Okay, now I can't stop imagining TOS Kirk as the barista-turned-manager who wants to go "where no barista has gone before"(™ME) and keeps making the WORST concotions out there and his fleet of baristas work their asses off to keep him out of trouble. Mainly they sic Spock on him, one of the co-owners who is there all the time since Kirk is a little...over the top, shall we say. But in an enthusiastic way.
Uhura's the face of the business and the other co-owner. It was her idea to hire Kirk, because even if he's insane, he's got great managing skills and even better connections to the coffee world - and she knew Spock could handle him. That way, she didn't have to.
And Scotty's the guy they rent the coffee machines from who somehow also got hired on as the one who hangs around and fixes all the machines and he and Chekov compete to see who can create the craziest-but-most-delicious (unlike Kirk's mixtures which are just crazy), and Sulu very smartly stays out of their way. Sulu's the one all the regulars know by name and ask for, because he makes a great cup of coffee and is a politics junkie, so a five-minute chat with him in the morning is better than reading the newspaper. A very liberal newspaper, but still. (Everyone at the shop is constantly in awe of him because every time he's been on register, his drawer has come out perfectly even. Every single time. For a while, Uhura suspected magic. Kirk just attributes it to his excellent management.)
Oh, man. Fair warning: I'm going to blame the heck out of you for the rest of my evening spent daydreaming. Eveningdreaming?
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Uhura's the face of the business and the other co-owner. It was her idea to hire Kirk, because even if he's insane, he's got great managing skills and even better connections to the coffee world - and she knew Spock could handle him. That way, she didn't have to.
And Scotty's the guy they rent the coffee machines from who somehow also got hired on as the one who hangs around and fixes all the machines and he and Chekov compete to see who can create the craziest-but-most-delicious (unlike Kirk's mixtures which are just crazy), and Sulu very smartly stays out of their way. Sulu's the one all the regulars know by name and ask for, because he makes a great cup of coffee and is a politics junkie, so a five-minute chat with him in the morning is better than reading the newspaper. A very liberal newspaper, but still. (Everyone at the shop is constantly in awe of him because every time he's been on register, his drawer has come out perfectly even. Every single time. For a while, Uhura suspected magic. Kirk just attributes it to his excellent management.)
Oh, man. Fair warning: I'm going to blame the heck out of you for the rest of my evening spent daydreaming. Eveningdreaming?