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
Getting change in scotch-taped 10s
― calstars, Friday, 8 December 2023 23:17 (six months ago) link
I gave them back to pay for the next round
― calstars, Friday, 8 December 2023 23:38 (six months ago) link
barflies:bartenders::hitters:pitchers
― calstars, Friday, 8 December 2023 23:54 (six months ago) link
A pickleback and a guinness
― calstars, Saturday, 9 December 2023 01:20 (six months ago) link
barback is a replicant
― calstars, Saturday, 16 December 2023 21:29 (six months ago) link
tipping average over the last few weeks is above 50% drink price
― calstars, Sunday, 17 December 2023 18:42 (six months ago) link
This 1 seems to have no clue what a buy back is after 4 at 50% so I will have to decrease my tipping sorry
― calstars, Sunday, 17 December 2023 21:48 (six months ago) link
I don't get this tipping 50% business. So you've paid the price of six drinks, have been served four drinks, and are hoping for the bartender to graciously serve you a fifth drink?
― Josefa, Sunday, 17 December 2023 22:42 (six months ago) link
Right
― calstars, Sunday, 17 December 2023 22:47 (six months ago) link
And your response to that is, I'll show that bartender, I'll pay for another drink and tip them a regular amount
― Josefa, Sunday, 17 December 2023 22:49 (six months ago) link
― calstars, Sunday, 17 December 2023 22:50 (six months ago) link
Yeah maybe just buy things that you want and intend to consume
― CthulhuLululemon (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 18 December 2023 00:48 (six months ago) link
The buyback white whale
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Monday, 18 December 2023 01:28 (six months ago) link
“Cheers homie” not a phrase spoken to me much but it is most welcome : )
― calstars, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 19:48 (six months ago) link
“Are you alright?” when entering also not often heard, this one a little less welcome
― calstars, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 21:59 (six months ago) link
The WiFi went out so the bar is quiet. Wonderful
― calstars, Friday, 22 December 2023 22:36 (six months ago) link
Adding songs I hear here to my at the bar playlist, which is played at the bar, circular reference warning
― calstars, Saturday, 23 December 2023 00:37 (six months ago) link