Servers, when you get a table of four or five senior citizens, like I had the other night, don’t be too quick to judge, after all, at one time they used to be your age. When I asked them if they would like to start out with a glass of wine or a cocktail, there was an enthusiastic “Oh yeah!” They were discussing whether they should have cocktails, beer or wine. That pretty much covers our spectrum of alcoholic beverages. As you listen to the discussion, you have to stop and realize, these people are a lot of fun….and when they were in their prime, there’s a good chance they could have out-partied you! They’re out to have fun, enjoy them!
When I first started working with all the twenty somethings….they told me there were gonna take me out and get me drunk….like it was something I had never done. ….and so I told them, “No you’re not, I’ll go out with you guys, but you’re not gonna get me drunk, I don’t really like to drink anymore.”
“Oh yes we are! We’re gonna make you drink!”
“Not gonna happen, you can’t MAKE anyone drink something they don’t want to drink.”
“Oh yeah, we wanna see you drunk, we think it will be hilarious! We’re gonna show you how to have some fun!”
They’re not getting this, so now I have to try a different approach.
“Okay look, I may be old enough to be your mother, but I have worked in restaurants for thirty years. I am, you, only older. I used to live your life. We used to party like you, and you know what? We didn’t invent it either!
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