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Sunday, July 06, 2008
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New Bartending Schedule
Current mood:  fabulous
Category: Life
Hey all...
I am not working many nights any more... I dropped 2 back bar night shifts for 1 main bar day shift. I am now at the Main bar on Friday, Saterday and Sunday all day till 8pm and the back bar on Monday till 2am. I am enjoying 3 days off a week very much. It feels like a vacation every week, since I've been working 50 to 65 hours a week since I was about 17.
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Saturday, May 31, 2008
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Check out this event: Thank God We’re Crazy II
come c the show!
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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Save the date, thursday, June 5th....Thank God we’re crazy II...featuring Rena!!!
Current mood:  bouncy
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural
Thank God We're Crazy II...
This will be the funniest show that you have seen in...well, let's just say EVER!!!
Starring: Maynard Allen
featuring: The Raging Redheads... Rena Hershberger & Rebecca Purdum
Thursday June 5th, 8PM,
@ Roy Arias Theaters, @ the Times Square Art Center 300 w. 43rd St. near 8th ave. 5th floor (212) 957-8358 tickets $15
Seating is limited so be sure to get there early!!!.....or have to deal with my mopey face when you can't get in!
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Sunday, February 10, 2008
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Have your cake and eat it too?
Current mood:  amused
What exactly does the expression "have your cake and eat it too" mean? I have always wondered this and it was brought up for discussion at the bar tonight. what else would you do with cake besides eat it? Ok Shannon and Siobhon and I have been known to shove it in each others faces on occasion, but that really is just a waste of good cake.
I suppose that having cake and NOT being able to eat it would be cruel and unusual punishment. MMM now I want cake.... chocolate layer, Cheesecake, Tiramisu, Apple crumb...Banana fudge crumbcake from Entenmanns...That is what I want..MMM
There's pancakes, cupcakes, poundcake...
So please do not leave the cake out in the rain, I will be dreaming about it for breakfast!
12:25 AM
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Saturday, August 11, 2007
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should I stay or should I go now
Current mood:  aggravated
I saw a couple of apartments the last few days, since I got flooded again. They are all tiny, twice what I pay, no closet space! At least they have windows. windows are good, but I do have a backyard...can I stay where I am and panic every time there is rain in the forcast?
Cons:
My apartment smells like mildew, I have mold growing on my furniture, I only have a tiny window, I can wake up to a pool if we get bad rain again, I get really crappy cell service down here.
Pros:
I have 2 walk-in closets(I need my closet space considering I have enough clothes to fit an army of Renas ranging from sizes 1 to 13! ), I have a Backyard, bedroom that fits my queensize bed and has an actual door!, living space that fits a sofabed and I can comfortably seat 6 for poker (8 uncomfortably) or 6 for dinner, but when did I last cook? NO ROOMMATES! I am with people too much every, I don't want them when I come home, I am a block from 7 train and LIRR and a $15 cab from work, NO utilities, reasonable rent for the area.
What to do!?!
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Saturday, August 04, 2007
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I need a day off!
Current mood:  drained
I am scheduled only 3 days off in the entire month of August. It was supposed to be 4 until I was called into work today to cover a shift last minute because the other bartender was in the hospital (she is ok, that is all that I cared about 2night). At least on the weekend I get out of work at a decent hour, but I am so drained after each of those shifts that I have to be dragged around by my friends when I go out.
I need an IV of caffiene to make it through this month! I should be rich at the end of it except that summers suck on the UWS, all of the regulars are in the freakin' hamptons!
I need sleep now, just got home @ 330 am and am back at work to open the place at 10:30 am...so sleepy...yawn...
-R
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Thursday, January 26, 2006
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Weirdo of the day. 1-23-06
Current mood:  groggy
Weirdo of the day...well, Monday. I'm a little behind.
Monday night at my UWS bar, about 1:AM:
A guy comes in and sits at the bar, he's looking kinda under the influence of something. My guess was pot. "Hay, is you's guys's kitchen still open?" Me: "yes, we have our late night menu right now". I point out the menu that is right in front of him. He looks at the menu..."hey, you guys got nachos!, but you know, I'm from the west coast, We eat everything with ranch dressing. you's guys got ranch dressing?", "no, sorry we don't actually, but we have blue cheese if you'd like that". "No way man, no ranch dressing, I hate this fuckin' city!...Ok, I'll take an order of chicken wings...with some ranch dressing"..."um...we really don't have ranch dressing, do you still want the wings?"... "yeah I want the wings!"...I put in the order for his wings and while we wait I listen to him moan and whine about how much he hates the east coast, NYC especially. Turns out he's from LA. "Hey, you're talking to the wrong girl, Tristan!, I happen to be a born and raised New Yorker and I love this city!" His wings come out with the blue cheese dressing. He tosses the dressing away with disgust..."I said that I wanted ranch!" "I told you that we did not have ranch!"..."I can't believe this fuckin' city!, No fuckin' ranch dressing! on the west coast you get ranch dressing everywhere you go, damn it!...How much I owe you for the fuckin' wings?" He pays for the wings, does not even touch them, tips and walks out. all the while cursing out our fair city. Go Back to LA, Pretty Boy! THis city doesn't want you! And your wings were enjoyed by the couple that was at the bar next to you...they did not have a problem with blue cheese, you ranch dressing obsessed freak!
11:28 PM
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Sunday, January 22, 2006
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wierdo of the day
Current mood:  sleepy
I had just finished setting up my bar before we opened for the day. If you've been there you know that we have a big popcorn machine behind the bar and I make a whole bunch of popcorn to put out every day.
So, my first "customer" comes in. I'd say he's about 65, big beer belly, not a very pleasant odor to him, possibly homeless. He sits down at the bar and I do my usual greeting (toss coaster down, "hey, how ya doin'?, what can I get for ya?"). "I'll just have a glass of water to start", he said...he meant..."I just want to sit here and eat some popcorn and talk to you and the waitress since I am the only one in here now and you will have to listen to me and I don't have money for an actual drink"
The waitress and I see through this right away and roll our eyes at each other. He then starts his talking. His name where he's from, how long he's been in NYC etc. ...asks us our names, where we're from, etc. etc. He continues stuffing his face with popcorn and then proceeds to tell us that he is currently working as an exotic dancer at "Chip and Dales"! Uh, yeah. kinda gross if you saw this guy, seriously gross if you smelled this guy. If you're going to make up what you do for a living at least try to make it something slightly plausable! EWWW!
So I see that I have got to get rid of him before I get any real customers. I tell him "sorry, but if my boss comes in and sees you drinking water and eating popcorn without buying anything, he's going to get pissed and make you leave" He got the hint eventually and left.
P.S. don't worry, I tossed out the entire boal of popcorn that he'd been eating from.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2005
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misconceptions about bartenders
Category: Life
Misconceptions about bartenders
The Flirting:
Yes, it is part of the job
Yes, I do enjoy it
Yes, I would prefer to talk about sports, movies, books, poker, but somehow that is flirting too apparently
Yes, I am actually interested in some of my customers
No, it is not the ones that think that they have a chance
Yes, I am still going to be friendly with people who I know are crappy tippers
No, that does not mean that it is cool that you are a crappy tipper
Yes, I have been on a date with a customer
No, it was not even a great tipper
The Buy Back:
No, I am not allowed to give away everything and anything that I want to
Yes, at some bars you can and I wish I was able to, but it aint worth my job to give away a couple of drinks So I follow the rules as best I can .
Yes, I appreciate when you offer to buy me a drink
No, I do not usually want one
No, I can not buy you back more just because you buy me one
No, during happy hour I can not buy you back and you know that! Sorry
The Phone Number:
No, you can not get my number
Yes, I want to give it to some of you
Yes, I do hope that you leave me yours
No, I probably will not call it even when I really want to
The wife/girlfriend deal
I stray from my previous format on this one
I will do my job and never mention your wife to the ladies that you bring to the bar, but I will not approve of it! And if you think that you have a chance with me when you already told me about your wife/girlfriend you are very mistaken! I am not interested in another womans man.
More soon
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