sensitIV - SATURDAY NOON PST

[idolpro]

[ The bar is unit-colored with light unit paraphernalia, although it's all just for show. Fortunately, comfort isn't part of the unit aesthetic this time—all seats are cushioned, whether the booth seats or the bar stools, comfy and lush. Idols can sit anywhere they like, it seems.

There's alcohol available, but everything else is locked behind the wall-cabinet. . . the recipe book is also available to peruse at one's leisure.

Ah—the door opens, and a fuzzy sort of shade steps in. It looks like idols will be serving the Damned, today. . . ? ]

RECIPE BOOK

Comments

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[proceedwithcautus]

Or... maybe that means it shouldn't include alcohol?

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[bondsofsuffering]

It's the "you catch my drift" part that's got me thinking that. You wouldn't normally say that if you were just ordering tea.

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[proceedwithcautus]

Ohhh... so, it's a suggestion without actually asking for it.

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[outofoffice]

No one who says "you catch my drift?" is asking for plain tea.

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[proceedwithcautus]

Ehhh, like... they want to be able to say they just ordered tea...?

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[bondsofsuffering]

Plausible deniability! "I ordered tea, I swear, I don't know why I'm getting so buzzed!"

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[proceedwithcautus]

...should we really indulge that kind of thing...

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[bondsofsuffering]

We're supposed to make the customer happy, not necessarily the family...

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[proceedwithcautus]

I see...

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[sunflowering]

I get where you are coming from, though.

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[proceedwithcautus]

Even if the customer is always right, I think this person is setting themselves up for problems...

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[bondsofsuffering]

If it bothers you that much, we could just do straight tea.

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[outofoffice]

He's a paying customer.

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[proceedwithcautus]

I guess that's true...

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[outofoffice]

[ CAPITALISM ARGUMENTS ALWAYS WIN ]

So what's left for us is to mix the best drink possible!

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[ends]

Trust me on this one, it's a deep hole to go down if we want to be offering therapy to this customer and the family for any issues...

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[proceedwithcautus]

Ehe.

I guess it's just habit.

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[ends]

You have a good heart, Eirene.

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[sancrimony]

It depends on if your priority is to win the game or if your priority is to do as minimal harm as possible.

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[proceedwithcautus]

When you put it that way, it sounds worse...

...just this once, I suppose it's fine, though.

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[sancrimony]

Even if it doesn't look the part, bartending is quite a serious job with many complex moral dilemmas . . . for example, what if this person needs the alcohol to be able to calm their nerves when handling children?

Or, say someone comes in looking particularly miserable—they drink and they drink and drink some more. At what point is it our duty as compassionate human beings to stop them from drinking? But then, just what makes us capable of making such decisions and deciding such borders?

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[ends]

Some people really don't know the art of stupidly insisting "that's just my face/personality" when called out.

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[bondsofsuffering]

At the very least, we should be able to make him something that looks tea-ish enough.

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[ends]

If I had known this was coming I would've brought cans of tea with me... Alright, I'm sure we can dump things in a glass with some ice. I'll keep the "flammable alcohol" commentary to a minimum.

Re: DISCUSSION/MINGLE

[bondsofsuffering]

There's no way they'd let us use them even if we had. The game's pretty transparent about what it's trying to do.