Mixology update

So here is the update on the new job. I am undecided on my feelings about the new job. The owner is a bit of a jerk. He is Korean so he is very sexist and traditionalist. The guest are about 50/50, there are good ones and bad ones but 99% regulars so I already know a lot of them. There are 3 other bartenders and 1 is cool, one is old and grossly obese, so much so that she brings a stool to work to sit on because she can't stand for 7 hours, my advice to her, pick a different job. The 3rd bartender is the resident hussy, she has fake boobs, a bad attitude and is a gold digger, but as long as she is on time, does her job, and doesn't flirt with my boyfriend, I don't really care. The main thing I really like about the job is that I am the only employee there most of the time, the owner and/or his wife is only there to open mon-fri for about an hour and come back at the end of the night to collect the money for the deposit. At the same time it gets kinda lonely when there aren't any customers and I don't have managers or co-workers to talk to. The clientel is unlike anything I have ever experienced. They are down home, hard working, southern style, good old boys. I am in complete charge, I can tell people to get out, I can ban people. No more nod and smile and take crap all day from jerks. People who want to sit at tables come to me, no more running around. I almost had a bar fight break out today, that was a little scary. So, all in all there are some good things and some bad things. Day shifts are really slow right now but I hope things will pick up soon cuz I am hurting for money. Well that is all for now I guess, just wanted to post the goings on at the new gig.

Happy drinking,

~ Tina

A New Mixology Chapter

I GOT A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!

I am now employed :D I went today to an open interview time I saw on Craigslist, and I got hired on the spot. I am still working the wine festival but I now also have steady employment. The bar has been there for almost 70 years, so I doubt I will be able to run this one out of business. And it is the perfect shift for me, a set schedule of 5 days a week from noon to 7pm, So I don't have to be up early and I can still go out when I get off :) I hope to be serving you all soon.

Wineos welcome

The Great Grapes Festival is here!

July 26th and 27th in Annapolis MD at the Anne Arundel fairgrounds. I want to get a bunch of people together to go, all are welcome. Even if you are under 21 (you can be the designated drivers ). I am working the even so you are all to stop by my booth and say hello. You can order tickets on the web site, www.uncorkthefun.com below is the admission info, if we can get enough people we can get a group discount :) The site also has directions and schedules and all the good stuff. Get in touch with me if you wanna go so I can see how many people we have.

Admission:

$25 On-Site General Admission*

$20 In Advance* (Purchase from this website or by phone 800-830-3976

$15 Designated Drivers

$16 Group Tickets* (per ticket) for groups of 15 or more (must order by phone 800-830-3976)

Kids - 12 and Under are FREE!!!!!!!!

*General Admission includes a souvenir wine glass, unlimited samples, live Music and cooking demonstrations

I am ready to scream (caution: contains slight profanity)

So here is the deal, I realize I only had a little bit of my sanity remaining, but that little bit has now abandoned me. I know I am gonna seem like a sissy but I have officially lost it. I have lost my mind, I have lost my hope in humanity, and I have lost my common sense. Since December: I had someone very near and dear to me pass away, gained 15 pounds, been laid off, (still woefully unemployed), finally lost my patients with the messy, inconsiderate, dipshits that are my roommates, found a house I could afford, to get away from said roommates, and then had to call my realtor and tell her I couldn't buy it because I got laid off, and my car has been possessed by little electronic imps. I have been having problems sleeping, probably why I am writing this at 4 in the morning, I have a trip to Florida the first week in June for a much needed vacation that I can't afford because my vacation fund is now going to bills.

It has come to the point that I am just drifting. I am waiting for the crap covered cherry to top it all off. I don't know what i am gonna do about work, it seems to be the main problem. I know I can get through this, I have been through a hell of a lot worse and I will be damned if I am gonna let this get the best of me.

The work situation is probably the most depressing. I love the restaurant industry but everyday I spent with the over weight, under educated masses made me more and more cynical. I used to be a people person and now I have no interest in meeting new people. Right now I have the conundrum of looking for a job and not knowing what job to look for. I would like to stay in the restaurant business but there is the problem of how long I can do it. Not many people know this, but I suffer from a genetic disorder. Familial Spastic Paraplegia (FSP) It is hereditary and causes you to slowly go paralyzed from the waist down. By the age of about 40 i will more than likely be in a wheel chair. I have only the beginning signs but there is no way to know how fast it will progress. Even while still able to walk I won't be able to keep up with the fast pace of bartending. Maybe I can be somewhere long enough to get into management , or maybe back of house somewhere. Who knows, I surely don't.

I think I would be able to handle everything better if my grandmother was still here. She was one of the most intelligent women i have ever had the privilege to know in my short life. She helped me so much and I could really use her wisdom right about now. Her birthday is coming up, the 6th of June. I want to do something to commemorate her. I am thinking a new tattoo in her honor. She always loved dragons, she is the one who bought me my first dragon statue and the one who got me interested in them. Hmmm, something to consider.

I apologize for rambling but I am frustrated, sleep deprived, and don't really have anyone to vent to but my boyfriend and he suck at listening. He can't just listen, he has to always put in his two cents and try to give me advice that I don't want. Oh well. That is all for now. I am gonna try and get some sleep.

The end of a mixology chapter

Saturday night was a funny sort of shift at the Blue Star grille. Didn't make much money but had fun for the most part. That is until we closed and we were all told that tonight was the last night. The grille is officially out of business. I am 23 years old and have been laid off, what is up with that. The funny thing is, I'm not even really all that mad, more upset. Not because I don't have a job, but because there are so many people there that I will miss. I will miss the crazy antics of Tom and Dustin and the constant bickering with Jose and laughing at the 2:00 news with Holly. To all of the people I have worked with over the past year, especially the managers and the people I have gotten to know well, I will miss you all and hope to see you around. I find it incredibly humorous that I am only 23, and this is the 3rd place I have worked at that has gone out of business. Maybe I am just bad luck. I think I should work at a company I hate so I can run it into the ground. Anyhow, good luck to all who have been effected by this and to those I will never see again, you will be missed. This past year has been a blast and I am glad that I got to work with you all.

~ Tina

First Post

So this is my first post. Not much to say just wanted to do a first post and see if there will even be anyone reading this or if I should save time. I am a bartender in and dealing with the general public has made me somewhat of an angry person, so first a disclosure. In up coming blogs it is possible that there will be rants, name calling and a chance for profanity. I will try to give fair warning in the titles of said blogs in case there is any youngsters or those faint of heart that might potentially read it. Well that is all for now, Goodnight