“Addiction is a disease of the skin, the bar industry is a disease of the heart.” -the Author  There are certain people who shouldn’t work in the hospitality industry. This includes people who can’t multitask, those who are painfully shy, and individuals who are thin-skinned and impatient. But more than anything else you shouldn’t work…

Never do what I did that day… as satisfying and justified as it was. While it was fair according to karma, it was also highly unprofessional and wasn’t the proudest moment of my career. But it makes for a great bar story.  It was a typical lunch shift at the my least favourite bar job.…

“That happened and we all let it happen.” -Peter Griffin, Family Guy I’ve never seen someone so fucking drunk. I have seen customers fall from stools and booths, people puke alcohol back into their glasses, and a guy who pissed on the wall next to a urinal. But the customer that day was easily the…

Who the fuck do some people think they are? Take it from a bartender who served in the trenches for 17 years… human beings are exhausting.  There are the Karens, who require no description. You have loud mouth drunks who “tell it the way it is” but can’t take it when you tell them how…

“If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it’s the restaurant business.” -Anthony Bourdain My colleague and I looked at the restaurant’s slogan on the bar coaster: “Your table is ready.” Our eyes met and we laughed in disgust. It was lame and like most things at the place it was mediocre… and…