On Sunday during the lovely Memorial Day weekend I was able to report on my first story for nowyouknowevents.com. The website is a blog that is dedicated to events that are happening in the city of Chicago. It’s a blog that consists of a calendar as well as brief descriptions before the events and an event recap.
My event was called Bitchin’ Purge 3: Battle of the Sexes Tournament featuring comedian Megan Gailey of the podcast Naked Sports Live and the TBS pilot “Sick Day.” It took place in Wicker Park on Division at Jerry’s Sandwiches. Coincidentally enough, my second cousins own the restaurant. They always have live jazz, comedians, standup and other live entertainment in their stage room.
The event was a lot of fun and had a relaxed atmosphere. Everyone was bashing bad customers they’ve had while drinking a pint.
I also looked into the Naked Sports Live podcast and Megan is super funny! I don’t have a keen interest in sports but she definitely maintained my interest!
Steve Shields, the guy who thought of the Bitchin’ Purge has dealt with many a unpleasant customers. He said 95 percent of customers are great, though five percent not so much…
He started making a documentary three years ago about the service industry and ironically enough, no one wanted to be on camera! I guess not everyone is like me. I’d pounce on an opportunity to be on camera.
Anyway, he decided to have a story-telling comedy slam to let the servers’ voices be heard. The event was hilarious yet disturbing at times. Steve’s brother talked about the terrible old days at RainForest Cafe while a woman Lindsay talked about how she had a stalker at one of the bars where she works.
Having Never been a part of the service industry, I learned a lot and it was eyeopening to hear what these people had to say. Moral of the story: Tip more!!
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