I decided it would be fun to learn to bartend and took a week-long bartending class. Part of the class was learning to make drinks, interact with customers, etc. Part of the bonus was the ability to come back to that bar in the evenings and serve actual customers for practice. Didn’t get to keep any of the tips, but it was still fun.
One night, my last day of class, I went in to do a practice shift for shits and giggles. It wasn’t a busy night so I didn’t get to do much, but it was fun to be behind the bar. A few other former students from that bar-tending school came in to get a chance to test their skills as well so I met a few other people and ended up staying and drinking with them for a while.
One of the girls I met was this absolutely gorgeous Filipina girl. She worked in tech, but wanted to bartend on the side to make some spending cash. I hit it off with her right away, we traded numbers, and talked about hanging out again soon. A few days later I got a series of texts from her telling me to meet her and her cousins out at a bar downtown for her birthday.