Sleepy Barmaid - Vol. 4 Ch. 28 - Last Word

[dyjin]

The Last Word is my favorite cocktail, never gets old.

 

[DerpySausage]

I always appreciate the afterwords. Keep up the good work!

 

[alacaelum]

They just took her like that?

What the fuck is with people and arranged marriages? Marrying isnt synonymous with happiness for fuck sake.

Looking at that guy keeping that bottle balanced in the back of his hand he must have some amazing core strength in his arms, even if it just for a few seconds the position coupled with the weight must be very tiring.

 

[alacaelum]

@KingHarkinian Really cool information.

 

[Deathhappens]

@sjiveru

How do you propose they do that, though? Bartending's a competitive sector- anyone can learn the techniques and you don't even really need to memorise the recipes or the more complicated aspects of mixing if you're fine with being second-rate. And flair bartending being performance-based makes it even more so- no matter how good your technical skills are, if you can't entertain people then you're finished, period. Consider, say, a male colleague of Hiyoko's who can do twice as many flips as her but doesn't have a cute face (or an enormous rack to bounce mixers off of). It's not fair that she'd be in more demand than he is, is it?

 

[sjiveru]

@Deathhappens My point isn't necessarily that bartending specifically should be made less competitive, though I do think that competition in any context should be reduced or eliminated wherever it actually is possible. Mostly what I have a problem with is the attitude of those involved with it - even in the most competitive industry imaginable, the response to someone who's just not making the cut should be something like 'yeah, I'm sorry, we see the effort you're putting in, but you might want to think about a different career path', not 'you're not even good enough for me to treat you like a human who has emotions - get fucked, loser'. People tend to take 'this industry is very competitive' to mean 'I get to be an asshole to anyone who's struggling in it', which I think is unacceptable under all circumstances. This guy's not on the extreme end of that at all, but the phrase 'we dance on the graves' etc etc suggests an attitude more on the assholery side rather than on the side of humble gratefulness for your own success and compassion for those who didn't make it. Any industry that gives people a perceived license to be an asshole is an industry that needs major reform - in culture, if not necessarily in practice.

Consider, say, a male colleague of Hiyoko's who can do twice as many flips as her but doesn't have a cute face (or an enormous rack to bounce mixers off of). It's not fair that she'd be in more demand than he is, is it?

I mean, yeah, it's not fair (it's tremendously sexist in ways that demean both sides), but in that case the problem is with bad customers rather than a bad industry, and so it's not something that can be altered except by a change in the general populace's attitude.

 

[Bighomer]

Oh noes, forced marriage prospeks