‘My vote is nurses’: People share professions that would keep them from dating someone

When you’re in your early twenties, it seems like everybody is dating everybody, no matter how incompatible their lifestyles are. I know couples with opposite work schedules but can still get together and go on at least one date per week. As you age, it gets much more challenging to plan your life around someone …
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30 Mixology Memes For Shot-Slinging Bartenders

I feel like the coolest person at the bar is usually the bartender because they have what everyone wants. They hold all the power and look sick while doing so. Every time I’ve tried to order a drink at a crowded bar, I feel like the schmuck of the century, trying to angle my body …
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Bartender Splits Opinion on Twitter With Speedy Cashier Skills

At risk of sounding like a broken record, we all know by now that customer-facing jobs require a whole host of skills that go way beyond smiling in the face of douchebags. Arguably, bartending is up there with one of the most complex; not only do you have to know how to mix drinks and …
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20 Bartender Memes for Those Who Deal in the Boozy Side of Hospitality

Is there any public space that sees more soap opera worthy drama than a bar? Other than like, a hospital, of course. It’s the place of countless first dates, first meetings, break ups, and the drowning of countless sorrows. That’s before we even get to the people who work there.  Many working in this form …
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Rude Karens Harass Waitress For Wearing Shorts in 100-Degree Heat

Older adults always have something to say about what young people are wearing. When I was 15, I went on a school trip alone with my yearbook teacher and a small group of parents and kids. This was during an era when overalls were coming back into fashion, and I wore my favorite pair of …
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Cringey Bartender Attempts To Make a ‘Perfect Old Fashioned’, Fails Miserably

No part of me wants a drink made by a self-proclaimed mixologist. I know complaining about hipster-looking mixologist bartenders is so 2013, but I still have hangups (also, I was a full-blown child in 2013, leave me alone)! I don’t want my bartender to be doing a little performance on the job. There’s no need …
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Bartender Serves Hilariously Huge Pint of White Wine

How much wine is too much wine? That is a difficult question for people just beginning to drink out of a glass instead of straight from the bottle. I drank my wine directly from the bottle throughout college. I love strawberry Barefoot wine from the corner store, and nobody could stop me! Even when I …
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Nashville Bartender Fired For Calling Out Roach-Infested Workplace

Anyone who has worked at a restaurant, bar, or combination of the two knows that pests like fruit flies, gnats, and roaches are no joke. Any sort of infestation can do damage to the business’s reputation and can cause major drama with the Department of Health. While a bug here or there is something that’s …
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Wholesome Stories of People Looking Out For Women

Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear helmets, others stethoscopes. But some kind-hearted heroes work behind a bar, wielding rags and working for tips. We all know that bartenders have hard jobs. Wrangling drunks and scrambling for tiny tips isn’t easy. But we don’t often talk about the way bartenders look out for their clientele, …
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Tweet About Annoying Cocktails Inspires Discussion About Bartending

I believe that there are certain drinks that should only be ordered at specific establishments. I’m not going to be ordering the wine at my local Irish pub. And you definitely won’t catch me ordering anything but a tequila or vodka soda at the local dive that specializes in Bud Light. The politics of ordering …
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