One of the craziest places that I ever bartended at was “The Vault” on Central Ave in St. Pete. On the very first day I asked the owner where the ice machine was. He replied “WHAT!!! You didn’t pick some up on your way in!!!” He wasn’t joking. There was no ice machine. That should have been the first clue to me. I was all set up in the back room. The only light over the bar was from a cheap strand of Christmas lights. I asked the owner for more light so we could see the keys on the register. He actually said “Why???? just open the drawer and put the money in it. Don’t worry about ringing anything up.” Then I asked “What do you charge for drinks?” To which he replied “Charge what ever you think you can get out of them.” LOL LOL Judy B. Goode & Paul Thomas started to play for Happy Hour and we were actually doing very good there. This went on for about 8 or 9 months. Then the night before St. Pete Pride the owner fired everybody except me. The next day we were suppose to be open for St. Pete Pride & Judy was doing a show that day too. I told the owner that I was just going to quit too. He told me that if I quit he would not pay Judy for the Friday show. He went on to say that he was not going to pay her until after the show ended on Saturday. I worked that Saturday and the club was closed after that. Our fun Friday Happy Hour was then moved to the SunCoast Resort.