Ocasio-Cortez: Bartending and waitressing sharpened my ‘BS detector’

Daily Mail UK ^ | February 28, 2019 | Mark Moore

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez credited her time as a bartender for sharpening her “BS detector” after she was praised for her probing questions of President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen at a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

“Bartending + waitressing (especially in NYC) means you talk to 1000s of people over the years. Forces you to get great at reading people + hones a razor-sharp BS detector,” the freshman lawmaker wrote on her Twitter account hours after the hearing ended. “Just goes to show that what some consider to be ‘unskilled labor’ can actually be anything but.”

Ocasio-Cortez, a self-described Democratic socialist, was responding to a tweet that wondered if she was a former prosecutor because of her focused line of questioning at the House Oversight Committee hearing.

“I always entertained law school, but couldn’t afford it. So now I’m learning in the job :),” she said in another posting.

Ocasio-Cortez also thanked the people who worked “tirelessly” behind the scenes to help prepare her.

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Ocasio-Cortez, 29, worked as a bartender and waitress at Flats Fix, a Mexican restaurant in Union Square. While honing her BS meter she was also accused of stealing tips.

[Rummyfan]

Now that she’s In Congress, which consists of three branches of government according to her, that BS detector must be pegged every hour every day.

[nikos1121]

Bartending is a good training ground for that...

[RoosterRedux]

Hey AOC: Perhaps you are better now at detecting BS from customers across the bar, but what about the BS coming out of your own mouth?

[Soul of the South]

“While honing her BS meter she was also accused of stealing tips. “

Good practice for an aspiring politician.

[FrankR]

“... credited her time as a bartender for sharpening her “BS detector”

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Obviously, it didn’t.

She believes in socialism, and joined the democrat party...the biggest two bastions of “BS” in America.

Cortex wallows in a quagmire of confusion and ignorance, which manifests itself into sound anytime a microphone and camera are handy.

I don’t need late night comedy anymore, I can just watch and listen to her nonsensical rantings.

[CrazyIvan]

“Now that she’s In Congress, which consists of three branches of government according to her, that BS detector must be pegged every hour every day.”

“The three branches of government: Mony, television, and bullshit,” P.J. O’Rourke

[richardtavor]

The only experience that I see that might be relevant is to be able to spot a drunk. Lord knows, Congress is filled with them.

[hsmomx3]

Yeah, in a smoke filled room where most everyone has had a few or more.....lots of BS talking there. Boy, I’m sassy today!!

[shelterguy]

Momma always said don’t make fun of the retards. But I will anyway.

[Rurudyne]

Well, then she obviously has a NOR Gate filter active when scanning for common sense (any common sense shows up and the gate refuses input).

[WKUHilltopper]

So it takes BS to know BS?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

But if a BS detector says it detects BS...how does one know that it is functioning properly? Mr. Data, run a Level 1 diagnostic.

[gaijin]

“We need to tear down every building and RE-build them all”

BS detector: GREEN light

“We need to discontinue travel via aircraft”

BS detector: GREEN light

[William of Barsoom]

I quite agree. Replacing the ENTIRE collection of ego-centric, elitist-attitude, parasites that are the House and the Senate with all bartenders and waitresses and other people WHO ACTUALLY WORK for a living would be a Great Step Forward.

[chris37]

Well she obviously can’t detect the bullshit between her ears.

[Dr. Sivana]

She believes in socialism, and joined the democrat party...the biggest two bastions of “BS” in America.

She said she could detect it. She never said she didn't produce it. Socialism works great ... for those who are running it, so it makes sense that she would push if she were only acting on material self-interest.

I imagine she went along with a lot of BS from patrons as long as the cash keeps coming.

Makes me think about that Roseanne Cash song, Seven Year Ache (which I used to play on the Pizza Hut juke box when I was a cook, cleaning up and closing with the waitress(es) closing with me.

The girls in the bars thinking, "who is this guy?"
But they don't think nothing when they're telling you lies
You look so careless when they're shooting that bull
Don't you know heartaches are heroes when their pockets are full

[RedMonqey]

“I always entertained law school, but couldn’t afford it."

I call BS.

She might not go into the college of her dreams but she could have gotten into the second line university of her choice..

I was pre law before I dropped out waaaay back in the late seventies.

[nikos1121]

Bartending is a great way to learn about human nature. Takes awhile, but it helps your listening skills. You meet people. It takes about three years to really be good at it.

I doubt that this gal did the job that much. She’s a pary girl. An air head who thinks she knows everything. I like her spirit. Wish she were smart enough to realize that she could be a great leader to young people if she were on our side with our beliefs.

[The Great RJ]

With a degree from a well known college and being able to claim minority status and the best she can do is a bartending job? Did she graduate? From her idiotic pronouncements I doubt she graduated cum laudae.