Your workplace sounds fun! What do you do?

Now...

it's no fun :( i work in a bar

Oof, sucks you don't like it.

I'd buy a drink from you if I wasn't underage and on the other side of the world.

I'm still a student so I can listen to whatever I like so long as I have headphones in :D

i wanna be a teen again :(
i kicked out an underage boy again. if you'd come to the bar i'd hide you behind the bar on the floor and give you lemonades

Trust me, don't listen to the nostalgia. Being a teenager is a mess and you would regret going back.

About to waste my time and try to rank all 100 tracks on Radiohead albums. Be back in several days.

haha if you think being a teenager is a mess... oh boy. :D

I've gotta do something to keep my head up.

That's extremely sweet of you.

Could you answer a conspiracy theory I have? Whenever we go out to a restaurant we always get our drinks way before our meals. I know that that's partly because they're much quicker to prepare, but my other theory is that they'll hope you drink it all quickly, be thirsty, and then pay for another drink to go with your actual food.

Listening to The New Romance by PGMG again.



I think I might love this equally to Good Health. It's a different animal, more rounded, poppy, and has keyboards. Also less screamy. But it's delectable.

It's somewhat off-topic and I'm not Pony, obviously. But: I'd say that's a rather standard practice. Never actually worked at a proper restaurant, but I attended an economy-oriented school that was in part focused on the culinary sector, so take it with a grain of salt. But from what I remember, we were taught to always serve the drinks first, even if there's a starter, Amuse Gueulle, Hors d'oeuvre or whatever you wanna call it. That's because it's generally agreed upon that drinking is a tad more important than eating (which makes sense given that the human body can survive a bit longer without food than without water). As for the long intervals between drinks and food served: Well, working in a kitchen is a stressful job and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone - the experiences I had at the school's own restaurant were enough for me. There are often many different orders that need to be tended to, it's a complete pandemonium sometimes. So things take some time. But that's just a generalization. Not ruling out that certain individual places may actually see some monetary opportunity in that. There are some shitty places as well, no doubt about that. But in general I see no malice in that practice.

Fucking hell there's a blast from the past. I remember Kerrang magazine pushing these guys a fair bit.

Biggest reason is the fact best profit margin is made on beverage, so the quicker a drink is served the quicker the refills come. Then there's traditional reason like pre-meal thirst quenching and creating jovial atmosphere. I agree on the malice: if there's one corporate decision I can accept it's getting my alcoholic bevvy at my table foken pronto.

You must be wondering how
The boy next door turned out
Have a care, but don't stare
Because he's still there
Lamenting policewomen, policemen
Silly women, taxmen, uniformed whores
They who wish to hurt you
Work within the law
This world is full, oh
So full of crashing bores
And I must be one
Cause no one ever turns to me to say
"Take me in your arms
Take me in your arms
And love me"
You must be wondering how
The boy next door turned out
Have a care and say a prayer
Because he's still there
Lamenting policewomen, policemen,
Silly women, taxmen, uniformed whores
Educated criminals work within the law
This world is full, oh
So full of crashing bores
And I must be one
Cause no one ever turns to me to say
"Take me in your arms
Take me in your arms
And love me"
What really lies
Beyond the constraints of my mind?
Could it be the sea
With fate mooning back at me?
No, it's just more lock-jawed pop-stars
Thicker than pig-shit
Nothing to convey
So scared to show intelligence
It might smear their lovely career
This world, I am afraid,
Is designed for crashing bores
I am not one
I am not one
You don't understand
You don't understand
And yet you can
Take me in your arms and love me, love me
And love me
Take me in your arms and love me, love me, love me
Take me in your arms and love me
Take me in your arms and love me
Would you do, would you do what you should do?

Are you reaching out to me Eugene?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyrWZTwaAmI

I don't trust you, one bit!

 

True story: on "Walk On The Wild Side", you hear two basses: a stand-up acoustic and an electric one. They were both played by Herbie Flowers, who, accordingly, was paid twice. :D

True story I’ve probably told before: I once saw Lou do a sound check in an entirely empty stadium before a show. He riffed on Wild Side for a few minutes, with only me, my dad, and stadium employees watching.
One of the coolest moments of my life. Thank you, press pass.

You motherfucker.