I actually be able to do this?" Baristas were hustling back and forth across the room. Some making drinks, others stuffing food into the oven as fast as possible, and someone was even talking through a headset to customers while making drinks!

"Scuse me hun." A short, plump woman lugging a massive bin of ice announced herself and gave Bridgett two pats on the shoulder.

"Oh! I'm so sorry," Bridgett said. She shifted to the side, out of the way. The woman smiled broadly and continued down the floor with her ice.

"Ok ready to get started?" Ivan asked.

"Now?" Bridgett was startled. "Don't we have to wait for my trainer to get here?"

"I mean yeah but... there's modules for you to do."

"I did those already." Bridgett thought back to the two hours she spent during her onboarding. They were torture. Ivan laughed and opened the laptop. He walked Bridgett through logging in and set her up under a new tab of modules that hadn't been there before. And boy were their modules.

"So you'll be working on these for the next four hours. After two you'll get a break and..." but Bridgett didn't hear any of that. She was too overwhelmed and already bored. Four whole hours of sitting in front of a computer? What was this training? "Want a drink to help you get through this?" Ivan asked pulling Bridgett back into reality.

"Sure uhh... strawberries and creme frappuccino?"

"Coming right up!" Ivan announced enthusiastically, coming back a moment later with the largest white and pink drink Bridgett had ever seen. This was going to be a long shift. 

A/n

This chapter and the next few will be about her job. They will later be combined. Romance will be starting soon so hang in there!!!