“Fuck Landan drinks alot!”  During my career I usually had better relations with the kitchen than the FOH. Partially, this was due to most cooks being guys and since I treated them better than whiny waitresses the boys loved me. We also worked in different areas and I respected their autonomy. But most crucially, even…

Despite what Hollywood and TV suggest alcohol isn’t conducive to healthy dating or potential romance. A reoccurring theme in my memoirs is “boy meets girl, boy and/or girl drink too much, and things end badly.” Maybe that’s why I’ve been with my girlfriend for six years. She rarely drinks and I rarely drink around her.…

Where I live you have to take a course when you get a DUI. I’m sure that’s common in liberal democracies. In corrupt or authoritarian nations you can probably just bribe the police or judge. In Canada we have provinces and for years mine had the highest DUI ratio per capita. At least we were…

Customer service in restaurants and bars has gotten worse during the last decade (especially since Covid-19). These are signs managers, servers, and bartenders actually care about customers. The more of them you see the better the establishment is.  They say Hello and Acknowledge you Quickly: Like dates and job interviews first impressions matter when entering…

I was bartending at the piano bar and excited about the next day. After more than a year of having a blow box in my car it was scheduled to be taken out. Obviously, I’m not proud of my DUI and would rather not talk about it, but I was glad the long ordeal with…

I’ve had two off sale jobs (selling booze) in my career and I have mixed feelings about them. On the plus side they were good places to work for, with good management and staff. You could also read and do schoolwork when you aren’t selling beer or stocking alcohol. Individual interactions with patrons are also…