Water Crisis Is Bigger Than Just Flint, Michigan

The world water supply is on the verge of being contaminated just like Flint. It's no secret that for years people have been saying to stock up on water. These water bottling companies are so greedy, they may just pollute our clean water to make us buy their water and some of them have very strong ties to government officials.

It's all just a matter of time if no one acts now.





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Make The Music, Don't Let The Music Make You!!!!

In these days of the music industry we have seen a ridiculous change in people, clothing, wealth and of course lyrics. Some artist dare to be different and make money, but not as much as those who use horrible grammar and speak completely derogatory.

Some artist are too worried about losing their fan base to the right thing. These are the artist that make an amazing amount of money for making songs about bubble gum and someones daughter twerking in a club.

We have always spoken about the exploitation of people, places and things for artist to make money. However, this practice has spiraled so far out of control right now that they're even saying things like "Bitch", "Ass", etc... on television. Years ago you couldn't even say "Damn", but now it's truly a whole new world.

We once posed DJ Jamad  the question of his views of the music industry and the buffoonery of it all and this is what he had to say.

Do you agree? We would like to hear your thoughts.

Reasons Why You Shouldn't Go To Bartending School!!!

You can ask any true bartender anywhere in the world and they will all say the same thing, "Don't waste your money on bartending school!!!". Although, the main ones that are saying it have taken the class before and we all speak from experience. It's a big hustle.

So let's take a look into this shall we?

1. You pay anywhere from $300 - $600 for the class.
2. The class is 3 - 5 days long for 2 - 5 hours a day.
3. You practice with colored water, not real alcohol.
4. You learn all the functions of tools and utensils you will be using.
5. You learn the basic measures of alcohol via jigger.
6. You learn the top 10 mixed drinks.
7. You get a list of the top 50 - 100 mixed drinks.
8. Your promised job placement.
9. Your told you can come back and train with them whenever you want.

Okay, let's break this down.

So, you pay a ridiculous amount of money to take the class. In 3 - 5 days, you will learn enough to make drinks at wedding receptions, not bars and clubs. There is just way too much to learn. I don't care who you are, there will always be more to learn and a couple of days isn't going to do it.

They show you a mixing tin, jigger, etc... You can get online and find out everything you need to bartend and where to buy it. Then, in the class you start pouring the colored water with a jigger and making the mock-tails. How are you supposed to know what the drinks taste like, what they are actually supposed to look like, the weight of the alcohol to mixer if your not using the real thing? I'm sure there are some ordinances about that, but the question still stands. Also, at some point, there should be a free pour testing where you pour an ounce in a glass and then check to see how close you came the measurement.



Learning the top 10 drinks is great, truly. However, if you don't have anywhere to make the drinks on a regular basis, the student will forget, let alone a list of the top 50 drinks. Especially when 9 out 10 students don't get any kind of job placement. You may get a list of bars to apply to, but unless your a very pretty woman, you probably won't get the job. Sexist? Maybe, but not on my part. I'm just telling the truth.

You see, if you were a bar owner and someone came to apply for the job fresh out of bartending school, these are the thoughts rolling through your head.

This person is fresh out of school.
He/She won't be able to handle the volume.
This person will be practicing on my liquor, since the school used colored water.
This person may cost me a lot of money by making bad drinks, spilling and wasting alcohol making the wrong drinks, pissing of the customers and losing the company business and inventory.
This person may have to keep a cheat sheet with them meaning they will be making a Grateful Dead as long as it takes to make a real Old Fashioned.
This person may not have the personalty to be a successful bartender. (The one thing they don't stress enough while taking your money, knowing you are definitely not a good fit for the job.)
I can go on for days...............

The truth of the matter is, you never tell an interviewer that your right out of bartending school or ever took a bartending class. You will more than likely not get the job and if you do, there is usually a hidden agenda. I'm just saying.

So, people ask, "Well if I can say I've been to bartending school, what should I say?". My honest answer to that is, embellish!!! I'm not saying tell a bold face lie, but you can always say you have done a lot of private parties, events, etc... There are plenty things you can say, but I'm not going to put the bartending world on blast.

Anyways, bartending school is a huge rip off,. Especially since, I paid $500 for bartending school back in '91 and wanted to learn all I could, so I bought a Mr. Boston's Drink Book. I turned to the back of the book and everything I learned in that class was in the back of the book.
So, I spent all that money, wasted those 4 days, didn't get a job and all I had to do was spend $10 at the bookstore.

All I can say now is Buyer Beware!!!!

How Would You Feel If You Didn't Get Paid For Busting Your Hump?

What if you you went to work for 10 hours a day for base pay plus commission, sold over a $1000 worth of product and only got paid $25?

I'm pretty sure you would be pissed off and ready to quit. That's how bartenders and servers all over the world feel when people don't tip like they should.

In the Service Industry most employees commission is called gratuity. For those that don't know, gratuity is a tip or any appreciation directed to the one who served you. 99% of the time, the gratuity is displayed in currency. Sometimes, tickets, passes, jewelry, etc... Whatever the case, the server can judge your level of appreciation or your lack there of by your level of gratuity.

The gratuity percentage back in the day was 15%, which basically translates to $15 on every $100. It is now 18%, but most people just round up to 20%. Of course, you can definitely go higher, but that is the basic expected tip around the country for anyone worth their salt.

Now, in certain areas of the globe where the check average is very low, more than 20% gratuity is expected. Your saving a good bit of money on food and drink, so show your appreciation and tip your server well.

In other areas where check averages are extremely high, the gratuity is still 18% plus. If you know your going to an expensive restaurant and your about to spend a grip, why would you not include the server or bartender. Then at the end of the visit you want to tip $5 on $100 and act like you did them a favor.

The taxes on that $5 on $100 for the server can be as high as 7%, which means the server literally lost $2 just serving you. What a waste of time.

Then there's the people who start looking for something to complain about so they will get free food and drinks. In some instances it may just be warranted, but after getting free food or drink they want to tip $2 because they don't have a check.

Listen, what ever the total should have been with all the freebies is what you base your tip on. Stop being so damn cheap!!! You want someone to work for you, then you don't want to pay them?

The bottom line is, people make their living from tips and gratuity, not their paychecks because the paychecks usually say "void" or all zeros. It's a lot of foot hurting, back aching, sometimes mind scrambling work. Work that you cannot fully appreciate unless you have done it yourself and then you would be tipping 30% to 70%.

Plan on tipping well, you really don't want to be the one that everyone in the industry calls the cheap bastard and no one wants to serve. WJS - WE'RE JUST SAYING!!!!!