“She came, she saw, she dropped her skirt.”  I’ve said it before… most bartenders aren’t pursued by the girls they want. There’s exceptions like the best looking guys who work at the most popular bars. But most work at boring and average bars. There’s nothing wrong with that, just don’t expect to get many Kylee…

“It’s like I always say, you get more with a kind word and a two-by-four than with just a kind word.” -Marcus Cole, Babylon 5 Young men can be such drunken assholes! I don’t mean to pick on any group, bartenders deal with violent pricks from all age brackets. The difference is 19-25 year olds…

Junior was a decent, but typical angry cook at a middle class restaurant. I liked him and we never had an issue. He had five kids and three jobs just to support them. He loved them but Junior occasionally had meltdowns over usual nonsense restaurants suffer. He once went ape over a Facebook group for…

“You’re not in the bar or restaurant business; you’re in the people business.” -Jon Taffer You’ll rarely be treated better by an employer than during the hiring process. Like a first date, initial impressions matter and restaurants should want you to like them. If you aren’t given respect and they’re cold and disorganized, you won’t…

Xerxes was that manager all guys like. If you were a straight shooter, did your job, and showed respect, you were untouchable. This was at my least favourite restaurant job, I despised much of the staff, but he was always a gem. Unlike other gutless managers he called out people and fired those who deserved…

My roommate came downstairs as I cracked open a beer and downed it in 10 seconds. It was a weekday and there wasn’t a special occasion. He saw me do this a few times lately but said nothing. But he was intrigued enough by now to demand an explanation. He looked at me in a…