Wednesday, July 31, 2024

"Everything I know I learned from a Cocktail Waitress"


When I was 16 I worked as a bar back at The Two Minnie's*, a hotel bar at the Ramada Inn. It had a stained glass ceiling with what can only be described as 1890's cheesecake girls depicted in the glass. Red velvet bustiers, black fishnets, period feathers and hats; bawdy poses, big bosom, and full pouty lips. Of course, this was also the uniform for the barmaid and cocktail waitresses at the Two Minnie's. They were older more experienced women, at least 19 or 20 years old, Junior Love Goddesses in my eyes. I could barely look them in the eye.
Anyway, they had this businessman in there one night talking big and getting pretty tight and they were playing him big time. It got close to closing time. It was just me, barmaid (who not only had the full bosom, but also the greatest thighs I've ever seen) and cocktail waitress now and he made his big move. Pulled out a $100 bill (big money in 72) and announced "OK boys and girls, you can split this between the three of you" and whispered his room number to the barmaid.
She smiled sweet, broke the bill, gave me 33 bucks and called security to escort him to his room. Slicker than snot!

*The Two Minnie's bar at the Ramada Inn was named after a saloon in Hells Half Acre, Fort Worths Red light District in the late 1800's.
Fine cushioned chairs, red velvet draperies and other gildery adorned the place. "Seldom did a cowboy off the street and uneducated in the offerings of the Two Minnie's ever get more than the first drink down their gullet before discovering another more enticing past time.
When they tossed that shot glass full of whiskey back against a trail-parched throat, their eyes would lock upon the glass ceiling that separated the first and second floors. At least 40 girls would be walking around upstairs, bare beamed and buck naked and playing ten pins."*
Believe it or not, in 1972 the Ramada on Beach street was one of the fancier hotels in Fort Worth. They hosted the Miss Texas pageant every year.

* https://texastrifles.blogspot.com/2003/11/two-minnies.html




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