Sometimes a strip club is an awesome place for a young guy to work. However, the club is not a pleasant place to pretend to work when you're hung over and on four hours of sleep and it's noon and everyone is at Jazzfest not giving me tips and nobody else showed up to work. The two girls who showed up for the free drinks are taking the one drunk in the entire bar for all he's worth. He's not "mimosas and bloodys" drunk. He's "4am whiskey shots" drunk. Drunk enough to eat a Lucky Dog. Drunk enough to get cut off, if we ever cut anyone off. He's in his mid-twenties, in basketball shorts and a polo, and having trouble pronouncing "tequila."
I'm watching the Hornets from the one spot behind the bar where I can see the TV and the waitress corner, when something catches my eye. It hurts to turn my head, so I do it carefully. The girls are concerned because our new buddy is awkwardly pulling himself onto the empty stage. He stands up, disoriented by the flashing lights and mirrors. And the alcohol. Did I mention he's drunk? He probably doesn't realize that without an audience, a stage is just a piece of wood and granite with no special significance in a nearly empty room. I should probably get him down. I try yelling at him. he flips me off. I come out from behind the bar. He surveys the situation, weighs his options, and decides that the best course of action is obviously to turn around, pull down his pants, and expose his pasty ass to a hung-over barback, two strippers and some cameras. Then he jumps/falls off the other side of the stage. I radioed the manager while explaining that jumping onstage and mooning the employees is somewhat frowned upon, and getting mumbles in response.
When the manager arrived, I watched so I could learn for future reference what company policy is toward unruly behavior and indecent exposure by our only customer. Apparently it is as follows: The offender may stay until he runs out of money, and at which point he will be allowed to sleep for 20 minutes, and then thrown in the street.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
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