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Bringing Outsiders to Lisa's, Free Drinks, and Steve's Coke-Fueled Christmas Speech
from Life In The Bloodbox · #26
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Joe and Tim recall bringing an upscale friend group who were horrified by the bar's regulars, getting free drinks and food from indifferent bartenders, and owner Steve's bizarre coked-up monologue about starting the bar for lonely people on Christmas.
- 57:57Bringing young outsiders to Lisa's bar and their horror at the clientele.
- 58:43The bar attracted derelicts and people facing daily consequences, unlike the party scene.
- 59:31Tim and friends deliberately brought upscale Long Island people to horrify them with the bar's crowd.
- 1:00:28The bar wasn't a place for business scams; patrons had actual welfare and disability grifts going on.
- 1:01:29A regular from AA would arrive claiming sobriety, then be hammered ten minutes later.
- 1:02:00Tim and Joe drank all day for free at the bar despite being wealthier than most patrons.
- 1:02:47Steve, the owner, was on coke when he explained starting the bar as a Christmas refuge for people without families.
- 1:03:16Jen set up empty chafing dishes with lights expecting firefighters to a party that never materialized.
- 1:04:08Junior bartended Saturday nights and drew a crowd like other bartenders with reputations in the industry.
- 1:04:38Junior was on acid and shrooms while wild friends came in and disregarded serious conversations.
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