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thenewgreen · 4654 days ago · link · · parent · post: Ask Hubski: What is the greatest travel experience you've ever had?

I learned a valuable life lesson because of your travels. When we were working at the restaurant and you were bar tending, we had a regular named Michael that would come in. He worked at the overpriced men's clothing store on the corner, remember? He smoked about 20 cigarettes in 20 minutes every time he came in.

You were headed to Ghana as a trip with the UofM architecture school (I think) and you were on leave studying the buildings etc, Michael asked me where you were and I replied,

Sounds_sound's is so lucky he's in Africa studying architecture, I wish I could travel like that and Michael put down his 19th cigarette and said to me,

you know Steve, you create your own luck in life. -So true.

He put out his cigarette and I emptied his ashtray a changed man.

P.S. -One butt, two butt, three butt... your butt!

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sounds_sound · 4654 days ago · link ·

Michael was a whisky man most days. JD on the rocks primarily. He'd switch to vodka occasionally when the suits weren't selling. His buddy would have a Bloody Mary ALWAYS. Damn if I can't remember his name, I only remember that he would talk about shaving. He was proud of his beardline, probably not his belly. Michael was a cool mother fucker. Looked like a mix between Daryl Hall, the 1983 version, and Jack Nicholson's Joker. Once, I was wearing a name tag that said "Cott" on it. Thought it was funny so I wore it anyway. When he first saw it, he smirked and without missing a beat said "The S is silent."

That was one of the better parts of the job. I would even drop lunch off in their back room / office space that always had an open bottle of wine and about one hundred pairs of $60 socks. They would wash the dishes themselves then drop them off IN THE KITCHEN. Just walk through the swinging doors and bam - no problem. Remember the heavy-set bald southern gentlemen who used to dress like Don Cherry humped Elton John? He, was a precious snowflake.

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thenewgreen · 4654 days ago · link ·

Remember the heavy bald white man who used to dress like Don Cherry fucked Elton John? He was a unique little snowflake wasn't he? -Dude, I just laughed a whole lot. Of course I remember him. He had a pretty thick southern accent and he sold me my first suit. It was $300 and to me that was a shit-ton of money. I wanted to buy it from Michael but he wasn't in that day. I remember showing it later to Michael and telling him how much I paid for it. He didn't have to tell me, his face said it all... I paid too much. I would have washed Michaels dishes for him, he was definitely a cool cat. Fat Don Cherry should have washed all our dishes.

Remember the weird Romanian couple that used to come in and order a caesar salad with salmon every single day? They would have us turn off the ceiling fans because she was allergic to wind. So many bizarre regulars. I have many fond memories of that place.