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Post by Rolent Tex on Dec 16, 2015 16:00:25 GMT -5
Alright FAN...I'm going to lay it all out.
Don't ask me to make your drink strong. You're insinuating I make weak drinks and are insulting me.
Don't bitch your $4 cocktails are weak. It's a $4 cocktail. It has a single shot of liquor in it. You want more booze then pay for it you cheap ass.
I'm warning you all now, do one of these and I may pistol whip you with the Stella Artois draft handle.
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Post by Push R Truth on Dec 16, 2015 16:13:19 GMT -5
I frequently say shit like: "I want something not overly sweet but has an orange flavor". It's because I really don't care what I get, I just want something with an orange flavor that isn't going to be a sugar bomb. Does that kind of stuff piss you off? I ask because my pub is owned by a friend who says he doesn't care... but he's a friend  He's not going to say "listen asshole that's annoying, go piss off". When I'm vague like that I try not to add more than two variables, because I'm not looking for anything crazy, I just want a mixer with a shot. For the record I said that line right before thanksgiving and got a cranberry juice with orange vodka. Was amazing. |
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on Dec 16, 2015 18:20:10 GMT -5
I think the only time I got pissed off at a bar was this one time. It was a bar across the street from where I worked. I wouldn't call it a dive bar, but it wasn't top end fancy bar as well. I ordered a Jack and Coke and the bartender made it, but made one error in my opinion, she used the coke she was drinking from an open can. Now I am not a germophobe or anything but I did complain about it. Finally I just said (in my head, I wasn't acting belligerent) f*** it and tried to leave, that's when the security guard started to harass me, threatening me if I didn't pay for a undrinkable drink.
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Post by AwamoriRock on Dec 16, 2015 18:22:18 GMT -5
Holding up your glass and tapping it expectantly. If it's super loud or you got something in your mouth that's cool, but it just comes across weird.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Dec 16, 2015 18:42:06 GMT -5
One of my old co-workers posted this a few days ago, and all of them have bugged me at one point or another while I worked bar:
If you wave money at me, shout, clap your hands, or whistle at me you will be served last. That shit's rude, and more often than not you weren't the next in line.
If you don't see the beer you drink on the bar fonts then I don't have it, don't act like a spoiled brat about it and complain. It's not as if I have a secret stash hidden away in the cellar that I'm hiding from you out of spite.
Chances are I've spotted you as soon as you've walked though the door so don't give me this "I've been waiting ages" shit because you haven't. This bar isn't that big and I'm not blind.
Don't order a round one drink at a time, nor come to the bar if you're not sure what you want... and don't order a Guinness last.
Finally no, I don't give out discounted drinks. If I don't get them why should you? Even if I am your "new favourite", you pay full price like everybody else.
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on Dec 16, 2015 18:43:36 GMT -5
Ok since this is one of the few time I can ask a bartender. Is my policy of tipping a dollar for simple drinks like a beer or a simple cocktail like a jack and coke, and 2 dollars for something more elaborate too little, too much or just right?
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Dec 16, 2015 18:44:30 GMT -5
I am not a bartender, but here is one that pisses off bartenders and patrons alike:
If there is a long wait to order, you goddamn better know what you are ordering. Do not wait for five minutes and then ask what's on tap or what the rail vodka is. ORDER AND MOVE ALONG.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Dec 16, 2015 18:54:26 GMT -5
Ok since this is one of the few time I can ask a bartender. Is my policy of tipping a dollar for simple drinks like a beer or a simple cocktail like a jack and coke, and 2 dollars for something more elaborate too little, too much or just right? I would second this query as I'm going to a wedding in the U.S. next year. In the U.K. it's almost unheard of for bar staff to get tips. |
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Post by Mackenzie Gorn on Dec 16, 2015 19:08:22 GMT -5
Ok since this is one of the few time I can ask a bartender. Is my policy of tipping a dollar for simple drinks like a beer or a simple cocktail like a jack and coke, and 2 dollars for something more elaborate too little, too much or just right? I would second this query as I'm going to a wedding in the U.S. next year. In the U.K. it's almost unheard of for bar staff to get tips. If it's just one beer or Jack it's fine. If you have like 8 and it's still a buck than no. |
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Post by Starshine on Dec 16, 2015 20:29:27 GMT -5
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Post by The Booty Disciple on Dec 16, 2015 23:30:55 GMT -5
I would second this query as I'm going to a wedding in the U.S. next year. In the U.K. it's almost unheard of for bar staff to get tips. If it's just one beer or Jack it's fine. If you have like 8 and it's still a buck than no. This. Going rate is still supposedly 15-20 percent. I won't lie, if you're giving me a buck a beer and you're drinking a $3 draft, you just became a patron I remember well. That being said, you guys are reminding me of why I quit tending bar. It was a lot of fun when I was 21. At 32, not so much. |
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Post by TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out on Dec 16, 2015 23:57:47 GMT -5
I generally do $1-2 a drink, is that kosher?
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Dec 16, 2015 23:57:49 GMT -5
Do you tip even when there's no table service? Coming from an Irish and UK pub background, I've only ever been tipped for table service, and once when a patron thought I was nervous on the taps, but was, in fact, just really hung over.
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Post by Sponsored by Groose Wipes on Dec 17, 2015 0:28:52 GMT -5
Being ID'd for water. I would understand it if I was sitting at the bar area but I was like 3 tables from the bar. This happen to me at a Buffalo Wild Wings once.
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Post by Rolent Tex on Dec 17, 2015 1:08:50 GMT -5
Do you tip even when there's no table service? Coming from an Irish and UK pub background, I've only ever been tipped for table service, and once when a patron thought I was nervous on the taps, but was, in fact, just really hung over. Depends. We do full service at our bar...full menu is available. I never really expect much for a single beer. Most usually leave a buck or nothing depending on where they're from. Just don't leave your coins. For some reason I find that more insulting than leaving nothing. |
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Post by Rolent Tex on Dec 17, 2015 1:12:01 GMT -5
I frequently say shit like: "I want something not overly sweet but has an orange flavor". It's because I really don't care what I get, I just want something with an orange flavor that isn't going to be a sugar bomb. Does that kind of stuff piss you off? I ask because my pub is owned by a friend who says he doesn't care... but he's a friend He's not going to say "listen asshole that's annoying, go piss off". When I'm vague like that I try not to add more than two variables, because I'm not looking for anything crazy, I just want a mixer with a shot. For the record I said that line right before thanksgiving and got a cranberry juice with orange vodka. Was amazing. That's not annoying to me. What is annoying is people..like tonight...that say their $4 Blackberry Sangria is too sweet and they wanted more wine added. It's made with Moscato you asshats. It's the sweetest wine we carry. Unless you're affiliated with the Wolfpac, you better not tell me the sangria is, "too sweet". |
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Dec 17, 2015 2:19:21 GMT -5
I frequently say shit like: "I want something not overly sweet but has an orange flavor". It's because I really don't care what I get, I just want something with an orange flavor that isn't going to be a sugar bomb. Does that kind of stuff piss you off? I ask because my pub is owned by a friend who says he doesn't care... but he's a friend He's not going to say "listen asshole that's annoying, go piss off". When I'm vague like that I try not to add more than two variables, because I'm not looking for anything crazy, I just want a mixer with a shot. For the record I said that line right before thanksgiving and got a cranberry juice with orange vodka. Was amazing. That's not annoying to me. What is annoying is people..like tonight...that say their $4 Blackberry Sangria is too sweet and they wanted more wine added. It's made with Moscato you asshats. It's the sweetest wine we carry. Unless you're affiliated with the Wolfpac, you better not tell me the sangria is, "too sweet". What if we're affiliated with Bullet Club? |
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Post by Rolent Tex on Dec 17, 2015 7:21:40 GMT -5
That's not annoying to me. What is annoying is people..like tonight...that say their $4 Blackberry Sangria is too sweet and they wanted more wine added. It's made with Moscato you asshats. It's the sweetest wine we carry. Unless you're affiliated with the Wolfpac, you better not tell me the sangria is, "too sweet". What if we're affiliated with Bullet Club? Acceptable. |
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Dec 17, 2015 11:26:31 GMT -5
As a patron the one complaint I'll have is TV choice. f***ing hell two nights ago three of the local teams on and the two main TVs I can see at the bar area were NHL network and ESPN 2 Poker. I forget what the other ones had but still a little preplanning please. Last night I went out for an hour and the TV had NFL network, international soccer and ESPN with NBA. Knicks, Nets weren't on or NBCSN to watch hockey there was no reason the NFL network had to be on.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Dec 17, 2015 12:16:10 GMT -5
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He's not going to say "listen asshole that's annoying, go piss off". When I'm vague like that I try not to add more than two variables, because I'm not looking for anything crazy, I just want a mixer with a shot.
