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Post by Blunashun on Sept 29, 2024 9:49:24 GMT
Worked a cool party. Birthday party. Made $163.00 & didn't break a sweat.
That assistant manager came up & asked me what I thought of the group Thursday night. Why? Did I make a facial expression? No. Whew! Good. I thought they were tools. The story of it being cold out here. They wouldn't let us in. I about puked. She said she didn't know they were going to be like that. It was a hate group. She said she took pictures of them. Recorded them. Sent it up the food chain. She agreed 100% with me.
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Post by Blunashun on Oct 7, 2024 23:50:22 GMT
The neck shot will be...Where did I put that card? This entire day has been a senior moment.
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Post by Blunashun on Oct 17, 2024 16:14:05 GMT
At the doctor's. I've been eating a LOT of ice cream. So far I haven't gained any weight. Am curious if it's finally catching up. It dropped in sheets after I stopped drinking.
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Post by Blunashun on Oct 17, 2024 16:31:52 GMT
190 lbs.
105/70 BP.
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Post by Blunashun on Oct 27, 2024 10:14:10 GMT
Worked a wedding. Two bartenders. I could have handled it by myself. But I'm not blaming the organizer for erring on the side of caution.
I gave Carlos the better position. I hate working right underneath a camera because I like to free pour. Carlos was free pouring right underneath the camera. In front of our boss. He did better than I thought. The party just wasn't that busy. I could keep an eye on him.
It was hosted. $6,000.00. Suddenly Carlos is breaking down. 15 minutes later my boss just starts grabbing my bottles & loading them on the cart. Supposedly the customer had reached her limit. My boss doesn't know I'm aware I sold $2,805.00. Carlos sold $3,200.00? There's no way. He had the better position. He did better than I expected. There's still no way he outsold me. I'm figuring our boss overbilled the customer by about a thousand dollars.
Hosted. Death on a stick. I walked with $186.00 dollars in tips. Carlos didn't want to talk about how much he sold. Which is suspicious in itself. I planted a seed in his mind by saying I made $281.00 in tips. I sure needed that. See, he can exaggerate his sales. But there was no cash involved. He can't make tips appear out of thin air. So I left him wondering how much I sold to make so much more than him in tips.
I got one manager drunk. Hehe. Funny. She's not bad looking. Not my type. But not bad. She was lit. Strawberry margaritas.
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Post by Blunashun on Oct 28, 2024 3:09:20 GMT
Oh. My boss missed a bottle of tequila. I disappeared as soon as he did because the customers wouldn't stop pestering me. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. I came back to an empty bottle of tequila that hadn't been touched all night. Reap / sow.
I'm wondering about three beer bottles I was using as a display too. Did my boss & a waiter grab those when they took the beer cooler? I managed to save some wine bottles they left on ice.
Well, whatever. A thousand dollars goes a long way towards making up for that.
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Post by Blunashun on Nov 1, 2024 21:31:03 GMT
Went by a body shop that did work for me a while back. The works sucks. Since I already reported the owner to the Bureau of Automotive Repair, he was civil. I don't trust him though. He's one of those guys who thinks he's the smartest person in the room. He SAID he would stand behind his work. No charge. He tried a couple of things though. The first is where the paint is chipping around the windows. "That's chrome. You would have to order a new part..." "You replaced the door. You couldn't see this coming?" He tried to work around that gaffe. But *I* remained civil too. There's a Ralph's on the corner of 120th & Vermont. Might as well get some dry food for the cats. Some Latin dude was staring at me, seemingly incredulous. Yes. White people exist. We might even stop in your local store. Kinda funny, actually.  |
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Post by Blunashun on Nov 3, 2024 20:41:36 GMT
Worked a class reunion last night. I was the 'kid' in this group. After the World Series, everyone is a baseball fan. The DJ was asking trivia questions.
"Who won the 1964 World Series?"
"The St. Louis Cardinals in seven. Ken Boyer hit a grand slam."
Heads turned.
"That was Boyer's MVP season. He hit .295-24-119. He was the best hitting third baseman in the NL after Eddie Mathews. Then came Ron Santo."
(Quiet for a moment...)
One old guy -
"We're adopting you!"
I made $49.00 on $383.00 in sales. It was over by 10:00 PM. Nice people though. One woman said she didn't realize it was a cash bar. I gave her a glass of wine.
"But I don't have anything to tip you with."
"If I was in this just for the money, I would find something else to do."
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Post by Blunashun on Nov 7, 2024 7:34:33 GMT
Talked to my brother. He turned 70 today. Over 100 days without a drink. He was having a quiet birthday with his girlfriend.
He brought up some names from the past. One was Chuck. Our family was allied with the craziest of the four families that ran our neighborhood. 8 boys. 2 girls. One time a couple Culver City Boys grabbed me. Chuck walked past. "Let him go." They dropped me like I was radioactive. "Thanks, Chuck."
John told me of the time some white guy insulted Chuck. "Hey, Chuck. That white guy called you a beaner." Chuck took a baseball bat to the guy. His older brother Mark & my late brother Dave used to pull jobs together. Dave died at age 39. John said Chuck died at age 63. He had seven children. Multiple grandchildren.
The circle dwindles.
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Post by Blunashun on Nov 10, 2024 1:35:25 GMT
A party of 200 about to get underway. I'm the only bartender. I need this money because Sleet needs to go to the vet. Wish me luck.
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Post by Blunashun on Nov 10, 2024 3:06:35 GMT
Three hours & the ice hasn't melted. It's that cold out here.
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Post by Blunashun on Nov 10, 2024 3:28:27 GMT
So far this is like a fucking AA meeting.
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Post by jrgreene6 on Nov 10, 2024 9:25:29 GMT
A party of 200 about to get underway. I'm the only bartender. I need this money because Sleet needs to go to the vet. Wish me luck. Hope things picked up since your last post! Also hope Sleet isn’t experiencing anything too serious. I know those vet visits can be / get ridiculous! GO DODGERS!!! |
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Post by Blunashun on Nov 10, 2024 10:09:00 GMT
A party of 200 about to get underway. I'm the only bartender. I need this money because Sleet needs to go to the vet. Wish me luck. Hope things picked up since your last post! Also hope Sleet isn’t experiencing anything too serious. I know those vet visits can be / get ridiculous! GO DODGERS!!! Wound up making $173.00 on $901.00 in sales. They must have brought in a shit ton of their own stuff. They kept asking for plastic cups. Ghettoish but cool people. Two guys cracked me up. It was a cash bar. These two guys wanted to charge it to a room. (One appeared to be wearing a hubcap around his neck.). I can't do that. Every time I say that he repeats the room number with more resolve. I CAN'T DO THAT. It's not my call. You'd have to talk to the manager. The manager okays three drinks each for a couple. It was cool after that though. He got what he wanted. I said you have to understand I need a manager to sign off on it. He seemed to understand. The two guys wanted to charge it to their mommy's room. Okay. That made me laugh. Two straight up G's. Got 2 hours overtime. Nothing on the schedule for next week. Sleet has never been the same since that ass kicking two years ago. She's shedding again. Momma worries me. |
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Post by Blunashun on Nov 19, 2024 19:18:57 GMT
Got in to see my doctor pretty quick this morning. 193 lbs. BP was 112/72. We're going to run tests for sleep apnea. It sounds like I have it. It explains a lot. Night terrors about breathing. Constipation. Somnolence. Snoring. Waking up a lot. Low energy. I might have to wear a mask when sleeping. He had trouble putting it together, until I reminded him of the night terrors. He still had trouble putting it together. Good thing I like him. |
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