[M]Salone's Saloon (Might be drunk)(Definitely M)
 

Tonight's Drink:

(No name yet - Name it!)

1oz Burnett's Limeade Vodka
1oz Burnett's Sour Apple Vodka
1oz Sour Apple Pucker
Topped Lemonade
2oz Cranberry Juice


Heeeeeelllloooooo and welcome on in! Tonight we are...having fun! Relaxing away the day. My feet hurt after a long and eventful day at work and we're going to chase it away with socially taboo spirits!

Since I've bagged first post (WOOT WOOT) maybe the drink should be named after me? XP

Aw... feet get better! *makes voodoo signs at Salone's feet*

Voodoo is so close to Vodka! And feet will be better, feet are currently in my super cute Smore themed USB powered heated house shoes! So warm. So warm. They are so friggin adorable. The shoes, not my feet.

And we'll see about the name.

I was kidding about the name XP the drink needs something fruitier and spikier than Exulansis (which sounds like primitive warrior broth) so yeah.

USB powered heated shoes? Wow, I've never heard. Probably because there's no way they'd be sold here, not in a million years (I live somewhere tropical with constant sun and sweat and CREEPY-CRAWLIES)

Australia? New Zealand? American Samoa?

And the name is a permanent toss up. Right now, the Lime portion is a poor substitute for the usual, my Rumple Minz Lime Schanpps. However, they have proven to be a bugger to get a hold of and I am deprived of my most vital ingredient to give it that massive pop that even I can tell is there.

India, Southeast Asia :P

It's okay... The Scnapps will show up by and by and you can gettem in bulk or smth when they do maybe.

Ohhhh no, I wish. Their Peppermint Schnapps, now those are everywhere. But we don;t want Peppermint! We want Lime! The Blimey Limey! It's 100 proof Lime Schnapps! That is a ridiculous amount of alcohol for a...whatever a schnap is anyway! Or schnapps. I'm not well versed on alcoholic rules and regulations and what makes a thing.

Oh man, India. Tell me about India! I went to school with a few guys from India, ended up working for one of their dads at a Hotel for a while before moving away. What's it like? Are you in a large city? I gotta know these things!

You do have drinking problem, but that is ok.

My problem is I don't have my Rumple Minze Lime Schnapps! I just wish I had, actual, you know, tolerance. For as much as I drink, I have the alcoholic withstandingness of a small midget kitten. Like some sort of pygmy cat. Just, nothing. Light Weight Chamouon, right here. Not a compliment to m thhouig. Although, it's getting the job done even without the old Rumple Minze tonight. I need that Canadian imitation German inspired alcohol! I think they're going for a Rumplestiltskin vibe, but...I am on to them.

India is... overcrowded. We're tiny in terms of land but coupled with China we make half the world population. If you visit India you'd have to be here a loong time because it changes around every corner. It's rarely beautiful. I live in a big city, yes, and the traffic is H-E-L-L and the pollution made a little girl get her period in just second grade.
Also, Indian men make me want to bang my head against the wall. I mean, when you have sucky looks shouldn't you try to compensate with your personality? But they just have the most immature annoying attitudes ever. Most of them. Not to make sweeping generalizations, but.

What I like about India though, I know I'm never gonna fit anywhere else. Like apparently in England you say thank you to the cashier. I'm like why?! And who's there to teach me to if I ever go to England? So I'm gonna stay here, even though the educational system makes my life H-E-L-L xmillion because I know how to be, y'know, Indian, but my brain would never think of saying thank you to a cashier in England if not told to. Sorry for textwalling :P

Pfffft you're fine.

I'm American, but I practice Canadianism by saying Thank You and Sorry for everything. Different cultures and social expectations entirely, but I understand where you're coming from. And as far as pollution goes, that's gotta suck. I know there's very little regulation, and India isn't targeted for it's carbon footprint and such like China is. And what's in England for you anyway?

Did you know... that 45% of Indians are living and working in the US?

Better jobs. And probably less pollution and not so overcrowded and...

We really don't have a name for this, but it's bleedin' awesome. It tastes like a cinnamon roll.

1 Part Rum Chata
1 Part Kalhua

Pour over ice and enjoy.

I do apologize, but I think I have the market cornered in apologies...xD

Why isn't India a focus for the pollution? It's not like pollution is limited to the country it comes from...
Forgive my naivete...

I actually didn't know it wasn't a focus for pollution. It's notorious for not banning DDT and those harmful refrigerants quickly enough. Well it couldn't afford the change quickly enough. But still.

And if we're talking drinks, I like Masala Lemonade with floating boondi. And Aam Panna. And lassi, the thick kind served in earthen pots with that lovely orange stuff swirled on top. Good stuff for tropical summers.

Well, it may be. I just know America has eyes only for China right now. And serious on the DDT and the...Tetraflouride I think it was? One of those. I think that's just a category, but I know what you're talking about. And I think tonight we'll visit something else tropical!

...The funny thing is, a few days ago, I read a Cracked article on drinks from TV and movies... and that drink was on the list. It's called "Tootsie Roll".

Well, the cashiers here never say 'Have a nice day.' :P So we'd essentially be thanking them for... uh... doing their job? Taking our money? Albeit in return for goods, but still.

Do they tell you to have a nice day in England? Probably they do. But it doesn't make sense because my friend from Scotland once forgot to say thank you to a cashier and fretted about it like crazy and I mean, if someone says 'Have a nice day' there's no question of forgetting to say 'Thank you,' it's like, reflex.

Yeah, probably. I consider myself a very nice person but it never even crossed my mind to say thank you to cashiers until I met that friend :P And she was fretting so much because she said it was a cultural requirement to say thank you. Kind of like sticking your pinkie out when you pick up a tea cup, or something. So I'm like OMG I only have an instinct of how to behave with my own culture.

Having worked retail and customer service, being kind to retail and customer service workers is automatic for me. Which is part of why I get so pissed off when I hear about customers acting like spoiled brats or acting entitled. Heck, I get mad at my dad for being a jerk to fast food workers. I've found that being nice and polite, and keeping calm when there's a problem generally works better, and for me, it's easier to do than to work myself up into a temper tantrum.

Only time I work myself into a tantrum is when I'm the mall's elevator and people just keep coming in even though there's no space and I'm getting TOUCHED by STRANGERS. I keep my elbows out my sides so people get poked if they try to get too close, and I do my whiniest 'Why can't you see there's no space!' when people try to come in. All those strangers hate me and give me looks to let me know, but I'd rather be hated than be touched by them so yeah.

crowded elevators suck. I'd rather take the stairs, even if it means going slow.

I always take the stairs. Unless there's some ungodly reason not to, stairs are always taken. Then again I live in a town of like, 60,000 people. There are very few buildings that have more than two to three stories. I understand for places that are much larger. I just never read stories about people being trapped for 72 hours on a flight of stairs.

And the drink for tonight is just sour apple pucker and vodka mixed with lemonade. It is...very lime green colored.

I generally take the stairs - I grew up on stories where the elevators fail and kill someone. But then there is the thing about carrying enough on my back as to be painful, and elevators sometimes provide relief.

When I sold cars, there were daily morning meetings on the second floor. Everyone would crowd the elevator and stand there waiting forever, and complain about the wait. Meanwhile, the stairs are literally right next to the elevator, so I would be the only one to take them and make it back down to the lot where I...proceeded to walk around and sing Disney and Anastasia songs until a customer might wander by. I was caught unaware once. It was...embarrassing.

See, I would, too. and I'd sing along, 'cause that's awesome.

Perhaps, but you have to remember I am currently in the Bible Belt of America, which means 90% of the people on the car lot are saggy old white guys who expect extreme catering and have no sense of fun because they were out of baby powder for their backsides this morning. Also, usually not a fan of musicals for kids.

*Can testify/agree with this to a degree*

Tonight's Drink: Smirnoff Tuscan Lemonade. Because I'm lazy.

Today I had a group of customers approach the front to leave. One, who was a decent human being who probably stopped for tortoises in the road, went through the door clearly labeled "Exit". The other two, who most likely like to kick Cocker Spaniels for fun, said "You might as well go through the entrance." and attempted to go through the entrance door that is clearly labeled "DO NOT ENTER" from the inside.

Now, I was ready for this. I hate people breaking petty rules at my place of work, so each morning I disable the automatic door from opening from the inside. I mentioned to them casually that the door is even labeled "Do not Enter", and watched them get frustrated as they continued standing, waiting for it to open. They finally gave up and went out the exit, like decent members of civilization are supposed to do.

Now every now and then I hit jackpot, and people don't listen to me or are too distracted on their phones and just bump in to it, despite my warnings. I am clearly in the right here, as the door says "Do Not Enter".

What about you guys? What do customers do that piss you off? You ever get to one-up them or get some secret satisfaction out of seeing them not get their way?

I'm about to go pour myself some plum-infused everclear. I'm just done with people on facebook right now.

Oh god, Facebook. My mom has turned in to a turbo Tea Party ultra racist on there. Which is odd, because she raised me the complete opposite. Well, sort of. That shit has been getting old, real fast. The amount of misinformation that gets spread around is just...awful. Also, see the above mentioned racism. Facebook has some very lax standards for what gets shared around. Is why I don't really add family members, or...talk to them in general.

I have two facebook accounts. One under my legal name (that most all my family has me added on, and that I never go on anymore), and one under the identity that I feel more strongly... it's one of my chosen family that really pissed me off the most. I kinda called them out for making me feel bad for wanting to help the refugees and not close our borders because of a few jerks.

Oh yeeaaah. Without getting too political/biased on my favorite forum, I feel you. Living in peace and relative quiet, it's very hard for a lot of people to understand that you can't exactly live in rubble and mortearrrrtg fire. And since you don't see it, it's easy to demonize an entire group of people just because rosmeone claiming to be the same type of person is terrroristerizing other people.

You'll notice this is the same people shouting "All Lives Matter!", but apparently that doesn't count for the scary brown people in other countries desperately wanting to escape the carnage and chaos that used to be their homes and lives. Yeah, apparently the pursuit of happiness and right to life and all its wonders and privileges only matters if you're light, bright and two shades white.

Screw 'em. Not my kindaf people.