We had a large group of guys in the bar, about twenty of them all sat together, drinking, not eating.
Me: Long suffering barman
SM: Stupid Man
SMF: Stupid Man's Friend
SM: Excuse me, but I ordered a burger about 40 minutes ago, and it hasn't arrived.
Me: OK, do you have your reciept?
SM: Uhh, it's at my table.
I walk over with him. He hands me an extremelly tatty receipt. I also look at the table, and see an empty plate that had the remains of a burger on it.
Me: Did anyone else at your table order any food?
SM: Uhhhh....uhhhh, guys, did anyone order a burger?
Almost all of them shook their heads.
Me: OK, is there a receipt for that burger there?
SM: What burger?
Me: That burger.
SM: Oh, that was my friends.
Me: Can I see the receipt?
SMF: Huhhh, huuhh, huuhh (laughs Bevis and Butthead style)
Me: Well?
SMF: Huhh, huhh, huhh, I ate your burger.
SM: WHAT?
SMF: Well you were in the bathroom and they came over with it. So I ate it. Huhh, huhh, huhh.
Stupid Man looks at me with huge puppy dog eyes.
Me: Well I'm afraid your going to have to pay for that burger.
SMF/SM: WHAT??
Me: I'm not bringing out a new burger until that one is paid for.
SM: Come on! What's a fiver between friends? Why can't YOU pay for it.
Me:
I am not paying for something your friend stole!
SM: I want my burger!
Me: Well make him pay for it! There are about twenty of you! What's a fiver "between friends"?
SMF: I'm not paying for it.
Me: Then no burger!
I walked away. I felt a bit bad for the poor guy who had lost his burger, but I don't see why he was taking it out on me.
About five minutes later, Stupid Mans Friend walks up to the bar, looking quite sheepish.
SMF: Can I pay for my friends burger?
A co-worker said they threatened to beat him if he didn't pay for it.
Me: Long suffering barman
SM: Stupid Man
SMF: Stupid Man's Friend
SM: Excuse me, but I ordered a burger about 40 minutes ago, and it hasn't arrived.
Me: OK, do you have your reciept?
SM: Uhh, it's at my table.
I walk over with him. He hands me an extremelly tatty receipt. I also look at the table, and see an empty plate that had the remains of a burger on it.
Me: Did anyone else at your table order any food?
SM: Uhhhh....uhhhh, guys, did anyone order a burger?
Almost all of them shook their heads.
Me: OK, is there a receipt for that burger there?
SM: What burger?
Me: That burger.
SM: Oh, that was my friends.
Me: Can I see the receipt?
SMF: Huhhh, huuhh, huuhh (laughs Bevis and Butthead style)
Me: Well?
SMF: Huhh, huhh, huhh, I ate your burger.
SM: WHAT?
SMF: Well you were in the bathroom and they came over with it. So I ate it. Huhh, huhh, huhh.
Stupid Man looks at me with huge puppy dog eyes.
Me: Well I'm afraid your going to have to pay for that burger.
SMF/SM: WHAT??
Me: I'm not bringing out a new burger until that one is paid for.
SM: Come on! What's a fiver between friends? Why can't YOU pay for it.
Me:

SM: I want my burger!
Me: Well make him pay for it! There are about twenty of you! What's a fiver "between friends"?
SMF: I'm not paying for it.
Me: Then no burger!
I walked away. I felt a bit bad for the poor guy who had lost his burger, but I don't see why he was taking it out on me.
About five minutes later, Stupid Mans Friend walks up to the bar, looking quite sheepish.
SMF: Can I pay for my friends burger?
A co-worker said they threatened to beat him if he didn't pay for it.
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