I won't say I haven't given running a coffee shop or cafe some thought. While some of the mechanics of how to go about that are offputting (chiefly the amount of capital I'd need to start with, which wouldn't be small even for a relatively modest setup), the big question is whether I'd like to devote every waking hour to something like that. I'd probably have to work in someone else's coffee shop for a while learning the basics, since the chances are I'd end up being manager, barista, cashier and bookkeeper at various points (as would any other employee who went in with me on this). And, once the shop opened, it'd be a "you are there during all open hours" proposition for quite some time, plus time spent cleaning and doing that bookkeeping during off hours. So the question behind "would you like to run a coffee shop" is "would you like to work 12 hour days six days a week with little or no vacation running a coffee shop," which is much harder to give an unequivocal "yes" to than the first question is. My internal response to that question so far has been "ask yourself again after you have that midlife crisis in five years," which may not be entirely facetious. :)
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Date: 2003-07-15 10:57 (UTC)While some of the mechanics of how to go about that are offputting
(chiefly the amount of capital I'd need to start with, which wouldn't be
small even for a relatively modest setup), the big question is whether
I'd like to devote every waking hour to something like that. I'd
probably have to work in someone else's coffee shop for a while learning
the basics, since the chances are I'd end up being manager, barista,
cashier and bookkeeper at various points (as would any other employee
who went in with me on this). And, once the shop opened, it'd be a "you
are there during all open hours" proposition for quite some time, plus
time spent cleaning and doing that bookkeeping during off hours. So the
question behind "would you like to run a coffee shop" is "would you
like to work 12 hour days six days a week with little or no vacation
running a coffee shop," which is much harder to give an unequivocal
"yes" to than the first question is. My internal response to that
question so far has been "ask yourself again after you have that midlife
crisis in five years," which may not be entirely facetious. :)