tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post1722343689457572721..comments2024-02-20T16:10:31.948-07:00Comments on First Nerve: One for the Road?Avery Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18104017679971839738noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-37591035614391130242010-08-06T06:34:17.251-07:002010-08-06T06:34:17.251-07:00Many years ago, when I was waiting tables for a li...Many years ago, when I was waiting tables for a living, I got stopped on my way home for having a headlight that wasn't working. I also happened to have had an entire carafe of white wine poured down me that shift. I rolled down the window to speak to the officer and the first thing out of his mouth was, "WHOA!!" Happily, a few moments conversation convinced him that I wasn't in fact completely legless, just hapless. <br /><br />At any rate, it's been my experience, through 25 years of bar & restaurant work, that you have to be verrrrrrry close to someone to smell alcohol on his breath. Much closer than I've <i>ever</i> been to the pilot on any airplane.StyleSpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09032983147859861793noreply@blogger.com