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"  Chris Hamel, 24The Dirty Truth Northampton, Massachusetts What would you be doing if you weren&amp;#039;t bartending? I am currently actually pursuing a potential career in yoga. And then I have a small herbal-cigarette company called Happy Snails Pipe Dreams. I guess I&amp;#039;d be pursuing both those prospects and taking a lot of time to relax. And not drink, probably. So if customers are rude to you, do you, what, Zen them out? It&amp;#039;s the best practice I could get. How can I calm down, relax, and reflect what I want them to feel in that moment? You show &amp;#039;em the kind eyes, and you just shake their hand and tell &amp;#039;em you&amp;#039;re sorry. And if you say it with honesty, usually people get it. What&amp;#039;s the most ridiculous thing you&amp;#039;ve seen at the bar? We try to keep tabs on all of our customers and make sure they&amp;#039;re not overdoing it, because we have to babysit a little bit. We&amp;#039;re not babysitting the people; we&amp;#039;re babysitting the alcohol. It has its own way and idea about how to change a situation.  What has bartending taught you about people? We&amp;#039;re all just as crazy as we think we are. Once you know that, everything gets a lot less complicated.  Do bartenders know something about drinking that the rest of us don&amp;#039;t? Nobody knows anything about drinking. I think that&amp;#039;s why they do it so much. Do you have a hangover cure? Hangover cure? Sirsasana, or headstand. Headstand for ten minutes at least. You gotta turn the blood upside down, replenish the organs. You gotta move things that don&amp;#039;t move.  Someone says &amp;quot;surprise me.&amp;quot; What do you give them? Usually, I ask them to say three words or, like, their favorite color even. As soon as they start to think about it, I go completely blank, as blank as I possibly can, and then listen to whatever they say, and then immediately I&amp;#039;ll think of a beer. And when that happens, it&amp;#039;s generally right.  What&amp;#039;s a bartender&amp;#039;s most indispensable tool? Definitely wit. If you can outwit anybody at a bar, you&amp;#039;re all set. If you could share a drink with anybody, alive or dead, who would it be? I&amp;#039;d like to share a drink with myself and see what that&amp;#039;s like. Just me and me, hanging out. I wonder if we&amp;#039;d order the same thing. Which bar would you and you go to? Any bar in heaven&amp;#039;s gotta be good.  PLUS: Read More Bartender Questions on Eat Like a Man &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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