There was salt on the glass. BIG grains of salt! (A two-fer!)

[Jester]

Oh, we get people wanting awful stuff too. The standard version is the "yeah, rum and coke. Well is fine. Whatever." Ditto for wine, gin, vodka, etc. This is an every day event, and we don't really pay it much mind. They want to drink crap, fine. And since they're mixing it, not that huge a deal, even for a rum lover like myself.

The Monster Truck Version is, however, my favorite. It doesn't happen every day, or even every week. But the occasion when it comes along is just so special! It goes almost the exact way every single time, as if there's a script for this nonsense. A guy will march in (it's always a dude), chest puffed up, feeling damn good about himself. He'll come right up to the bar, and proudly proclaim, in a Damn the Torpedoes voice, "Give me a shot of your best rum!"

ME: "Our best rum? Well, sir, in my opinion that would be Pyrat Cask 1623, a lovely forty year blend from Anguilla in the British West Indies, and it's only fifty dollars a shot."
(Cue the sound of screeching brakes.)
HIM: "FIFTY DOLLARS? I don't want to spend that much!"
ME: "Totally understandable, sir. We do have over 150 other rums--what were you looking to spend?"
HIM: "I dunno...six bucks?"
ME: "Bacardi it is!"

Yep. Our BEST rum. In a rum bar. In Key West. For six bucks. Riiiiiiight.

NEXT!

[Mr Hero]

Fill me in. What's wrong if you shake gin and tonic? I don't drink alcohol so this goes right over my head.

[I am the Lizard Queen!!]

Mr Hero , tonic water is carbonated so if you were to shake it.....whoooosh....foam......splat!!!!
I think he should have done it, personally! The customer is always right!!!!!

[Dave1982]

(There's even a cartoon on here referencing that encounter. )

http://customerssuck.com/board/showthread.php?t=6398

http://www.customerssuck.com/?p=7365

There you go

[Divra]

Idiot. As opposed to wanting something REALLY AWFUL.

I get some of those orders too. Usually with the corollary "It'sh for mah friend"...

[Divra]

Mr Hero , tonic water is carbonated so if you were to shake it.....whoooosh....foam......splat!!!!
I think he should have done it, personally! The customer is always right!!!!!

If customer asks me to mess up my workplace, and I have to clean it up, customer is not right.

Then again, if someone here has learned to aim an exploding shaker, that's a horse of a different colour...

[AccountingDrone]

Mr Hero , tonic water is carbonated so if you were to shake it.....whoooosh....foam......splat!!!!
I think he should have done it, personally! The customer is always right!!!!!

If I am going to abuse something bubbly, I am going to do a slammed shot [half a shot of alcohol, half a shot of something fizzy, I preferred gingerale, cover the top of the shotglass with your hand, slam it down on the bartop and then chug it while it is doing the fizzybomb inpression]

[I am the Lizard Queen!!]

OOOH, I did something similar in Mexico. Tequila boom-booms!! Yuuuuum

[XCashier]

Hey look kids!! Someone just bought herself a ride on the Merry-Go-Fuck-Yourself!!!!

Another vote for Best Quote Of The Week!

Heh, thank guys, I'm glad you like the quote, but I can't even take credit for it. I had a friend years ago who would say it and then twirl around in a circle flipping the bird and humming circus music. It was fabulous.

[wolfie]

ME: "Our best rum? Well, sir, in my opinion that would be Pyrat Cask 1623, a lovely forty year blend from Anguilla in the British West Indies, and it's only fifty dollars a shot."
(Cue the sound of screeching brakes.)
HIM: "FIFTY DOLLARS? I don't want to spend that much!"
ME: "Totally understandable, sir. We do have over 150 other rums--what were you looking to spend?"
HIM: "I dunno...six bucks?"
ME: "Bacardi it is!"

Not a drinker, but how does the other mass-market rum (Captain Morgan) compare to Bacardi both price-wise and quality-wise?

[Jester]

Not a drinker, but how does the other mass-market rum (Captain Morgan) compare to Bacardi both price-wise and quality-wise?

Price-wise, it is about comparable.

Quality-wise is, of course subjective, but I would say that Captain is the spiced rum equivalent of Bacardi, or of Cuervo for tequila. Sure, spiced rum has more flavor to it, but that is just the nature of it being spiced rum. Within their respective categories (clear light rum for Bacardi, spiced rum for Captain), both are better than bargain basement crap, but are still made and marketed for the masses, and as such are pretty basic. Neither are sipping rums, nor have any pretensions of being such. Both are mixing rums. I prefer Captain to Bacardi, but that does not reflect on Bacardi's quality so much as it does on my general disdain for clear light mixing rums.

Hope that answers your question.

[RealUnimportant]

Where would you consider The Kraken to fall, Jester?

[Jester]

My preference? Back in the sea from whence it came, never to bother mankind again. (Not a fan of the Kraken, obviously.) Seriously, though, from what I've seen and tasted, they spent the majority of their budget on packaging and marketing, and very little on actually developing a good rum. Like Jagermeister and Cuervo, it is far more about selling it than about making it any good.

[RealUnimportant]

I agree. I've never been a drinker, but the packaging & name caught my attention, and introduced me to the joys of spiced rum. I soon found that while it appeals to my tastebuds a bit, there's other popular brands that do too & that I prefer... And I'm also happy to save the 20% "coolness tax" on Kraken compared to Sailor Jerry or Captain Morgan for example

I'm a big burly bearded bloke, and I much prefer "girl's drinks"

[Jester]

My last comment on rum, and then we really need to get this thread back on track, kids. Regarding spiced rum: Captain and Sailor are good, but if you can find it, try out some Kilo Kai. It's my favorite spiced rum, to the point that I drink it neat. It also happens to be the best rum ever with ginger ale; Kilo and ginger were made for each other in much the same way that peanut butter and jelly were, or wings and beer.

Okay, back on topic folks!