If you're going to be a poser, at least do it well.

Ok, so there are lots of things in this world to know a lot about, right? I mean some people know a lot about cars, some people know a lot about sports, or music or art...but even deeper below these very vague things, are smaller nuances of what people know a lot about. The car guy might know a lot about specific models or engines over others. The art person might really know a lot about the renaissance over other periods, etc. Everyone has their thing, and we should all be humble enough to admit that while we know a lot about certain things, there are other things we know nothing about. For example, I know a lot about music, colognes, and a fair bit about alcohol, but i know nothing about cars or sports. But that's the point. I don't PRETEND to. When someone asks me about cars, i simply tell them "you're asking the wrong dude". It's simple. there is nothing shameful about it, you just simply don't know a lot in that category.

But then you have the people that THINK they know a lot about something, because they've heard it somewhere, but can't back it up. I'm talking about the people that pretend they know everything about everything just to make themselves look good. This happens all the time, more often than i can explain. Listen up people, if you don't know a lot about something, be honest and humble, and admit it. Chances are, whoever you are talking to will be MORE than happy to teach you a few things. I simply cannot stand people who talk out their asses just to make themselves look cool...odds are there is someone around them who DOES know what they're talking about, and they're laughing their ass off at you.

Case in point: Thursday night a guy comes up to the bar, and takes a few seconds to look at our selection. He made it well known he was doing so, since he announced "Let's see what you have..." now, first of all, you're in a bar. Not a fancy wine place, or a high end cigar bar, just a bar. We have the same shit that the other bars have, maybe with a few differences. So please don't act like you have some snooty palette, and just pick a drink.

He looks a few seconds and then says "I'll have a double-short CC 12 year on the rocks please". Behold! i actually had a glimmer of hope for this poor lad, as he ordered the booze by name, chose the higher brand of it, and is drinking it on the rocks. but something didn't seem right. Someone who drinks rye, DRINKS rye. They know what they like and what they don't like. And if they're going to drink a step above the bottom, they generally look at the TOP shelf, where the high end booze is. He did not. Which told me this dude had $20 to spend, and wanted to look as cool as possible with it. I also noticed the 2 girls next to him that he was trying oh so hard to impress...So was he a real rye drinker? I doubt it....it was his next move that confirmed to me that he was a massive poser:

"Can i get that with coke?"... you're fucking joking with me right? Here i was, giving him my subtle respect, giving him a GLASS Canadian club glass, not our normal plastic rocks glasses, I served it to him the way RYE drinkers do it; 2 ice cubes, no garnish... And he has the balls to mix it with COKE. What a slap in the fucking face.

WHY would you go to the trouble of ordering a rye that is a step above the basic, if you're just going to mix it with coke? To me, that basically told me his story: "I am too much of a pussy to drink rye on the rocks, so i order higher stuff to make me look cool, when really i have to cover the taste with coke" What a fucking douchebag.

Anyone reading this who has done the same thing, end yourself. If you're going to drink rye, and especially if you're going to drink a HIGH END rye Whiskey, man up, grow some balls and drink it the way it is meant to be drank. Otherwise, if you're going to mix it with coke, ginger, 7up, or ANYTHING besides a couple ice cubes and MAYBE a splash of water, order the bottom rung rye, and hang your head in shame. But bottom line, STOP BEING A FUCKING POSER. Drink what you like, not what you think will make you look cool. Be a leader, and not a follower.

This goes for all of you retards who wear cologne the complete wrong way. Listen, if you're going to spend $80 on a cologne because you think it will impress people, find another hobby. Colognes are meant to be worn the way the designer intended. Much like food is meant to be enjoyed the way the chef intended. It's not meant to be poured or sprayed on so people 23 miles away can smell you. It is also not meant to be worn whenever you feel like it. Colognes are designed with certain scents and ingredients to compliment and enhance certain moods, weathers, occasions, even times of the day. Do some research, find out what ingredients are in it, and figure out how the designer wants you to wear it.... ie/ I use Burberry Brit for times when i am a bit dressed up, specifically in winter times, at night, since the scent is a darker, heavier and more formal scent. Whereas i use Lacoste Essential for spring and summer days. There are a lot of things that go into the design of a cologne, you should respect that.

And please, if you're going to wear cologne and want people to notice, skip the wal mart section, stop looking for the $12 knockoff shit, and buy a good, solid cologne that YOU like, and that smells good on YOU. Don't buy P diddy's cologne for the name. Make sure you like it.

Stop being posers, assholes.