Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Bartending school and actually tending bar.

We learned these things in bartending school: how to make drinks and how to free pour. We did not learn how to dance or throw bottles around and make lots of ca$h. It was 1971.

WTF kind of job is this for a drunk? I wasn't always a drunk however. I wasn't then. Still...

The first day on the first job was enlightening. Everything was filthy. I cleaned the entire bar. It took 3 days.

About halfway through the first shift, I decided I deserved a stiff whiskey sour in one of the newly cleaned shakers.

About halfway through the first shift, I decided I deserved a stiff whiskey sour in one of the newly cleaned shakers.

About halfway through the first shift, I decided I deserved a stiff whiskey sour in one of the newly cleaned shakers.

Er. It WAS a stiff drink, on an empty stomach. I could not make change properly for over an hour and I NEVER had another drink while on duty or before my shift.

Life, in the stupid lane.

Don't drink and drive.

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