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Conflict Resolution

When you work at a bar, conflict can come from many different sources. While most of these are alcohol and patron related, some conflicts can arise from the way the bar is run in the first place. Last year the bar was treated to a surprise health inspection and if you have ever stepped foot inside of KAMS you would know that we did not do that well. KAMS prides itself as being the oldest bar on campus and often gives alumni that wave of nostalgia when they walk in due to the lack of major renovations made over the years. Unfortunately, nostalgia isn’t the only thing that hits them when they walk in; they’re also greeted by the classic KAMS smell of molded alcohol. Needless to say, the lack of renovations and the lackadaisical way that cleans were held before the health inspection caused us to fail horribly. This put us on thin ice with the health inspector, which prompted our owner to hold a two-hour meeting with completely new cleaning guidelines and a new checklist ...