Jinx's Recent Blog Posts
When you hear of people going psycho on bartenders, you tend to think of frat boys or thugs or Tara Reid, generally people who look like trouble. Not true, sometimes "Classy" people are the worst of all. I was working at a bar that o
Posted By Jinx on July 19, 2008, 12:43 pm
"Why isn't my card working? I just deposited my check! Run it again. Declined again? That's impossible, I have a bazillion dollars in my account. Run it again! Still no? Do you know how much I make a year? Run it again!" List
Posted By Jinx on June 26, 2008, 4:01 pm
If I only had a dollar for every time the place is mostly empty, yet people go sit at the only dirty table. Unless it's an especially good table, why do people do this? Do they enjoy sitting on other people's crumbs and looking at thei
Posted By Jinx on June 6, 2008, 2:24 pm
Bartending Academy. Bartending Academy. Sometimes I can actually say that without retching. The fact that anyone would buy that you need a friggin diploma to mix booze is a complete mystery to me. I just got a mailer from a "career instit
Posted By Jinx on May 13, 2008, 9:25 am
Generally, bartenders do not get to select their coworkers. And I consider this type of coworker to be especially retarded: People who don't drive who take jobs that are waaay far away. They always live near plenty of other bars where they
Posted By Jinx on April 15, 2008, 3:43 pm
This is just basic common sense: Don't ever be rude to someone who will be handling your food. Duh, right? The stories you hear are true. When someone treats you like shit they just stepped in the temptation to fuck with their food is huge
Posted By Jinx on March 31, 2008, 11:58 am
Smile. Are you smiling? Now hold it for 8 hours. Impossible, right? There is going to be moments when your server isn't smiling either. Don't yell at them. Shouting, "Smile!" at anyone makes it the last thing they want to do.
Posted By Jinx on March 13, 2008, 7:13 pm
I just took the OLCC class for the 3rd time since moving to Oregon. What a bunch of B.S. The fact that I can get sued over something a grown person chose to do is absurd. As if it weren't for me, these people wouldn't find a way t
Posted By Jinx on February 28, 2008, 2:13 pm
You're not drinking, you're not hungry. You are at the bar to dance/schmooze/play pool/whatever. So you order water. Your server goes to the bar and brings you back water. For some reason you don't tip, even though it took as much
Posted By Jinx on February 10, 2008, 4:24 pm
Every now and then you get customers known in the industry as the Oprah Winfreys because they sit down and ask you a MILLION FUCKING QUESTIONS. Apparently, once you've served them a drink, they are entitled to know all about your personal
Posted By Jinx on January 28, 2008, 3:46 am
As it stands, Portland still allows smoking in bars. This does not give you the right to be a pig. Ashtrays are there for cigarette debris. NOT LOOGIES. Not chewing tobacco. What is it about some guys that they simply MUST spit? Now some lucky
Posted By Jinx on January 14, 2008, 12:37 pm
No one should ever drive drunk. This is why the bar will call you a cab if you need one. Problem is, if you're out in the suburbs, the cab will probably take longer than the 15-20 minutes tha dispatcher said. This is not your bartend
Posted By Jinx on January 7, 2008, 3:01 pm
Last call! You ignore it. Bar closing! You rack up a new game on the pool table. Your friend decides that now is a good time to put money in the poker machine. Pulling drinks! You clutch your beer like you're a heroin addict and they
Posted By Jinx on December 31, 2007, 7:24 pm
There is no doubt that regulars are essential to a bar's prosperity. And we bartenders appreciate them, definitely. That said, there are some regulars who become such a bane, you wish they would take their business to your competitors and become
Posted By Jinx on December 11, 2007, 1:23 pm
