Had a barista call out my 'fake working' routine and it stung

I was at this little spot in Austin called Brew & Code, grinding through my tickets around 2pm. The barista, Maria, just straight up asked if I was actually working or just pretending to avoid real life. She said she sees 5 people a day camped out with laptops who barely type 3 words an hour. It hit different because she was kind of right, I spend half my time staring at my screen thinking about nothing. Anybody else ever get called out like that by a coffee shop employee?

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margaret_flores176d ago

Used to roll my eyes at that whole laptop class thing, thinking people were just being dramatic. But hearing it from Maria makes me wonder how many days I've wasted doing the same thing - staring at a screen for hours without actually getting anything done. Kind of a wake up call to actually be honest with myself about what I'm accomplishing.

park.iris6d ago

Maria definitely reads people for a living, so her callouts probably have some truth to them. But "fake working" is a little harsh - sometimes staring at your screen is just part of figuring out what to do next.