Staff and lighting

Hiring

A barista can be hired from level 5, and a waitress from level 9. Each role offers a few candidates at different prices, and each brings something different: quicker prep, better tips, or more orders carried on one trip. Staff work on their own once hired.

How many people you can employ depends on the size of the café: every expansion opens more places. Each role also has its own limit, because a second barista behind one machine only queues.

Training

Staff get better with training. Training costs coins and time: while someone is learning, they are off the floor, and the timer keeps running while the game is closed. Staff and training shows every rung and what it changes.

Lighting

From level 5, the café is judged on its lighting. A guest seated where no lamp reaches pays 60% of the usual tip and gives 50% of the usual charm, at any hour of the day.

• Each lamp lights the seats within its reach. Wall lights reach the edges of the room; a floor lamp can stand anywhere.
• The Café panel says how many seats are dark, and the room shows which.
• A light's reach is on its page under Decorations.