March 19th, 2021

Okay – so my schedule’s complexity level shot through the roof last night so – I’ll be brief on these couple.

Friday night in the lounge and the parking lot looks – very nicely packed.

There’s probably a screed in here about stimulus money and people dumping it into a casino because…   people are dumb? and… I dunno. Just write that one yourself.

Get my money. Report to work. Say hi to my fellow barkeep. I usually don’t get to work with her as often, so it’s a nice treat.

Our new barback is now working night shift with us so I’m both nervous / curious.  I wouldn’t mind a -good- barback. Historically though, we run about 1 out of 10 in the quality to total shit ratio, so I’m not particularly hopeful.

The night – was busy.

The barback – and here I’m going to describe here that he’s… ancient? I mean… the fuck were personnel thinking? Used to drive the valet bus apparently. He’s hunched over, slow-moving, and had to be TOLD to carry a case full of beers at a time rather than 4 or 5 at a time out from the walk-in. Jesusfuckingchrist.

Now – for all of that – as Friday night went, he didn’t do badly. Kept on top of the job and it was really nice.

Put a pin in that, as the saying goes. We’ll yank it back out for Saturday’s post.

The crowd was… well… so so. Reasonably generous –  but just frought with idiots. I didn’t check the moon phase, but wouldn’t have been surprised by reports of a full moon going down.

In short : long night, moved briskly, good barback support. Many idiots. Still made good money.

Now then…

cue the dramatic music…