The Barman

It’s not that easy being a barman... Try to imagine yourself serving all kinds of person ‒ from that exigent madam till that drunk boring guy‒ Also, these people still want to call the barman using all kind of names. That’s how it sounds to be a barman.

On the other hand there are still those who call the barman as a friend. They call him Mesquita, fellow, buddy, pal. The poor man may be in one of his worst nights, but he’ll serve his “buddy” with a Colgate smile in his face and he will try to be nice with the client.

There are also those who like to use onomatopoeias. They call him “hey”, “psh”, “ooh” or just snap. And the barman ‒ the same smiling guy - has to serve these people that don’t want at least to use a name for calling him.

Next table there is that man that, besides of all other ways, wants to recognize Mr. Mesquita’s qualities. The barman is now “partner”, “good man”, “old man” and, sometimes, “nigga”. But in this last case, Mesquita would get very angry, even if he’s actually a nigger guy.

Finally, there is Mr. Esmeraldino, current-client, sitting always in the same table... This man calls him using his real name, Rubens. They sit down, talk like old friends [not like that man in the beginning that drank and drove.], they talk about life things till 3 a.m., when Rubens is already using noises to communicate. But there is no time for hang over. Tomorrow Mr. Mesquita has to wake up early, to work as the manager of a store, because in the bar, he just does it for fun.

Original: "O Garçom"- VIEIRA, Guilherme Moraes. Posted 07/01/2014.