I’d like to speak to the manager!!!

A bunch of years ago I fired a bartender.

Great bartender.

But he was an asshole.

To everyone.

The guests.

His coworkers.

The managers.

Me.

One day he marched into the office and let me have it.

24 hours later I let him go.

He was shocked. And let me know all the ways I was wrong for doing so.

I’ve seen him a few times over the years.

On Wednesday he was in the new restaurant with clients.

We chatted.

On his way out we were talking.

Just before he left, he shook my hand and said sorry I was such a schmuck back then. I’d have fired me too. I deserved it. And I’m sorry.

We talked a bit more.

I told him there were never any hard feelings.

He was an a jerk and thus got treated like one.

Then I asked him if he wanted a job. Bartending?

He laughed and said.

Fuck no.