coatroom

Other unsung heroes in the bar are the coatroom people. The coatroom was the first legitimate job I had in the bar. I didn’t get to keep the tips-they went to pay for the lights in the parking lot. I would feel like an idiot if it wasn’t for the fact others believed him also. There was Glenn (Miller). I love Glenn dearly but imagine your parents call you Glenn miller? There was frank Moo-cow and Glenn the cleaning guy! OMG! the cleaning guy with the gross dog who lived in the house next door that was so broken down years ago. I once got so drunk I ended up staying at that house once. I woke up in the middle of the night to pee and this smelly homeless looking guy was in the hallway. I asked Glen the next day who the guy was? “Oh, he’s a homeless guy who used to sleep in the basement and now sleeps in the hallway. “ It always amazed me what I got used to in the bar business. Imagine letting someone sleep in your upstairs hallway. The things we got used to still amaze me. Besides the sexual innuendoes, there were the sex changes and the transies.
The thing that surprises me is the fact that nothing surprises me. You become numb and I hated becoming numb.
Today you can find Inny’s Ohn or Darryl or AJ or a few others. Many things have changed over the years, including the look of the coatroom. I had wire hangers and a silver duct tape box, anyone who worked the coatroom in it’s hay day remembers the silver duct tape box.