Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Excuse me?
I work in a place where the clientele is mostly "Regulars". I consider the majority of them my "work-friends" and actually only socialize with a small percentage. These are the ones I've become actual friends with. We meet outside of where I work. I've met their other friends, family. That's not to say I don't want to socialize with others there. In most cases, there hasn't been time or opportunity to get to know them better outside of seeing them 10-15 hours a week at my bar. I consider myself lucky to be working in a place where I'm around people all the time that I can see myself being actual friends with.
You know what I mean. When you meet someone, start getting to know them, and think to yourself, "I could hang out with this person".
With that said, there is one guy in particular that I knew from the first moment I met him that he was going to stay in the "work-friend-I-will-never-socialize-with" category. Let's say that he may or may not have been the one that interrupted my breakfast the other morning by blowing smoke in my face while I was trying to eat.
I ran into this guy last Friday night while I was out in the area. Made a couple of minutes of small talk & that was it. Today he says to me, "You looked really great the other night. If you ever find yourself out late and wanting to "hook-up" with someone; I hope you'll give me a call." (This guy is a Chemical Engineer heading up a project for the Defense Department at the Pentagon. Not some Frat Boy.)
Okay.
Where do I even start.
#1. What makes him think he can speak to me that way? I am not the proverbial ditzy blonde cocktail waitress. I have a great reputation around here and I pride myself on it.
#2. Who the fuck does he think HE is?? Really, Baby; you're not all that.
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The DC area (as other large cities) has a high percentage of restaurant/bar staff that are educated. Believe it or not. You can't swing a cat around here without hitting a few bartenders that have Grad degrees in something. Being a Bartender or a Server is considered a profession around here because you can make enough money in it to get you that nice car/house/boat/twice-a-year vacations that other people slave over a desk with their Phd's for years to get. Good "Wining-and-Dining" is damn near a Religion here.
The point I'm trying to make is that the 'ole "She's a bartender, so she must be a slut" idea doesn't fly around here. I really wish he had made that comment to me the other night when I was with all my "friends-I-didn't-make-at-work" friends. He would have been properly annihilated. They were all Bartenders.
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Once again, I found myself in a situation where I wish I'd had Murphy there. If for nothing else than an alibi. "Officer, Murphy & I were having cocktails at the Time Of Death. We were discussing how hard it is for people like us to tolerate the ignorance of people like him."
peace
You know what I mean. When you meet someone, start getting to know them, and think to yourself, "I could hang out with this person".
With that said, there is one guy in particular that I knew from the first moment I met him that he was going to stay in the "work-friend-I-will-never-socialize-with" category. Let's say that he may or may not have been the one that interrupted my breakfast the other morning by blowing smoke in my face while I was trying to eat.
I ran into this guy last Friday night while I was out in the area. Made a couple of minutes of small talk & that was it. Today he says to me, "You looked really great the other night. If you ever find yourself out late and wanting to "hook-up" with someone; I hope you'll give me a call." (This guy is a Chemical Engineer heading up a project for the Defense Department at the Pentagon. Not some Frat Boy.)
Okay.
Where do I even start.
#1. What makes him think he can speak to me that way? I am not the proverbial ditzy blonde cocktail waitress. I have a great reputation around here and I pride myself on it.
#2. Who the fuck does he think HE is?? Really, Baby; you're not all that.
__________________
The DC area (as other large cities) has a high percentage of restaurant/bar staff that are educated. Believe it or not. You can't swing a cat around here without hitting a few bartenders that have Grad degrees in something. Being a Bartender or a Server is considered a profession around here because you can make enough money in it to get you that nice car/house/boat/twice-a-year vacations that other people slave over a desk with their Phd's for years to get. Good "Wining-and-Dining" is damn near a Religion here.
The point I'm trying to make is that the 'ole "She's a bartender, so she must be a slut" idea doesn't fly around here. I really wish he had made that comment to me the other night when I was with all my "friends-I-didn't-make-at-work" friends. He would have been properly annihilated. They were all Bartenders.
__________________
Once again, I found myself in a situation where I wish I'd had Murphy there. If for nothing else than an alibi. "Officer, Murphy & I were having cocktails at the Time Of Death. We were discussing how hard it is for people like us to tolerate the ignorance of people like him."
peace
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Now you make me want to move back to the DC area to bartend. ;-)
Some people have preconceived notions about professions. Surprisingly in Lafayette, I have found that most of the bartenders are far more culturally astute and educated than the general population. However, I do hang out in the nicer places. Mainly because the nicer places play Jazz and blues, not country music.
I do not know what makes people seem to think that just because someone is in the restaurant business they are not educated or culturally astute. I have noticed just the opposite. Maybe they just have not been around much. Someone who works at the Pentagon does not strike me as worldly. I am ex-army, so I know a little bit about the mentality.
Whew, have you fallen asleep yet?
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Some people have preconceived notions about professions. Surprisingly in Lafayette, I have found that most of the bartenders are far more culturally astute and educated than the general population. However, I do hang out in the nicer places. Mainly because the nicer places play Jazz and blues, not country music.
I do not know what makes people seem to think that just because someone is in the restaurant business they are not educated or culturally astute. I have noticed just the opposite. Maybe they just have not been around much. Someone who works at the Pentagon does not strike me as worldly. I am ex-army, so I know a little bit about the mentality.
Whew, have you fallen asleep yet?
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