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This actually happened a couple of months ago, but I never got around to posting it. Not sure why.
This happened at a local bar that I used to go to all the time for karaoke, until the main karaoke guy quit. Since then, it changed ownership, and they started bringing karaoke back, so I gradually started going there again.
At the time, they only had it on Saturdays. Back in the day, they had it almost every night. One Saturday, I went with this couple that I'm friends with. They had money, so they decided to treat me this time. There was a new bartender working there, and she was not very pleasant to deal with. She kind of reminded me of the surly waitress from Tenacious D and the Pick up Destiny, both in appearance and attitude. Every time she served us, she just acted like it was a huge imposition for her. She also tried to call last call at 1:20, and wasn't happy when the other bartender -- who we knew from when we were regulars there before -- overrode her on it and told her to keep serving. And I thought she was going to have a fit when we ordered something after what she tried to make last call.
The following Saturday, we were looking for something to do again. We went back to that same bar, even though our last visit left a bad taste in our mouths. This time, my friends were broke, so I covered them. That same bartender was there, although she was a lot nicer this time. I was willing to chalk it up to her having a bad day. We all have them, and while we're not supposed to let it rub off on the customers, it happens to the best of us. Things were going great, until she tried to pull an early "last call" again. She brought me my check, and I thought it seemed a little high. But we did order food, and maybe we drank more than we thought, so I was about to pay it without question. Then I took a closer look and though, "WTF is this? None of us drinks Miller, and no one got shots!" I showed it up my friends, and they were just as confused as I was.
At this point, the other bartender -- the good one -- notices something's wrong, and asks about it. And I'm sorry to say, I had a moment of suckiness, and kind of went off on her. I told her, "We have a problem. We didn't order any of this shit!" She looked kind of scared and said, "OK, calm down. We'll get this sorted out." That's when I realized I was acting sucky, and apologized for it. All in all, there was about $30 of stuff on our tab that wasn't ours. The other bartender was not happy about having to correct our tab, and tossed the revised check in front of us, and said, "HERE!" rather coldly.
At this point, my friends started to wonder if she had done the same thing to them when they paid last time. Their bill was around $100, but they didn't look at it as closely as I did mine, and paid it without question. True, we did two rounds of Jager bombs, but at $6 each, that would have only accounted for $36. Other than that, we only had beer, and we didn't get food that time.
I was pretty put off at that point, and didn't come back to that bar for several weeks. Then one night, I was out at another bar, and found at that the sucky bartender had been fired. It turns out that not only was she rude to the customers, she was also drinking on the job. And I'm wondering if she was charging her drinks to the customers' tabs and hoping they wouldn't notice. And as drunk as I've seen some people get, I'm sure a lot of the time, they didn't.
Since then, I've become a regular at that bar again, and there haven't been any problems.
This happened at a local bar that I used to go to all the time for karaoke, until the main karaoke guy quit. Since then, it changed ownership, and they started bringing karaoke back, so I gradually started going there again.
At the time, they only had it on Saturdays. Back in the day, they had it almost every night. One Saturday, I went with this couple that I'm friends with. They had money, so they decided to treat me this time. There was a new bartender working there, and she was not very pleasant to deal with. She kind of reminded me of the surly waitress from Tenacious D and the Pick up Destiny, both in appearance and attitude. Every time she served us, she just acted like it was a huge imposition for her. She also tried to call last call at 1:20, and wasn't happy when the other bartender -- who we knew from when we were regulars there before -- overrode her on it and told her to keep serving. And I thought she was going to have a fit when we ordered something after what she tried to make last call.
The following Saturday, we were looking for something to do again. We went back to that same bar, even though our last visit left a bad taste in our mouths. This time, my friends were broke, so I covered them. That same bartender was there, although she was a lot nicer this time. I was willing to chalk it up to her having a bad day. We all have them, and while we're not supposed to let it rub off on the customers, it happens to the best of us. Things were going great, until she tried to pull an early "last call" again. She brought me my check, and I thought it seemed a little high. But we did order food, and maybe we drank more than we thought, so I was about to pay it without question. Then I took a closer look and though, "WTF is this? None of us drinks Miller, and no one got shots!" I showed it up my friends, and they were just as confused as I was.
At this point, the other bartender -- the good one -- notices something's wrong, and asks about it. And I'm sorry to say, I had a moment of suckiness, and kind of went off on her. I told her, "We have a problem. We didn't order any of this shit!" She looked kind of scared and said, "OK, calm down. We'll get this sorted out." That's when I realized I was acting sucky, and apologized for it. All in all, there was about $30 of stuff on our tab that wasn't ours. The other bartender was not happy about having to correct our tab, and tossed the revised check in front of us, and said, "HERE!" rather coldly.
At this point, my friends started to wonder if she had done the same thing to them when they paid last time. Their bill was around $100, but they didn't look at it as closely as I did mine, and paid it without question. True, we did two rounds of Jager bombs, but at $6 each, that would have only accounted for $36. Other than that, we only had beer, and we didn't get food that time.
I was pretty put off at that point, and didn't come back to that bar for several weeks. Then one night, I was out at another bar, and found at that the sucky bartender had been fired. It turns out that not only was she rude to the customers, she was also drinking on the job. And I'm wondering if she was charging her drinks to the customers' tabs and hoping they wouldn't notice. And as drunk as I've seen some people get, I'm sure a lot of the time, they didn't.
Since then, I've become a regular at that bar again, and there haven't been any problems.
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