A couple of gems

[customersruinmylife]

Not a very sucky night tonight for once, but there were a couple of stories, not really sucky customers, just stupid.

We're not a nursery

A woman came in, dragging two children under five behind her. She came up to me.

SC: Hi, I was wondering, do you have a licence that allows children to be here?
Me: Yes of course, children are allowed in here until 9pm.
SC: Oh that's fantastic! You won't mind watching them for a couple of hours then?
Me: Watching them?
SC: Yes, I've got some shopping to do, and you know how it is, young children in supermarkets, they'll be wandering off, pulling things off the shelves, so you can watch them!
Me: I'm sorry but I can't watch them!
SC: Why not?
Me: Well, for starters, what do you suggest I do with them? We have no play area. And I am legally not allowed to do it, you need police checks and certain documents to look after children.
SC: But you said you allowed children!
Me: Yes but you have to be with them!
SC: I just told you I need to go shopping!
Me: Then I suggest you hire a babysitter, because we are not a nursery, we are a bar.
SC: Oh thanks for nothing then! Now what am I going to do with them?

Erm, how about being a MOTHER, look after your children and watch them. Millions of other mothers seem to manage OK. And what the fuck did she expect me to do? I had about a dozen meals to take out, there was no way I could watch her children, and guess who she would have blamed if one of them hurt themselves or wandered off?

Alcohol is not free

Took some meals out to a middle aged couple. The woman handed me her drink.

Woman: Hi, erm, this sounds a little silly, but I have a vodka and orange, and its not that strong, I was wondering, could I have another shot in it?
Me: Yes, certainly. It'll cost an extra £1.50, is that OK?
Woman: £1.50??? Why is that?
Me: That's how much a shot of vodka costs here.
Woman: Wh-wh-why? I told you it wasn't strong enough, you should correct it!
Me: Did you order a single or double vodka?
Woman: What does that matter?
Man: I ordered a single.
Woman: *to husband* You be quiet! *turns to me* Well, what are you going to do about it?
Me: I can't just give you alcohol for free. It will cost £1.50 for an extra shot.
Woman: Fine, just forget it! I won't enjoy my meal now!#

Is that a threat?

[42_42_42]

I would have told her that if she left them there you'd have to report her to the authorities for child abandonment. Since when does a bar = a day care???

[rerant]

£1.50? I don't know what that calculates in Canadian dollars but that woman should be damn happy you weren't asking for $4-$5 for another shot - which is what they roughly cost here, depending on where you go.

[Dave1982]

How much are you willing to bet that if she had ordered the drink "strong" (or double, or whatever) that she'd have complained that it was TOO strong?

[Dave1982]

£1.50? I don't know what that calculates in Canadian dollars but that woman should be damn happy you weren't asking for $4-$5 for another shot - which is what they roughly cost here, depending on where you go.

Well, according to the latest exchange rates, £1.50 woudl be $3.21 Canadian. A relative bargain

[Bloodsoul]

I'm feeling sorry for that husband of her's >.<

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I feel sorry for the kids having a "mother" who would just abandon them with a total stranger.

[Becks]

I feel sorry for the kids having a "mother" who would just abandon them with a total stranger.

...in a BAR...

[Kiwi]

Sweet home alabama...

"you have a baby.... in a BAR!?"
"yeah well this ones still on the tit, so I can cart him anywhere"

BEST LINES EVER

[Soulstealer]

Where is this magical land where bars double up as day care? And do the children come with free drinks when you come to pick them up?
That's it I'm babysitting my cousin and ordering a Vodka Tonic. What? I'm not driving.

[Polenicus]

Not a very sucky night tonight for once, but there were a couple of stories, not really sucky customers, just stupid.

We're not a nursery

A woman came in, dragging two children under five behind her. She came up to me.

SC: Hi, I was wondering, do you have a licence that allows children to be here?
Me: Yes of course, children are allowed in here until 9pm.
SC: Oh that's fantastic! You won't mind watching them for a couple of hours then?
Me: Watching them?
SC: Yes, I've got some shopping to do, and you know how it is, young children in supermarkets, they'll be wandering off, pulling things off the shelves, so you can watch them!
Me: I'm sorry but I can't watch them!
SC: Why not?
Me: Well, for starters, what do you suggest I do with them? We have no play area. And I am legally not allowed to do it, you need police checks and certain documents to look after children.
SC: But you said you allowed children!
Me: Yes but you have to be with them!
SC: I just told you I need to go shopping!
Me: Then I suggest you hire a babysitter, because we are not a nursery, we are a bar.
SC: Oh thanks for nothing then! Now what am I going to do with them?

Wait... what?

Okay, I can see a mother leaving her kids in a toys store for a couple of hours. It's stupid and irresponsible, but there would be toys for them to look at (And play with if they're sneaky), there would be other kids around, and employees used to dealing with children. There's a kinda of twisted logic to that, once you get past the whole child abandonment issue. Some with a video arcade, a public swimming pool... some place that has stuff to interest the kids, and they'd be distracted enough not to notice Mommy sneaking off to buy cheap whiskey and scratch 'n wins.

But where on earth would a mother get the brilliant idea that a BAR is a good place to drop the kids off for a couple of hours? Despite my best efforts I simply can't warp logic enough to justify that.

Did she by any chance come from an 867 area code? Maybe Gravekeeper's customers are migrating...

[customersruinmylife]

She actually looked like quite a respectable woman, she was VERY well spoken. She spoke in a very condesending manner when she started listing reasons about why she should leave her children there.

There have been incidents in my old bar where parents have been drinking and not paying attention to their children, so they would be complete SCs and complain that we weren't watching them, but for a woman to come in and ABANDON them was completely shocking and disturbing.

For starters, she had NO IDEA who she was leaving her children with. We are bar staff, not babysitters, she could have been leaving her children with anyone.