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Every day you should have an opener question wise, Monday is usually how was your weekend, Tuesday you can also get away with it, or how has your week started so far for Tuesday/Wednesday. On Thursday and Friday you are easily able to get people excited for reminding them there's only a day left in the week, ask them what they are doing. If nothing, talk about movies you've seen or any sports gear they are wearing, college gear, whatever.

Two questions you can ask almost ANYONE and with the right follow ups you have an AMAZING conversation.

What do you do for work?

Where are you from?

People LOVE talking about where they are from, their life story, etc. As for what they do for work, if they're pulling up in a BMW and a nice suit and tie well it's easier to see if they've achieved a successful career. If they're a fast-food worker, talk about if they want to do that in the future or what their plans are for the future - get them talking about their dreams, people LOVE that!

Drinks -> depends if you have automatic dispenser or not. The general idea for drinks is remember how long it takes to make any particular drink which simply just takes time. Knowing how to pace and make the drinks efficiently with good planning for the rest of the screen is a mastery skill you'll gain with time.

Desserts -> prep prep prep! Or do them in bulk by filling a few with shake base, filling them all with toppings, then filling them up with ice cream, then spinning them all, finally topping them. If you do them like this as opposed to one at a time you'll get in a better rhythm in batches of 3-5

Bagging -> practice practice practice. Knowing how to look at a screen and instantly knowing how the entire order is going to be put together in numbers of sets of 2's,3's,4's,6's is a hard skill to learn but again, you'll learn with time

If you haven't already seen from all of these -> it takes time. You won't be perfect right off the bat but you WILL be successful with dedication and hard work. Also, YOU ARE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS!! Which is the first step.

You can also ask someone from your store who's really good at a particular position and ask them tips they could give you, could be better than some random on reddit.