You know when you sign up to do job you've never done before
in a language you can’t speak? Welcome to my life!! Right now I am about to
make a living as a bartender in the German speaking part of Switzerland. I don’t
speak German, I don’t know the difference between cognac and whiskey and I couldn't tell you what glasses they are served in, in English or German! Why did these
people hire me?? I have spent the last three days cleaning and stocking the bar
that I am to work in. I have never seen some of the glasses I had to pack away!
And as for green vodka? What’s wrong with the normal clear vodka? Why do we
have to make green vodka? And what glass do you serve vodka in? The only time I
drink vodka is when it’s well-disguised by some kind of mixer, then it doesn't matter what colour the bloody vodka is!
Even I realise that right now to anyone who has ever worked
behind a bar I must sound like a complete idiot, an absolute novice, I should
probably go back to my pints of beer drunk safely on the other side of the bar.
Well this is where my dilemma comes in, I really am this ignorant and I really
will be working in a bar for the next few months and it is all in German. I rather
hope that all of this becomes some kind of Coyote Ugly story, where I am
dreadful at first but somehow perform a feat of wonder and everything turns out
fine and suddenly I’m flicking bottles around like a was born in a circus. Ah wouldn't it be wonderful if life was like a movie? Unfortunately this is real life, my
life and it is about to get a little crazy!
Stay tuned for updates in this new crazy stupid adventure I'm embarking on, and if you are a seasoned bartender reading this, I can pour a
beer… is that a redeeming fact?
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