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I was bored so I decided to map out my development in musical interests.
The first band I loved was Hanson. I was in third grade, and was MMMBopping all the time and wearing the shit outta my cassettes. This was around the time the internet started to become a thing, and I would print out pictures of the Hanson Bros and keep them in a folder. I'm not sure why. Around this time I also became a fan of the Spice Girls. So basically I spent my ten-year-old days with a folder full of Hanson pictures in my backpack, zig-a-zag ahhing with the radio blasting whenever I had to clean my room. And yet my Mom claims to have been completely shocked when I told her that I was bi eight years later. Oh, silly mother.
After them, the next artist I really became a fan of was Eminem, which birthed a really deep love of hip-hop. This was quite a jump from Hanson and the Spice Girls, but I loved him for the same reason a lot of people did - he was edgy and irreverent. Even though I was a polite straight-A nerd, even at a young age I was very internally rebellious, and was fascinated by the profane and taboo. So naturally, the guy rapping about humping dead animals grabbed my attention.
[Fun story: when I was in fifth grade I had printed out the lyrics to "The Real Slim Shady" and, for some reason, decided it would be a good idea to bring them into my very Catholic school and share them with my friends. I gave them to Brandon to hold onto while I went to the bathroom, and by the time I got back they were in my teacher's hands. Dammit Brandon. So I get sent to the principal's office, where this pearl-clutching old Catholic leprechaun is trying to reconcile her notions of good little schoolboys with the lyrical smut now sitting on her desk. I remember being very embarrassed due to the fact that because of those lyrics, I now knew what a clitoris was, and my principal - who probably also knows what a clitoris is - is now reading over them knowing that I have eaten from the tree of knowledge. Even SHE has a clitoris, and now I knew that. I felt such shame when I looked into her eyes.]
Anywho, Eminem is who really ignited my love of hip-hop. For the most part I only knew the singles that were released on the radio (my mom DID NOT approve), but my eyes were opened one night when I was at my dad's house and my stepbrother let me listen to The Eminem Show. And it was the uncensored version! And that music moved me, man. This was back in the time of Napster, and I would download whatever songs I could (search: jay z explicit version mp3), burn them onto CDs that I had intentionally mislabeled (Crackers and Cheese Vol 1), and jam the fuck out.
In 8th grade I started dabbling in writing rhymes. My first rap was written with my friend Darris, to the tune of Country Grammar. I even remember how the verse started: "You can find me/in Vatican City with the Pope/smoking on dope". Obviously, I was Speaking my Truth through my rhymes. At this point, rap was literally all I listened to. This didn't really change until high school.
The summer between 8th grade and 9th, I started to enjoy my first non-rap music artist since high school: Good Charlotte. I loved The Young and the Hopeless, and I still do now that I think about it. For a long time GC would be the only breath of air for me as I swam in the sea of hip-hop for the next few years, but it was a sign that new doors would open for me.
But first: Kanye. MAN when College Dropout came out I listened to it every single day for weeks. One of my basketball teammates Jeff was our class's resident music hustler, and it was one of the many CDs I bought from him that year. Kanye resonated with me because not only is he a dope as fuck producer, but he rapped about things other than the usual tropes found in popular rap: money, guns, drug, girls, etc. He rapped about being broke, about determination, about faith, about family. I really, really dug that.
Around this time I also started to get more serious about writing my own music, and I started to record it as well. I still wasn't very good at all in terms of delivery or emotion, but I was starting to write half-decent lyrics. I joined a message board called RapDogs, which was devoted to online rap battles. I learned a lot about how punchlines work, and how to form multisyllabic rhyme schemes that utilize various types of wordplay. I grew a lot creatively at this time, though I didn't practice actually rapping as much because my mom hated it - this forced my recording time to the hour between when I got home from school and when she got home from work. I still have all the stuff I've recorded, so every once in a while I'll revisit them. They're totally weaksauce but I still fucks with it.
Fast forward a few years, and things are starting to change. During the summer between high school and college, I remember being in the car in Orlando on a family vacation to Disney World. Or Land. I forget which is which. And I don't remember what inspired me to do this, but before leaving I decided on a whim to download the Legend album by Bob Marley. I remember listening to it and being like "Holy shit, this is good." And I wasn't even smoking pot yet! So I started to branch out, and listened to Marley, and the Beatles, and Jimi Hendrix. Wow! This was such a radical departure from most of what I had listened to before, but I enjoyed it! Now, I'm not saying my parents never played rock music - they did - but it was mostly 80's hair bands and whatever was on contemporary rock stations. Nothing too interesting, but it was what I grew up on.
It was in college that my tastes expanded the most (thank you, LSD!). I went from being a total hip-hop head to actually enjoying acoustic guitars (which I had now started to play). During this time I listened to a lot of Incubus, Circa Survive, and Iron & Wine, in addition to a bunch of the classic stoner rock stuff. I was still writing all the time though, and one summer I dove into it with such an intensity that an album came out. Brandon - yes, that Brandon - had a mic setup in his room, and we would spend hours trading bars and listening to beats. Between this and the times I was able to record on my own, I was able to create a work that I was truly proud of - and I still consider that creative endeavor to be one of the best things I've ever done. Not necessarily in terms of quality, but in terms of being able to create something from scratch and say "I did this". That feels good.
Even though at this point music was still one of the biggest presences in my life, my tastes still weren't incredibly diverse. It was rap, folk, and classic rock. Maybe some modern rock thrown in. There was a lot of Mumford and Jason Mraz. But nothing electronic, no country or anything remotely experimental or heavy.
Then came Joey. Joey was the first person I ever truly loved as an adult, but I wasn't a fan of his music choices. It was a lot of soulless electronic shit - Kaskadey type stuff. But then he told me to listen to Discovery by Daft Punk. Oh man. This was a eye-opener. Daft Punk was this decade's Good Charlotte. (There's a sentence you've never read before and will never read again). I didn't dive right into the genre - still disliked most of it, really - but I started to like Boys Noize and a little Skrillex. Things were changing.
Then came Inforoo. Oh man, I thought I loved music, but these guys were a whole different level. I had two Roos under my belt by the time I actually became active on here, but I still didn't know much new music. Pretty much I would just research whatever was on the Roo lineup, and that was how I found new music. Which worked - found new favorites in Bjork and Alt-J - but was not very comprehensive, partially because I was still close-minded in some ways. But slowly but surely, I started to listen to new stuff that I previously disliked.
Like Radiohead. *collective gasp* I used to have no love for Radiohead whatsoever. Completely skipped their 2012 show (which I now immensely regret). I had tried getting into them before by listening to OK Computer, but it just sounded cold and had too much wailing. I tried multiple times but couldn't get into it, so I had written them off...until Kid A. I remember exactly where I was the first time I listened to it. It was the summer of 2015, and I was in the Philadelphia airport waiting to board a plane to Nashville, where I would spend the weekend at a kickass pool party. I had my nice ATH-M50s on me for the plane ride, and when I first heard the opening synths drop into "Everything In Its Right Place", I felt warm fuzzies coat my brain. THIS. This was it. I listened to the album straight through, and loved every second of it. I had no clue what he was wailing on about, but I'd figure that out later. I was hooked - which is good, because it turns out their other albums are pretty good too! I'm still not a fan of OKC though. Idk it just does nothing for me.
Since then I've slowly opened up to music that's more electronic or abrasive - I've come to be a huge Nicolas Jaar fan and I've very recently discovered that I enjoy Nine Inch Nails as well. Things continue to change, as they always do. I still can't really stand much country or straight-up metal, but if I've learned anything, it's that it's good to stay open to new things, even things that you might have looked down upon. Same holds true for most things in life, really.
I'm not really sure why I typed all this. I was originally planning on just doing something like Hanson > Spice Girls > Eminem etc with no commentary. But it feels good to share, so I did.
Thanks, Inforoo.
This was a fun read and your Catholic school story is one of the most Catholic things I've ever heard.
I was bored so I decided to map out my development in musical interests.
The first band I loved was Hanson. I was in third grade, and was MMMBopping all the time and wearing the shit outta my cassettes. This was around the time the internet started to become a thing, and I would print out pictures of the Hanson Bros and keep them in a folder. I'm not sure why. Around this time I also became a fan of the Spice Girls. So basically I spent my ten-year-old days with a folder full of Hanson pictures in my backpack, zig-a-zag ahhing with the radio blasting whenever I had to clean my room. And yet my Mom claims to have been completely shocked when I told her that I was bi eight years later. Oh, silly mother.
After them, the next artist I really became a fan of was Eminem, which birthed a really deep love of hip-hop. This was quite a jump from Hanson and the Spice Girls, but I loved him for the same reason a lot of people did - he was edgy and irreverent. Even though I was a polite straight-A nerd, even at a young age I was very internally rebellious, and was fascinated by the profane and taboo. So naturally, the guy rapping about humping dead animals grabbed my attention.
[Fun story: when I was in fifth grade I had printed out the lyrics to "The Real Slim Shady" and, for some reason, decided it would be a good idea to bring them into my very Catholic school and share them with my friends. I gave them to Brandon to hold onto while I went to the bathroom, and by the time I got back they were in my teacher's hands. Dammit Brandon. So I get sent to the principal's office, where this pearl-clutching old Catholic leprechaun is trying to reconcile her notions of good little schoolboys with the lyrical smut now sitting on her desk. I remember being very embarrassed due to the fact that because of those lyrics, I now knew what a clitoris was, and my principal - who probably also knows what a clitoris is - is now reading over them knowing that I have eaten from the tree of knowledge. Even SHE has a clitoris, and now I knew that. I felt such shame when I looked into her eyes.]
Anywho, Eminem is who really ignited my love of hip-hop. For the most part I only knew the singles that were released on the radio (my mom DID NOT approve), but my eyes were opened one night when I was at my dad's house and my stepbrother let me listen to The Eminem Show. And it was the uncensored version! And that music moved me, man. This was back in the time of Napster, and I would download whatever songs I could (search: jay z explicit version mp3), burn them onto CDs that I had intentionally mislabeled (Crackers and Cheese Vol 1), and jam the fuck out.
In 8th grade I started dabbling in writing rhymes. My first rap was written with my friend Darris, to the tune of Country Grammar. I even remember how the verse started: "You can find me/in Vatican City with the Pope/smoking on dope". Obviously, I was Speaking my Truth through my rhymes. At this point, rap was literally all I listened to. This didn't really change until high school.
The summer between 8th grade and 9th, I started to enjoy my first non-rap music artist since high school: Good Charlotte. I loved The Young and the Hopeless, and I still do now that I think about it. For a long time GC would be the only breath of air for me as I swam in the sea of hip-hop for the next few years, but it was a sign that new doors would open for me.
But first: Kanye. MAN when College Dropout came out I listened to it every single day for weeks. One of my basketball teammates Jeff was our class's resident music hustler, and it was one of the many CDs I bought from him that year. Kanye resonated with me because not only is he a dope as fuck producer, but he rapped about things other than the usual tropes found in popular rap: money, guns, drug, girls, etc. He rapped about being broke, about determination, about faith, about family. I really, really dug that.
Around this time I also started to get more serious about writing my own music, and I started to record it as well. I still wasn't very good at all in terms of delivery or emotion, but I was starting to write half-decent lyrics. I joined a message board called RapDogs, which was devoted to online rap battles. I learned a lot about how punchlines work, and how to form multisyllabic rhyme schemes that utilize various types of wordplay. I grew a lot creatively at this time, though I didn't practice actually rapping as much because my mom hated it - this forced my recording time to the hour between when I got home from school and when she got home from work. I still have all the stuff I've recorded, so every once in a while I'll revisit them. They're totally weaksauce but I still fucks with it.
Fast forward a few years, and things are starting to change. During the summer between high school and college, I remember being in the car in Orlando on a family vacation to Disney World. Or Land. I forget which is which. And I don't remember what inspired me to do this, but before leaving I decided on a whim to download the Legend album by Bob Marley. I remember listening to it and being like "Holy shit, this is good." And I wasn't even smoking pot yet! So I started to branch out, and listened to Marley, and the Beatles, and Jimi Hendrix. Wow! This was such a radical departure from most of what I had listened to before, but I enjoyed it! Now, I'm not saying my parents never played rock music - they did - but it was mostly 80's hair bands and whatever was on contemporary rock stations. Nothing too interesting, but it was what I grew up on.
It was in college that my tastes expanded the most (thank you, LSD!). I went from being a total hip-hop head to actually enjoying acoustic guitars (which I had now started to play). During this time I listened to a lot of Incubus, Circa Survive, and Iron & Wine, in addition to a bunch of the classic stoner rock stuff. I was still writing all the time though, and one summer I dove into it with such an intensity that an album came out. Brandon - yes, that Brandon - had a mic setup in his room, and we would spend hours trading bars and listening to beats. Between this and the times I was able to record on my own, I was able to create a work that I was truly proud of - and I still consider that creative endeavor to be one of the best things I've ever done. Not necessarily in terms of quality, but in terms of being able to create something from scratch and say "I did this". That feels good.
Even though at this point music was still one of the biggest presences in my life, my tastes still weren't incredibly diverse. It was rap, folk, and classic rock. Maybe some modern rock thrown in. There was a lot of Mumford and Jason Mraz. But nothing electronic, no country or anything remotely experimental or heavy.
Then came Joey. Joey was the first person I ever truly loved as an adult, but I wasn't a fan of his music choices. It was a lot of soulless electronic shit - Kaskadey type stuff. But then he told me to listen to Discovery by Daft Punk. Oh man. This was a eye-opener. Daft Punk was this decade's Good Charlotte. (There's a sentence you've never read before and will never read again). I didn't dive right into the genre - still disliked most of it, really - but I started to like Boys Noize and a little Skrillex. Things were changing.
Then came Inforoo. Oh man, I thought I loved music, but these guys were a whole different level. I had two Roos under my belt by the time I actually became active on here, but I still didn't know much new music. Pretty much I would just research whatever was on the Roo lineup, and that was how I found new music. Which worked - found new favorites in Bjork and Alt-J - but was not very comprehensive, partially because I was still close-minded in some ways. But slowly but surely, I started to listen to new stuff that I previously disliked.
Like Radiohead. *collective gasp* I used to have no love for Radiohead whatsoever. Completely skipped their 2012 show (which I now immensely regret). I had tried getting into them before by listening to OK Computer, but it just sounded cold and had too much wailing. I tried multiple times but couldn't get into it, so I had written them off...until Kid A. I remember exactly where I was the first time I listened to it. It was the summer of 2015, and I was in the Philadelphia airport waiting to board a plane to Nashville, where I would spend the weekend at a kickass pool party. I had my nice ATH-M50s on me for the plane ride, and when I first heard the opening synths drop into "Everything In Its Right Place", I felt warm fuzzies coat my brain. THIS. This was it. I listened to the album straight through, and loved every second of it. I had no clue what he was wailing on about, but I'd figure that out later. I was hooked - which is good, because it turns out their other albums are pretty good too! I'm still not a fan of OKC though. Idk it just does nothing for me.
Since then I've slowly opened up to music that's more electronic or abrasive - I've come to be a huge Nicolas Jaar fan and I've very recently discovered that I enjoy Nine Inch Nails as well. Things continue to change, as they always do. I still can't really stand much country or straight-up metal, but if I've learned anything, it's that it's good to stay open to new things, even things that you might have looked down upon. Same holds true for most things in life, really.
I'm not really sure why I typed all this. I was originally planning on just doing something like Hanson > Spice Girls > Eminem etc with no commentary. But it feels good to share, so I did.
Thanks, Inforoo.
This was a fun read and your Catholic school story is one of the most Catholic things I've ever heard.
Haha and I'm not even Catholic; we just had a bad public school system and I had a really rough time there socially, so my parents took me out. I definitely think this instance was one of the biggest I'm In Trouble situations of my entire childhood. It's hilarious looking back on it now though.
Post by actually @fortyfive33 now on Sept 24, 2017 14:14:40 GMT -5
My XX tickets finally sold on Stubhub. I'm thinking of using the money* to start investing. In total I think I'd start out with at least $150 to play with. Right now I thinking of starting out with Acorns or another micro-investing app like that.
I just need to convince my parents to let me do it. Please advise.
*Also money from selling my records, games and maybe my AF tickets if it comes to that.
Last night I went out to a comedy show in Boston. Facebook page said time was 7-10. I shown up just after 8 after having dinner with the lady's family. Was hoping I'd be at most a few minutes late.
I hike in some very remote areas for my current seasonal job with the BLM. One advantage is I'm in prime country to find shed elk antlers. I've been lucky this year and come across two decent elk sheds.
But I got really lucky a week or two ago. I stumbled upon a bighorn ram skull.
Finding a bighorn ram is a very rare find. They're a protected species and there aren't that many of them any more. In fact, in some states like Oregon and others, you can't even legally keep the skull of a natural kill if you come across it. Thankfully, Idaho is a state you can keep them. I just had to take it Idaho Fish and Game for them to get the info of where I found it, and take a DNA sample from the horns to check genetic diversity of the local herds. They also put a pin in the horn, to signify that I found it legally. I'm not even allowed to sell it or even barter it.
The ram was about 4 1/2 years old when it died. You can tell its age by the rings in the horns.
It's shocking how heavy the horns are, they easily weigh 5 pounds a piece. It was a little difficult getting them down off the mountain too. I had just taken all of my paracord/carabiners out of my backpack for the Eclipse Fest, so had no way to strap the thing to my back pack. Thankfully, the horns popped off. I was able to stuff those in my backpack. I then just had to carry the skull down in one hand while simultaneously holding my GPS unit in my other hand. I still had to map a stream walking down!
Took a few falls since I didn't have a free hand, but it was worth it in the end. No way was I leaving the skull up on the mountain.
Think I'm probably going to get this one professionally cleaned/mounted. It's a once in a lifetime find, want it done right.
I gotta be honest, it felt pretty metal holding the horns. I can just imagine fastening one into a horn for ale...or blood sacrifices...whatever you're into.
I gotta be honest, it felt pretty metal holding the horns. I can just imagine fastening one into a horn for ale...or blood sacrifices...whatever you're into.
I put The Asteroids Galaxy Tour on my favorite albums of all time, but I left off Feist's The Reminder. I'm sending out my song-of-the-day email and I went to search that list to see where I ranked that album to prove a point. I'm an idiot. Asteroids Galaxy Tour. I used to love 'Fruit.' But. What the what?
edit. hahahah I just re-read this. I know I just posted this but seriously what
I work in a restaurant and get paid a tipped wage (under minimum wage). Yesterday and now today our dishwashing machine is broken so they're having me wash dishes while doing my other job at the same time. I asked if I'm getting paid minimum wage and they laughed and said no. Is this legal?
I work in a restaurant and get paid a tipped wage (under minimum wage). Yesterday and now today our dishwashing machine is broken so they're having me wash dishes while doing my other job at the same time. I asked if I'm getting paid minimum wage and they laughed and said no. Is this legal?
If you did it a couple minutes at a time for a day or two, it might be
If you spent the full day, or the majority of it, washing dishes - then probably not.
My XX tickets finally sold on Stubhub. I'm thinking of using the money* to start investing. In total I think I'd start out with at least $150 to play with. Right now I thinking of starting out with Acorns or another micro-investing app like that.
I just need to convince my parents to let me do it. Please advise.
*Also money from selling my records, games and maybe my AF tickets if it comes to that.
thejeremy recently started doing stocks ($50 was his starting point). Helios and Matheson Analytics is doing super good. He is over $300 as of today. EDIT: He is using the Robin Hood app.
My XX tickets finally sold on Stubhub. I'm thinking of using the money* to start investing. In total I think I'd start out with at least $150 to play with. Right now I thinking of starting out with Acorns or another micro-investing app like that.
I just need to convince my parents to let me do it. Please advise.
*Also money from selling my records, games and maybe my AF tickets if it comes to that.
thejeremy recently started doing stocks ($50 was his starting point). Helios and Matheson Analytics is doing super good. He is over $300 as of today. EDIT: He is using the Robin Hood app.
I work in a restaurant and get paid a tipped wage (under minimum wage). Yesterday and now today our dishwashing machine is broken so they're having me wash dishes while doing my other job at the same time. I asked if I'm getting paid minimum wage and they laughed and said no. Is this legal?
It depends on the state law, so look into it for your state. Here in NY, if you work in a restaurant you’re supposed to be paid the wage for that scheduled shift. So if you’re a server that day, you get the servers wage. If you work as a dishwasher, you get that wage for the shift.
I work in a restaurant and get paid a tipped wage (under minimum wage). Yesterday and now today our dishwashing machine is broken so they're having me wash dishes while doing my other job at the same time. I asked if I'm getting paid minimum wage and they laughed and said no. Is this legal?
It depends on the state law, so look into it for your state. Here in NY, if you work in a restaurant you’re supposed to be paid the wage for that scheduled shift. So if you’re a server that day, you get the servers wage. If you work as a dishwasher, you get that wage for the shift.
New Orleans is not like that at all. If you are technically a server and get paid $2.13/hr + wages, if you are not clocked in under a different position for a different wage, you will be paid $2.13/hr. So if you have NEVER worked dishwasher before and only have the one title to clock in as, that is what you get paid. That has happened to me a few times when I was still in the service industry.
I work in a restaurant and get paid a tipped wage (under minimum wage). Yesterday and now today our dishwashing machine is broken so they're having me wash dishes while doing my other job at the same time. I asked if I'm getting paid minimum wage and they laughed and said no. Is this legal?
It depends on the state law, so look into it for your state. Here in NY, if you work in a restaurant you’re supposed to be paid the wage for that scheduled shift. So if you’re a server that day, you get the servers wage. If you work as a dishwasher, you get that wage for the shift.
the weird thing is I was doing both at the same time but they paid me for the lesser one
It depends on the state law, so look into it for your state. Here in NY, if you work in a restaurant you’re supposed to be paid the wage for that scheduled shift. So if you’re a server that day, you get the servers wage. If you work as a dishwasher, you get that wage for the shift.
the weird thing is I was doing both at the same time but they paid me for the lesser one
Thats a hard situation. I doubt the law extends to “emergency” situations like that. It’s just part of working in kitchens. Dishmachines break and fuck up everyone’s day.
Now I have to go make sure my dish machine is functioning properly.
thejeremy recently started doing stocks ($50 was his starting point). Helios and Matheson Analytics is doing super good. He is over $300 as of today. EDIT: He is using the Robin Hood app.
I've definitely been thinking about Robinhood to start out. I think its more active style is more akin to what I want to start doing.
I'm not sure what you mean by active, but unless you have Robinhood gold or instant there will be delays. Like if you sell one security, that money won't be available to buy something else for a couple days. There is also a waiting period for when you can add and withdraw money. They also have restrictions on day trades, and you can't have more than 3 day trades in a sliding five day window unless you have a big balance 25k. I like gold because you get pre market and after hours trades and more money is available right away from sales than you get with instant, but it costs a small fee.
They just started a new feature too where you can roll over securities from other brokerages. Some downsides to Robinhood are that you have to buy full shares of a security (ie to get entry to Alphabet ya gotta shell out $900) and they don't have some stuff (only domestic stocks, no tax advantaged accounts, no dividend reinvestment, no shorting) but overall I recommend it for non retirement investing. I use it to flip biotech penny stocks.
the weird thing is I was doing both at the same time but they paid me for the lesser one
Thats a hard situation. I doubt the law extends to “emergency” situations like that. It’s just part of working in kitchens. Dishmachines break and fuck up everyone’s day.
Now I have to go make sure my dish machine is functioning properly.
I have no idea what the actual law would be, but that definitely seems like what their first defense would be if it got challenged. "We were just trying to make do." "It was temporary." That kind of thing. If it extends longer, it would be a different thing as they had time to prepare and plan accordingly.
Edit: abrakapokus was a restaurant person so she may be able to shed some light on it even if it's a different state.
In 15 years of working in restaurants, only one of them has ever even had a dishwasher, you do them all by hand. You all are spoiled fucks.
We had "dishwashers" in a sense, but before they go through it, they are basically sprayed off vigorously with a high-pressure water/soap concoction and then the dishwasher basically just sanitized them. I would never put anything through that thing without it being cleaned first.
In 15 years of working in restaurants, only one of them has ever even had a dishwasher, you do them all by hand. You all are spoiled fucks.
We had "dishwashers" in a sense, but before they go through it, they are basically sprayed off vigorously with a high-pressure water/soap concoction and then the dishwasher basically just sanitized them. I would never put anything through that thing without it being cleaned first.
Yeah, that's the kind of dishwasher I'm referring to, we have one where I work now. Every other place just had a basic 3-bay wash/rinse/sanitize setup.
Speaking of work, I took the "summer" off with the real intention of not going back at all, but my manager called me last week and begged me to come back part time cause she was understaffed and overwhelmed. It's only my 4th day back and two people walked out and quit today (nothing to do with me), so it's off to a really great start I'd say.
We had "dishwashers" in a sense, but before they go through it, they are basically sprayed off vigorously with a high-pressure water/soap concoction and then the dishwasher basically just sanitized them. I would never put anything through that thing without it being cleaned first.
Yeah, that's the kind of dishwasher I'm referring to, we have one where I work now. Every other place just had a basic 3-bay wash/rinse/sanitize setup.
Speaking of work, I took the "summer" off with the real intention of not going back at all, but my manager called me last week and begged me to come back part time cause she was understaffed and overwhelmed. It's only my 4th day back and two people walked out and quit today (nothing to do with me), so it's off to a really great start I'd say.
I only worked a couple of restaurants before going to the bar scene and stopped waiting all before Kyle was born. I am used to bartending and washing my glasses by hand regardless of how slammed the bar was. When you need glasses you need glasses.
EDIT: And your job sounds awesome. Please read that in my sarcasm font.
Yeah, that's the kind of dishwasher I'm referring to, we have one where I work now. Every other place just had a basic 3-bay wash/rinse/sanitize setup.
Speaking of work, I took the "summer" off with the real intention of not going back at all, but my manager called me last week and begged me to come back part time cause she was understaffed and overwhelmed. It's only my 4th day back and two people walked out and quit today (nothing to do with me), so it's off to a really great start I'd say.
I only worked a couple of restaurants before going to the bar scene and stopped waiting all before Kyle was born. I am used to bartending and washing my glasses by hand regardless of how slammed the bar was. When you need glasses you need glasses.
EDIT: And your job sounds awesome. Please read that in my sarcasm font.
It's weird because I actually like my job, it's a great place to work, my manager just keeps being forced to hire friends of the owners, and the people she hires on her own just suck. This is going to sound incredibly conceited but if she could just clone like, 5 of me, that place would run like clockwork. I've turned down the manager position countless times now cause I refuse to deal with the levels of bullshit that come with it.