The owner of the Village Oyster Bar was less than pleased to find that his staff had messed up his simple instructions of “Paint first, and then have a drink.”
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Maybe its a short way of saying it like “lite”.
Drink first, drink second.
Maybe s/he painted the first C and realized the wood wasn’t long enough for all the letters. Better the K than the second O.