job-hunting

This Bird has been looking for gainful employment, and went for an interview as a care worker. Despite being successful she has decided not to take the job as it appears to be exactly the same job as her current one only without the opportunity to drink on duty. I shall be with you for just a little longer yet ..........

overheard 2

Forget the trials of the working mother, childcare and alcholism can be hard to negotiate.......

"Well the ex is always giving me a hard time about my drinking, but I keep it in check when the boy's about. Like this weekend, I only went down the pub for three or four to recover from the night before, and once I picked him up, I only came down here for a few before I took him to the chip shop. And it wasn't my fault the chippie wasn't open, so I had to pop to the W******l for a couple while we waited, and then it still wasn't open, so I got a pizza and some cans from Tesco, and I only burnt the pizza cos I'd had a few. I was puking up this really red disgusting bile in the sink, and he rang his Mum and proper grassed me up. Right grassed me up he did." Kids huh!

gay day

We held a random but highly enjoyable punk pride at the pub a couple of weeks ago, refered to as "gay day" by the locals. It was ace to see the old boy regulars dancing around with dolled up trannies and punk rockers ..... even my nana came along for a cup of tea. Sometimes i do love the pub. The best comment of the week was a day or two after tho, when a trans woman who drinks in the pub regularly said that after years of dealing with abuse left right and centre, the pride event had given her the confidence to walk out the door that morning and not give a flying f**k what anyone said.
Moron prize of the week went to an old boy regular who said, in front of the gay bar staff in a gay run pub sitting next to two of the gay regulars, " I don't mind tolerating them, but I draw the line at socialising ..... I mean, if we encourage them to drink here they might end up taking over ...." .......... suppose at least you could say he's not paranoid!