One Handed Hand Offs

I work at this job all the time.

I’m sure I don’t have to explain that practice makes perfect, and there are a few things that I can do that I have learned/streamlined while on the job.

One such skill that I think most of us (as baristas) posses is the one-handed hand off.

When passing you your drink in the drive-thru, I can stick your drink, credit card/receipt, and straw in one hand.

Then as I lean out the window, you also try to grab the drink one-handed.

It should not affect your mojo at all if you have to use two hands, only you and I will know. You see, the problem is that when you try to grab whatever I have in my hand one-handed, the drink starts to fumble. Sometimes the lid pops off, and you get upset that there’s latte on your paint job. Or you are shocked when you can’t seem to get a hold on whatever I am trying to hand you.

This is not my fault.

I’m not expecting you all to go out and develop the skill of holding all these things one handed. Just use your brain.

Use two hands.

Then we will avoid all the problems of messes, dropped credit cards, dropped change, etc.