Sorry, I didn't realise you were such a tight-ass

[customersruinmylife]

Hey guys, long time no post! I've just got myself a house (woo!) so I've spent the past couple of months sorting it out. Haven't got the Internet yet, so I'm borrowing my parents whilst I visit them and steal any furniture they don't want anymore.

There may be quite a few posts from me tonight. I've got a bit of venting to do.

So, as always, it starts with an SC walking up to the bar.

SC: Hi, could I have two glasses of white wine please, one with a dash of lemonade?
Me: Ok, sure. Would you like <nice white wine> It's pretty good and not much more expensive than our house wine.
SC: Ahh go on then. You talked me into it.

I prepare the drinks.

Me: OK, your total is £6.80.

She hands me a twenty

SC: And put yourself a drink through for when you finish.
Me: Oh thank you very much. I appreciate it.

So, I put through a glass of our cheapest lager.

Me: So, that's £11.20 change.
SC: How much?
Me: £11.20.
SC: You said £6.80. It should be £13.20.
Me: Yes but then you said put a drink through for myself. I put through a glass of <lager>
SC: You TOOK £2 out of MY change??
Me: Um, well yes.
SC: GIVE ME MY £2 BACK!

Shocked, I gave her it back.

SC: THAT was supposed to be your tip!!

She handed me the twenty pence coin.

SC: YOU REALLY ARE CHEEKY, YOU KNOW THAT!?
Me:

She actually told a couple of co-workers what happened, but each time the story changed. She told one co-worker I took £3 as a tip. She told another I took £5 out without asking her, and then she told another I didn't bother giving her any change at all!

I enjoyed the dash of lemonade I was able to buy with the twenty pence.

[Sarlon]

huggles~ next time I'm in your neck of the woods I'd buy you a drink or several....just to cover what that asshat did...

he seemed to have a rectal cranial inversion....sadly its a very common disease....most of the time its not contagious though so don't worry....just don't breath to heavily near them.

[tollbaby]

You're cheeky? Then she's a skinflint... *sigh* why don't they just say what they mean? I'd have given her the 20p back LOL

[otakuneko]

What a douchewaffle.

SC: YOU REALLY ARE CHEEKY, YOU KNOW THAT!?

Right back atcha, bastard.

[customersruinmylife]

You're cheeky? Then she's a skinflint... *sigh* why don't they just say what they mean? I'd have given her the 20p back LOL

I was VERY tempted to recreate that scene from Waiting...she obviously needed it more than I did.

[StarSong]

What the...

So if you had just given her back the original amount of change, and she had given you the 2 as a tip, would still she have blown a gasket if you bought a drink with it? Mind-boggling...

[Bramblerose]

so, just how long has it been that you could buy *any* lager with 20p?

I was wondering about you the other day- hoping maybe you had had a run of nice customers. Silly me.

[poofy_puff]

I was VERY tempted to recreate that scene from Waiting...she obviously needed it more than I did.

Which scene from "Waiting", oh, I remember. I hope that you recreate the scene from later in the movie, when the guy from high school gives him a $100 tip (but in your case it would be 200 pounds - unfortunately, I don't know what to press on my US keyboard to make that L-shaped symbol).

[Mordecai]

Which scene from "Waiting", oh, I remember. I hope that you recreate the scene from later in the movie, when the guy from high school gives him a $100 tip (but in your case it would be 200 pounds - unfortunately, I don't know what to press on my US keyboard to make that L-shaped symbol).

Actually, I believe $100 would be roughly 50 pounds.

[smileyeagle1021]

Which scene from "Waiting", oh, I remember. I hope that you recreate the scene from later in the movie, when the guy from high school gives him a $100 tip (but in your case it would be 200 pounds - unfortunately, I don't know what to press on my US keyboard to make that L-shaped symbol).

Actually, I believe $100 would be roughly 50 pounds.

yeah, beat me to it... the exchange rate is $2 to a pound... remember, the dollar sucks... the pound rules... and this is why international tourism has never been higher in the U.S.

sorry for the OT

[edible_hat]

I don't know what to press on my US keyboard to make that L-shaped symbol

Hold down ALT and type 156 on the number pad.

£

(ETA: I had to look it up, although I used to know all of them)

[Dave1982]

Hold down ALT and type 156 on the number pad.

£

(ETA: I had to look it up, although I used to know all of them)

Or simply option-3 on a Mac.

[poofy_puff]

Option-3... £

Cool!

Yes, I realize that I was all wrong about the exchange rate. I'm used to thinking Canada... their money is worth almost as much as ours these days.

¡™£¢∞§¶•ªº–≠‘“πøˆ¨¥†®´∑œåß∂ƒ©˙∆˚¬…æ÷≥≤µ˜∫√ç≈

OMG what have I been missing!

[Yfandes]

Oh gawd that brings back memories!.

After taking an order for 3 pints of the pricier bitter and a whiskey with 3 cubes of ice:
SC: And take one for yourself!
Me: Thank you! Ill have a pint of that as well
SC: NOOOO! You can only get half a pint of the cheapest bitter! Whats wrong with you!!

[DevilBoy]

This is exactly why I never took a person up on an offer like this when I worked in restaurants.
If they said something to the effect of "have one on me", I never took it literally and just ignored it... not matter how congenial, sincere or well-intentioned the person sounded.
If they insisted, I explained that we simply were not allowed to accept such offers and politely declined.
If they wanted to leave a nice tip, then they were free to do so... they just couldn't 'buy' me a drink.