Watching a Gen Z bartender try to figure out

[Tomconroy]

how to make a martini. She had to look it up on her phone.
The end of civilization is upon us.

[dchill]

1. It's easy!

I looked it up on my phone!

[Shermann]

2. They'll hire anybody for anything these days nt

[MOMFUDSKI]

3. Good one AND

they can't add 15 and 14 without a calculator. My husband just got a hell of a discount on an item at the store because Z couldn't figure out the % off correctly. I was in a similar situation some years back and I kept trying to explain it to the kid so finally the guy waiting to check out behind me said just give her what she said. He gave up as did I. Paid and left, shaking my head all the way back to the car.

[rsdsharp]

12. It boggles the mind. I'm to the point where I'll explain it once,

tell them what the price should be, and if that doesn’t work, I take the gift and run.

And God forbid they should have to make change without the register telling them what it should be. This is addition and subtraction, folks; maybe multiplication at times. How did they get out of elementary school without learning this stuff?

[aeromanKC]

4. Sure is a lot easier than that damn bartender book we had to use

Now where did we place it again? Oh ya, down in that drawer on the other side of the bar, nooooo it is now up on that shelf by the Gallano

[SWBTATTReg]

5. Well, in all fairness to all bartenders. there are 10 thousands versions of every single drink

out there. My SO told me that.

An example would be that my favorite drink is a decent Bloody Mary (when I rarely have one) and you wouldn't believe the number of places I'll go to, to just hunt out a decent Bloody Mary that suits my taste. I finally found a place but the only reason that is that the bartender used to work at the place that made my particular Bloody Mary's before they closed (and she knows how to make them).

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. Isn't that her bosses fault rather than hers?

I don't understand the animosity. Sheesh.

btw, I'm 65 and couldn't make a martini if you put a gun to my head.

[PJMcK]

15. It's one of the easiest drinks to make.

Pour vodka or gin over ice in a glass.

Add a couple of drops of dry vermouth.

Stir.

Drink..

Repeat.

[Turbineguy]

7. One of my lectures in refrigeration

"The Thermodynamics of a good Martini".

I calculated that the way Martinis are made in bars, 26% dilution takes place. I had an opportunity to explain this concept to a Bar Tender once and she was not interested.

[Tomconroy]

9. Stirred not shaken. James Bond was an ignoramus.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

10. Hm! I always order gin martinis stirred and vodka martinis shaken! 🤔🍸

[Wolf Frankula]

11. To quote Jed Bartlett

"He was asking for a weak martini and being snooty about it."

Wolf

[PJMcK]

16. I love that scene

However, it’s always bothered me that Charle thought that On Her Majesty’s Secret Service was the best Bond film. Although it is one of Ian Fleming’s finer novels, it’s a weak film because George Lazenby was not very good as Bond and Telly Savales was terrible as the evil Blofeld. Charlie could have chosen better. From Russia With Love is not only a better film but it stars the best Bond (Sean Connery), a great villain (Robert Shaw) and follows Fleming’s novel very closely.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

8. Tell me about it! Twice, not once but twice, bartenders have loaded martinis I ordered with

vermouth because they thought “extra dry” meant extra vermouth!

[FoxNewsSucks]

13. I haven't had that happen, my problem is

they dump in too much olive brine when they make a dirty martini.

I just want a very small splash. I gave up ordering one out without having to explain that.

[Aristus]

17. In Gen Z's defense, there is a variety called Dry Vermouth.

I've got a bottle of it in my liquor cabinet. Makes for a fine Martini.

[Thunderbeast]

14. My new favorite is a smoky martini

Gin with a splash of scotch.

Yum!

[Aristus]

18. Sounds great. I'll have to try it.

I've got the gin, and a bottle of Glenfiddich. My favorite single-malt is Lagavulin, but the Glenfiddich was a gift, so I drink it. It's lovely. It's nowhere near as peaty as Lagavulin (people either love the peat or hate it; there's no in-between.), and more smoky, so it should be perfect.

[Thunderbeast]

19. I keep a bottle of cheap scotch for these

My Laphroig is a little rich to splash onto gin!