June smiled and nodded as he served a number of customers, sharing small talk here and there with the regulars. His usually messy, black hair was slicked back, he looked clean, professional, smart. Of course he made sure not to over do it with the gel and cologne, he found it so laughable when men tried too hard. Besides he wasn't dressed like this to impress anyone but his boss, a pay raise certainly would be nice.
The bar was filled with mixed noises, sounds, people laughing, yelling, the sound of the usual band and DJ playing their tunes. It was a positive atmosphere and you wouldn't think work would be a place that made someone feel quite relaxed. June had been working as a bartender for at least 4 months now and was quite content with his normal, boring life. Sort of. As mentioned he did grow bored of the same thing every day, the odd rumour here or there, even the news, to make things minutely exciting. Quite sad really. Sure June had friends but they either lived far, worked during the day while he always worked at night and on his days off he simply wanted to stay home at his little apartment and relax.
June almost fell into a little daydream as no customers asked for anything for a while, simply drying glasses. Until a young female approached the bar, catching him off guard for a moment with her words. "One beer please."
"Coming right up." June collected himself and replied with a charming smile. She was quite beautiful but he couldn't recall ever seeing her at the bar and he was sure he'd remember her.
As June placed the beer in front of her he studied her face briefly in case he had simply forgotten her. Nope definitely had never seen her before. "This your first time here?" His welcoming and comforting smile remained as he spoke. It would seem like your average bartender making small talk but this time he was curious. This was what he was like with every new face that came into the bar and well, talking with them and making them feel special and noticed usually equalled regular customers. So the boss didn't mind if June was just feeding his curiosity. "I haven't seen you before and I'm pretty good with faces, especially attractive faces." Oh smooth move June, blunt as ever. But it was not a slip of the tongue no, it was just how he was, honest and straight forward but he was kind, although sometimes his honesty got him into trouble.
The human thought he saw a child enter the bar for a moment then? His eyes briefly darted towards the entrance only to see no one of interest. He had just missed the trio who made their way to the back of the room. He shrugged and returned to cleaning glasses and drying them.
The bar was filled with mixed noises, sounds, people laughing, yelling, the sound of the usual band and DJ playing their tunes. It was a positive atmosphere and you wouldn't think work would be a place that made someone feel quite relaxed. June had been working as a bartender for at least 4 months now and was quite content with his normal, boring life. Sort of. As mentioned he did grow bored of the same thing every day, the odd rumour here or there, even the news, to make things minutely exciting. Quite sad really. Sure June had friends but they either lived far, worked during the day while he always worked at night and on his days off he simply wanted to stay home at his little apartment and relax.
June almost fell into a little daydream as no customers asked for anything for a while, simply drying glasses. Until a young female approached the bar, catching him off guard for a moment with her words. "One beer please."
"Coming right up." June collected himself and replied with a charming smile. She was quite beautiful but he couldn't recall ever seeing her at the bar and he was sure he'd remember her.
As June placed the beer in front of her he studied her face briefly in case he had simply forgotten her. Nope definitely had never seen her before. "This your first time here?" His welcoming and comforting smile remained as he spoke. It would seem like your average bartender making small talk but this time he was curious. This was what he was like with every new face that came into the bar and well, talking with them and making them feel special and noticed usually equalled regular customers. So the boss didn't mind if June was just feeding his curiosity. "I haven't seen you before and I'm pretty good with faces, especially attractive faces." Oh smooth move June, blunt as ever. But it was not a slip of the tongue no, it was just how he was, honest and straight forward but he was kind, although sometimes his honesty got him into trouble.
The human thought he saw a child enter the bar for a moment then? His eyes briefly darted towards the entrance only to see no one of interest. He had just missed the trio who made their way to the back of the room. He shrugged and returned to cleaning glasses and drying them.