The Trash Collector

Cocktail (1988) is undoubtably the best movie ever created based around life as a bartender. It’s a cult classic and a must watch if you work behind a bar. I have probably seen it over 25 times and have half of the script memorized. Cocktails and dreams…that is what our profession is about…and in young Mr. Flanagan fashion…I too have my hopes of making a quick buck outside of tending bar. I attempted to become an independent travel agent, swing trade on the stock market, start a clothing company, etc. Honestly…nothing has panned out and I am currently completely unsuccessful with any of my ventures. To add insult to injury…I have been consistently making more money by recycling trash from the bar…than any of my…great ideas. Fucking garbage. I take a box or two of empty beer bottles and cans home with me every night. At the end of the week…I go through the wonderfully enjoyable process of journeying to the trash depot…where I trade my collectables for 10-20 dollars. At first, I squandered the funds from my second career on beer and frozen burritos…but as time went on…I decided that I had to figure out how to change the final result of my efforts into something more substantial than piss and shit. The only one making money was the sewage company. So several months ago…I began parlaying my tiny paychecks into 1 ounce silver bars…and now have a small stack sitting on my coffee table. As funny as all of this sounds…there is something uniquely satisfying about transforming trash into a precious metal. Who knows? The cost of silver may soar through the roof one day…leaving me with a tidy chunk of change…for essentially investing nothing outside of a little time and energy. But for now…I will keep making cocktails…and continue with my dreams. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqVGKpI1aHA