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  • #31
    I work at a liquor store, not a bar, and I get people with an expired ID from time to time, and they are nowhere near as a fucking shit as this guy...

    Quoth Sliceanddice View Post
    my license doesn't expire for like 40 years....
    My mother's driver license before she got married to my dad is valid for another 10 or 15 years. And she's been married to my father for close to 30 years.

    Y'all must be from arizona, lol.
    Last edited by EricKei; 05-14-2014, 01:14 AM. Reason: merged consecutive posts
    If anyone breaks the three pint rule, they'll be running all night to the pisser and back.

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    • #32
      Quoth Estil View Post
      That was extremely insensitive of Grover, sorry, your waiter for persisting in the upselling of adult beverages...for all he knew you (or someone you know) could be a recovering alcoholic, or pregnant or something.
      There are many reasons for not drinking alcohol: the ones you mentioned, the person could be the designated driver, follows a religion that forbids alcohol, sensitive/allergic to alcoholic beverages, on a medication that reacts badly with alcohol, or just plain doesn't like booze. A professional bartender or waitstaff wouldn't push the issue like Slicendice's waiter did.
      I don't have an attitude problem. You have a perception problem.
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      • #33
        *cues the playing of the new techno-remix of Jester's hit, "Show I.D.!"*

        I, too, am one who does not partake of alcoholic beverages. It has been very rare that anyone has given me any sort of grief regarding it. I find that such drinks give me a burning sensation in my mouth, and I figure it is just something I'm better off without. I do not look down on those who do partake, unless it is to excess. Should I find myself in Jester's bar, a Roy Rogers would be my drink of choice (unless they happen to make chocolate malts ).

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        • #34
          Quoth XCashier View Post
          A professional bartender or waitstaff wouldn't push the issue like Slicendice's waiter did.
          A professional bartender or waitstaff would probably try to upsell - asking the customer if they'd like to see a list of available "mocktails" (i.e. fancy drinks with no alcohol).
          Any fool can piss on the floor. It takes a talented SC to shit on the ceiling.

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          • #35
            Quoth Argabarga View Post
            Not to fratch, but I know a few people who hate the taste of alcohol, hate the sensation of intoxication, and generally deprive no joy from drinking at all, but do it because they fear being mocked for drinking water/soda instead. And that's kinda sad...

            I don't drink myself, and nobody's ever given me anything for it..... I wonder if I just hang out with a very understanding lot?
            I love a drink myself but sometimes I just ...don't want one. Since I'm female, I definitely be extra weirded out if anyone kept insisting that I have a drink when I didn't want one. What are they trying to put in it and am I safe here?

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            • #36
              Quoth PatchO'Black View Post
              *cues the playing of the new techno-remix of Jester's hit, "Show I.D.!"*
              This, combined with Jester's former job in a clothing optional bar caused a very disturbing visual.
              At the conclusion of an Irish wedding, the priest said "Everybody please hug the person who has made your life worth living. The bartender was nearly crushed to death.

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              • #37
                Quoth wolfie View Post
                A professional bartender or waitstaff would probably try to upsell - asking the customer if they'd like to see a list of available "mocktails" (i.e. fancy drinks with no alcohol).
                Oh, certainly. Some of those are very tasty, and a nice alternative to plain water or a standard soda. But pushing someone to have an alcoholic beverage when they don't want one is a no-no.
                I don't have an attitude problem. You have a perception problem.
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                • #38
                  Quoth AccountingDrone View Post
                  Active duty, not vet - active duty *have* to behave or they will be in a world of shit if they get reported for anything abusive to the command, or if they are spotted out in town being serious assholes. While yes you will run into in occasional jerk, in roughly 30 years of living and interacting near military bases as a dating age female I have seen about 5 guys that were drunk and disorderly...
                  To clarify, I wasn't talking about drunk and disorderly, just about people being jerks, as in the aforementioned Captain Douchebag. (And for the person who asked, I'll find the story about him momentarily.) And as a bartender in a town with not one, but two military bases (Navy and Coast Guard), I deal with plenty of military, and just like an group, the active military here has plenty of jerks. Don't get me wrong, the vast majority of military personnel down here are freakin' awesome, but there's always a few bad apples, and when it comes to the military, the bad apples seem to be REALLY LOUD about being jerks.

                  Quoth Victory Sabre View Post
                  Which reminds me, I need to renew my DL in the next 2 months.
                  Quoth Argus View Post
                  Mine once got forgotten until six weeks after expiration.
                  Two days before I was set to fly to Houston in 2012, I noticed my license was going to expire while I was there. As I was going to be renting a car during my trip, this would not do. So I scrambled like a mad banshee to get to various government offices to make sure I got it taken care of before I left. And I did, but barely.

                  Quoth Sliceanddice View Post
                  as someone who has never been a drinker and never will be i find people who think me getting a soda or water instead of alcohol annoying beyond messure.
                  When people sit at my bar and order soda, water, or iced tea, I jokingly tell them, "Okay, get out!" and point to the door. Of course, I do this once (not repeatedly like your jerk of a waiter), I am clearly joking, and they ARE sitting at a BAR.

                  Quoth Estil View Post
                  That was extremely insensitive of Grover, sorry, your waiter for persisting in the upselling of adult beverages...for all he knew you (or someone you know) could be a recovering alcoholic, or pregnant or something.
                  Or ill, or on medication, or a pilot, or of a religion that precludes alcohol, or (as is usually my case) severely hungover, or just not in the mood to have a damn drink.

                  Quoth PatchO'Black View Post
                  *cues the playing of the new techno-remix of Jester's hit, "Show I.D.!"*
                  Okay, this would be interesting. Got specific ideas?

                  "The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is
                  Still A Customer."

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                  • #39
                    Well, I went looking for the Captain Douchebag story. And had trouble finding it, for the very simple reason that, while I've always referred to this guy as Captain Douchebag SINCE it happened, I didn't actually refer to him as that when I posted the story in here right after it happened. Guess I dubbed him that later on.

                    In any case, you can find the original story about this walking turd here.

                    "The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is
                    Still A Customer."

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                    • #40
                      I drink cocktails but I do NOT drink beer or most soft drinks because carbonation doesn't work well with my taste buds. I have no medical explanation for this, it's just how I've always been.

                      Socially speaking it does suck sometimes to not be able to "have a beer with the guys" but I've never been given any grief over the fact I don't drink much.
                      "If we refund your money, give you a free replacement and shoot the manager, then will you be happy?" - sign seen in a restaurant

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                      • #41
                        The full thread about the majorfull-bird colonel dickhead is here.
                        Any fool can piss on the floor. It takes a talented SC to shit on the ceiling.

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                        • #42
                          Thanks Wolfie. I found the full thread, but wasn't sure if I'd be able to post the full herald for various technologically idiotic reasons.

                          Regarding drinking/not drinking. I live in a party town, which you would think would mean that non-drinkers get mor shit from their drinking friends. In my experience, though, it seems to be the opposite: people seem to be more understanding and less peer pressure douchey of those who don't drink. There are still idiots, of course, but they are definitely in the minority.

                          Oddly, I've found I get more weird looks when people find out that I don't drink caffeine than most people get for not drinking alcohol.

                          "The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is
                          Still A Customer."

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                          • #43
                            What's a "well" drink. (Other thread) ?

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                            • #44
                              'Well' drinks are mixed drinks, or occasionally shots, made with less expensive brands. The price you see on the menu for rum and coke? The well rum, the cheap(er) stuff. If you specify a brand you like when you order the price probably just went up.
                              Pain and suffering are inevitable...misery is optional.

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                              • #45
                                NC is partly correct.

                                The well is the collection of liquors a bar uses as a base. For example, if you order a rum and coke, and don't specify a particular brand, the bar will make it using the rum in its "well." But not all wells use cheap brands. I am proud to say that The Bar does not. Our well includes such brands as Jim Beam for whiskey, Bombay for gin, Dewars for scotch, etc.

                                On the flip side, I have worked at bars that DID use cheap crap in the well. Oftentimes at those jobs, when people would ask me what our well (whatever) was, I would simply say, "I don't know, and you don't want to."

                                If you don't care, you order well. If you care, but don't want to spend too much, you ask what the well is, and if it's crap, you don't order it. If you are brand-loyal! you order that brand rather than ordering generically (i.e., "Tanqueray and tonic" rather than "gin and tonic."

                                "The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is
                                Still A Customer."

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