The problem with working behind a bar is that you are there to make sure other people have a good night. And here's the thing about other people: they're usually awful, especially when alcohol gets involved. Making sure awful people are enjoying themselves is a rough job description. And apart from the people, there is the mess and the noise and the hideously unsociable hours. Basically, hanging out in a pub every night isn't the thrill ride you imagined it'd be when you were 17. Here are some things you'll only understand once you've pulled a few thousand pints.
20. 6pm Every Friday Is The Literal Apocalypse
At 5:55pm, a chill goes through the bar and you recognise it as the calm before the storm. Because they're coming. They've just pushed their chairs back from their desks, stretched their arms behind their heads and one of them has asked "Who fancies a cheeky pint?". And then they descend on you with their loosened ties and their "IT'S THE WEEKEND" hysteria, buying rounds of 12 and paying you with fistfuls of change. "Why don't you just go home?" you want to cry. "Spend some time with your families and leave me in peace!"
Brydie is an Australian writer and performer living in London and she complains exactly the same amount about the weather as every other Australian living in London. Yes, that is her natural lip colour, no, she will not be taking any further questions at this time.
