50 Ways to Identify a VIP

Did you know there are fifty ways to identify a VIP in a restaurant or bar? A VIP being a "very intoxicated person."

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) requires restaurants and other establishments to train their wait staff and bar tenders to handle situations where patrons have exceeded their capacity to be safe on the road. The new on-line Alcohol Server Education (ASE) course includes reading, test and videos that mimic real life situations where the server has to make a decision or pick appropriate actions to defuse potentially explosive behaviors.

OakTree built this custom course in Flash using a train ride motif. Each section of the course is represented by a different part of Oregon; beach, mountains, city, desert, etc. Once you've made it to the end of the train ride by successfully mastering the training, you receive your liquor server license good for five years. See OREF press release.

One of the fun parts of the project was filming the lessons in Kells and McCormicks. Both were very willing to let us have the actors light cigarettes and spill drinks. We did use union actors for the roles even though several OakTree folks volunteered to get smashed for the part.