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Protip if u work a full 40+ hours over four days and you're so tired that you're so in auto mode on your last shift that you can't even HEAR people don't go home and drink a load of wine and take cbd oil and then turn on a quiz show that you're usually really good at cause you're gonna forget literally every piece of knowledge you've ever even known jfc

I sold £316 worth of champagne tonight and what did I get for it? My manager being straight up rude and refusing when I asked if she would help me out and cash up the till cause we had to clean and polish literally every glass in the bar and have to stay there til 3.15am when the receptionists literally get a bottle of champagne for selling a suite if it isn't already booked.

Also I had a few American golfers in tonight and one asked if I could do a gin martini and I'm like absolutely what's your gin and how do you want it and he's like "we've been to so many different places here looking for a gin martini and no one could do one" so I'm like ????? That's so strange I guess you've found the best bartender in Belfast right in your own hotel and they absolutely loved me all night like I fucking love my job 🥰

Also like random hospo life hack if you need something the chefs "don't have" but there's literally a very obvious alternative solution they just can't be bothered doing just tell them it's for a baby it works 100% of the time you're welcome

Love how when a table is looking at the menu and I'm like they're totally gonna order this drink and then they do 🤷‍♀️

Also like I've found this thing more recently cause my bar is BOILING HOT most of the time I rarely wear makeup to work cause I just sweat it off so I look even younger than I do with makeup on and you get men ordering Guinness and they'll be all "did you pour this all at once or did you let it settle 🤥🤥🤥???" Like yes I'm Irish and I'm 31 I've been in this game for over a decade I know how to pour a pint of Guinness don't try to well actually me I know what I'm doing 🖕

Love when people look down on hospitality staff but today I was able to help a family friend get a placement in our kitchen to start his new career as a chef in just three conversations like ok have your desk job but I'm out here living my best life in a career I love and helping other people work towards doing the same 🙏💜

Do you ever get tasked with a New Thing at work you've never done before that you've low-key never realised you always wanted to do and it's like ✨ Achievement Unlocked: Can Restock a Vending Machine ✨

The bouncer in work who fancies me found out for sure tonight that I'm single and asked me if I want to go for a drink with him like PSA to men of the world don't ask girls out who literally show you ZERO signs they're interested in you and especially not if you work with them jfc

I am honestly so thankful I was born a woman because there's no chance of me becoming an obnoxious middle aged man like we've a group in for a golf weekend, they came in for a few drinks (literally a toddler could have ordered their round more efficiently) then were told the bar closed at 11pm so they're like ok we're probably better just staying out, rock back up at 11.30pm cause they were obviously kicked out of wherever they'd been for being lairy messes trying to convince us to serve them like no the bar is closed the till is cashed up already you were told and then they proceeded to let themselves into our restaurant which had been closed for two hours and just help themselves to a bottle of £70 champagne without asking or paying like what the actual fuck can you imagine your dad getting on like that how absolutely mortifying

Not my parents going to a tribute gig for a local legend who passed away during COVID and my wee daddy insisting on leaving before my abusive ex's family band came on ✊💜

Also I love how I promised myself in lockdown that when the panny d was over I would start going to more ~things~ and in the past five months I've been to a live stage show, two musicals, a concert in another city and planned but cancelled an illumination festival cause of weather even tho I really wanted to go and all regardless if I was gonna go alone or not I love her 🥰💜

I haven't seen very many musicals live in my life and Phantom will forever be my favourite (seen once live and countlessly watch the recorded movie) but honestly Chicago it was my first time seeing it live tonight and it was SOOOO GOOOD like so fucking well and smartly produced I had such a good time even by myself and like the cellblock tango is one of my favourite musical theatre songs of all time and they did it INCREDIBLY I would highly recommend if you want something to do like there were three empty seats next to mine in the third row have a look and go I absolutely loved it 👯👯👯