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This one was jut too good to wait for more stories to go with it.
My bar, like many in this town, aligns itself with a particular U.S. city and its sports teams. Locals from that city often come to our bar, and tourists from there often make a point of making our bar a part of their trip, especially during sporting events involving their teams.
Yesterday, the place was packed to capacity with people watching football, as it usually is on Sundays, and the main tv screens were showing the contest of That City's team. They had a waiting list for tables. During this, a guy actually told my manager that, because he was from That City, he and his party should get priority for seating. Not only that, but he said that, because he and his party were fans of That City's Team, my manager should actually give them a table being occupied by fans of Another Team. He seriously believed that he was entitled to take a table from someone who was already seated, just because was a fan of That City's Team.
I mean, I know we advertise for people to come watch That City's Team at our bar and restaurant, but what part of that makes this dude think that just because his is from That City, he should get preferential treatment? And that he is ENTITLED to a table at the expense of people already sitting there?
Needless to say, my manager told him flat out that that wouldn't happen. Offended by our bar actually being logical and fair, rather than idiotic, he and his party went elsewhere.
Talk about your entitlement whores. That is so utterly ridiculous. It is probably a good thing I don't work Sundays and wasn't there for this, because I probably would have made a smartass comment or two.
What a douchebag.
My bar, like many in this town, aligns itself with a particular U.S. city and its sports teams. Locals from that city often come to our bar, and tourists from there often make a point of making our bar a part of their trip, especially during sporting events involving their teams.
Yesterday, the place was packed to capacity with people watching football, as it usually is on Sundays, and the main tv screens were showing the contest of That City's team. They had a waiting list for tables. During this, a guy actually told my manager that, because he was from That City, he and his party should get priority for seating. Not only that, but he said that, because he and his party were fans of That City's Team, my manager should actually give them a table being occupied by fans of Another Team. He seriously believed that he was entitled to take a table from someone who was already seated, just because was a fan of That City's Team.
I mean, I know we advertise for people to come watch That City's Team at our bar and restaurant, but what part of that makes this dude think that just because his is from That City, he should get preferential treatment? And that he is ENTITLED to a table at the expense of people already sitting there?
Needless to say, my manager told him flat out that that wouldn't happen. Offended by our bar actually being logical and fair, rather than idiotic, he and his party went elsewhere.
Talk about your entitlement whores. That is so utterly ridiculous. It is probably a good thing I don't work Sundays and wasn't there for this, because I probably would have made a smartass comment or two.
What a douchebag.
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