My Saint Sarah has graduated from her internship with me, but has left me with her collegiate colleague, Megan White.
Megan will be my eyes and ears at the bars — and behind the bar as she works in the service industry. And she has nightlife vision goggles, too, might I add. She writes about what it's like to go behind bars in Charlotte bars.
Introducing Megan White ...
Tales From Behind the Bar
By Megan White
On any given weekend night, you can always find your typical types roaming around the EpiCentre in Uptown: the drunk girls who are in hot pursuit of cheaper shot specials, the middle-aged party of bachelors who are making way too many unnecessary Ric Flair hoots from the bar, and you can’t forget the clique of college students who will probably be laughing hysterically all night at each other … or until one of them passes out in the nearest bathroom stall. And then there’s me … the person behind the bar that has a front row, and sober, view of all of it.
With five main bars, Whisky River, Suite, Strike City, Mez and BlackFinn, one can only imagine what the EpiCentre chaos consists of on the weekends (and actually remember). I can honestly say working in the EpiCentre has truly left me humbled; I am constantly meeting the “Who’s Who” elite of the Queen City along with a nice handful of Panthers, Bobcats and other celebrities … but they aren’t necessarily the people that make my job worthwhile.
Even when you think no one is watching you argue with your boyfriend in the corner, make out with the girl on the dance floor or pick your nose in the corner — just know that we have seen and see anything and everything.
I’ve witnessed everything from an intoxicated Panther fan throwing a glass pitcher at the hostess podium, to a physical altercation in the pouring rain between a sober guy and wasted girl. Sure, it can be entertaining, but it makes our jobs harder and leaves us wondering what in the hell is wrong with today’s society.
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