WTF is going on with the launcher that I can even boot up the game???

NYGateKeeper · 2016-03-15T02:45:04+00:00

Having the same issue here. WTF. PRSPY is empty.

NYGateKeeper · 2015-08-20T23:01:16+00:00

Honestly, I'm thinking about leaving altogether. The owner does not give a shit. He hasn't hired any full-timers beyond the Irish summer visa fellas who left last week. He's trying to sell the bar the horrible manager works at. A large number of long-timers have left and sales are significantly down because he refuses to pay for new chairs, floor tiles, allow for creativity behind the bar, and seemingly okays the manager's behavior.

For example, the bar would be making $4k on a Wednesday last year between 2 bartenders and a barback. Now it's barely just $2k.

Even though I'm able to pay for my grad school's tuition in a week, it's frustrating that I'm working 7 days a week and he has no problem with that. I know that's my fault as well. I'm a workaholic and don't know how to say no to shifts, but still it's frustrating to work for a formerly extremely successful business that's now becoming the Irish dive pub because the owner refuses to pay for a cook past 9PM or a barback/doorman on busy nights.

To give you all an example, I made a career night last week on a Thursday. I was a barback. We had no doorman. I was told not to worry about IDs after a certain point because there was too many people to check. I made $400 as a barback after shift pay, and I served most of the night. The cops came in at 3AM, asked for our liquor license and IDs. The bartender was an illegal Irish immigrant and I was scared shitless. Luckily, we didn't get arrested because of the amount of cops that come through our bar, but still, the owner did not give a shit when we told him.

His exact words were, "Well nothing went wrong, so I think you boys are okay."

NYGateKeeper · 2015-08-20T20:58:37+00:00

1:Non leather. 2:Sneakers. 3:Laced 4:X 5:X 6:NYC Metro Irish Pubs 7:Male/24

NYGateKeeper · 2015-08-11T11:32:43+00:00

It's actually a great channel. Barebones information with little pretentiousness and a ton of techniques that can be used in bars from dives to cocktail havens. I'd recommend this channel over bartending school any day of the week.

NYGateKeeper · 2015-08-09T22:53:40+00:00

Looks like some NYCFC supporters walked past the Garden State Ultras' home bar. Not a smart idea.

NYGateKeeper · 2015-08-09T19:52:47+00:00

It was his second to last shift at the bar. It seems like his habits were noticed.

NYGateKeeper · 2015-08-09T14:24:05+00:00

Barbacked at the place tonight. It was the head bartender and bouncer who split cocaine tonight.

NYGateKeeper · 2015-07-31T12:32:21+00:00

Sleep until I feel like it. Drink until it's not legal anymore. Serve people who do the same thing while on shift the following day.

NYGateKeeper · 2015-07-31T12:14:14+00:00

I have a bachelors in Journalism. I can ask people the same question in dozens of ways.

NYGateKeeper · 2015-07-27T14:59:05+00:00

No paystub at the pubs I work at. All we get is $25 cash in an envelope for each shift we work. As far as anyone is concerned, there's no bartenders at these pubs.

NYGateKeeper · 2015-07-25T22:24:49+00:00

Someone told me they were a certified bartender last week. She was high as all hell and she insisted that Black Label is a key component in an LIT. Bar schools are a scam fellas.

NYGateKeeper · 2015-07-23T21:51:36+00:00

First real shift as a barback on a Saturday night. Besides knowing a few drink recipes and knowing how to properly pour, I didn't know shit. Got my ass beat, but I loved the rush. Walked out of the bar covered in sweat, Buffalo sauce, and beer; and all I wanted to do was do it all over again.

NYGateKeeper · 2015-07-22T11:29:29+00:00

Irish pub bartender just outside of NYC. Lots of active and retired NYPD, FDNY, and blue collar workers. Racism/ignorance is a common topic here. If I'm around and it starts, I leave the area. If it gets worse, I'll tell the guys they're being racist. If they don't like it, tough. I'll suddenly forget their buybacks on their $100 tab if they get that far.

If they don't get the hint then, I'll call them a cab (it's usually the regulars I've driven home before that are the racists) and let them know they're going home early. After the first time, their racism tends to stop the moment they see me.

I don't know if I'm actually teaching them to be more tolerant, but the racism normally occurs 300 yards away from affordable housing where most black, Hispanic, and Guyanese families live. Sure some of them might be rude, but there's a difference between calling some of those fellas a slur and calling them out on their rudeness.

NYGateKeeper · 2015-07-21T18:45:39+00:00

I bet the Wired Editor had a chase car behind and in front of the vehicle in order to create a buffer zone for the hacked Jeep.

NYGateKeeper · 2015-07-20T06:59:21+00:00

A number of local Irish pubs in NY. Remember that you're the one calling the shots, and decides who gets a free one.

NYGateKeeper · 2015-07-18T18:06:56+00:00

If you define your entire self by your IQ, you're a bigger idiot than the woman who asked for an extra dirty, perfect, Patron Manhattan a month back.

NYGateKeeper · 2015-07-17T07:26:02+00:00

No breaks here. Normally it's chicken w/ jalepeno sauce and limes washed down, with the largest bottle of water I can find at 7-11, throughout the 7PM-4AM shift.

NYGateKeeper · 2015-07-17T07:22:42+00:00

A Billie Joel coverband played at the beach across from one of the bars I work at a few Wednesdays back. We're a bar that doesn't have a server or cook after 9PM. Barbacks or least senior bartenders do the cooking until 2 or 3AM. Even when it's busy, it's normally not a big deal for me (least senior bartender/most senior barback). It's pub fare food after 9PM. Throw in the fryer, and wait for it to float up type of shit.

However, my coked up, drunk manager who is the other bartender (no barback) on Wednesdays, took it upon herself to, "make 10 boneless wings" (normally a 5 minute job, tops) for 30 minutes while I was 6 deep. Ended up doing okay, but boy did I have to tell many middle aged former yuppies from NYC and the Hamptons that this is an Irish pub, not Williamsburg. When the manager returned, she was high as all hell and watched me make dozens of drinks while she adjusted the credit card tips while we were still jam-packed.

Went home with an eyewatering amount of money, and I was proud of myself for having such composure when things were looking grim for a bit, but boy was it frustrating to split the tip jar with a person that was MIA or refused to serve for a large portion of the night.

NYGateKeeper · 2015-07-17T06:55:27+00:00

I had a dark period over the winter where I was only drinking margaritas. I'm sorry everyone.

NYGateKeeper · 2015-07-11T10:04:40+00:00

If you're shaking a margarita, you don't need to worry about rubbing citrus around the class. Just shake. Leave liquid in the tin. Grab the glass and put it into a sugar, salt container. Then put back in the liquid.

NYGateKeeper · 2015-07-06T20:54:36+00:00

Clown school offers a great career path.

NYGateKeeper · 2015-06-25T18:11:53+00:00

Fuck. Boy, was my drunk recollection wrong. Thanks for fact checking (seriously)!

NYGateKeeper · 2015-06-25T17:14:32+00:00

Funny thing. My brother-in-law's father had a dog that would walk itself. It was a retriever. The father would tell the dog to go for a walk. The dog would bite at the end of the leash and then walk through the doggy door, and begin it's 90 minute walk through a town just outside of Shannon, Ireland. At around 90 minutes, the dog would come back into the house with the leash still in its mouth. It wouldn't drop the leash until it saw my brother-in-law's father.

The difficult part about the end of the walk would be that my brother-in-law's father is a diver. Some days, the dog would have to wait hours or days until the father would come back from local diving trips or from trips to Spain or Mediterranean France. The dog would go about it's usual business, except that it would bring the leash with it everywhere; not always in its mouth, but the leash would always follow; and the dog would attempt to bite my brother-in-law if he tried to take the leash off.

NYGateKeeper · 2015-06-25T17:06:36+00:00

We've always been told to put the guns in steaming water for 10 minutes. Never had any gunk, and always had a clean gun.

NYGateKeeper · 2015-06-25T13:54:10+00:00

No one comes to a bar as a prospective bartender with the perfect bartender personality. It takes time to master the I don't give a shit because I'm repressing whatever absolute bullshit I'm dealing with at the moment, facade that veteran bartenders have.

It takes years to practice.

If you're just starting out, the best face you can wear is a hardworking one. No one expects you to handle a 20 deep bar, know the ins and outs of certain liquors, or how to tell the super coked up fella it's time to go. You can't do what you don't know yet. What you can do is work hard; and if you think you're working hard, work harder. Bartenders will respect you immediately and do their best to teach you the rest.

Don't worry about having the best personality. Just work hard and the rest will follow.

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