Inept Bartenders

Monday: Into the office at 8:50am. Out of the office at 8pm.

Long day, but still good. After work, Alex and I went to a place next to our hotel named Vapiano's  It was an odd experience. when we walked in, we were handed a plastic credit-card type thing and we welcomed in very hurried German. Ok, so we have a card and no one sat us at a table. Great.

We wandered upstairs and tried to order a drink. The bar tender was serving an older man who ordered some sort of drink involving Schwepps Bitter Lemon, lime, and rum. Oh man, this poor girl did not know how to mix a drink. It made me want to jump behind the bar and save her the embarrassment. The older man waiting was obviously saddened by his lame drink, but was still nice to the girl who was trying her best. I think the oddest part of her drink making was the fact that she must've used 3 or 4 latex gloves in the process - she would put on a pair to cut the limes, and she used another pair to pour the rum. What?

And what purpose did the cards serve? You swipe them at the bar when ordering drinks or food, and it adds any orders to your tab. You pay at the end, kind of like getting to the end of the cafeteria line where you need to pay for all the food you put on your tray while in line. An interesting idea, but very confusing considering I had never seen it before and was given a card with no explanation on it as soon as I walked in.