{"id":29614,"date":"2013-11-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/29614\/beirut-bartender-series-wassim-at-garage-78"},"modified":"2023-08-30T07:12:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T07:12:44","slug":"beirut-bartender-series-wassim-at-garage-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/29614\/beirut-bartender-series-wassim-at-garage-78\/","title":{"rendered":"Beirut Bartender Series: Wassim at Garage 78"},"content":{"rendered":"<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/29614-250x141.png\"><br \/>  <b>The bar:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/17856\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Garage78<\/a>, The Alleyway, Hamra<br \/>  <b>The bartender:<\/b> Wassim<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><i>Beirut.com<\/b><\/i>: What is your favorite thing about being a bartender?<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><i>Wassim<\/b><\/i>: It\u2019s a very fun source of income. You spend your time serving people who are already in a great mood and you get to experiment with different ingredients to find which combinations create the best taste. It\u2019s more of a hobby that you get paid for, than an actual job.<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><i>Beirut.com<\/b><\/i>: What is your least favorite thing about being a bartender?<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><i>Wassim<\/b><\/i>: It\u2019s very tiring; and you\u2019re not just tired while you\u2019re working, but the rest of the day too, which is hard if you\u2019re also a student. Typically, on average, we don\u2019t get back home until three or four in the morning.<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><i>Beirut.com<\/b><\/i>: What is the most annoying thing a customer does?<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><i>Wassim<\/b><\/i>: When they reach over the bar and attempt to grab something. Not only is it annoying, it\u2019s rude and disrespectful.<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><i>Beirut.com<\/b><\/i>: What is the coolest thing a customer does?<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><i>Wassim<\/b><\/i>: Most of the time interacting with customers is fun. They almost always have something nice to say and give you great compliments. <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><i>Beirut.com<\/b><\/i>: What is the funniest thing that has happened to you while bartending at Garage?<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><i>Wassim<\/b><\/i>: On the ceiling of the bar, there are metal rods installed. We are awaiting the arrival of a car which will be placed on top of them. One night, our waiter got very drunk, and decided it would be a great idea to climb on top of them. So he gets to the top, and is standing on the thin metal rod, and as he\u2019s preparing to jump to the next one, he slips and falls from the ceiling onto the floor. It was hilarious. [He wasn&#8217;t seriously injured.]<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><i>Beirut.com<\/b><\/i>: What is your signature drink?<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><i>Wassim<\/b><\/i>:<br \/>  The Blue Passion<br \/>  3cl Vodka<br \/>  2cl Orange<br \/>  3cl Passion Fruit<br \/>  1cl Lime<br \/>  2 dashes Blue Curacao <br \/>  Garnish with 3 thin orange slices and a mint leaf    <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" data-id=\"447811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/29614-250x141.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-447811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/29614-250x141.png 250w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/29614-600x339.png 600w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/29614.png 640w\" 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