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> What do you do in athletics? Why do you talk about athletics? Baristas are not athletes. Coffee shops are not the olympics. You are stretching this analogy b

> What do you do in athletics? Why do you talk about athletics? Baristas are not athletes. Coffee shops are not the olympics. You are stretching this analogy beyond its usefullness. > I'm surprised this idea is novel to you. Could you possibly express your thoughts without putting down others? Thank you. To address the meat of your comment. It sounds like you are proposing to grade the baristas working the bad shifts and the good shifts separately in different "leagues". The problem with that is that assumes that you are aware of all the factors which form the different leagues. If there are clear "night time" vs "daytime" barista groups that works. but if you just assign baristas as scheduling works out then you will realise that some people (randomly, and through no fault of their own) will be assigned to the slower shifts. Will you fire a perfectly good barista who is meeting the expectations of your establishment just because scheduling worked against them in that evaluation period? That is what stack ranking did in the case of microsoft.

randomdata 2y ago
> Why do you talk about athletics? Because that's what the discussion is about...? Did you forget to read the thread? > Could you possibly express your thoughts without putting down others? If words shown on a computer screen are putting you down, it's time to go outside. You've lost your sense of reality.
- krisoft 2y ago
  > Because that's what the discussion is about...? The thread seems to be about how one would manage baristas. It spawned off where lesuorac pointed out that baristas working for a coffe shop are different from athletes in that they are not competing with each other. > Did you forget to read the thread? > You've lost your sense of reality. I guess that’s a no then. I hope you have a good day.
  - randomdata 2y ago
    > The thread seems to be about how one would manage baristas. What gives you that impression? It isn't not about baristas, but namely about a parallel between baristas and athletics. That was the context that was setup at the head of this particular thread branch, and we haven't change the subject (aside from that irrational attempt related to being "put down", whatever that was). > I guess that’s a no then. Correct. There is no logical place for pointless emotions here. Save it for human interactions.
    - krisoft 2y ago
      > It isn't not about baristas, but namely about a parallel between baristas and athletics. And what is the paralel? That is what i was asking and that is what you are dodging to answer. Why do you feel that the management of baristas can be usefully inspired by lessons from the management of athletes? > Save it for human interactions. Thank you for your candor. It is good to know that you don’t characterise our conversation as a human interaction. Puts it into perspective, and explains a lot.

randomdata 2y ago

> Why do you talk about athletics? Because that's what the discussion is about...? Did you forget to read the thread? > Could you possibly express your thoughts without putting down others? If words shown on a computer screen are putting you down, it's time to go outside. You've lost your sense of reality.

krisoft 2y ago
> Because that's what the discussion is about...? The thread seems to be about how one would manage baristas. It spawned off where lesuorac pointed out that baristas working for a coffe shop are different from athletes in that they are not competing with each other. > Did you forget to read the thread? > You've lost your sense of reality. I guess that’s a no then. I hope you have a good day.
- randomdata 2y ago
  > The thread seems to be about how one would manage baristas. What gives you that impression? It isn't not about baristas, but namely about a parallel between baristas and athletics. That was the context that was setup at the head of this particular thread branch, and we haven't change the subject (aside from that irrational attempt related to being "put down", whatever that was). > I guess that’s a no then. Correct. There is no logical place for pointless emotions here. Save it for human interactions.
  - krisoft 2y ago
    > It isn't not about baristas, but namely about a parallel between baristas and athletics. And what is the paralel? That is what i was asking and that is what you are dodging to answer. Why do you feel that the management of baristas can be usefully inspired by lessons from the management of athletes? > Save it for human interactions. Thank you for your candor. It is good to know that you don’t characterise our conversation as a human interaction. Puts it into perspective, and explains a lot.