suddenly... a man of leisure!

askthecoffeeguy

well folks,

after 12 yrs of continually owning my own cafes, Im about to take a well earned rest!

just sold my beloved foxy brown after having been there for almost five years - and last week we went through 50kgs of coffee, which if it aint a record, its definitely up there for the cafe - so I feel like Im leaving it in very good hands and in very good nik!

what to do next?

im not quite sure!

But now that Im practically a man of leisure Im sure that you'll be hearing a bit more from me!

Cheers

Pat

eggbert

Good luck with the next chapter

Koffee_Kosmo

Take the family for a well deserved break And best of luck on the new chapter to open KK

Ol_Grumpy

Congratulations!

askthecoffeeguy

thanks ive no set plans for the present other than to help the new owner transition smoothly although i wouldnt mind having a go at roasting - but for now id be happy to apprentice myself to a master as opposed to going it alone in an already saturated marketplace... P

cosmic_couple22

Congrats on finalising your sale Pat. There is a couple of assistant roaster type positions on SEEK at the moment. Probably means you get one day off to write a reference then start your new roasting career with dc. That was retirement over with quickly :coffee2: :doh: maybe I need to move to Melbourne for that job? Good luck with your next choosing. Chester

C-man

why not do what you do best, and open another one? with a roaster

WotB

Congrats Pat! You could always move to Radelaide and try a completely new concept...

admin

Congrats Pat - glad it all went through ok in the end. cheers A

Brett_H

Great stuff mate. Congratulations and here's to hearing more from you.

derrilex

Nice one Pat :thumb: . Now, go buy a Harley, Aston Martin and a jet ski. Buy a new pair of gold budgie smugglers too. Roam the city making a dick of yourself, blow all your money at the casino and then GET BACK TO WORK ! :rofl: :rofl:

GaryatGala

Congrats on a well earned rest. It will be difficult somehow to take it easy knowing the pace of a successful cafe, but you,ll get used it, maybe.. Take a campervan and have a drive around the backyard we called Strayaa!🙂

UNM

I see Pat hasn't been on for a day or two. Relaxing at last perhaps. I work hard enough, still cant understand how anyone manages to run a successful cafe long term. Requires a certain masochistic streak along with heaps of tolerance to adrenaline (and caffeine) I suspect.

askthecoffeeguy

cosmic_couple22 wrote:

Congrats on finalising your sale Pat. There is a couple of assistant roaster type positions on SEEK at the moment. Probably means you get one day off to write a reference then start your new roasting career with dc. That was retirement over with quickly :coffee2: :doh: maybe I need to move to Melbourne for that job? Good luck with your next choosing. Chester

oh im gunna follow up on those leeds straight away! thats right up my alley - thanks!

askthecoffeeguy

UNM wrote:

I see Pat hasn't been on for a day or two. Relaxing at last perhaps. I work hard enough, still cant understand how anyone manages to run a successful cafe long term. Requires a certain masochistic streak along with heaps of tolerance to adrenaline (and caffeine) I suspect.

at the moment Im managing to get one half day off per week as im still involved with handover and compliance issues associated with the sale of the cafe the new owner is great and I have an excellent working relationship with her she's transitioning well and the cafe's busier than ever = excellent time to sell!

askthecoffeeguy

derrilex wrote:

Nice one Pat :thumb: . Now, go buy a Harley, Aston Martin and a jet ski. Buy a new pair of gold budgie smugglers too. Roam the city making a dick of yourself, blow all your money at the casino and then GET BACK TO WORK ! :rofl: :rofl:

i do all of those things in my imagination all ready - which is where they're going to stay - except for the getting back to work thing - has to be done sooner or later!

askthecoffeeguy

admin wrote:

Congrats Pat - glad it all went through ok in the end. cheers A

thanks Ash had to work my ass off to get it over the line but in the end we blew the figures out of the water!