Master Bartender
Less ice will never mean more liquor.
1. You’re a badass with the coolest job in the world — at least that’s what you tell yourself mentally preparing for your shift.
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2. You immediately begin serious bouts of cleaning that would make any neat freak proud.
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3. Cutting garnishes until you can’t take it anymore.
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5. Because no matter how good your service and drinks are, some customers are just terrible.
7. And can’t believe that you’re intelligent and completely happy with your job.
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8. The customers who think they’re very clever.
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10. The customers who expect you to perform tricks.
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11. But you know how bad that will end.
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12. The customers who snap their fingers at you.
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14. You realize you’re an expert at things you’ve never been good at — like cutting people off when they’ve drank too much.
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15. Explaining to customers why you can’t “hook them up.”
17. Listening to sad, triumphant, or disturbing stories. You’ve basically heard it all.
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18. When you’re nearly starved and order food from the kitchen but you have to wait four hours to actually eat.
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19. If there’s a fight you’re used to breaking it up and calming everyone down.
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20. Cleaning up your customer’s vomit.
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23. And you’ve survived another night.
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