If You Want A Perfect Margarita for Cinco de Mayo - Make Them At Home

[SamAdams76]

If you lack the self respect needed to keep yourself from looking like a dullard, no matter what it is you are doing, well, I'm gonna notice that.

I agree 100%. When I started out in life, I had to work the low-paying crap jobs too. But I always gave my best effort and provided a level of service far in excess of my pay. That is what got me noticed and promoted so I soon left those type of jobs behind forever. Even to this day, I strive to perform above my pay grade. As a result, my actual pay grade keeps improving.

So for those with the "you pretend to pay me and I'll pretend to work" attitude, get used to those go-nowhere dead end jobs because that's all you'll ever get.

[Trailerpark Badass]

I've worked 25 years in the hospitality industry, from slinging drinks to ownership.

Aren't you a cop or something?

[dragnet2]

Or something.

[Trailerpark Badass]

PLus, I can't stand working around sullen losers. Having fun and being positive not only makes you more money, itmakes the time go by faster, and working in upscale places, who knows when someone with connections is going to notice you? When I was on the floor and behind the bar we always managed to get rid of the slackers, when I was a manager they never made it past training.

I personally know dozens of people who got out of the restaurant/bar biz into "real" work purely on their effort and attitude that was noticed by customers.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Right on, but I’ve had better service in any dive bar than I’ve had at most doctor’s offices. Certainly better than any govt office.

[SamAdams76]

That sounds like an interesting recipe. I’ll have to see if Damiana is in stock at my liquor store - sounds like you might have to order it online. I haven’t had Hornitos tequila in a while. My brand of choice is Herradura. Once I started drinking that, I could never go back to Jose Cuervo again.

[SamAdams76]

You nailed it. When somebody provides me cheerful and competent service, I go out of my way to tip them well. People that can have fun and excel at a low-end job are destined for bigger and better things. Business owners would do well to notice these kind of ambitious go-getters and hire them away for their own business. Bet they’d have a higher success rate than the traditional resume/interview process.

[dragnet2]

So if the bartender got $100 an hour, can I expect to get a better margarita?

Bet the rent.

Happy employees are good, hard working employees. Generally, underpaid, overworked and or mistreated employees will steal from you, sue you, or worse.

[Dust in the Wind]

For a moment I thought I was reading Steven Wright's stuff after he'd had an energy drink. Had to go BTTT and check; good read, filled with the truth!
Don't drink tequila unless with protection and at the cashier it's mostly hope I'll get the correct change. That you can count on. ;^)

[OldPossum]

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[KJC1]

I think this is one of the more entertaining vanities I’ve read in a while, complete with some great observations! Thanks for an enjoyable read.

[Fast Moving Angel]

I see no reason why you couldn’t use Herradura, unless you wanted to save it for sipping ;-) And BTW, forgot to mention that that ‘rita has a name, based on its ingredients: The Dam Horny ‘Rita.

[ctdonath2]

That someone better give top shelf service if he wants to move up to making more than $9/hr + 0 benefits.

[4buttons]

counter people routinely are told by the register what the change should be so they take that smount out of the drawer and dump it in your hand.

which is faster than the counting-out process described. less time waiting/more money collected. the next customer is served before you get your change in your pocket.

[RonF]

When I got a job at Purity Supreme in Cambridge, Mass. in 1973 I - as they well knew, a student at MIT - along with all the other cashier candidates had to take a math test. No calculator allowed and it was timed. Flunk the test and no cashier job for you.