Ever since I was old enough to realize there would never be a want ad in a newspaper that described a job I wanted, I’ve loved working in cafes. I never really thought much about it until a few days ago when a baffled friend of mine asked why I was so into it.

His assumption? That working in a cafe would be a distraction. A distraction? Dude, quite the opposite.

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