So I was working at a wedding today, and one of the jobs I was given was to pop open 48 bottles of wine (24 red, 24 white). Now I have opened quite a few bottles in my time, but I’ve never really had to do more than a couple at once, and it’s surprisingly hard work!
At home we own a corkscrew which isn’t dissimilar to this:
And to use it you basically screw it in and then pull quite hard, and the cork comes out with a very satisfying pop. Now, the place I was working being a proper establishment, we were given waiters friends, which are fancy tool for opening bottles, the have a little level with which you can ease the cork out nicely. The trouble with this is that the bottles I was opening had very tight corks, and it was quite hard work to lever them out. So I resorted to pulling them out hard, like I would with my corkscrew at home.
Now the nice lady in charge looked at me, somewhat bemused, and proceeded to show me how to do it properly. She was clearly rather practiced at it and had no trouble using the thing properly. To which my reply was, my way is faster… and much more manly. I rather enjoyed making this comment, as today I was the only male working there. There were 11 other workers (as far as I can recall), so I was most definately the odd one out.
It’s good to laugh.