I've said it before, and I'll say it again....I work for some cool-ass motherfucking people.
The toy store is cool in general (one of the coolest I've ever been in), but today, after I left, I stopped into a local pizza joint for a slice and a beer. The owner of the toy store happened to be there, and paid for both the pizza and the beer. Cool dude! This is the same guy that has a live kinkajou roaming around the toy store. (Yes, seriously.)
And then there's The Bar. It's a bit of a pain, I'll admit, but I am basically the guy entrusted with updating our Book O Rum. Which is not merely a list of the 160+ rums we have, but also descriptions of each, as well as detailed explanations of both the history of rum and the processes necessary to distill it. Also, I am the "rum guy" there, which not only means that other staff will occasionally send me to talk to their guests who are asking about rum (most of the staff knows a bit about rum, but when guests start asking questions beyond most of their knowledge, they call me in), it also means that when liquor vendors come in selling rum, the boss tells them to talk to me first (as in have me taste it), and then and only then will they talk price.
Now this latest: my bar manager asked me to put together a beer-tasting panel. They want to bring in some new beers (we already do many craft beers, and have eighteen beers on draft), and they want me to get some beer lovers together to blindly taste various beers that the beer reps will bring in, so we can decide which ones to add. Bar Manager only wants one employee (me) on the panel, so it is up to me to bring in four others (he wants five people). So I texted six of my beer-drinking friends and colleagues, figuring that scheduling will make it impossible for everyone to attend, and everyone seems thrilled at the prospect. Now it's just up to the bar manager to schedule the event so that I can, as part of my job, drink with friends who are like-minded when it comes to good beer, and sample several different and (hopefully) good beers.
Should be interesting!
Did I mention that I love my jobs?
The toy store is cool in general (one of the coolest I've ever been in), but today, after I left, I stopped into a local pizza joint for a slice and a beer. The owner of the toy store happened to be there, and paid for both the pizza and the beer. Cool dude! This is the same guy that has a live kinkajou roaming around the toy store. (Yes, seriously.)
And then there's The Bar. It's a bit of a pain, I'll admit, but I am basically the guy entrusted with updating our Book O Rum. Which is not merely a list of the 160+ rums we have, but also descriptions of each, as well as detailed explanations of both the history of rum and the processes necessary to distill it. Also, I am the "rum guy" there, which not only means that other staff will occasionally send me to talk to their guests who are asking about rum (most of the staff knows a bit about rum, but when guests start asking questions beyond most of their knowledge, they call me in), it also means that when liquor vendors come in selling rum, the boss tells them to talk to me first (as in have me taste it), and then and only then will they talk price.
Now this latest: my bar manager asked me to put together a beer-tasting panel. They want to bring in some new beers (we already do many craft beers, and have eighteen beers on draft), and they want me to get some beer lovers together to blindly taste various beers that the beer reps will bring in, so we can decide which ones to add. Bar Manager only wants one employee (me) on the panel, so it is up to me to bring in four others (he wants five people). So I texted six of my beer-drinking friends and colleagues, figuring that scheduling will make it impossible for everyone to attend, and everyone seems thrilled at the prospect. Now it's just up to the bar manager to schedule the event so that I can, as part of my job, drink with friends who are like-minded when it comes to good beer, and sample several different and (hopefully) good beers.
Should be interesting!
Did I mention that I love my jobs?
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