Originally Posted by
CatchThePigeon
It's a fact of life that folk spend that little bit extra to celebrate a special occasion or success. So just as you're not going to get people going to Mickey D's for a celebratory meal, you're not going to get folk raising a glass of Virgin Cola on their 25th wedding anniversary....I guess.
I imagine some of what you say is true and I appreciate that it must be rather annoying for you to witness these expressions of posing. But I do expect it is more than 2% of champagne drinkers who can tell a "bad one from a good one". If a glass of champagne was thrust upon me now I'd drink it and my decision making on whether it was good or bad would be built around aroma, mouth feel and taste. If I really like it and it turned out to be a 20 dollar bottle then great.
In any case, it sounds like you need a change of occupation bud cause you're in the wrong environment if you don't want to be surrounded by people who cause you angst.
A drink should always be about how you personally enjoy it, nothing to do with price, nothing to do with prestige and nothing to do with someone else's opinion.
It's a long time since i worked in bars, i own several of my own companies now doing completely different things and love and enjoy my working life. But i did enjoy working in bars. Meeting new and interesting people every day, pretty exciting and fulfilling job and i always enjoyed people who knew about the drink they were drinking, be it beer, rum, vodka, wine or champagne. I learn a lot from other people, one customer in particular fascinated me with his knowledge of rum, one of my favourite drinks.