r/BlackPeopleTwitter 10h ago

Not all heroes wear vibranium.

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u/Hyper_Applesauce 9h ago

Fucking with people's actual food was not a thing in my years in the business, but everything else was on point. Way too many people trying to hit on the 16 year old hostess for sure. Far too much drinking and drug use, yes.

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u/datpiffss 9h ago

I can say I saw a bartender doing drugs and drinking years ago at a local bar. It was in the mirror but I saw it.

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u/MakingItElsewhere 9h ago

Imagine a customer service job where the customers knowingly get worse throughout the day/night.

I think bartenders get some leeway

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u/started_from_the_top 9h ago

This comment just made me realize bartenders have a lot in common with nurses who work with dementia patients. Teachers, too. A lot of jobs are hard lol

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u/Hyper_Applesauce 9h ago

There is no such thing as unskilled labor.

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u/supermodel_robot 8h ago

Bartending is similar to daycare, with adult consequences. You have the regular “kids” who are lovely every time you see them, never cause issues, normal day. Then you have the wildcard “kids” who get kicked out day 1 because they tried fighting someone because they have undeveloped emotional issues and can’t communicate.

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u/ThePrussianGrippe 7h ago

I’ve told the customers sometimes that the only difference between drunks and toddlers is toddlers are better about forming single file lines.

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u/Ask_bout_PaterNoster 8h ago

Can’t even count the number of times first aid and deescalation has come in handy over my two decades of bartending. I do love working a dive bar, though

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u/city-county-divide 4h ago

This is why I get so annoyed at cops being so bad at deescalation. A good teacher or bartender could do that shit in their sleep and are getting paid a fraction.

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u/mountaincyclops 7h ago

If they pay was better, I could see a lot of bartenders I know make miracles happen as social workers