Are bartenders drug peddling scum?!
Are bartenders drug peddling scum?
I know all the things they tell themselves, if I didn't serve them alcohol someone else would etc.. etc... but don't these people choose to make their way in this world from the suffering of others, helping people make themselves foolish, I am not saying that drunks don't deserve their misery, but at least they have the excuse that they are drunk. Additional Details
3 days ago
Foamy Alcoholics Anonymous is the joke of the century, people go there to "dignify their deplorable behavior" by calling their "stupid choices" a "DISEASE" making the issue morally neutral and thus absolving themselves of responsibility.
3 days ago
barla it would be better than our current multi-billion dollar study into how many muslims do you have to piss off before they finally sneak a suitcase nuke into new your harbor.
Answers: 3 days ago
Foamy Alcoholics Anonymous is the joke of the century, people go there to "dignify their deplorable behavior" by calling their "stupid choices" a "DISEASE" making the issue morally neutral and thus absolving themselves of responsibility.3 days ago
barla it would be better than our current multi-billion dollar study into how many muslims do you have to piss off before they finally sneak a suitcase nuke into new your harbor. Nice liberal guy, huh? Let me guess, you'd be in favor of a taxpayer funded, multi-million dollar study into the possibility of charging them as drug dealers. Same type of studies launched into cigarettes, right? God bless the nanny state gonna come save us poor sinners. Bartenders are providing a service. A widely needed and extremely popular service. Serving a legal and very enjoyable product.(Again, same as cigarettes.) Let me drink if I want to. You can go protest something else. I used to be a smoker as well as a drinker. I quit the smokes cold turkey 2 years ago, but that doesn't give me the right to call the guy at the corner store a pusher. Why do you get to call a bartender a dealer? Ah no. Alcoholic beverages are not only served to those who abuse them. As with everything in life we all need to be responsible for our own actions and ingest or intake only in moderation. No one else can be responsible for our own decisions. Oh brother... it's not a crime to have a drink, buddy! Just because you have a drink or two at a bar doesn't mean that you're a drunk! If you don't want to drink, then don't do it, but don't pick on people who enjoy drinking or making drinks. Being a bartender is a decent job. Not everyone who drinks acts foolish. Why do you think that if someone is at a bar drinking they are miserable? Have you ever been to a bar? Most people I see at bars are not suffering that's for sure. LOL! I think that your point is that a drug is a drug is drug and it's all rather arbitrary which drugs are completely acceptable, which are acceptable with certain qualifications, and which are never acceptable. Back in post-Civil War days the Women's Christian Temperance Union condemned coffee as The Devil's own beverage -- and recommended vin de coca as the healthful, Christain alternative. Go figure. Wow, has someone been skipping his AA meetings lately?
Bartenders are good people, they work an honest job. Most of them do it because they a: enjoy being around people b: need the evening hours c: like the ability to earn extra income through tips. huh? what are we on today? After reading the below description I am amazed at the talent required to do the job. These people are very talented and the job requires quite a large amount of knowledge.
If I was to agree with you then Pharmicists would also fall into the same catagory as would cashiers that sell tobacco, grocery store clerks that sell beer and wine and possibly the Dr that prescribes the medication you take from time to time.
A bartender (barman, barkeep, barmaid, mixologist among other names) serves beverages behind a bar in a bar, pub, tavern, or similar establishment. This usually includes alcoholic beverages of some kind, such as beer (both draft and bottled), wine, and/or cocktails, as well as soft drinks or other non-alcoholic beverages. He/She "tends the bar". A bartender may own the bar they tend, or simply be an employee. Barkeep carries a stronger connotation of being the purveyor i.e. ownership
In addition to their core beverage-serving responsibility, bartenders also:
take payment from customers (and sometimes the waiters or waitresses);
maintain the liquor, garnishes, glassware, and other supplies or inventory for the bar (though some establishments have barbacks which help with these duties);
In establishments where cocktails are served, bartenders are expected to be able to properly mix hundreds to thousands of different drinks.
Bartenders also usually serve as the public image of the bar they tend, contributing to as well as reflecting the atmosphere of the bar. In some establishments focused strictly on the food, this can mean the bartender is all but invisible. On the other extreme, some establishments make the bartender part of the entertainment, expected perhaps to engage in flair bartending or other forms of entertainment such as those exemplified in the films Cocktail and Coyote Ugly. Some bars might be known for bartenders which serve the drinks and otherwise let a patron alone, while others want their bartenders to be good listeners and offer counseling (or a "shoulder to cry on") as required. Good bartenders help provide a steady clientele by remembering the favored drinks of regulars, having recommendations on hand for local nightlife beyond the bar, or other unofficial duties. They are sometimes called upon for answers to a wide variety of questions on topics such as sports trivia, directions, or the marital status of other patrons.
In regions where tipping is the norm, bartenders depend on tips for most of their income. In those establishments where minors are not allowed within the bar area, bartenders are also usually responsible for confirming that customers are of the legal drinking age before serving them alcohol. By that reasoning...pharmacists are also drug peddling scum for giving pain pills to pill poppers? That doesn't make sense. Why don't you just refrain from drinking and let those who are able to enjoy a drink do so in peace? In a nutshell, no. I was a single mom for quite a while, and let me tell you- Bartending MORE than paid the bills. I didn't drink, smoke, or do drugs. I went to work, and came home. If the U.S. is going to make alcohol legal, someone is going to have to sell it, and personally, I would rather be the one selling it, than drinking it, so for me, it was a win-win situation. Besides, I made more money bartending, than I did with a college degree. (Go figure) So, don't stereotype bartenders. Besides, I'm sure you've had a drink or two in your past- or you will in your future. Either way, a job's a job. And it paid for my education. Why don't you put down people who really are scum. Can't believe I am answering this moronic question, I feel my IQ dropping 20 points now as I type this.
Bartenders for one do not peddle drinks, I have yet in my life had someone come up to me in the street and offer me an alcoholic beverage. Generally speaking, most people come to the bartender for a cocktail, and that of course is their right to do so. Bartenders provide a service the same as anyone else that deals with the public. You going to call the 17 year old kid that works the drive through at McDonalds a Fat Peddler, the pharmacists you go to for your ridlin a drug pusher? Only peddler I could agree upon would be you peddling ignorance, but unfortunately there are no laws against that...yet. I'm a bartender and I appreciate the indulgences of life. I donate to people and organizations when appropriate but my job is fabulous. I talk to people, make friends and create a welcoming environment for guests to come and drink either tequila, beer or just sweet tea.
so no, bartenders aren't drug peddling scum. Granted we sell drugs- [alcohol] but we don't force it down their throats.