Unbelievable I Met Humans Offline
Jumping out of bed at 12:00 on a Sunday like a spring. It is finally time to produce something, otherwise this idea will burst like a bubble and I will continue to watch YouTube.
Good morning guys, today I want to write about an invitation to a restaurant and my observations about the drinking there.
It was time again, a social gathering was around the corner. I was looking forward to it, between all this chaos of COVID and war, going to a restaurant for food and fun feels beautifully normal.
It is a long time ago that I visited an event like this, I had to change my home joggers into social acceptable trousers. We arrived at the restaurant and there was a middle big group of around 14 people.
I didn’t know almost any of them, normally I would be a little bit uncomfortable, but I think I am past the point of shame. What to shame for? I was looking forward to the food and the conversations. Secretly, I also wanted to observe all the people with their drinking habits.
To my surprise everybody was very controlled, they did their drinks: Vodka Tonics, Wine and Beer. Nothing happened, I expected some form of drama or chaos, but they only got a bit more talkative and that’s it. Nobody wanted to continue to an excessive party, do other drugs or get into stupid arguments with the waiters? There are no normal people left these days.
To my surprise, there were quite some people that didn’t drink at all. Was it always like that, or do I just realize this now because I stopped drinking? It doesn’t matter, it is good that staying sober is no problem for anybody there.
The girl that was sitting on the opposite of me, was drinking one wine after another. My alcoholic radar turned on: “Aha, she is drinking very fast and always needs the next, an alcohol problem is spotted!”.
She is very intelligent, and we had a good conversation. I wanted to put her to the side look her in the eyes and say: “Girl, you don’t need all that drinks, did you think about that? You are a great like that!”
The shots started to come in, I got a headache just by looking at them. They got served in a colorful little bottle. Heads were thrown back, shots were going in, still nothing spectacular happened. The party was over at 11:30pm, everybody is a solid adult these days.
Till the next time, guys, and have a nice Sunday.
