24 Problems Only Bar Managers Will Understand

By Jack Morrell /

15. Staff Calling In Sick At The Last Minute

While we're on the subject... you know the staff member calling in isn€™t really ill. You saw the pictures they posted online last night and early this morning, and you can hear their mates trying to be quiet in the background as they drunkenly pretend to have some sort of heinous plague. Now you€™re one down on the bar and need to call around to replace the skiving git... except you might as well just ask them to pass the phone around whatever squat or free party they€™ve ended up at, because (see previous entry) that€™s where all your staff went after you closed up last night, wasn€™t it? Jesus suffering Christ.