tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661288566810922442.post2089751830272581647..comments2023-10-10T03:56:09.086-05:00Comments on Notes from the Cab: Democrats Invade HoustonBartender Cabbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05623813045706584212noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661288566810922442.post-8396532682168171052012-06-10T08:47:01.814-05:002012-06-10T08:47:01.814-05:00Yeah. It wasn't their behavior that annoyed me...Yeah. It wasn't their behavior that annoyed me. They are who they are, and there is a very good reason why they (we) don't drink. What got to me, and eventually led to me sort of fading out of the movement, was the endless self adulation about how wonderful their conduct had been, how superior to other conventions they were, and how much the San Diego public <i>"loved them."</i><br /><br />The San Diego public was glad they were gone so that they could be replaced by a convention upon which the San Diego public could earn a living.Jayhawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00756807802218022043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661288566810922442.post-56722665108267290082012-06-09T12:55:42.206-05:002012-06-09T12:55:42.206-05:00Nothing is detested worse in the hospitality indus...Nothing is detested worse in the hospitality industry than teetotalers. They tend to be demanding and non generous. Rowdy drunks are annoying but at the end of the night a succesful tip out can be worth putting up with nonsense. <br />Same thing with the anti smoking commandos. No smoking "laws" can leave a nightspot rather empty. It does happen.Bartender Cabbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623813045706584212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661288566810922442.post-81815986443573286332012-06-09T09:53:54.171-05:002012-06-09T09:53:54.171-05:00There is probably no group in the world who is les...There is probably no group in the world who is less self aware than Alcoholics Anonymous, who held their worldwide convention in San Diego a few years back. <br /><br />After the convention was over they kept patting themselves on the back about how <i>"the city loved us because we didn't get drunk and create problems"</i> and how much the restaraunts <i>"loved us because we were pleasant and not rowdy."</i><br /><br />News flash. Virtually none of the groups that hold conventions <i>"get drunk and create problems"</i> in San Diego, they go to the beach and if they get drunk they do so rather quietly insider their hotels. <br /><br />And the restaraunts hated you idiots, precisely because your bar bill was zero. You sat in restaraunts all day drinking free refills on your coffee, ordering near as dammit no food, and leaving miniscule tips. Customers upon whom the restaraunts could actually have made a profit could not get in because you were filling the place up having <i>"fellowship."</i>Jayhawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00756807802218022043noreply@blogger.com