Tales From An Airport Bar
Tales From An Airport Bar
Ep 4: Malcom In The Middle
Ever wondered what it's like to navigate the whirlwind of an airport bar, rubbing shoulders with rock stars and sports legends? Malcolm joins us for a rollicking episode filled with unexpected twists, starting right off the bat with his spontaneous trip to Seattle. From the pungent aroma of weed at SeaTac to delectable bites at Nate's Chicken and Waffles, and cocktails with the Space Needle as the backdrop, Malcolm’s vivid storytelling transports you straight into his adventurous escapade.
Curious about the celebrities that frequent airport bars? Malcolm doesn’t hold back as he recounts his encounters with iconic bands like Black Sabbath and Pantera, not to mention an amusing run-in with Chester Bennington from Linkin Park. But it's not all rock and roll; listen as he hilariously narrates an unexpected proposition at an Irish pub that ends in a comical dash for the door. The unpredictable nature of bar life at a bustling terminal never sounded more thrilling.
Bartending isn't always glamorous, and Malcolm gets real about the highs and lows of the job. From his early days and the camaraderie at an airport sports bar to a tense episode with law enforcement stemming from mistaken identity, his anecdotes are as diverse as they are entertaining. Add in tales of wrestlers, cannabis mishaps, and travelers’ antics, and you won't want to miss a minute. Malcolm’s contagious enthusiasm and knack for storytelling promises more exciting episodes ahead. Tune in and join the fun!
Hey, welcome in guys. Episode four of Tales from an Airport Bar. We have our second guest on this week. Welcome, malcolm. Thanks for coming on the show today.
Speaker 2:Thanks, man, I appreciate it, excited about this venture y'all are taking.
Speaker 1:So I know you've got some stories lined up for us today. Why don't you start with that one about SeaTac?
Speaker 2:SeaTac, yep. So varsity sports bar, terminal E I think I was like 22, 23 at the time and there was a nice young lady at the bar and we were just chopping it up, having a good time and she you know, we exchanged numbers and I didn't really think anything of it and I was sitting there in my apartment one day. I was like you know what? I need a vacation and I've never been to Seattle before. So I text her, she ends up inviting me out and she. I text her, she ends up inviting me out, and so I end up booking a flight, doing the whole thing, and I go for a long weekend.
Speaker 2:So I leave Thursday evening or Thursday afternoon and I request off from you. Thank you, chris, so my pleasure. So I. So I ended up landing and it's funny cause I've never been to SeaTac, I was so young. So I'm like, okay, this cool new adventure. And I land and the first thing that hits me when I walk out of those double doors or those sliding doors at SeaTac was a smell of weed. Yep, and I was like yo, probably some grunge music. So I was like yo.
Speaker 2:I look at her and I'm like I was like yo man, who's smoking out here? Dude, this is loud. And she was like, oh, that's legal. I'm like wait, it's what? So she instantly goes in her purse and pulls out edibles and I'm sitting here like this is going to be a long weekend, man, long weekend. So she introduced me to Nate's Chicken and Waffles. Shout out to Nate's Chicken and Waffles up there. I have nothing there. Chicken and Dicks, yeah, yeah, yeah, love a bag of dicks. Yeah, love a bag of dicks. Yeah, she introduced me to there's a lot of cool bars.
Speaker 2:The first thing we do is we don't even go to her party, we don't do anything. We go to this dope-ass spot that's like um, it's this, it's this um bar restaurant that overlooks the needle and it overlooks the water and uh. So I guess it's a pier bar or whatever, but it was nothing but outside sitting and fire pits all over the place and so, and so my bags are sitting on the trunk and I get there and we sit down. I had oysters for the first time there. Yeah, nice, it was like a mixology place. So they had bomb-ass drinks and old-fashioned there.
Speaker 2:And I was just sitting there like man I could catch a vibe out here. I had to hang out on the pier.
Speaker 3:And then when?
Speaker 2:she took me back to her apartment and she told me how much she to have to pay for the house.
Speaker 1:Never mind, can't do it. I don't know what kind of money I'll make out there. Yeah, my girl lives downtown.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so granted, she did you know she did live downtown, like two miles away from the neighborhood. I can only imagine.
Speaker 1:I'm out there every couple months when I can get out there.
Speaker 3:Well, let's talk about so, Chris, you hired Malcolm.
Speaker 1:How did that work? What was that? Was that 2008?
Speaker 2:I was 18, chris, I was 18.
Speaker 3:He's always plucking up these 17s to come work at the airport.
Speaker 1:No, he walks. So what? He's all of 18. He walks in and I'm running the sports bar at the time. He's just got this. I mean, he's what? 7 foot tall? For starters, you can definitely pick him out of a crowd. So he comes in for an interview. I'm interviewing people. Starters, you can definitely pick him out of a crowd. He comes in for an interview. I'm interviewing people. I need more servers. He comes in and he's just got this larger than life personality. I'm like you have no experience. Okay, you don't know anything about high volume service in the airport. You got the right personality. You're about to learn the skill, so we took him on.
Speaker 2:Next thing, I know he's bartending funny thing is the first thing he says was like you couldn't get a haircut for this. I didn't even get a haircut. I was like, hey, this dude's get a haircut. I was like, hey, this is really being a wedding. I was like, yeah. But the funny thing is that when we were coming in for the interview. There was a gang of us and they were group interviewing us to open up Tequila Ria.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, so technically I was supposed to work at Tequila Ria, but Chris worked some sort of voodoo.
Speaker 1:No, I like this kid. I want him to go with us.
Speaker 2:All of my friends we all got jobs, but six of them went to Takeda Green. I was the only one who went to the bar.
Speaker 3:Well, he found his first round. Pick yeah I did.
Speaker 2:That was a lot.
Speaker 1:That was the start of it. All Years later and several restaurants later, and look at you now, and look at you now. And look at me now, look at me now. So tell us some stories about when you worked at the sports bar. What kind of celebrities would you run into? What kind of regulations did you have?
Speaker 2:Terminal E was. You know, terminal E at that point was kind of like the puddle jump yeah Terminal it. That point was kind of like the puddle jump yeah Terminal. It was old and grungy. They had just redone D, I think, at the time. So D was like Terminal D was the hot new thing, not redone it, built it, oh yeah, built it yeah. So like Terminal E was just a puddle jump thing and I was like, okay, well, you like so, yeah. So like Turner, he was just a puddle junk thing and I was like, okay, well, you know, I'm serving, I'm earning my stripes and I get, I get a, I get this tall dude, he's tall and he's stocky, I get him walking in. And varsity was set up kind of like the sections were all categorized in sports we talked about this last week with James.
Speaker 2:Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, the tennis court and the hockey ring yeah, those in the back, and then football was kind of in the front. So this guy has his little carry-on and he's strolling too. He has his hat down low, playing black hat down low, and he strolls straight to the back, doesn't even talk to the host. He doesn't even talk to the host, doesn't talk to anybody, Goes straight to the back and sits at the hockey ring platform and I'm sitting there like man, all right. So I go and introduce myself. He doesn't look at me and he asked for a Diet Coke and I'm just standing there waiting for him to make eye contact, because that's really awkward. He looks up and it's Tony Romo and I'm sitting here like oh shit you're tony roma and I say it out loud, and he's like, yeah, no.
Speaker 2:And I'm like, oh, okay, okay, okay, I'll be right back. Yeah, no, I was like. I was like hey I'll close the section for you. Make sure no one gets your face. I was like cool, so I close up the section and I don't tell anyone. No one knows this at first, until I tell Joe and then Joe's like what.
Speaker 2:So I know exactly what he ordered Diet Coke, chicken, nachos. That was what he got. All the time he would he would have been there, oh. So when I bring him his food, he's on the phone. He's on speaker. Well, I see his phone and it says Jessica.
Speaker 2:Now, at this point he's dating Jessica Simpson. So I'm sitting here like oh my God, is that Jessica Simpson? And Tony's like Tony's giggling. He's like yeah, I was all like oh my God. And he's like hey's giggling. He's like, yeah, I was all like oh my God. And he's like hey, jessica, my server, malcolm says hi. Jessica's like hi, malcolm, take good care of him. I'm sitting there like oh my God, jessica Simpson's talking to me. That's crazy. So, so, yeah, so I mean that was so, that was cool. But ever since then, I think yeah, I think he's been in varsity, probably Because I didn't realize he would take a puddle, jump to Little Rock and then fly up to Wisconsin, because I didn't know he was from where he was. Yeah, I didn't know he was a G-Zit. Yeah, because he was stalking the shit. So I was like, okay, so he would come in there. Quite often I think I saw I have waited on him four times so, and At one point he would ask for me. That was cool, you did an okay job I did.
Speaker 2:Alright, I kept his profile up. But yeah, man, tony, I mean God, what's his name From Pantera?
Speaker 1:Blue Bear.
Speaker 2:Benny Paul. Benny Paul got uh, what's his name? From pantera. Uh, we had done these balls or many. There's any call? Yeah, benny paul. Benny paul was a regular there um, yeah, we got a few.
Speaker 1:We got a few in my house. Yeah, yeah, then we're okay. So I was talking to my brother about this last week and, uh, darren woodson remember big al that worked there yeah, woodson would come in and say Woody.
Speaker 2:Okay, so funny story. I have to jump ahead. But whenever I worked at Friday's, I saw Woody walking across Terminal B and I was wearing his jersey. Now, the odds of me wearing his jersey and seeing him walk past that day slim. So I'm like Woody and I just opened up my arms and I show him the 28. Now, granted, at the time someone else was 28. I think DeMarco was there.
Speaker 3:No, no, no, no, I'm sorry, demarco was 29.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, demarco was 29. Someone else had 28. And so, but then I turned around and I gave him the thumbs and I was like yo. He was all like, ah. So he dropped his bag, came over, asked the manager for a Sharpie to sign it for him. So I still have that jersey framed up at my house and it says to Malcolm. And he's like, hey, my nephew's name's Malcolm. I'm like, oh, so that was it. Can I be your nephew? I could be your nephew for a day, sir. So yeah, man, that was cool. One of the all-time greatest people, not even just a player, a badass player, but just people. Man. He is so friendly man, his energy was just like. He's so humble. You know that you can approach him and say what's up, man?
Speaker 2:He's going to be cool. The fact that he just left his bag right there and just walked across and signed in and just I was like man, I really wish I bought enough to get a picture with him and stuff, but no, he was really cool.
Speaker 1:One of the coolest people, the coolest groups I waited on when I was at the or took care of when I was at the sports bar, was they had they were doing Oz Fest and all the members of Black Sabbath came in except for Ozzy Osbourne. So this was before Ronnie James Dio passed away. That was pretty cool, wow.
Speaker 2:Was Ozfest here or was it? I don't know you know this is 15-. Yeah, more than that.
Speaker 1:Plus years ago.
Speaker 2:Yeah, there's a lot yeah but those rock guys are really cool. Those rock guys are really cool when you notice them.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and I've seen. You know we've taken care of Pantera. I've seen them, obviously, at the sports bar and I saw them at the Irish pub. They're coming there too.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, at the sports bar, and I saw them at the Irish Pub. They're coming there too. Yeah, chester Bennington, also one Really good guy. Rest in peace. But yeah, chester was a really cool guy, I remember you took some pictures with him.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, why don't you tell us about some shenanigans? Gosh, what kind Wasn't?
Speaker 3:there a baby stroller incident.
Speaker 2:God damn it Blake. Yes, so I was at the pub at the time and this was a. Saturday, because I bartended alone on Saturdays and Chris was closing.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, chris, I'm dragging you with me. I'm sitting here and obviously bartenders were always typically the last to leave. We're cleaning and everyone's out Back of the house is out, front of the house is out and it's quiet, doors are closed. This girl comes in and she's got like this twin, these twins and a stroller, walks in and asks if we were still serving food. So my smart ass, you know, reply would have been well, clearly no one's in here. But you know, woman, I'm like okay, I'll be nice, I know now we'll close, most of the stuff's closed. And then she's like okay, well, chris is smart ass, wants to come from the back of the house. I don't know what he was doing back there, probably finished putting stuff up because the back of the house, and he's like. He's like, oh, hello, man, how are you?
Speaker 2:And I'm sitting there like this guy's about to rizz and I'm just sitting there still wiping down the bar. And then she asked me. She turns to me and asked me like hey, what are you doing later? And I'm sitting here like what I was like I was just going to go to Boston's and have a drink. If you know anything about DFW Airport, boston's was a place to go after you got off for work. I don't care if you work on the street side, I don't care if you work on the street side, I don't care if you work on the street side or in the airport. We always just go to Boston. So I was like I'm just going to go to Boston to have a drink. And she was like well, my flight's not until 11.45 tonight.
Speaker 3:And I think at the game.
Speaker 2:We closed like around 9, 9.30, this time 9.30. So we had always pre-cleaned stuff, so I was almost done and she says she says well, my place not till 11 45. I was like, okay, I mean cool, you can't really get out. And then she's like so you want to go to the family bathroom?
Speaker 1:I'm sitting here like uh what, I don't need to go to the bathroom.
Speaker 2:And I was like, and she was giving me this look and I'm sitting there like, uh, so I am hella confused, hella confused. And I'm sitting there like, um well, and then Chris, out of nowhere, says, well, I'll watch the kids. And I'm sitting here like this conversation is not happening. This conversation is not happening. I'm sitting here like this conversation is not happening. This conversation is not happening.
Speaker 3:I'm like no.
Speaker 2:I got your back. And then so she looks at Chris and says thank you. And then I'm like you're welcome. And I asked her. I was like are we really about to do this? And she's like I was just diagnosed I was recently diagnosed with nifflomania and I really just had this time, my god. And I was like, and I was like okay, I was like give me 15 minutes, let me finish up and I'll meet you around the corner. She's like okay, so she pushes these little babies out of the bar and chris looks at me like yeah, he's, he doesn't say he did, he doesn't say anything, he just looks at me like oh, yeah, he doesn't say anything.
Speaker 2:He doesn't say anything, he just looks at me like oh yeah, go do it, and I'm like I am sneaking the fuck out of here, do not go. Yep, and so once I finished.
Speaker 2:Don't you say a word. Once I finished cleaning, I sent Chris to see where she was at. She was tucked around the left side. If you know anything about the game, you know that it goes. We're at the corner so you can either go left, right or straight. I couldn't see her straight, but she was tucked around the left side, so I exited the right side and bolted straight to my car. I was like no, no way. What happened after that? I don't know. She found somebody, I'm sure. I'm sure, I'm sure TSA watch the kids. I was like, oh my God, she wasn't bad looking.
Speaker 3:I would say what are your priorities, man? You're traveling alone with your twins and we need to, Okay.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I have way more questions than what that mouth did.
Speaker 3:I have way more questions.
Speaker 2:I got way more questions.
Speaker 1:So tell us. I want to hear about some incidents that happened with the police.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, dude, I've had a couple of them. All of them have been on my motorcycle. So there's this girl at the pub that had her flight canceled and so she ended up closing the bar down with me and she was like, hey, they gave me a voucher for the Hyatt. Do you know what that is? I was like, yeah, it's connected to Terminal Seal. She was like, okay, well, you want to go have a drink at their bar? And I'm like, yeah, sure, bet, not a foreign struggle. So she goes down, she waits on me, so we hop on the sky link and go over to terminal c and we're chilling at the high bar and there were no twins involved.
Speaker 2:There were no twins involved. She was solo, she was solo, and so we. So we're having a couple drinks at the bar and it's just like, okay, cool, I had a good vibe. And she's like, hey, you want to come back up to my room? I'm like, well, yeah, duh. So I'm like okay, yeah.
Speaker 3:So I'm like yeah sure why not.
Speaker 2:So I was like, hey, I'm going to go get my bike and I'll bring it around. She's like, okay, so, so she lets me know. So I told her I'll meet her at the front counter because she hasn't checked in yet. So I was like, okay, cool, so I go back to Terminal D get my bike. So if you know anything about the airport, there are specific entrances and specific exits of the parking attached to the terminal. Well, Terminal D has convenient breezeways that if you have a small mobile vehicle you can kind of get through. Well, I decided I'm going to be cool and hop that breezeway and get out of there and little did I know.
Speaker 2:If the motorcycle fit, you must. Yes, exactly, that's what. That's what you know what I thought I told that to the officer, but you know what he's black. You know, you know what. I told that to the officer, but you know what he's black. He didn't find that too funny.
Speaker 1:You're a regular evil.
Speaker 2:Kenevo, it's not for me black too, I know, I know. That's why I thought we had a connection man. I pulled around and there was a cop right there. I hooked that left. There was a cop right there and he got and jumped in front of my drive. They there and he got him. He jumped in front of my drive in front. They like jumped in front of the bike. You couldn't even go, so I, so I couldn't. I was like I was like, oh god, okay, can I go? So I stopped and I noticed. I noticed him and he was one of the cops that would patrol terminal d, quite often on my center, like so he ends up. He ends up saying like I, I have to take you in.
Speaker 1:And I was like, yeah, take me in For driving on the sidewalk or something.
Speaker 2:So he takes me in for PI, apparently because he could smell me. But he was like you took me in as a PI. Well, I didn't know. This is when I learned how DFW at that time worked, how DFW. Fun thing about DFW it covers two counties, four cities. Depending on where you get in trouble at is what precinct you go to. So because I was in Terminal D, I had to go to Great Bind and so he's taking me to a jail. I don't know about off-site and I'm sitting here like where am I going? And he takes me to Great Bind. I don't get out until 9.30 the next morning, but he let me park my bike.
Speaker 3:He let me park my bike.
Speaker 2:Oh God, I felt so bad. She left me three or four voicemails. She still hasn't checked in.
Speaker 3:She was so pissed. She's still waiting at the counter to check in.
Speaker 2:She was so pissed I didn't even call her back.
Speaker 1:I was like man, opportunity missed on that one Sheesh Big whiff of it Swing and a miss. Oh my God, so Okay.
Speaker 2:But Tagine. The weird thing about Tagine, though, is that because you had the Irish, fuck, yeah. Yeah, because we were in Terminal D right, it was the international term Domestic and international right, so like you just never knew what you were going, to get, oh yeah.
Speaker 2:Like it was just all different people from all walks of life, vacation, work, foreigners. I met a lot of cool international friends that I still keep up with today on social media. You know Australian people, british people, I mean really really cool people, man. Then you have the assholes they're from everywhere. But there's cool people, man, then you have the assholes they're from everywhere but there's cool people from everywhere too. Exactly, but some of the best times I think I was there. For what?
Speaker 1:five years, six years? From what year to what years did you work out there?
Speaker 2:god at the pub? No, all together. I was bartending there from 18 To what years did you?
Speaker 1:work out there. God At the game At the pub? No, altogether, altogether.
Speaker 2:I was bartending there from 18. So that was about 2006, 2007. Up until two years ago, so 2023?.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah. So I've been bartending off and on about it, so okay, you when you worked for shenanigans aka.
Speaker 1:Fridays didn't you have a run-in when you were leaving out Fridays with that same cop that we were just talking about?
Speaker 2:Yes, yes, I did, actually. So Fridays was kind of a weird one because that one was a stopgap. I was young, dumb and desperate, so I took that job they have. At that time they had a closed circuit of bartenders where you didn't get into the bar unless you had been there for 25 years. Somebody died, yeah, or somebody died so it's like you know whatever. So I worked. I was one of the lead servers in cocktail there. Man worked with a lot of cool people, but that time was like it was a drunken studio, like I don't like.
Speaker 2:I really just don't remember much of that. Time was like it was a drunken stupor. I really just don't remember much of that time. I was living with a roommate at the time. It was okay money, but it wasn't a lot. Funny story it was like a purge of Fridays because a gang of us all got fired for floating drinks. So that was a pretty. That was a pretty. That was a pretty eventful time. Sorry, sir, I couldn't do that. No, it's funny because there was like, legitimately I think, there was like eight of us running this floating ring.
Speaker 1:It's horrible. What do you? Think was going to happen.
Speaker 2:Dude, we would all like plot, where we all plot what sections we were in, because certain sections would get cut early before others and then whoever had section one would be the lead server on the ship. He would know who's in it and who's not. We would all run each other's food. It was a whole thing. Now, granted me walking away, me being probably 23, 24. Now, granted me walking away, me being probably 23, 24 at the time. Me walking away with shit $600, $700 shifts working as a server. It was pretty nice, but until you got to pay it back. Until you got to pay it back.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that was good. I think of that as a little loan.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Yeah, you know, just needed a little help getting back on my feet. But yeah, I mean Fridays, but Fridays was cool. I still keep up with a lot of people.
Speaker 1:So, but like I said, that same cop the same cop.
Speaker 2:I believe it was that. Yeah, so it was that same cop that ended up. That ended up.
Speaker 1:He almost booked me, so granted that same cop, but he did escort you out of the terminal, correct, correct, no, no, no. Oh, that's incorrect.
Speaker 2:He he, he wanted he. So there was. I guess there's a thing, there was an unruly. So our host was probably the best host on the planet. His name is dennis. Love you, dennis, uh, if you're listening, but dennis, one of the best hosts ever. Well, I guess there was something kind of like going on between him and a drunken guest that we had to escort out. Well, some things were said and assumed and accused of him. Well, he had already gone Because it was a volatile situation, hostile situation. He had already gone for the night because it was a volatile situation, hostile situation. He had already gone for the night.
Speaker 2:Well, if someone tells you that someone did something to you and you just happen to fit a description, and the description is a big black guy, the first big black guy, you see, you're probably going to talk to him. So, and granted, dennis Dredds, from New Orleans, like nothing like me, but the black guy, right. So I get questioned by the cop, as far as, like, by two other cops that are behind him. So I'm sitting here, like what did I do? And then they're questioning about some things that the young lady said that Dennis did Something that has to do with you know, putting her hands on her and all that kind of stuff. And I'm just sitting here like, okay, first of all, that's not me. Second of all, that did not happen. They were ready. They were ready to vote. I'm like that did not happen.
Speaker 2:And then I said did you, did you, is she still here? And then they were like no, I think she's bored. I was like well, like did you? Did you see how inebriated she was? Because I think she popped something while she was drinking?
Speaker 2:yeah, as they always drink before they get on, because we had, we had to, we had to cut her off. She was unbelievable, she was so. People never like that. And then Dennis, being the big light dude he is as the host, it's just kind of like man. I'm like trying to defuse it. What do you?
Speaker 1:mean you're cutting me off. Where am I supposed to dream?
Speaker 2:And I'm sure he kind of had his hand on her elbow, on her shoulder, trying to escort her out, trying to show her the direction. Yeah, there was no, but the things that were coming out of that cop's mouth were saying to, like I said that you push up against the wall. I'm sitting there like what so?
Speaker 3:we're going to take the inebriated guesswork of Russ.
Speaker 2:I'm just kind of like you think I'd still have a badge.
Speaker 3:You think that's what I would have? By the way, there's only a million. Yeah, I was like let's take a look.
Speaker 2:I was like, and you have your, you have your policy behind you. I was like, come on, you're scaring me right now, like I did not do anything wrong. So just trying to claim it, yeah that was yeah, that was a pretty scary spot, but nah, fridays, yeah, fridays was good, fridays was good. I had a lot of fun. You know that was the place that was the first job. I learned never shit where you eat, so definitely had a situation shit with one of the hostess Not smart Sometimes you gotta learn the hard way.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, I learned that if it ends- badly.
Speaker 3:I like to run into the wall and then learn to walk she's a sweet girl.
Speaker 2:She's a sweet girl tell me more, malcolm.
Speaker 1:I know there's more up your sleeve let's see between all the places? Have you listed off all the places you've worked? I think between all the places, have you?
Speaker 2:listed off all the places you've worked. Yeah, it was, I think four in total.
Speaker 1:I think it was Varsity first Friday second Any with the Mexican food place you worked at. Any good stories there?
Speaker 2:Mexican food place. Shithead, you talking about Cantina Same place we worked. Yeah, I know right, Cantina man. I met some dope people there. Met some WWE stars Didn't realize they drink. I think that was Uso Brothers. Was that the big?
Speaker 3:Polynesian.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:The Uso Brothers. You're like. Those guys either play middle linebacker or they're wrestlers.
Speaker 2:I recognized his girlfriend or wife. I don't know if they're married, but it was a black chick. I was like don't you wrestle? She giggled All the old wrestlers. It was Uso, the Uso brothers, the Celtic guy. The Irish Celtic guy no, no, no, no, no, this is like a newer, this is a 1982. No, no, but he was right he would have had a walk.
Speaker 2:I'm old, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah, but yeah, no, it was a game of them and they could have pulled the blade, bro, they they polished two balls of tito's in the morning and they were like, yeah, we're going to san antonio, I think they were going to san antonio for a show. They were like, yeah, we're going to San Antonio, I think they were going to San Antonio for a show. They're like, yeah, we got a show in San Antonio tomorrow night. I was listening. I was like, bro, they drank so much.
Speaker 2:Wrestlers are notorious for drinking. See, I didn't know that until then, but that was my second day. I was training with Crystal and JoJo.
Speaker 1:Who was it that JoJo went to school with his daughter Ric?
Speaker 3:Flair's daughter. Yeah, I played it on Ric Flair.
Speaker 1:Yeah, Ric Flair was awesome.
Speaker 3:Went to one of Ric Flair's weddings Nature Boys. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, one of our friends. You know who you're talking to the Rolex, where Woo Diamond ring, where Woo Kiss stealing Wheel and dealing Lim Stealing wheeling, dealing limousine riding Jet, flying son of a gun. You know what? Malcolm, I'm having a hard time Holding these alligators down.
Speaker 2:It's like he's in the room. It's like he's in the room. No, I'm not Okay. I will say there was this dude from Oregon that was at the bar and he was chopping it up with some girl and I was just kind of you know, he's dropping like we all do, and he had gave her some candy out of his bag and I'm like, hey man.
Speaker 3:I was like yo, you got any more candy and he was like oh, this isn't candy.
Speaker 2:I was like oh, what do you mean? What is it?
Speaker 1:he was like oh no, is a candy.
Speaker 2:I was like oh, what do you mean? What is it? He was like oh no, this is I forgot. I had these edibles, these caramel edibles, in my bag. I'm sitting here like, oh snap, he was like you want some. I actually I'm a grower.
Speaker 3:Everything's legal in.
Speaker 2:Oregon.
Speaker 1:Yes, and he was like and I guess it was.
Speaker 2:I guess it's changed between grower and distributor or something. Is it something different up there? He owns the land or he owns the grow shop there's people that grow it, and then the distributor is the middleman.
Speaker 3:He buys it from them and sells it.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:I don't know nothing about that, I just smoke it.
Speaker 2:Boy stop, he's on the first. I don't know nothing about that, I just smoke it. So he's on the first end of it. So he said, yeah, but what? So he gave me like a handful. He's like you have a lot and I was like, okay, cool, great, why don't you take one? Now tell me how they feel.
Speaker 3:I was like okay, so I ate one.
Speaker 2:I ate one. He closed the bar down and I was like, bro, I am hot, I need help. He was all like, yeah, I probably should have told you there's 15 eggs in that and I was like what I was like what, and granted, I'm pretty sensitive to anything that's that's only gonna last for another 4-6 hours and edibles are gonna hit harder than anything, bro I out.
Speaker 2:Edibles are going to hit harder than anything, when they hit you, don't turn it off. I'm telling you, dude, I was smelling colors that night. I was like yo, there was no, you were over there. I didn't walk out of there until probably like 1030. I was like yo, I was the slowest closer that day. Everything had to be spotless. Whoever opened that next day was happy.
Speaker 3:There's this guy. This was probably two or three months ago at the bar that me and Chris were working this dude's sitting at one of the first seats at the bar. We just joked with everybody. We're hanging out having a good time getting to know people.
Speaker 2:He's like yeah.
Speaker 3:He was in one of the states that's just becoming legal. He's working on their grows or whatever. He's like, yeah, I'm like he was in one of the states that just become illegal and he's working on their grows or whatever. He's a grower. We're like, oh, that's cool man. He's like, oh, yeah, and he just pulls a jar out of his pocket, oh yeah, opens it up, yeah, yeah, yeah, and tries to just hand us flour, just straight weed across the bar and just hands it to us. Just, I'm like, what are you doing?
Speaker 1:Just open some things, at least put this in my empty cigarette bag, please.
Speaker 2:I got to go. I'll be back. I now as horrible as a job as some of TSA does. I now understand why they exist, because a lot of people don't realize what you can and can't do there. A lot of people are absolutely clueless.
Speaker 3:People turn their brain off the second they go through the game. Check your bag.
Speaker 2:Check your brain. It is wild, I will say. There's so many people that have flown through to see me work over the years. There have been so many people like Chris and Mike that have escorted in that just wanted to watch the game at my bar.
Speaker 3:Those people definitely had tickets. Those were patriots, or patriots as we call them. This was also Statue of Limitations to music.
Speaker 2:Thank you, yes, but no, cantina was great Hell. That's where I met y'all.
Speaker 1:Actually, that's where I got my job. That's not where you met me. Well, no, that's where I met.
Speaker 2:Blake Shout out to Mr Chicken Beer himself. Yeah, mr Chicken Beer himself. Jeff, love you, buddy. One of our regulars, he used to order chicken beer.
Speaker 3:He used to drink Miller Lite until I said, Jeff drinks grow up, and then I gave him a taste of a little bit of local buzz. He never looked back.
Speaker 2:I can hear him now you got any chicken beer?
Speaker 3:He never learned the name of it. I know Never did it, just happened to have Rooster on the logo.
Speaker 2:So it was known for chicken beer. And for a year straight, every time he'd come in there, he'd either see me or you, blake, and he just always tried to get us to work more. And I'm like I was the one that took him to the buffet. I was like, fine, let's try it out, we'll see what happens, why not? And now I'm here, still in the industry that he brought me to. I love it.
Speaker 3:The amount of jobs that are offered across the airport over the years are huge, oh yeah.
Speaker 1:I must have got six, seven business cards. This week.
Speaker 2:Dude. Chris, you are the networking king of the airport.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm just not the follow-through type of guy. I like working, I like what I do. I love bartending man. I don't know what else I would do really. I mean, people want me to go sell RVs and all kinds of shit.
Speaker 3:I do love sales the bartending is fun but I think it's just the sales and it's just the mentality you take and just taking care of people and being friendly and just trying to put a smile on people's faces, because traveling sucks.
Speaker 1:Traveling sucks, traveling sucks, and we're not here to make it worse, we're just here to make it better. That's it.
Speaker 2:I will say, for the people listening that actually would consider doing it, I will say that if you're sitting at a bar at an airport, those are probably some of the most interesting and engaging people you'll ever meet.
Speaker 1:At the same time, if you're sitting in an airport bar, please don't over drink.
Speaker 2:Or pop a perk before you start drinking, for the love of God, because we will. We will cut you off and we will. Dfw airport is one of those airports you don't want to get arrested in. I'll tell you that.
Speaker 1:So, malcolm, what you don't understand is we didn't disclose what airport in the last three episodes.
Speaker 3:Cat's out of the bag now. You guys know where we are. You still don't know how to find us, though yeah, you got to find us.
Speaker 2:If you ever need to know where to find Chris, let me know.
Speaker 1:Thank, you so much for coming on today, man, that was awesome For sure. We would love to have you back anytime.
Speaker 2:No, I definitely have more. I think that y'all are doing something great here, and the more stories that come out, the more fun it's going to get.
Speaker 1:There's a list of bartenders.
Speaker 2:I'll definitely plan on being back, because I definitely have more.
Speaker 1:Guys, this is going to wrap up episode four. Thank you for listening. We will see you guys in two weeks.
