Wednesday, February 16, 2005

I can now serve alcohol responsibly..............

this is what I learned today. In Australia, to work in a bar, or in a restaurant or cafe where alcohol is only close by to find, you have to attent a 7 hours course and learn about RSA - Responsible Service of Alcohol. I haven't experienced an Australian bar yet, but what I heard today was like I imagined it in my wildest dreams. A guy who's accent I curiously studied throughout the whole course was telling us about how to prevent people from drinking in a bar????????? because everyone in Australia doesn't know when to stop, and they go home and die during their sleep, just because their "mates" put wodka in their pint of beer and they didn't know about it. Hmmmmm. And if they wanna celebrate, and they are already too drunk to get another drink (which is up to the bartender to decide, of course, I get that, but it sounded like that was the only thing bartenders in Australia do all night: decide if somebody can still drink or not) they get fancy and order rum and coke! Fazit: Be aware if somebody orders rum and coke instead of beer, it's a sign that he's had enough already.
Maybe I didn't get the whole course. :-)
That was basically all I did today, I wanna write more tomorrow about what else has happend to me in Sydney so far!
Hello! Hello! Wherever you are, and I am waiting for your comments!
Don't forget my existance whilest I am here in Australia. Because nobody here will notice if I'd disappear...
Bye!

1 Comments:

Blogger mati rose said...

i miss you MORE! come back jeanine come back! i'm impressed with you tho, already learning the native drinking rules:)

February 16, 2005 at 9:33 AM

 

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