January 4th, 2008 by Luke
I got together with Chris and Ryan today to rehearse. That was good. It could have been better had I not had to work last night. I had nobody in the bar at around 1:15 and then this guy came in and drank two beers that lasted him until 4:15. He was sloshed by the end because he had already had a lot to drink prior to the whole thing. Nice guy. Really wanted to talk religion and philosophy though. My only problem with talking religion as a bartender (when no one else is in the bar to get annoyed) is that I don’t want to offend this person who is paying my wage.
Regardless, Louie (my visitor last night) was a nice man, and religion only consumed 2/3 of our conversation, so there was a full 1/3 where we had truly interesting discussion about a host of subjects (life, love, work, death). Louie (age 44) talked about the women he met and dated when he was younger and how they were better women than he realized then, wishes he could do it over again and hold onto some of those women which of course is impossible because you can’t step in the same stream twice. It made me think about my current and past affairs. I’m happy with where I am.
Also there was this lady that came in and ordered a Black Russian a couple hours before him. I made it. I charged her. She proceeded to bitch about the price for the next 1/2 hour to the old man beside her when I stopped listening and walked to the other end of the bar. Finally she stopped when I threw a glass at her face, shouted, “I don’t control the prices Bitch!” and tossed her out on her ass in the sub freezing windy night in the East Village. Then I woke up. She was still whining.
