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Category Archives: Co Workers
24 Years
We have a new manager at the bar. He has a jovial personality and seems to know his shit…along with an easy-going style of managing…as well as some great ideas on improving our wine list and cocktail menu. I am … Continue reading →
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Tagged 24 hours, 24 years, attempted murder, bartenders blog, busboy, busboy mafia, cocktail menu, food fights, having fun at work, hells angels, new managers, nostalgia, service industry, serving time, side station sabotage, tequila, true bar stories, whippets, wine list
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Top Ten Most Annoying Cocktail Waitresses
The Greedy Bitch…The Greedy Bitch makes the top of my list because…well…I go to work to make money. She is the one that owes you $9.75 at the end of the night and tips you $9…instead of rounding it up … Continue reading →
Twelve Dollars
When I started Tales From A Bar around nine months ago…I had no idea what a positive influence it would have on me as a bartender. I have learned all kinds of jokes, quotes, trivia, new cocktails, random bits and … Continue reading →
Bad Drivers
I have never understood bad drivers. How can someone be so inept at something they do everyday for basically their entire adult life? You would think at some point they would figure out the logistics of at least operating a … Continue reading →
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Tagged bad drivers, bartender blog, bartender tales, Blue Moon, Corona, knob creek, macallan 12, manhattan, old fashioned, shirley temple, sprite, true bar stories, vodka tonic
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Babysitting Bart
The last few nights at the bar have been crazy to say the least. We have been absolutely slammed and Bart is losing his grip on reality. I am not sure what is going on with him…personal problems, alcoholism, or … Continue reading →
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Tagged babysitting bart, bart, donkey chronicles, mojito, office space, true bar stories, why you should get a college education
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Watertinis
It has been business as usual at the bar over the last week. Bart has averaged at least two broken glasses a night. Drunk, hungover, or straight, he is hands down the most non-dexterous bartender I have ever worked with. … Continue reading →
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Tagged bartenders blog, Belvedere, horrible managers, true bar stories, watered down martinis, watering down cocktails, watertinis
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The Butterfingered Bartender
Do any of you ever get shaky hands at work? Where it’s so bad if you hold up a piece of paper, it looks like a fan is blowing on it? Perhaps you are suffering from a caffeine overdose or … Continue reading →
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Tagged bartenders blog, butterfingers, clumsy bartenders, drunk bartender, five thumbed bartenders, hungover bartender, true bar tales
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