Comments on: new york bartender allegory http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/24/new-york-bartender-allegory/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:03:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Snapshot http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/24/new-york-bartender-allegory/comment-page-1/#comment-1746 Snapshot Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:40:57 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=859#comment-1746 <strong>Oh ...</strong> This is the most depressing thing I have ever read.... Oh …

This is the most depressing thing I have ever read.…

]]> By: Johnny Knuckles http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/24/new-york-bartender-allegory/comment-page-1/#comment-1745 Johnny Knuckles Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:05:42 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=859#comment-1745 We need to insert a new decade between 29 and 30. A period of grace for suckers and dreamers. We need to insert a new decade between 29 and 30. A period of grace for suckers and dreamers.

]]> By: Box of Puppies http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/24/new-york-bartender-allegory/comment-page-1/#comment-1744 Box of Puppies Thu, 26 Aug 2004 03:46:08 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=859#comment-1744 LOL! dori, you're right on. I guess we're all supposed to sell chimneys and make card-toons in our spare time. See you around the watercooler... LOL! dori, you’re right on. I guess we’re all supposed to sell chimneys and make card-toons in our spare time. See you around the watercooler…

]]> By: dori http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/24/new-york-bartender-allegory/comment-page-1/#comment-1743 dori Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:41:53 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=859#comment-1743 so, what, we're supposed to go work at an ad agency instead? (ugh, the mere prospect makes me ill - pour me another drink so i can stop thinking about it). so, what, we’re supposed to go work at an ad agency instead?
(ugh, the mere prospect makes me ill — pour me another drink so i can stop thinking about it).

]]> By: Hamish http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/24/new-york-bartender-allegory/comment-page-1/#comment-1742 Hamish Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:32:58 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=859#comment-1742 Nah, it isn't "let's open a bar!" in that bright Disney or Kids from Fame kind of way. It's "Letchzz ofhen a baahrr. Hic" "Thachczzz a ghrret ideahhh." Drunks. The environment we play in. Nah, it isn’t “let’s open a bar!” in that bright Disney or Kids from Fame kind of way.
It’s “Letchzz ofhen a baahrr. Hic”
“Thachczzz a ghrret ideahhh.”
Drunks. The environment we play in.

]]> By: P" http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/24/new-york-bartender-allegory/comment-page-1/#comment-1741 P" Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:23:35 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=859#comment-1741 pathetic. life is pathetic. pathetic. life is pathetic.

]]> By: Tim Worstall http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/24/new-york-bartender-allegory/comment-page-1/#comment-1740 Tim Worstall Wed, 25 Aug 2004 15:46:08 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=859#comment-1740 Not all that certain about the "hand to mouth" part of the story. Back in the early 1980's, in DC, I was pulling down $1,000 a week after tax (yes, you do pay tax on tips in the US) for a 37 hour week bartending. Add back in tax and inflation and that's $100,000 p.a. or so. Even in NYC that's not poverty is it? There have been times since when I wish I was still earning that much. Not all that certain about the “hand to mouth” part of the story.
Back in the early 1980’s, in DC, I was pulling down $1,000 a week after tax (yes, you do pay tax on tips in the US) for a 37 hour week bartending. Add back in tax and inflation and that’s $100,000 p.a. or so. Even in NYC that’s not poverty is it?
There have been times since when I wish I was still earning that much.

]]> By: Raspil http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/24/new-york-bartender-allegory/comment-page-1/#comment-1739 Raspil Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:09:23 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=859#comment-1739 makes me glad i was a bartender in texas. makes me glad i was a bartender in texas.

]]> By: Andreas http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/24/new-york-bartender-allegory/comment-page-1/#comment-1738 Andreas Wed, 25 Aug 2004 01:19:07 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=859#comment-1738 Heh. We seem to be shopping at the same tailor. Same in London, exactly the same. Working in a bar is worse than crack. It sucks you in, never to let go. Heh. We seem to be shopping at the same tailor. Same in London, exactly the same. Working in a bar is worse than crack. It sucks you in, never to let go.

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