CAN WE SAY S*** SHOW?
Thursday was one of those days where Murphy's Law kicked into high gear. Everything that could go wrong, seem to do just that. It started early in the day when I found myself being pressed into emergency service and having to cover the day shift. That led into the evening, which by the way, started innocently enough. Then we realized that we (THE ITALIAN STALLION, BABY GIRL and I) were going to have to deal with the night shift without a barback. Normally it's one of those situations that sucks to deal with, but we step up to the plate and handle it, no questions asked.
However, going along with the theme for the day (Murphy's Law), the situations totally sucked. We got swamped all at once with a large contingent from an ad agency holiday party, coupled with a few contingents of FDNY personnel, bent on letting off some steam. That equaled a LOT of drinking; which meant that the three of us had to go into overdrive and not only handle the swarm of thirsty revelers- we also had to deal with collecting and washing glasses; dealing with stocking and re-stocking ice bins, beer boxes, liquor supplies, toilet paper, broken glass, spilled drinks, catty arguments, wannabe strippers and Michael Jackson dancers..... oh, and covering the door too. At least there were a lot of hot chicks.
While that was a huge task to fill, I have to say, BABY GIRL and THE ITALIAN STALLION stepped up to the plate and handled what was thrown to them without any complaints. I was pretty impressed. So if they weren't bitching about the crappy hand dealt to them, I sure as hell wasn't going to, even though I was annoyed by the situation as a whole.
As for the revelers themselves- they really seemed to be having a good time. The usual cast of characters made their presence felt (DALE EARNHARDT, JR., MR. LOW-KEY, STIFFLER, JON CUSACK, FREEJACK, REDSKINS GIRL, SILENT BOB, AMERICAN PSYCHO among others); DIRTY SANCHEZ made the highlight reel by showing up in a god-awful powder blue tuxedo with the frilly ruffled shirt and the patent leather white shoes- much like something your grandfather would have worn to his, um, prom. Hilarious.
There was this redhead who I'm pretty sure was with the ad agency party who made it a point to do her best dirty-dance/stripper pole routine in the champagne room. At least three different times I had to ask her to get down from the tables, but she was adamant about getting her swerve on. I think I heard her shout at one point- " I'M YOUNG, I'M HOT AND I AM GOING TO LET IT ALL HANG OUT!" as she did some squatting dance routine with her legs open. Ah, to be that young and carefree again....
By the way, what is about holiday work parties that causes "us" to lose all inhibitions and to do/say things that we wouldn't dare do/say any other day of the year? You don't know how many times I heard things like "Baby, I've wanted to say that to you for months", or "I always thought you looked slimming in that color" or the dreaded " I know you're engaged, but trust me, no one here will know...".
The average person in the bar was pretty shitfaced, yet luckily for us, there were no real problems. Sometimes you get a bit nervous when various circles intermingle in such a setting. But the FDNY boys and the ad agency suit crowd co-existed with nary a single problem.
When the night finally ended, the bar itself looked as if a SCUD missile had hit it. But like I said, the three of us sucked it up and got the place back up to speed in no time, without a single complaint. Great job by my crew. I'm sure i've left out a lot of juicy details, however, I'm pooped and have to wake up early to open up shop again.
FRIDAY NIGHT- Happy Hour (4pm-8pm): $4.00 ALL MIXED WELL DRINKS, BEERS and HOUSE WINES!
SATURDAY: "Kick the Keg" Saturday (12pm-8pm): $2.00 mugs, ALL BEERS ON TAP!
SUNDAY: 15th Annual Third and Long Holiday Party (private). 5pm.
Mucho updates to come!
NUFF SAID
2 comments:
Are you sh**ing me? I thought we were still doing that!
what? were not doing that anymore?
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