Barista: “One double shot iced Americano. Can I have your name?”
LinkedIn Guy: “It’s Brayden…”
Barista: “Great. Thanks…”
LinkedIn Guy: “MBA, CFA…”
Barista: “Ok…”
LinkedIn Guy: “…fractional CFO, SaaS rockstar…”
Barista: “uh, Brayden is fine…”
LinkedIn Guy: “… thought leader, brand architect, storyteller…”
Barista: “Seriously, we’re good.”
LinkedIn Guy: “Passionate about transformational journey expertise velocity…”
Barista: “Ok, please stop.”
LinkedIn Guy: “Y Combinator ‘24, Ex-McKinsey, Co-Founder DSRPTR.AI (acquired ‘24)…”
Barista: “…”
LinkedIn Guy: “Let me scale your business. Click below for my elite executive visionary mentorship course below – only $600/hour.”
Barista: “I’m running out of room on the cup.”
LinkedIn Guy: “Just one more! LinkedIn Top Voice.”
Barista: “Sure…”
LinkedIn Guy: “Also, can we 10x that Americano?”
*gets home and writes LinkedIn post*
“I ordered coffee today. The barista wrote my name on the cup – and spelled it correctly. Everyone spells my name wrong, so I was impressed. This is a great example of how the little things can delight your customers.”
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Author: Sam Colt
Karen O’Blivious – Senior political correspondent who insists she’s neutral but only interviews people who agree with her.