Keep your hands off the coffee makerno matter how long you’ve been a barista.
Below are five things you might do at a buffet that you think are polite but are actually rude.
You might just make a new friend.
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An informal buffet at your home is different from a hotel or restaurant buffet.
Commercial kitchens don’t have the same issues.
Now, if that plate is clean, we generally don’t have much to worry about.
Firstly, our own ideas of what is properly made may not be to everyone’s liking.
If something doesn’t look too appetizing, bring it up to an employee.
What I mean by playing chef is coming up with concoctions from different things you find at the buffet.
But in the end, you’re opening up a huge can of worms.
That genius French toast idea may drip into the machine and cause it to malfunction.
Tampering with that may result in a whole pot having to be thrown out.
Also, you may not know exactly how much coffee needs to be made that morning.
The staff will have a better idea of how many customers they’re expecting.
Because diners serve themselves, we sometimes assume that buffets are free-for-alls.
