November 20
Inspection Collection
Today's event-a-the-bar:
Here in WA we have a Liquor Control Board (I'm not sure if all states have this, but we do). Anyway, bars get inspected all the time and ours is no exception. The sad part is that one of our girls got caught. I was lucky, I guess, because it didn't happen to me - but I guess it could have. There was an older gentleman and a younger-looking lady that came in tonight. I saw them come in, but since they sat down at a table and not at the bar, they weren't in 'my territory.' I guess my coworker just wasn't having a good night or something, but she didn't card the woman. Honestly, I don't know if I would have carded her - she looked over 21, probably more like 25 or 26. Guess it was just a nice make-up job, because she was 19. They both ordered wine (which, I guess, is a 'tip off' all on it's own, because most people don't order wine at a bar like ours...some do, but not most). Anyway, turns out that the man works for the LCB. He pulled my coworker aside and gave her a long talking to, and also asked for our manager and spoke with her for a long period of time. It was a big mess. We're not sure what's going to happen (my coworker could end up going to jail, according to the LCB guy) and he told us that he'd be back after Thanksgiving and upping inspections at our place. I understand all sides of the situation (we can't be selling to minors, now can we?!), but it just sucks that it happened to a nice girl like my coworker.