Comments on: Just can’t get the staff these days

By: Primal Sneeze

Primal Sneeze — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 04:31:28 +0000

You were perfect, Sweary! Absolutely perfect. Exactly what we need. Let me know if you're looking for a job. Bitch of a commute though.

By: The Swearing Lady

The Swearing Lady — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:06:46 +0000

I was a bloody good barmaid. I fucking hated everyone. No chatter from me - yis got yer pints and a root up the hole and I got back to scowling at the telly... Hold on. That wasn't very good at all, was it?

By: Primal Sneeze

Primal Sneeze — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:07:24 +0000

That's exactly what it was like, Eolaí! A fekin English pub. One customer at a time. Except that it was no customer at a time. In my temper, Jade Goody was what I blurted out. I don't know why. If I was thinking more calmly I could have come up with a much better example. As that's what I did actually say - that's what I put in the post.

By: Eolaí gan Fhéile

Eolaí gan Fhéile — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:24:03 +0000

Is looking like Jade Goody a good thing or a bad thing? Missing the nuances all these miles away where I've only ever heard of her on the radio, on the internet, if ya know what I mean. It all sounds like normal English pub culture which used to have me all high-pitched and incredulous as I would watch people who didn't need the job slowly and reluctantly shuffle to a pump where they would press a button that automatically dispensed a pint of beer, and refuse to do anything else while the whole pub, including said barperson, watched a machine do its awful frothy job. And now I'm in a bad humour.

By: Primal Sneeze

Primal Sneeze — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:53:48 +0000

Where I live we don't have that luxury, Kav. No-one except the Polish, LLE's and Chinese are interested in pub work. Unfortunately the vast majority don't have good enough English. They can get by in shops and garages because communication is very basic - That's €19.45 please. Thank you. Bye now. - But that's not enough for pub work.

By: kav

kav — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:17:55 +0000

My sister was a barmaid for a few years before going back to college. She was a good one, could pull a great pint, but what you're talking about used to drive her mental. Luckily in Galway, there are thousands of folk always looking for bar work, so she was always able to get rid of these wasters. There's nothing more frustrating though, when all you want's a pint.