I can’t believe there was a time in my life when I wanted pot (sorry that’s what I call it) to be legal. That nauseating smell and dog shit are the banes of my existence.
― Josefa, Saturday, 14 October 2023 00:07 (eight months ago) link
Dogs shitting in a bar is a bridge too far tbh
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Saturday, 14 October 2023 00:51 (eight months ago) link
was gonna say
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Saturday, 14 October 2023 00:51 (eight months ago) link
The best time to go to the bra is when it’s raining
― calstars, Saturday, 14 October 2023 18:40 (eight months ago) link
I wanna know
Have you ever seen the bra
― The Royal House of Hangover (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 14 October 2023 19:01 (eight months ago) link
Dixie chicks come on and old man (not me) starts playing snare with his hand on the bar
― calstars, Sunday, 15 October 2023 19:45 (eight months ago) link
There is no punishment harsh enough for bar drummers.
― Jeff, Sunday, 15 October 2023 20:07 (eight months ago) link
No shame, she’s going to town on those wings and especially that dressing whoo
― calstars, Sunday, 15 October 2023 20:29 (eight months ago) link
^ I apologize , this is a terrible post
― calstars, Sunday, 15 October 2023 22:53 (eight months ago) link
Bartnderi trained to ask for another when current drink is 2/3 done
― calstars, Sunday, 22 October 2023 21:02 (eight months ago) link
This bartender knows all my moves and never gives me a buyback — I’ve met my match?
― calstars, Sunday, 22 October 2023 22:02 (eight months ago) link
At the very least we’re united against this awful live performer in the corner
― calstars, Sunday, 22 October 2023 22:03 (eight months ago) link
;_; that's *me* in the corner ;_;
― real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 00:03 (eight months ago) link
Barback is guy fieri for Halloween
― calstars, Friday, 27 October 2023 23:38 (eight months ago) link
spaces out while staring at the sun reflecting off of buildings across the street
― calstars, Sunday, 5 November 2023 19:57 (seven months ago) link
OK, this was a weird one.
I was at a bowling alley bar in a small WI town. It was packed and the bartenders were very busy. I had ordered a brandy old-fashioned, as one does in WI. I got up to go the bathroom, leaving a coaster on top of my 1/3-finished drink.
I came back and my drink was gone. I caught the bartender's eye and they said "you didn't like my old-fashioned" and I said "I barely got to taste it, now it's gone." They said, "you put a coaster on it and left, that means you were done."
This is when I felt like I was in bizarro land (even more than small town WI is already bizarro land.) I told the bartenders (another had joined in the conversation at this point) that at basically every bar I had ever been to, leaving a coaster on your drink at the bar means "I'm coming back" when you go to pee, smoke, play the jukebox, whatever. They claimed to not know this tradition and assert that the opposite was true. I even got some other people in the crowd, described the situation, and they all agreed that coaster = coming back.
The bartender did make me another drink, which was nice and cool, and no one was pissed off, but it was the weirdest moment of bartender interaction I have had in years. Has any other ilxor barfly experienced this complete flipping of bar reality?
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Monday, 6 November 2023 16:49 (seven months ago) link
how old was this bartender? I’ve always thought the signals that you were coming back were coaster over drink, chair tipped forward and leaning on the bar if the chair and bar work like that, drink left closer to the customer edge. the coaster one is probably the most obvious and it feels like they didn’t think about it and justified their actions in a weird way after the fact
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 6 November 2023 17:07 (seven months ago) link
I came to bartending from a purely theoretical/cocktail science background and had to learn the practical/CSR side on the fly, and your bartender is a pure dumbass.
― that's when I reach for my copy of Revolver (WmC), Monday, 6 November 2023 17:18 (seven months ago) link
That's ridiculous.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 6 November 2023 17:24 (seven months ago) link
I've had BARTENDERS put a coaster on MY drink when I left to go to the bathroom and they saw me and knew I was coming back.
a sign that I didn't liket he drink and I am leaving = I pick the drink up and throw it on the floor
― a very very unfair (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 November 2023 17:59 (seven months ago) link
how old was this bartender?
Early 30's, I'd say.
"Dumbass" is a good assessment imho
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Monday, 6 November 2023 18:27 (seven months ago) link
Sounds like weird passive aggressive behavior on the bartenders partThat chair tip-foward move is class, don’t see it very often
― calstars, Monday, 6 November 2023 20:31 (seven months ago) link
*tips hat*
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 6 November 2023 22:49 (seven months ago) link
I even put a coaster on my drink when I go to the bathroom at home. Total reflex action.
― Josefa, Monday, 6 November 2023 22:57 (seven months ago) link
I don’t have coasters at home, I just turn my glass upside down.
― Jeff, Monday, 6 November 2023 23:01 (seven months ago) link
Oh shit, you mean you aren't supposed to carry your stool with you to the bathroom to signal your intention to return?
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 6 November 2023 23:03 (seven months ago) link
usually the stool shouldn't appear until once inside the bathroom
― a very very unfair (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 November 2023 23:16 (seven months ago) link
I do the reverse of that.
― epistantophus, Monday, 6 November 2023 23:17 (seven months ago) link
xp
lol Neando, alternately, one should carry their (other) stool back from the bathroom to prove their whereabouts
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 6 November 2023 23:20 (seven months ago) link
There's a good ol' boy regular at my place who always takes his beer to the toilet with him, so fucking disgusting.
― that's when I reach for my copy of Revolver (WmC), Monday, 6 November 2023 23:57 (seven months ago) link
In my (hard-drinking) town, the coaster leans against the glass, never touching the rim as that's a huge culinary/sanitation no-no.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 7 November 2023 01:52 (seven months ago) link
i like, but have never seen that
― matcha man (outdoor_miner), Tuesday, 7 November 2023 02:00 (seven months ago) link
“This one’s on me” three mile smile
― calstars, Saturday, 11 November 2023 00:08 (seven months ago) link
until the cash runs out…
― calstars, Saturday, 11 November 2023 00:49 (seven months ago) link
Why would a bar stock Magners in a can and then put it on tap?
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Saturday, 11 November 2023 03:22 (seven months ago) link
Different price points
― calstars, Saturday, 11 November 2023 03:25 (seven months ago) link
Still here fml
― calstars, Saturday, 11 November 2023 03:28 (seven months ago) link
*lol
― calstars, Saturday, 11 November 2023 03:30 (seven months ago) link
Couple making out at the bar while eating wings with blue cheese vomits
― calstars, Sunday, 12 November 2023 21:43 (seven months ago) link
Who walks into a bar on a Sunday at 525 with kids and a stroller
― calstars, Sunday, 12 November 2023 22:26 (seven months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/suqGnuf.jpgThe smallest table
― calstars, Monday, 13 November 2023 00:05 (seven months ago) link
Bartender drinking on the jobNot sure that’s the best idea
― calstars, Saturday, 18 November 2023 00:30 (seven months ago) link
Not this early anyway
― ian, Saturday, 18 November 2023 00:56 (seven months ago) link
Starting a campaign of excessive tipping
― calstars, Saturday, 18 November 2023 22:46 (seven months ago) link
Bartender refills glass of water w/out asking is solid, imho
― matcha man (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 18 November 2023 23:52 (seven months ago) link
Buying a cheaper drink and tipping the bartender more is real class solidarity imo
― ian, Sunday, 19 November 2023 02:35 (seven months ago) link
Greasy looking fellow having an interview for the bar back position, talks the ear off the bartender. “Just so you know, the chances of you becoming a bartender here are slim to none’l
― calstars, Saturday, 25 November 2023 18:54 (seven months ago) link
barback has that just woke up at 4 am because it’s an emergency look
― calstars, Saturday, 2 December 2023 20:04 (six months ago) link