Initiation
Upon learning that being a lazy ass student was an unpaid career move, I decided to get a part-time job in a bar. The particular bar that I began my barman career in was a vodka bar and the manager at the time was a slightly dishevelled hippy type, constantly high or pissed character called Dean.

After my particularly tiresome first shift, I was ushered into one of the seating bays where the rest of the staff were assembled. Dean stood up and gave an incomprehensible speech but it was something along the lines of welcome....lets all get wasted. He then pulled from behind his back a small glass half full of a smingy, orangy/ red liquid.

As the excitement and suspense grew in the room, I had to enquire as to the components of this concoction. Dean replied in a beaming voice.

D:"Rus...THIS is a Dead Man Walking!"
R:"Sounds...lovely. What's in it exactly?
D:" Well Rus. This is 25ml of 88% Balkan Vodka...."
R:" Cool..."
D:"WITH"
R:"Shit!"
D:"25ml of 79.9% PPY vodka"
R:"Nice...why is it that colour?"
D:" That'll be the tabasco sauce and dash of absinthe"
R: "Christ...do I have to?"
D:" We've all done it"

I scanned the room and saw the cringing faces of my new colleagues and knew they had all suffered the same cruel initiation. I took a deep breath and threw it all to the back of my mouth and swallowed in 1 quick motion.

1st the burn of the Tabasco, then the warm shiver from the absinthe, then a gag reflex from the taste but if you survive that, and i did, You then get the euphoria from the rush of alcohol into the blood stream. I woke up on my kitchen floor 6 hours later with no idea what happened that night but with a smile on my face.

And as for Dean, he was forced out of the bar some weeks later. Apparently he was behind on paperwork and stocks were down.

Best Boss ever!
(Eggstrovert isnt patronising you...honest..., Mon 22 Jun 2009, 12:18, 5 replies)

yeah, they are strong
but two shots and you passed out?

pussy
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 22 Jun 2009, 14:46, closed)

Not that I need to prove myself to you
but I neglected to mention that dean also fed us 2 crates of Tiger and we stayed in the bar until around 7am, so add 7 or so beers and you've got yourself a true, real life pass out.
(Eggstrovert isnt patronising you...honest..., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 10:54, closed)

your story kind of loses its drama in that case

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 15:33, closed)

Dead Man Walking
Brilliant, I'd forgotten about them. You've got to love the managers that Rev attracts.

Was it Leeds by any chance?
(R0SS, Tue 23 Jun 2009, 14:32, closed)

Close
Huddersfield! Great place to drink and hang out with the dregs of society!
(Eggstrovert isnt patronising you...honest..., Tue 23 Jun 2009, 14:44, closed)