A Machine
A quick story from last week in San Francisco...
On Monday night I went out to have dinner (alone, again) at the famous John's Grill downtown. It's famous because it was the setting for author Dashiell Hammett's novel The Maltese Falcon. It's also well known because it supposedly has some of the best steaks in town. While it was fairly tasty, it was a far cry from the delicious flesh that gets served up in this region of the country.
After dinner, I stopped in at a bar called "Dave's" across the street from my hotel for a couple of beers and to watch the Monday Night Football game. I had a couple and chatted with a few people when in walks this guy. If you've ever seen Legally Blonde which yes, I'm admitting to right now, then picture the tall clumsy, geeky guy named David, that Reese befriends. This guy looked just like him.
He sits down next to me and places a $20 bill on the bar and asks for a glass of Wild Turkey 101 on the rocks in a water glass! That's 101 proof, as if the 80 proof Turkey wasn't gross enough. He receives his drink, surveys it, and begins his machine-like movements.
In this order: 1) take a sip - 2) put down glass - 3) fold hands on the bar - 4) pick up glass - repeat steps 1-4
He did this every 2-3 seconds I kid you not. Just a machine. I stared at him just like Marty McFly did when he realized he was sitting next to his father in the diner in Back to the Future. Only this guy didn't look over. Just kept repeating those same 4 steps until his glass was empty. Then the robo-man then leaves a $1 bill on the bar and walks out. This whole scene took less than 4 minutes. It was incredible.
On Monday night I went out to have dinner (alone, again) at the famous John's Grill downtown. It's famous because it was the setting for author Dashiell Hammett's novel The Maltese Falcon. It's also well known because it supposedly has some of the best steaks in town. While it was fairly tasty, it was a far cry from the delicious flesh that gets served up in this region of the country.
After dinner, I stopped in at a bar called "Dave's" across the street from my hotel for a couple of beers and to watch the Monday Night Football game. I had a couple and chatted with a few people when in walks this guy. If you've ever seen Legally Blonde which yes, I'm admitting to right now, then picture the tall clumsy, geeky guy named David, that Reese befriends. This guy looked just like him.
He sits down next to me and places a $20 bill on the bar and asks for a glass of Wild Turkey 101 on the rocks in a water glass! That's 101 proof, as if the 80 proof Turkey wasn't gross enough. He receives his drink, surveys it, and begins his machine-like movements.In this order: 1) take a sip - 2) put down glass - 3) fold hands on the bar - 4) pick up glass - repeat steps 1-4
He did this every 2-3 seconds I kid you not. Just a machine. I stared at him just like Marty McFly did when he realized he was sitting next to his father in the diner in Back to the Future. Only this guy didn't look over. Just kept repeating those same 4 steps until his glass was empty. Then the robo-man then leaves a $1 bill on the bar and walks out. This whole scene took less than 4 minutes. It was incredible.
posted by Derek at 9:59 AM
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