My Grammy always said, "Ain't nothin' better when it's cold outside than hot apple cider." Well, let me tell you something, at 3 AM in the morning in Denver in February its darned cold outside and stuff.
I got to the club a little early 'cause I wanted to show the day shift girls my new snakeskin boots and stuff. I was always a little scared of gettin' snakeskin 'cause snakes are so mean and stuff but the guy at the store said they'd look great on me with a pair of cut-offs and stuff. So, I bought 'em even though there was no way I was wearin' cut-offs in February. But then I got an idea for a new costume and stuff so I wanted the girls to see it and tell me what they thought and stuff.
They all loved it o' course, ''cause it was just the boots and cut-offs that was cut up the sides clear to the waistband and a flannel shirt tied around my middle and stuff. I had a balconette bra and a T-bar underneath so I had more to take off and stuff ''cause that kinda teases the guys more and they like that so I try to give 'em a real show and stuff.
Like this one girl, she didn't last long, but it wasn't 'cause she wasn't pretty or nothin', but she thought she was too sexy to have to wear a costume and stuff and she didn't dance, she just "posed" and stuff. Well, she'd go out in nothing but a string bikini and as soon as she walked through the curtain she'd pull the stings and it'd all fall off. Then she'd stand there for a couple seconds then stand a different way, then she'd stand a different way and she just kept doing that.
We all said it was kinda dumb to even play any kind of music, but she had Richie play some weird Japanese music or somethin'. Now don't get me wrong, it was pretty music but it wasn't the kind of music guys get off watchin' naked girls to and stuff. She didn't get many tips or nothin' and after a few weeks she quit, sayin' the yokels 'round here didn't know nothin' 'bout a rotica, but I know rotten when I see it and she was rotten as a dancer and stuff.
Anyway, like I was sayin', the girls all liked the outfit and they said it looked good on me and called me 'Down Home Debbie' and stuff
Then Tony, my boss, came in and he was shiverin' and shakin' snow off him and cursin' ''cause it was so cold outside and stuff. I don't think he even noticed my costume and stuff, but that's ok ''cause the cold can be the stracting like that.
Well, I remembered what my Grammy said and so when Tony went to his office, I went out to the bar. Eddie said he didn't have any cider and asked me if shnops would do but I didn't know what that was so he just handed me a bottle of apple juice. I figured that was close enough.
So I took the bottle back to the dressing room to heat it up in the microwave but I don't know why they call it that ''cause it doesn't really wave and the plate inside doesn't even spin on ours. I put the bottle in there but I took the cap off first ''cause I learned the hard way that the bottle will blow up all over the place if you don't. If you didn't know that don't feel bad ''cause I blew up a few before someone told me.
Anyway, I musta left the bottle in there too long and stuff ''cause it got really hot and the label got all crinkly and turned funny colors so I just peeled it off, but it was still pretty warm when I took it back to Tony and when I went in his office he looked at me and said somethin' like "What do you want?"
I said, "I know you was feelin' cold so I brought you somethin' to make it better." Then I held the bottle out to him but he just looked at it. Then he said, "What the hell is that?" (I hope you don't mind me using bad words like that but that's just what he said and stuff)
So I said, "It's Apple juice, you big meanie."
And he said, "So why is it steaming? And where's the label? You peed in that bottle didn't you?" (He didn't say "peed" he said another word but it was mean so I changed it)
So I put the bottle on his desk and said, "No I didn't pee in it, it's apple juice like I said ''cause that's what my Grammy always said was the best thing, 'cept she said apple cider but Eddie didn't have no cider and I never heard of that shnops stuff but it sounded too much like snot and stuff so I got apple juice and heated it up in the microwave with the cap off so it wouldn't 'splode but the label melted and looked ickey and stuff so I took it off."
Tony just stared at me so I said, "Why would I give you a bottle of pee anyway?"
And he says, "I thought you might be getting even for when I yelled at you for having that breast deduction."
"Geeze, Tony," I says, "That was two years ago and I pull more customers than I ever did and stuff and my back doesn't hurt anymore so I don't call off like I used to. I knowed why you was mad but I thought you was over it ''cause you're always blowin' your top over somethin' and then you forget all about it the next day and stuff. I was tryin' to do somethin' nice for you and you get all spicious and stuff. See if I ever do anything for you again, you butthole. Just for that I might just quit and go to work for Liquor Dicks and stuff."
That's when he really changed his tunes 'cause Liquor Dicks is his biggest competition and stuff.
So he says, "Yer killin' me, Debbie. You really are! I'm gonna have a freakin' heart attack right here in this dang chair. (He said some more mean words there) Now your first set starts in a half an hour so why don't you go get dressed and tell Margi to give you a nice bonus on payday and we'll talk about you getting a couple more points of the cut sometime when we're both calm. Ok?"
Well, I said, "I AM dressed you big dumbhead. You didn't even notice, did you? I got new boots today and stuff and I came up with this for a costume so I could wear 'em and that means Margi can write 'em off on my taxes and stuff."
So Tony starts looking me over and stuff and he says, "You're right, Debbie, I never even noticed. I guess I just had my head in other things. You look fabulous, Doll. Makes me wanna toss you on the desk and bump uglies."
I said, "It's gonna be really ugly when I put my new boots up your butt for tryin' it. And it'd be even uglier if Margi walked in, 'specially since you just got in gaged and stuff."
"Now, Debbie, I was just joshin' ya. Just tryin' to say how good you look and all that. I didn't mean nothin' by it. You know that. Just don't tell Margi what I said, ''cause she'd cut my bag open and stick my leg through it. That's not only painful but it makes you walk funny. Ok?"
I said, "She knows you flirt with all the girls ''cause you always flirted with her when she was dancin' and she knows she's the one that got you so she must be pretty good so just relax and drink your juice."
Tony looked at the bottle again and smiled but I could tell he was grittin' his teeth underneath. He picked it up anyway and took a little sip and even licked his lips, so I just stuck my tongue out at him and walked out