January 10th, 2021

Sunday. The start of the traditional week. The 3rd of my 4 day bar week.

It’s particularly nice as on Sunday & Monday, last call is at 11pm rather than 1am, so with any luck I can punch clock and get back to my car by midnight.

It’s a lounge day, and as it’s not weekend-proper, it’s a one-man show, as it were, so I don’t have to share any of the tips. The parking lot was pretty packed due to the drawings going on at the casino, and while we were busy-ish for a while, it quickly died off.  Mostly the evening involved alternating my attention between the football games, and a John Wick movie, stocking beers, and waiting on my guests as they casually wandered through.

A couple of folks registered on the annoy-o-meter, but honestly, it was pleasant as shifts go. I even had a couple of folks near the end who traditionally almost never tip, drop about $30 on me between them.

Hey, I’ll take it. I really like my Sundays. The tips are almost always over $100, yet it’s usually fairly casual. As long as I’m not being super twitchy about having to make endless Bloody Marys (Sunday special), it’s an okay evening as a rule.

So yeah. Out on time with a nice bit of extra cash. One more day behind the bar, and then I’m free for 5 days instead of the usual 3. Taking a little mini-vacation for myself.

Have a good one, folks.