Fruit Salad and Mixed Veg

Apart from serving idiots and putting up with annoying people, working in a bar isn't THAT bad. You get paid well (better than a check out chick) and you sometimes get free stuff.

Free stuff:
Sometimes we have promotions at work and when there are things left at the end of the night, we can take them home.


A Jack Daniels shirt. It doesn't fit well and I'm never going to wear it, but I don't care because it was free. I can wash the cat/car with it


A Jack Daniel's hat. These hats are great Father's Day gifts.

Sometimes people leave stuff behind. If it's worth something (a jacket, proper hat, handbag) we put it behind the bar and hope they come back to collect it. If it's not worth anything (something worth $2) we know they're not going to come back to get it, so we put it into the bin or take it home (but most of the things go in the bin)


These flowers were part of a $2 headband. I took the flowers off and took them home


The security guard put this black hat on my head...so, I took it home.


Last night
I was in a quieter bar last night so I was able to talk to people. Everyone tells me their name eventhough I never remember their name.

Some girl: "You look too sweet to work here....Are you Christian?"
Me:

Some old guy orders a beer
Me: $5 please.
Old man: Oh..I'm in the band... (people in the band get free drinks)
Me: Ok...I'll just check on that *I go to the other guy behind the bar to confirm this guy is in the band*
Old man: *runs away with the beer*
*15 minutes later the old man is BACK!*
Me: Hey, you didn't pay for your beer! It's $5.
Old man: But I'm in the band...a one man band...*gets out a little flute/recorder*
Me: Noooo! Don't play that! $5!!!
He eventually got kicked out

Then there was a guy who came inside to ask where the toilets were. He was smoking insice though! (against the LAW!) I yelled at him "Hey, you can't smoke in here! Get out!" Then he put it out on the floor! Then he got kicked out

Some guy: *to me* You should really get earrings. They'd brighten up your face
Me: Err...I had earrings...but I took them out...the hole grew over...and now I'm too scared to get my ears pierced again
Some guy: You should get them pierced again. They'd brighten up your face
Me: Wont a necklace do?
Some guy: No. You need earrings
Me: Yeah so then I can look like some little kid who broke into their mum's jewelery box!
Some guy: I'd never say that!

Guy in red T-shirt: I'll have a Kahlúa and milk thanks.
Me: *pours milk into glass*
Guy in red T-shirt: Ohh Pura Skimmer! (that's what the milk is called for those who don't know)
Me: *looks at bottle* Yes, it is. 99% fat free too *reads more* ...Ideal choice to help you maintain a healthy, balanced diet...
Guy in red T-shirt: That's what it's all about. Balance. *takes a sip of drink* That tastes GREAT! Great taste!
Me: Nutella and orange is tasty too.
Guy in red T-shirt: You can afford Nutella? Well, you know, there are so many different flavours. I suppose orange and Nutella might be good.
Me: There are many tastes in this tasty world. You should write a book about it.

Aboriginal woman: Hi....I'll have a beer...
Me: We're closed. No more drinks.
Aboriginal woman: *Yeah...I know why...it's because I'm black!!
Me: No, it's because we're closed. We're not serving anyone!
Aboriginal woman: No, it's because I'm black!!!!!!!!!

My fellow bar tender tried to put my arms into some 'lock' thing which the security guards use to throw people out with. But, it didn't work on me The only way to throw me out is to physically pick me up and throw me out the window.

On my way to the bus stop I walked a pub and the security guards were sitting at a table outside, playing chess. It was really funny!

My foot has gone to sleep. Time to swap activities....eat or do homework?

My dad and I drove to Murray Bridge on Thursday, with me behind the wheel and my dad talking on the phone, trying to instruct me at the same time...


As I didn't want to hang around some office for 3 hours, I decided I would walk around. However, that meant I had to park the car first... I parked too close to the white car and nearly hit it...I managed to get out of the car, but when it was time for my dad to get behind the wheel...he couldn't get in! He went back to the passener side and climbed over the gear bit to get behind the wheel


There are lots of little, uninteresting shops in Murray Bridge. There's one called Neds which is a craft/gift shop which was filled with Christmas junk. Yes, I call it junk becasue once Christmas has finished it all goes into the bin...well it does here anyway. The main street has lots of bins and chairs. Why so many chairs? Well, after 10 minutes you would have seen everything this town has to offer, so you need somewhere to sit until it's time to go home.


The main shopping centre has a very unfriendly atmosphere, the stairs are marked from people's shoes and there's a Steve Irwin cardboard cut out near the door. In the shopping centre, there is a bookshop. The bookshop was probably the most interesting thing in the town-they should put it in a tourist brochure. Why buy books when you can read them in the store? According to Lonely Planet, there's a spice shop in Hamburg that's really good and there's a book about emos too.

Usually, parks are quiet, relaxing places. In Murray Bridge there are two parks near the mainstreet, both of which are near a noisy intersection. They're not the palce for picnics or BBQs and this is proved by the fact that there IS NO BBQ!


You'd be glad to know Murray Bridge has electricty. Does the author of this blog have any proof? Well, yes, this voltage box...or perhaps it's a pretend voltage box.. It's a strange shade of brown and you can stand on it if you want to see stuff...though there's not much to see.


The community art gallery is not the place for lovers of art. If you like looking at ametuer sketches, then visit the gallery, if not don't go there! If you like bargains, there's a Salvation Army store in the town. There you can buy a 1970s red velvet couch, ancient National Geographic magazines and dusty glass bowls.

You can really tell that no architectual thought went into the designing/landscaping of the road in/out of Murray Bridge. The McDonalds is positioned too far from the main street.


This is the view from a high bit of the free-way. Everything is dying so if you like the colours wheaty-yellow and brown, you should build a Summer house along the free-way


If you're driving to a cemetery in the country, there's no need to buy flowers. You can just pick some from the side of the road and prove your Aussie-scabiness.


This is the 'real' Australia that you wont see in travel books.

The weather this morning was actually nice, which was a surprise. So, I went for a walk but still took my umbrella as the weather can change really quickly! I was talking to some exchange students who said they've never seen the weather go from sunny to rainy so fast!

I walked to the top of this hill this morning. That's the view of Adelaide...you could actually see the ocean, but you can't see it in the photo.


I've got some more photos of Australian plants too....