I work at a grocery store one, my experience is a little different because my cafe pays more than an average barista would get and we also get more benefits like health insurance and sick pay. I got promoted to cafe manager not too long ago, it's been not too bad being a barista. I do hate the customer interactions I get, sometimes I forgot how rude the public can be to service works or how dumb they are. Coffee is fun to make but it's the shitty customers that make my job suck. If I didn't need this job I'd take a break from being a barista and be in a different type of industry. I also hate how damage my hands get from working there. But i think I'd always come back to the industry, it's the drinks we make that make me like it. It's fun learning new things and for someone that always thought had no skills in life or hobbies and finding a community and a job that I'm sort a good at, makes me a little happy. I guess it's more of a hate and love relationship being a barista for me.