HASTA BARISTA, BABY.

Alternatively titled: 20 Annoying Things I've Experienced As A Barista.

Until this week, and since March, I'd been working in an unnamed coffee shop on Oxford Street - first part-time, then full-time once I'd finished uni (that £50,000 of debt and the nice diploma sure seem worth it at the moment). Working on potentially the busiest shopping street in the world, I think it's fair to say that I came across quite the range of characters over the past few months.

As I'm no longer working at aforementioned coffee shop, I thought I'd compile a list of twenty irritating situations I consistently found myself in as a barista in order to commemorate my time there. I have no doubt some of them apply to anyone who works in any kind of customer service role as well, so please, enjoy.

FAVOURITE PLACES TO DRINK IN LONDON.

With the relative success of my Favourite Cafés in London post I decided to continue in a similar vein and offer you my wisdom in the form of a new post. For the benefit of my loyal readers (all five of you) (three of whom are underage) I have risked bankruptcy to compile a small list of my favourite places to drink in London. Enjoy. Drink responsibly. Do not blame me for any drunken misdemeanours that may or may not occur after having read this list.

THINGS I'VE LEARNT WHILE LIVING IN LONDON.

For anyone who doesn't know, a couple of weeks ago I moved out of London, and I won't be returning to live there until September NEXT YEAR!?!?!?! I only lived there for just under two years, but it really does feel like a home to me. I definitely carried a massive neon TOURIST sign for a few weeks at the start of my stay, but since then I'd like to think I've shaken that image, instead leaving everyone to assume I am a fellow London indigene. I love this city with all my heart and soul, and during my time as an inhabitant I have learnt a few things; some useful, some funny, some weird.

FAVOURITE CAFÉS IN LONDON.

Well would you look at that? I'm back! Again! The outlook for this blog is not so bleak this time around. Recently my friends and I went to the Cereal Killer Café in Shoreditch and it inspired me to make a post, so here I stand today, writing a little compilation I've been working on of cute cafés I've come across in London.