
Glassies….the unsung heroes
I started working in hospo as security, but it wasn’t all I did. I worked in most of the roles there are(some more successfully than others, I still can’t make a coffee to save my life), but there were some I enjoyed better than others. One of the jobs that got a lot of stick, unfairly I think, was the glassie. I got taught to glassie at San Fran Bath House when they got left short handed on a big gig. It was a sink or swim situation. I was running around like mad man trying

Hospo hates: bodily fluids, the small things…. and fricken cardboard.
So hospo ain’t all fun and games. Anyone who has worked for a decent amount of time in a busy bar knows that there is some parts that just get right up in your grill….and not really in a good way. Let’s name a couple shall we? Firstly we have the bodily fluids. The 3 P’s come first of course. Piss, Poo and Puke…. Then there’s blood, and then…well, the other stuff. Now I realise that a night on the booze can affect the good ol hand-eye-coordination a bit, but quite often there