Not that many of you have probably been there, but Wayward Brews on 150 near the FoCo/Davidson line is shutting down this month after a year and a half of "business."
It gives me a chance to rant, though. These bitches hired me away from a job to manage and start their gourmet coffee purchases and menu. I also did some brewery tours and tastings, and gave input on what to serve. I patched and painted all the walls, hauled in ridiculously priced niche furniture, and helped setup all the coffee equipment. I also trained the entire staff on coffee and beer before they opened. Well, as it turned out, they put all of their life savings up just to get the place open, to the point of me driving from there to Cornelius to take apart Ass Clown's (great brewery, BTW) mobile tap system to get a dozen couplers, which the idiot didn't know didn't come with her fancy tap system, the night before they opened. Ass Clown sold them the couplers, on credit, later.
Two weeks later, after no attempt to advertise besides free on Facebook, they tell me that they can't afford me anymore. I agreed to a $5/hr and 10 hr/week pay cut, and was fired two days later because a customer overheard me telling a staff member that I was now the lowest paid manager in W-S, which wasn't a lie, either. Fine, So be it.
Two months later, I get a flurry of IMs on facebook telling me to look at their page, so I cruise over to find that they're starting a gofundme page to raise money for an "unexpected facility payment" to the landlord so they could stay open. I would have quit over that, anyway, as I do not believe in begging for money, especially from my own customers.
So, a few days ago, my inbox blows up again, so I cruise back over to their page to see a long, weepy post about how this was their dream, but it can't support itself, one of the owners has taken an "important job", and they're closing.
Good riddance.
Bah!
