thompsonx
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ORIGINAL: LadyConstanze ORIGINAL: thompsonx Clearly the only option she has is tending bar because that is what she is doing. Having been a student and tended bar then, it wasn't the only option I had, but it was a good option as it was well paid, and at a time where people party, so it didn't interfere with my classes at all, I did other jobs too but it was a steady juggling because your schedule changes each semester, however no classes were ever at night or on weekends. Perfect job for students. Sounds like best option to me. Some of the places were actually pretty damned nice and expensive, place I couldn't have afforded to go, because you worked in one of the "IN places" you also got invited to a lot of pretty cool things, like vernisages and all that, record companies flung concert tickets at us, just to make sure that if they came in one of the musicians, we went out of our way to provide superb service and call them by name in front of the artists, another side kick was, if you had a rare day off, you could go to any of the other very nice bars and clubs, no waiting in line, no membership needed, no entrance fee, you were waved through and usually got free drinks. Walking through town and meeting people, we were treated very nice, with hello everywhere, some of the posh clothes shops offered us massive discounts provided we'd tell people where we got the clothes from. To give you an idea, I earned 10% of the drinks I sold and got to keep my tips, the cheapest drink was (and that was in the 90's) around $10 for a beer or a soft drink, I usually made about 200 to 300 just in commission, and at least that in tips but usually more, getting a tip of 50 or 100 wasn't unusual, especially not if they ordered champagne or cocktails. On Sundays it was the lounge from where you could watch the ice hockey, only people with VIP cards could sit and eat and drink there, prices were accordingly... Same thing, actually more money because there was also food served... You do the math, I worked Friday and Saturday, plus Sundays during the hockey season. As a student, I made a hell lot more money than your average guy working 9 to 5 made the whole week. Yeah, it was such a horrible life for a student... I really would have traded that to sleep with a repulsive old geezer just to have a roof over my head? Not in this world... If in one of those clubs you had met a repulsive old geezer named mick jager would you have been tempted? In fact I think I would have rather scrubbed toilets than sleep with a guy I'm not attracted to, and moving in with him and being his sexual property, FFS, not in this universe! J. howard marshall
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