Roaches

Next to rats and mice, cockroaches are my least favorite things in the world! Yes, roaches can be found at The End of the Line. Maybe that's why it's kept dark, with the only lights being black lights (to make the wall murals glow), Christmas lights (to make it seem like a party?), and behind the bar lights (to highlight the bartendresses assets?). Anyway, one time Chaparra and I were sitting at the bar quite comfortably after having shuffled the stools around to find ones that were not too high (like they need tall stools for their clientele, most of whom don't pass the height requirements to get on the rides at Six Flags!:)
Deciding on what to drink was our next chore because mixed drinks are outrageously priced, weak, but are made up to look exotic, probably to fool you, just like the bartendresses, whose genders can be questionable. Beer is your best bet. And if your taste runs for the exotic, painted, low-cut blouse wearing, tight jeans (without back pockets)wearing women (?), you can get quite a show as they bend over to get the beer out of the cooler. You've heard the expression, "belly-up to the bar"? Well, they "booby-up" to the bar to open the bottle of beer. And for this, they get tipped! The heftier the backside and/or topside, the heftier the tip. But, that also depends on the degree or drunkeness of the clientele.
Chaparra and I have tried many ways to drink beer, because neither of us like beer! But it's the cheapest drink and you know it hasn't been watered down as many of the liquors are suspected of being. We've had what we call a beer "cocktail" where you pour it into a glass with ice and lime juice. Not bad, and it lasts long. Then there's the bottle of beer with a clamato back . Now, the clamato juice will cost you because it's served "preparado" which means they prepare it (pepper, salt, tabasco) so, for some reason, they charge you like it's a mixed drink although there's no alcohol. But, it makes drinking the beer easier and fools your stomach into thinking you've eaten. So afterward, you don't go out for tacos.
But anyway, there we were on our hand-picked stools, drinking our beer cocktails when we were joined by a large roach. Since our boobs too, are at bar height, they must make bars with that in mind, you can imagine how we felt when the large roach, which grew larger in size at it came our way, started zig-zagging all over the bar, then darted under the bar-ledge! Obviously confused, or intoxicated, it popped back up on top of the bar. The well experienced bartendress (if it is a woman) smacked it and cleaned it off the bar. Yeah, it put a little damper on the night. So what else is new?
After a beer or two, I had to make my way down "bathroom row" (to be explained at a later date) to use the "ladies" room. The "ladies" room is a small boxlike room with a mirror (of course, to fix eye-liner, lipstick, etc. although no one looks any better coming out than when they went in!); with a sign on it that says "please do not throw toilet paper into the toilet, put it in the garbage can"; a broken down sink under which is kept a broken toilet seat and extra toilet paper, if there is any. There's also a garbage can in the corner which is frequently used as a toilet when the stall is occupied. The stall has a toilet that sometimes has a toilet seat, always has an overflowing garbage can with used toilet paper and may or may not have a roll of toilet paper in there. And the floor is definitely wet so you have to roll your pants legs up. I was so happy when I went into the "ladies" room because it was empty. I guess everyone was boogying out on the dance floor. Noticing there was no toilet paper in the stall, and knowing where the secret stash is kept, I took a fresh roll in with me. I unwrapped it and, to my horror, a roach jumped out. Screaming, I threw the roll into the air. It fell, into the toilet, naturally. And I scrambled for the door, as if the roach was chasing me! But who knows, it could have been chasing me. After all, it was Mexican and could have been a male roach! And Mexican, male roaches are quite persistent!!!