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September 2015
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Although I appreciate the people who spend bring herself to get naked on stage for hundreds from Everclear. Then, guy from Everclear pro-
they money that allows me to make an income, of non-taxable dollars an hour, with the protec- ceeded to take up three of the eight barstools,
the realm of customer service is still partially in- tion of a bouncer and a pseudonym. What’s fun- by spreading his nautical-star-and-tribal-flash
habited by individuals who would not make it six ny, is that if you get GWWDTSCBF’s phone num- covered arms, while leaning back against the bar
feet out of their front door, if murder with was ber, she will mistake desperation for flattery and and watching strippers dance for free. If you can
legalized for just one hour. Here are a few exam- go out with you for six-to-eight weeks, before guess what he was drinking, you may have won
ples of the people who never, ever support our accusing you of “sleeping with all your stripper a blue ribbon a hundred and fifty years ago at a
advertisers, dancers, bartenders, DJs or even that friends” and moving to Prague for school. state fair. Anyhow, one of the reasons I really miss
punching bag machine by the door. working at that club, is that their DJ computer is
Drink Special Warriors completely free of garbage and full of decent-to-
The Guys Who Play That Punching Ma- awesome selections. One of the highlights of my
chine Game By The Door “What nights do you guys do dollar PBR?” career there, was getting on the mic that night,
“We haven’t done that in years. It’s a buck fif- announcing a “very warm welcome to a Portland
Okay, I lied. There is something painfully ty now—all the time.” celebrity” and playing three songs by Everlast.
ironic (and, from a feminist perspective, horri- “Man, that sucks! I am never coming here Well, technically, the third was House of Pain.
fyingly poetic) about watching Todd and Chad again.”
shove dollar after dollar into a slot, while trying Sapphire’s Boyfriend
to one up each other on the masculinity scale— Good. The fact that you
all, while standing a few feet away from an at- know the price of Pabst, makes Well, any guy who dates
tractive woman, who is willing to get naked and you a bad person—end of sto- a dancer and hangs around
pay attention to assholes for the same price. For ry. A strip club is where some- the club like an insecure as-
those readers unfamiliar with the machine, it’s one can roll in with twenty sassin. I’ve just known no less
basically a punching bag that drops down from bucks and make a naked wom- than five Sapphires who attract
a lever. The player inserts a dollar, hits the bag an at least happy enough to them. It’s not technically with-
and they are given a score. End scene. How does pretend she’s never seen her in the realm of club rules to al-
one “win” the game? I’m glad you asked. This is tits and do that Betty Boop low boyfriends (or, in stricter
achieved, by punching the bag harder than the face, while pretending she likes circumstances, rides) to be in-
last person to play. Or, if you’re an alpha-level ba- you. If you’re considering this side the club, while their lady
dass, two-energy-drinks-an-hour, Godsmack lov- an opportunity to haggle, then gets naked for truckers. Why?
ing, Affliction shirt, tribal tattoo kind of guy, you it’s time to put the high-fruc- Well, aside from the fact that
can try to beat the high score. Guys that come tose fluoride down and drink most guys who see their girl-
into strip clubs to beat up anything other than something that comes from friend naked on top of another
hipsters, while ignoring the big, red, blinking a tap. Folks, drink specials are man for the first time are, analo-
light of a stripper that is screaming “give me a the just that—specials. I know that everyone in gously, experiencing that Southern Oracle scene
dollar and I’ll make you look like a real man,” are Portland under the age of 50 was raised to be- from Neverending Story, where homeboy has to
among society’s most replaceable specimens. lieve that they are a unique snowflake, capable see his true self or else the statues with the giant
of rainbows and explosions. That doesn’t make tits will kill him (...in fact, it’s exactly like that), but
Girl Who Was Dragged To Strip Club By you special all the time. in addition, you’ve gotta deal with microman-
Friends agement from a would-be half-rate pimp. “Ayo
The Guy From Everclear (Or Any Other Lo- man, can you like, let my girl off a little early be-
“Why is she doing that to herself? Doesn’t cal Band) cause it’s our six and a half week anniversary at
she know she can get a real job?” This question midnight.” “No, ‘brah,’ I cannot.” “Well, like, what if
is often asked by smug, sweater-stacked, horn- A cousin of the Drink Special Warrior, is you like moved her to that other stage and then
rim-glasses-laden girls, who only approached the “don’t you know who I am?” local celebrity. like played her a short song. I’ve got my demo
the DJ booth to ask how often the club lets strip- While working in Southeast, the guy from Ever- CD, if you need some sick beats.” Fuck this guy
pers dance to The Smiths. Killing time while her clear came in and suggested that the bouncer and the Dutch Bros. coffee cart he got fired from.
friends enjoy themselves, this woman works did not need to card him, because he’s the guy
part-time at a food cart for minimum wage— from Everclear. The bouncer, against all wishes TalesFromTheDJBooth.com
selling hot grease to people who tip in change— of 1996, opted to card the dude anyhow, which
and she honestly wonders why a woman would led to further reminders that dude was the guy
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I don’t sell weed. I would never sell weed. The in- buddy in Humboldt County who can get me pounds
come I make from writing this column, has purchased for eleven hundred, sometimes nine. Where do you
me three beach houses and a live-in Canadian slave. get off asking forty bucks for this shit?” And yet, the
However, if I were to be currently selling weed in an pawn star returns week after week, with the same
alternate, mirror dimension that exists concurrent on complaints. It’s as if this guy (or gal) is the equivalent
the astral plane alongside this one, hypothetically, the of a Wall St. stockbroker who was somehow forced
following would be categorized as a list of real-life to spend his weekend watching the mentally handi-
people whom I would be forced to interact with on a capped trade blue chips online. The pawn star can get
regular basis and wish would go away. a better deal, better product, in less time and with less
hassle. And yet, he’s still sitting there at Taco Bell, with
a wad of cash in his hand—intent on ripping himself
THE NEWBIE off with yet another overpriced bag of what everyone
else considers a good deal.
This is the person who hasn’t smoked weed since
back in the day, but wants to blaze up because “it’s
legal now.” The benefits of having the newbie as a cus-
tomer are obvious; you can set your own price points,
they never bitch about slightly un-trimmed product,
THE RASTATUTE
don’t know a Sativa from a Prius and they will usually
This girl used to live with a grower who treated
come to you (wherever you are). It’s always fun to see
her like a queen, before she dumped his sorry ass and
what lengths someone will go to in order to purchase
moved in with that cute trimmer guy from LA, who
weed and I’ve gotten as far as, “I’m in row two of the
treated her even better, by moving her to West Hol-
Regal cinemas on 82nd, watching Frozen for another
lywood. After a series of failed attempts at a modeling
half hour, but I’ve gotta bail early so hurry up.”
career, the rastatute decides to use whatever money
her last sugar daddy left her, to open up a head shop
or a dispensary. After a year of going in the red (as a
result of nepotism and having no knowledge of how
to run a business), the rastatute closes her shop and
settles down as a stripper, but continues to have the
same appreciation for marijuana (it’s just that now
she dances to more dubstep). A cousin of the pawn
star, the rastatute forgets that most weed dealers are
already up to their arms in pussy, do not live in the
INSPECTOR GADGET middle of the woods and aren’t completely stunned
by cleavage. This leads to a series of flirtatious haggles
and middle-of-the-night requests for fronts. The ras-
“Dude, all you do is grind the weed down to a
tatute is often overheard saying things like, “My regu-
powder, place it in the chamber, fill it with butane, re-
lar didn’t stop by, so I won’t have that fifty bucks for
The drawbacks of dealing with a newbie, on the load the switch, cap the bowl, inhale slowly and bam,
you until next week—but, can I get another one from
other hand, often outweigh the six bucks you’re gon- it gets you soooo high.” What started as a harmless
you in the meantime?”
na make every time you sell them a “twenty sack.” For middle-school addiction to gravity bongs, eventually
one thing, you may end up assigning yourself the po- led to ritualistic McGuyver-esque missions to create
sition of a leisure-time instructional aide, often of the the ultimate smoking device. In the amount of time it
call-center-tech-support variety. “Hey man, it’s Kyle, I takes the Inspector Gadget smoker to rig up the dab
THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA CAREGIVER
bought some weed from you last night, and uh, what’s nail and adjust the torch, before attaching the mouth-
“My mom has cancer, can I get a discount?” Go
with the stick in the middle of the ball? Do I smoke piece and holding the thing over the water so the
away, Sally Struthers. Try your voodoo magic at the
that too? My friend has some stuff called darbs, it’s like other part doesn’t lose the heat, you can smoke four,
dispensary and see how far that guilt trip goes. Yes, I’ll
a wax, do we eat it? How long does it take for these maybe five joints and be higher than anything this
give your mom a discount, but come on man, do you
cookies to kick in? Can I smoke the bag too?” In ad- dude can cram into a vape pen. Watching these peo-
really have to put me in the position to remind your
dition to knowing as much about weed as the Insane ple spend more on a smoking device than most peo-
patient it’s not 1970 anymore? Hell, if inflation applied
Clown Posse knows about science, the newbie smok- ple would pay for a pound, is not nearly as painful as
to weed, that ounce would be six grand.
ers aren’t the least bit hip to street smarts—never watching them break it while trying to make the most
picking up on any innuendo or slang when discussing out of a dub sack’s worth of weed. Sure, a pipe, joint
deals over the phone (or in public). or bong is not nearly as effective at saving THC, but I
can’t remember the last time I lost a month’s worth of
income by accidentally dropping my glass piece. Rule
THE PAWN STAR of thumb: if you’re spending more on paraphernalia
than you are drugs, you’re doing it wrong.
“Forty bucks for an eighth of mid-grade, indoor
Headband? You’ve gotta be kidding me. I have a
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state and many of the clientele are very blue Who do you despise the most? Again, we
collar. Alternately, Beaverton clubs like Stars despise the entitled and the misinformed. One
Cabaret cater to a white-collar and polo- of the worst things that I’ve actually heard on
necked shirt crowd, which is why there is an a shift is, “If I tip you, I’m contributing to your
entrance fee and the staff wear suits. The cli- exploitation.” I walked away, but really want-
entele you serve, will determine the types of ed to scream, “NO DUDE, YOU SITTING HERE
conversations that you have. Curiously, the STARING AT US, WHILE SIPPING A $2 BEER FOR
conversations can still vary so much, that I FIVE HOURS CONTRIBUTES TO MY EXPLOITA-
have yet to find a correlation amongst clubgo- TION.” There is an industry saying, “staring is
ers and venues. In six years, and approximate- stealing”. And, there are people who think that
ly 1,200 shifts, I have worked at Spearmint Rhi- because we are peddling intangibles, we are
no, Mystic, Union Jacks, Stars Bridgeport, and not really “selling” anything. Try that shit with
currently, Lucky Devil Lounge. My sample size a doorman, masseuse or therapist. We are do-
“Well, here girlie, I won’t buy a dance, but I’ll is fair, for this informal study. ing you a service, we are visible, we might be
get you a drink and help you scout out some real touching, and probably, listening to you.
money.” I’ve noticed that clientele in higher-in-
The young man was former military, quite come areas; tend to be more demanding re- Who has the most money? Intel is the larg-
handsome, and passively insulting me. I was garding the preferred aesthetic of their strip- est employer in Oregon, with approximately
still standing at the bar, because I was amused pers. In the bourgeoisie clubs, the question I 17,000 employees and they have people from
and currently had no finer option for company. was asked the most was “Why do you have pu- all over the country that fly in and out of our
He took a gulp of his watered-down whiskey bic hair?” second only to “Why do you have so city. Nike is the second largest, with approxi-
and spoke confidently, “I’ll tell you a trick that I many tattoos?” This is not surprising, as I spec- mately 5,000 workers.
learned in the service—find the guy with the nic- ulate that many “Bridge And Tunnel Folks”
est watch, that means he is of a higher rank. That want, or have been socially reinforced to ex- In dancing at Lucky Devil, the club pulls a
means he has more money. You’re welcome.” pect their nude ladies to look like Barbie. And, surprisingly-diverse crowd, despite the edgier
Barbie is hot as hell, but we all don’t look like aesthetic and location in inner industrial Port-
Ah, if only it were so simple. her—nor do we want to. land. Most of the clientele that I speak with,
are either service industry workers, tourists
Unfortunately, for strippers and car sales- In more laid back atmospheres, fellows who read good reviews of the club or travel-
man, there is no neon sign that indicates a and misses of the middle and lower socio-eco- ing businessmen.
worthy investment of time and effort. And, nomic classes, overwhelmingly compliment
while even criminal profilers can be mistaken, my tattoos. In blue-collar crowds, my tattoos How do they earn it? Lawyers tend to be
it’s fascinating and daunting to consider that tend to be admired, partly because tattoos incredibly tight assed, at least with me. (Please
one really knows nothing, by studying some- tend to be expensive, as most respected and sirs, feel free to come to Lucky Devil and prove
thing. established artists in Portland, have an hourly me wrong.) There is no correlation between
rate of $140+. So, when a person who makes how much money a person HAS and how
Here’s a shocker: strippers talk about mon- $10 an hour sees my body, to them, I’m liter- much they will SPEND. That old “look at his
ey. We talk about how we can make more of it, ally covered in money. In poor, white Ameri- watch and shoes” trick, means nothing. If only
we talk about how little we are tipped, we talk ca, tattoos are seen as a symbol of wealth and, there was an easy indicator, to find all of the
about the regulars that we’ve cultivated and therefore, status. In wealthy-white America, potential clients that really thrown down the
we talk about ways to sniff it out. And, while tattoos are seen as counterculture, subver- cash.
it’s an industry no-no to brag about earnings, sive or criminal. So, my clientele is partly de-
most strippers can sense the success rate of termined by my aesthetic and only altered if I I’ve been tipped the most in one night, by
her peers. I explained it to my therapist in this charm them with conversation and sway their a guy wearing ASICS sneakers. I fondly recall
way: consider an office space, with multiple person to like my personality, in addition to the man who worked at a dildo factory and
therapists. Now, nobody should be counting my body. always stunk like armpits. He would rent the
how many patients other therapists see, and entire private room with all of the shift girls,
yet, everyone has a pretty good idea of which Who are your favorites? Overwhelming- spending hundreds in a few minutes. Yet, I
office gets the most foot traffic. But, what de- ly, strippers like it when customers under- don’t even think he washed his hair more of-
termines success? Is it a big smile? A shiny pair stand the nature of the interactions in a club. ten than once a month.
of heels? The bounciest butt? What about the Strippers exchange their time for your mon-
luck of stage timing? Music choice? Hustling is ey. It’s quite simple. But, there will always be My informal study lacks hypothesis and
a fine art or a delicate science. And, there are that bozo who feels “owed” dinner or a date I’ve yet to conclude it. But, in an exercise of
so many variables. or a blowjob, simply for tipping. Customer en- good ethics and good capitalism, I follow a
titlement is a scary quality to have to dance simple credence: “Be nice to everyone, even
Who are our customers? It depends on around. those who can do nothing for you. Here’s hop-
where you work. Dancin’ Bare sits near Inter- ing that they will hit the ATM.”
es
as,
ust
ng I was the kind of strip club customer that where he’s coming from and all (been there), but
spent every dollar he had (and didn’t have) to I didn’t want to be THAT GUY—I just wanted to
he feed my newfound addiction—which didn’t al- fuck THOSE GIRLS. In effect, I was pretty much
ways get along with my other addictions…coke the worst kind of customer—a legacy that was
dick in a limo with a busted hooker, isn’t pretty. I eventually consumed to become a part of the in-
n- eventually succumbed to the pitfalls of draining dustry
my business bank account into bankruptcy—
like every good sex addict does. But, this simply With this being the “Customer” Tribute Issue, The Barfly/Regular – He comes to see
would not do. I wasn’t going to get anywhere I feel as if I’ve gotten a little out of touch with the bartender, because he knows he won’t be
until I figured out a way to become the customer the customer. It’s not because I’m over 50 and able to score with a dancer unless, he signs over
from hell—the guy who didn’t need money to married with kids, that I’m not connected with a paycheck. But the bartender, she’s much more
hang with strippers. Failed careers as a male you anymore. I still spend 4 nights a week with approachable. She’s trapped behind that bar and
ut she has to listen to every tired war story the reg-
ur- stripper, Internet escort and amateur pornstar all of you, lurking in the shadows, as I always
er- didn’t pay the bills. There had to be some way have been. But, there is one major difference—I ular throws her way, as he sips from his endless
00 to tap into this industry that would still send me stopped drinking a couple years back, and now, I cup of coffee. He used to spend money on danc-
nd home with something more than a raw prick. pay very close attention to all of you. To each and ers, but he’s broke now and simply comes to the
hi-
every one of you, I am the motherfuckin’ watcher club because it’s possibly the only family he’s got
It all started one night about 20 years ago, on the wall. and it’s the closest thing to Cheers he will ever
er- after being up for four days, from one $20 sack be able to find. Except for the boobs, there just
of the Redwood Empire’s best peanut butter So, with that said, enjoy the following analy- happens to be a lot more boobs. No one wanted
crank—yeah, that’s what they called it, back sis of this month’s honorary tribute—the one to see Carla’s boobs.
then.The lack of sleep opened my eyes to new part of the industry we could not do without, the
possibilities. Leave the girlfriend, sell all your beloved customer. So, sit tight, that introduction
comic books and go to Portland to start a new life was where the compliments end. It’s gonna be a
in the “strip club capital of the USA.” What would bumpy ride.
ial
er
I do there? I dunno, I’ll put together some kind of
ry stripper competition that will allow me to judge There are many types of customers to choose
o- them based off some weird kind of contest that’s from, when a dancer is selecting her prospective
me like A Naked-Tattooed-Mardi Gras-Beauty Pag- source of income. Two things must be evaluated
ec- eant Of Fire-Breathing Pole Dancers? Shut the when making this choice – time and energy. If a
ck
fuck up, I was broke, high and desperate—BUT, regular always buys three dances from you, but The Poker Players – Not to be ap-
IT WORKED. you have to sit with him and play KENO for an proached unless summoned. They’re busy gam-
ut? hour before the payoff, you just made as little as bling away their SNAP benefits and strip clubs
ve I was to become the guy that thought he $60 in the hour and a half you spent with that have the cheapest booze. Go away. Unless, of
could run everything better than everyone else, guy. Your 5-hour shift would allow you to do that course, the rare occasion of the big payout hap-
and before long, I was the self-appointed media three times, plus stage money, resulting in about pens. Then, the high roller will let you sit next to
ur- him so you can push the button. But if you hit a
overlord of various forms of stripper combat— a $200 shift. Not horrible, not fantastic. But, are
FUCK YEAH!!! I believe Dick Hennessy shared you making the most of your time on that stage payout, it’s still his. He’ll sometimes buy you a
a similar point of logic in one of his “vagina and on the floor? It’s all about selecting the right well drink, while you’re picking up a top-shelf
monologues” a few issues ago, where he said customer. for him at the bar, “Where the fuck is that damn
something about “wanting to be that guy.” I see waitress anyway, she’s much faster than you.”
Is it better to book
an appointment or are
walk-ins available?
Currently, I have
stickers, koozies and
some t-shirts. The
hoodies are sold out.
I am getting more of
everything made and
adding some cool shit
to our sick merchandise
lineup.
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going to hemorrhage; not a matter of Deep inside, most of us can feel the
if, just when. And, to many who have storm coming. The number of Ameri-
been involved in analytics brokering cans that believe that the economy
and Wall Street, they will try to offer a is getting worse is almost 50 percent
rational explanation, or if they choose higher than the number of Americans
to be honest, they’ll admit the other that believe that the economy is get-
side of the coin is about to drop—and, ting better.
when it does, this nation has never seen
the hurt this descent can bring. Civil unrest isn’t coming—it’s al-
ready here and it’s an epidemic on a
Other countries around the globe global scale. Did you see the explosion
are already suffering—entire govern- at the Chinese port city of Tianjin? One
ments and regimes are in financial ruin. day after China devalued their curren-
Greece has been on the ropes for some cy? I ask my logical-thinking, everyday
In a society where frivolous things
time and now China (a formerly noto- self—Is it mere coincidence that a 21-
are purchased on a whim every nano-
rious super power) has recently made ton explosion rocks one of the largest
second, we don’t always stop to think
headlines with talk of financial unrest. ports in China, a day after they deval-
about the larger pond we’re pooling
So, what happens to the world’s money ue their currency? Possibly—stranger
our money into. It’s a deep, dark, cav-
when it dries up? Not a nation, but an things have happened.
ernous hole full of crusty chewing gum,
entire global monetary collapse. Are
dental floss and last month’s eyelash
we so naïve to think that the global sys- My concern, however, is more
curler. We’re a race of petty individuals,
tem is impenetrable? And, I’m not just geared towards the poker hand China
purchasing petty things that make our
talking about a viral assault, but a peo- is slowly revealing, or rather, not reveal-
lives seem even pettier. So, why do we
ples’ conscious decision to end it? ing, until everyone else has their ass
do these things? Why do we continu-
hanging out for them to see. The US
ously throw money at plastic items we
Never in history, have we witnessed alone has combined public, private and
know aren’t biodegradable? Or, why
such extreme systemic imbalances in contingent liability debt, to the tune of
spend that extra two dollars on the
the world’s financial, economic system. $200 trillion thus far, having the largest
charity we are questioning the true au-
Let’s take for instance, that the US, Ja- debt obligation in all of human history.
thenticity of, as the counter clerks po-
pan and Canada have 52% of the Fed- Being caught with our pants down isn’t
litely asks if we would like to make that
eral funded debt in the world and they likely to bode well with other failing na-
contribution?
have only 7% of the population base. tions, who are already feeling the hurt.
That’s a staggering ratio and it leads
When a very large populous of peo-
you to wonder how such a small pop- What I am getting at, in a round-
ple condemns the one resource they
ulation has racked up such a gigantic about way, is where all this money
use every day, that populous is
debt? comes back to. The number one issue
not just plaguing Americans, but peo-
the nation’s best kept secret, as we have be- Got a room for rent? No, but you can put a mat-
come the Ellis Island for those with artistic pursuits. tress in the washroom at the house where my three
Everyone wants to live and perform here, and how favorite bands live. SOLD! (for $100...true story!)
can I blame them? It’s a gorgeous city with the
best music, beer and strippers in the world...WHO It’s all quite romantic, now that I think about it.
WOULDN’T WANT TO LIVE HERE?!? So, we as artists, While I ultimately desire greener pastures (or in the
Hi, my name is Aaron Ross. I’m an actor, come- continue to get the same amount of money to per- case of moving to Los Angeles, browner pastures),
dian, talk show host with the most...and I’m broke. form, but the rent, price of food and transportation I will always look back fondly on a decade plus of
Broke as a joke. have all become exponentially higher. perfecting my craft in the City of Roses.
Sure, a lifetime of money and secu-
Jokes are what I peddle, most frequently on So, how do we survive??? Typi- rity sound, nice...but, that ain’t
Tuesday nights, when I perform my late-night talk cally, by leaning on each oth- got nothing on a coffee-
show “Who’s the Ross?” at Dante’s. I’ve been la- er... fueled day of collaborat-
beled “Portland Famous” and that’s not inaccurate. ing with my comedic
Aside from producing my own show, I host Sinfer- You put me on the comrades, followed
no twice a month, perform at national festivals, col- guest list at your show, by a whiskey-fu-
laborate with radical rockers, entertain celebrities, so I’ll put you on the list eled night watch-
hang with strippers, party with dignitaries, and at mine. ing the amazing
more often than not, I drink for free. But, despite all bands that I con-
that, I can barely pay my rent. Unfortunately, cool is I’ll trade you my sider friends, then
not a currency. drink tickets, for a meal waxing poetic with
at the food cart you a litany of talented
After seven years of not having a day job, I con- moonlight at. artists over PBRs, and
tinue to grind along in the city that raised me— finally, unwinding late
but, the dream of saying, “I make a living as a per- Sustain an injury? Who night with the lovely la-
former,” has become more and more difficult. The needs insurance—we’ll throw dies of the Lucky Devil, only
fact is, Portland is no longer a cheap place to live you a benefit! to find myself suddenly across
(everyone’s favorite gripe). It was when I was grow- the street at the Hot Cake House, with
ing up here, but that (as Portlandia calls it) “dream Is it your birthday? We’ll go to the bars we’ve my new friends—all to be repeated again tomor-
of the 90s” is gone. Our urban utopia is no longer performed at—they’ll hook us up! row.
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My DJ buddy, Vert Sin, was touring through Portland last year, and being from Boise, his bar was
not exactly high in terms of what he expected from a pizza restaurant. Still, it took him only minutes
to notice what was wrong with P-town’s idea of service. “Please bus your own tables? What kind of shit
is that? I could swear I saw a tip jar up front,” Vert muttered. I responded, “Yes, and if you notice, all the
condiments, soda taps, plates and cups are self-serve.” He replied, “What the fuck am I tipping for, then?”
Millenials are a special breed of lazy, run a business that combines apathy with then disappeared for the second time and
specifically the less-than-the-time-it-takes- weirdness—hiring accordingly. ended up behind the bar. While there, she
to-read-this attention span variety, glued informed another bartender (and the rest
to their phones and willing to show up to Customers Are Exposed To More Than of the restaurant) that she can’t get her shift
work “whenever, maybe.” This is a national The Menu covered this weekend, because, “Brittany
issue, one that serves as an alternative to re- didn’t request a cover and that it’s bullshit
tirement for those of us willing and able to Waiting at Mcmenimahfuckitspell- that she showed up at five to work for her,
show up on time to whatever FroYo shop is check’s, a Portland staple of terrible service, and also, what’s with the new cook? Why
hiring “anyone who can show up on time.” it took about fifteen minutes for a server to is he always splitting up the tabs and tips
However, if you are visibly over the hill, living arrive at my table, plop ten menus (and a wrong? Don’t people around here know
in Portland, working in the service industry brochure for a hotel in Bend) in front of me, how to pour a Bloody Mary, and why don’t
and able to perform the tasks required to say that happy hour was going on and dis- we have any of that stuff we were trying to
do your job, chances are, you’re often con- appear for another fifteen minutes. Upon get rid of on tap—is it moldy again?” An-
fused for a worn-out and extra hairy Mille- her return, I was given a chance to order other ten minutes later, I order food, watch
nial. If the V-neck Morrisey t-shirt you are the sunset, watch the sunrise, get my food,
wearing is original, stamped with a 1986 and then immediately am given a check.
tour date and the whole she-bang, you “Your bill is here,” Shifty McBitchalot says.
have no excuse to possess a lack of work “Okay, thanks,” I reply while looking at a full
ethic that rivals that of a generation who plate of food. Two minutes later, my server
did not grow up on punch cards and di- is back to ask me to cash out because she
al-up modems. Unless, of course, you live needs to leave early. I pay her cash. Then, as
in Portland, in which case you are most you probably guessed, she presented me
likely reading this column at work, while with the change from her apron and pro-
the bosses’ friend impatiently stands in vided me with enough ones to tip...nah, I’m
the well, waiting for that I.P.A. he ordered just fucking with you. I paid with a fifty, she
six minutes ago. This phenomenon, the drinks. “I’ll have that non-alcoholic cider, bitched about it to the bartender (tips are
“why are you bothering me by being a cus- please,” I asked. “You sure? It’s happy hour really hard to split) and then returned with
tomer” attitude, does not fly in any other re- and beers are cheap.” This was her response, two twenties and a pile of coins for change.
gion. Here are a few reasons why Portland is to suggest a two-dollar beer, instead of giv- I asked for some ones, she rolled her eyes,
the mecca of underachievement, and a ter- ing me a four-dollar cider. Perhaps her cus- disappeared with the twenties and, after
rible example of what happens when you tomers tip a dollar per song? Either way, she I eventually acquired them from the oth-
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er bartender, she was long gone. But, not ers impatiently wave cash in anticipation an hour for something we could easily ob-
after bitching about how bad her tips were. of service. It takes years, if not decades for tain elsewhere without all the cultural ap-
a customer to transition from paying per- propriation and inflated menu costs?” Of
Nepotism Ensures Shitty Service vert to payroll. If the food is shitty, there’s course, the only logical way one could re-
another spot less than a mile away with un- spond to this would be, “Why not?” Aside
That neighborhood bar is awesome, der-priced steak. Dancers tip out the cooks, from Del Taco 2.0, the brunch scene in Port-
until you realize that most of the people but only if customers stick around to order land (yes, there is a “brunch scene” here... still
working there started out as customers or food. Same goes with cocktail waitresses, no hip hop clubs, but we do have a thriving
friends of the bar staff. Considering that, on who can’t afford to stare at their iPhone, industry that revolves around nursing hun-
busy weekend nights, you’re not going to while a dancer snatches up their custom- gover white people) actually prides itself in
get much of a chance to talk to a bartend- er and hits the bar. Even in places with se- how long it takes off-duty college students
er about how to turn in an application, it is quels located on the edge of “that’s too far to make a fucking pancake. One life hack,
safe to assume that many of these drunks- for Portlandia” territory, the chicken strips however, is a place called Slappy Cakes, lo-
turned-bartenders are among the best and and cheese sticks are of the best available cated on Belmont. They have great service,
most reliable pool of potential employees: quality. I don’t comprehend why, for any fresh food and for a decent price. Howev-
day drinkers. Yes, the girl who can’t pass a other reason than some sort of secret soci- er, they are also semi-D.I.Y. in that custom-
piss test, her artist-slash-skateboarder boy- ety of bartenders who all agree to cap their ers are encouraged to make their own pan-
friend and laptop guy, will eventually be on-the-clock fuck-givings, the non-nude es- cakes, using a grill attached to the table. By
changing kegs and asking how to work all tablishments are unable to see the poten- introducing the ideas of manual labor and
that DJ stuff, after doing enough coke with tial threat of losing business due to poor control over one’s own diet, Slappy Cakes
the new owner (the original owner never service. Unless, of course… repels a large percentage of the undesir-
sticks around, as bars in this town have the able manchildren, who would otherwise
same attitude toward commitment as re- Popular Portland Bars And Restau- ruin a good pancake thing. They also have
cently-divorced polyamorous sex addicts). rants Lose Credibility By Having Decent the best deep-fried bacon I’ve ever had, and
“Kyle, this guy who moved here from Chi- Service if anyone who works there is reading this,
cago, is totally gonna start bartending Sun- hook a dude up next time I roll through.
day,” says the unqualified manager-slash- There is an overpriced, white-people-
son-of-landlord. Two years later, enter the run Mexican restaurant in Southeast called The Roxy Now Has the Best Service In
Kickstarter campaign to save this Portland
beloved neighborhood bar. Sure,
they’d give discounts on already Sometime in
cheap Pabst to their friends (i.e. 1990 whenever, I
everyone in the bar, except those began to drink cof-
irritating tourists who keep ask- fee and smoke cig-
ing for a menu), hire entertain- arettes at the Roxy.
ment via Facebook comment It was a safe alter-
recommendations, run out of native to the extra-
stock and keep erratic hours. curricular activities
But, hey man, Cascadialand had at my high school
great pinball. Why’d they have to and there was a
close? very high chance
that one of the
The “But They Have Good waitstaff would end
Food And Drink” Excuse Used To Visit Por Que No, which translates to “why not?” up breaking something over a crackhead, in
Strip Clubs Is Valid This place serves glorified street food to order to remove them from the lobby. If not,
white hipsters and transplants, who wait drag queen fight. Either way, going to the
To be fair, this city does have some great hours outside the establishment, L.A. night- Roxy was like watching Jerry Springer, while
bartenders, servers and cooks. But, for the club style, for three-dollar carne asada ta- eating a sandwich named after a gay porn
most part, you can only find good service in cos. In this amount of time (and for a lot star; easily the best-spent dollar in Oregon.
strip clubs. Why? Because the lady (or dude) less money), you could pack up the kids and They used to pride themselves on having
behind the bar is competing with sever- drive to Woodburn or Beaverton (or, hell, sassy service, to the point where they’d put
al naked women, loud music and flashing 82nd) to buy food from a real Mexican. In- it on their menu that the “food may suck,
lights, therefore putting them in no place stead, it’s “Hey guys, do you want to wait in but at least the service stinks.” While work-
to fuck around on Instagram, while custom- the blistering heat and/or foggy-ass rain for ing strip clubs a few years ago, I would