Message 9591 of 22774 in Behind the Bar

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> Forced, as in held down with a tube down your throat, or forced as in 
> "This is a requirement to what I'm trying to teach you, if you 
> refuse to follow the curricula, I'll have to fail you."?

Forced as in forced.

Let's be real, Dan.. unless you are taking a swig from EVERY SINGLE drink you 
serve, you are doing pretty much what I'm doing: relying on the recipe that 
already exists.

I am not doing a lot of concocting new drinks... although, I have made some up 
and received RAVES for them. .... just like I've taken some tried and trues 
out there and been told, 'um... no thanks. What WAS that?'
 
> A student that made a scene because they didn't like the taste of 
> tequila or started protesting about their "rights" to not drink - 
> would deserve to fail that class.

And I would take that failure to the authorities, because I have the RIGHT to 
be in the class, and the RIGHT to not be forced to drink, and you do NOT have 
the RIGHT to try to 'force' me to drink.

Period.

If I don't like the taste of garlic, do you fail me as a chef?

I don't think so. 

> I can just imagine someone like this also :
> refusing to hose hose down the toilets when they needed it, 
> refusing to clean under the fridges because it was gungy,
> refusing to clean ashtrays because they didn't smoke, 
> and refusing to load beers because the chiller was too cold. 

And what on earth about not choosing to drink compares to any of this?

You are imagining quite a bit!

> I've met 'em all, some of whom, like you, would threaten to call the 
> employment board because they were asked to do something that "wasn't 
> in their contract" - like pick up broken glass.

That's not 'like me'. But then, you would compare, 'no thanks. I don't consume 
adult beverages' to, 'I don't smoke, so I'm not cleaning that ashtray'.

> Please tell me you did that on purpose...

I did. But now I'm getting really ticked off by your attitude, and don't know 
if I'm so content with my making humor of that before.

(How can a person that's so inflexible be a happy bartender???)

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