Brats

[XCashier]

Look pointedly at ID, then say, "Listen, Johnny DuSchnozzle of 123 Douchebag Lane, unless you apologize RIGHT NOW, we will not only toss you out, we will also contact your parents and let them know how you behave in public establishments!"

Bonus points if you announce it over a loudspeaker, or say it loudly enough for every patron to turn and stare at Johnny. Sometimes a good dose of public humiliation and shaming will turn a brat around.

[Opalin]

Probably thought they actually put rocks in it. Why else would he add "on the rocks"? (Wait, can a person be that dumb?)
On a semi-related note my store began selling stones to put in your drinks so it does not dilute, but keeps the drink cool. A man bought them and the lady behind him commented, "You must be a really heavy drinker if you buy those."

Whiskey stones! I like them, but they're for sodas for me.

And seriously, customersruinmylife, I'm amazed you haven't stabbed anyone yet with that crop of idiots. I'd never dream of acting like that, and can't see what in the world would motivate someone to.

[siskaren]

SC: I’ll have a scotch on the rocks.

He turned around to his friends and started giggling and high fiving, clearly very proud of what he had asked for. I give him the drink.

SC: What’s this? I didn’t ask for ice!
Me: You asked for scotch on the rocks. Don’t you know what rocks are?
SC: No.
Me: It’s ice.
SC: But I don’t take ice with my drinks. Also, can you top it up with coke? I hate neat whiskey.

I bit my tongue, because I nearly yelled “GET OUT!”

I was immediately reminded of this:

http://notalwaysright.com/why-barkee...ld-part-2/2319

[Seshat]

I like most of them, but when it comes to the classics that involve gin, I draw the line. I've tasted many of them, of course, but my hatred of gin is pretty large, as it tastes absolutely horrid to me. This particular "flaw" in my classic cocktail regimen led to me telling the legendary Dale DeGroff that he was wrong when he told me that it was my duty as a good bartender to love a good gin martini. I'll MAKE the hell out of one, but DRINKING one? ENJOYING one? Oh, HELL FREAKIN' NO!

I'm like that with coffee-flavoured anything.

I can smell it, I can taste it, I can state that it's a gorgeously made <whatever>. I can assure the chef/baker/barista that they've done a wonderful job.

But I simply cannot enjoy it. No way, no how.

Basically, I can make an aesthetic assessment of it, and of how well the flavours blend and complement, and so on. But at the base of it, it's still a coffee flavoured whatever. And thus, hideous. To my particular, unique set of tastebuds/neural interpretation of flavour.

[fireheart]

To make life even more fun, there is a product called Whisky Rocks (or Whisky Stones) that you keep cold for putting into drinks so they don't get watered down.

Still, if Goofus didn't know "on the rocks" referred to ice, he most likely didn't know about the replacement products

Beat me to it.

My boyfriend has these and uses them.

[dalesys]

To make life even more fun, there is a product called Whisky Rocks (or Whisky Stones) that you keep cold for putting into drinks so they don't get watered down.

Keeping your stones in the freezer or marinating in booze?

Adds a whole new flavor to the concept of "Chill Out"!

[Jester]

The thing with whiskey stones and similar products is that they don't melt, which is both good and bad. It's good that they don't water down the booze, but it's bad in that sometimes, you want a little water to open up the flavor of the booze, something that whiskey stones simply can't provide. Something to consider when weighing the pros and cons of stones vs. real ice.

I'm like that with coffee-flavoured anything.

I can smell it, I can taste it, I can state that it's a gorgeously made <whatever>. I can assure the chef/baker/barista that they've done a wonderful job.

But I simply cannot enjoy it. No way, no how.

It's funny, but while I detest coffee, I don't mind coffee-flavored things. Well, some of them. Kahlua, for example, is rather tasty to me. And there are many dark beers that have certain coffee characteristics or notes in them that I love. That being said, there are beers that are over the top with it, such as at least one espresso stout that I smelled and it almost knocked me over. I doubt very highly I could drink that. And of course, while I love the smell of actual coffee, the taste is simply revolting.

But I understand what you mean about being able to compliment the item. I was once in a cookoff with a garlic theme, and someone had made a black olive tapenade. Now, anyone who knows me knows I detest olives; they are basically at the very top of my hate list. But I tried the tapenade. Did I like it? Absolutely not. It was gross to me. But I voted for it as one of the three best entries at the cookoff. Why? My friends asked me the same question, knowing full well my loathing of all things olive. Well, it was a very well made tapenade, and even as I find olives disgusting as a person, as a cook I can recognize when something is done right. It was an excellent use of garlic in a dish, and a fantastically made tapenade. I'll never eat it, of course. It's still olives. Yuck. But I can still recognize when someone has done something right.

(Amusingly I once made an olive snack for my friends that they loved. I never tasted it myself....too gross. Basically it was bleu cheese stuffed queen olives, wrapped in sweet basil, roasted red peppers, and prosciutto, as I recall.)

[AccountingDrone]

(For those who don't want to read the linked reviews, suffice to to say that these two rums are two of the most premier sipping rums in existence, with each retailing for about $300 a bottle. These are the kinds of rums that I jokingly tell guests that if anyone ever ordered it with Coke, BY LAW, I would have to punch them in the face.)

The booze store in my podunk little town actually has a bottle pf pyrat cask for sale ... they keep it in the expensive locked booze case behind the counter. [they also had the XO reserve for $49 which I did pick up]

[I have a great relationship with the owner. He suggests stuff, and I threaten to come back and whack him with a crutch if i dislike it. So far he is batting 1000 on his recommendations.]

[Redhead17]

Short answer: Yes.
Slightly longer answer: How long have you been coming to this site?
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The internet quickly destroys my sarcastic remarks. There should be a button that notes when sarcasm has been used. This world would have less war in it if the sarcasm button existed. If anyone invents it I want 50%.

[Jester]

The booze store in my podunk little town actually has a bottle pf pyrat cask for sale ... they keep it in the expensive locked booze case behind the counter. [they also had the XO reserve for $49 which I did pick up]

$49 for XO? Wow, that's steep. Here in KW it goes for $32-$40, and I have seen it back in Phoenix for $19-$23. I'm wondering...if the XO is $49, how much is the Cask?

The internet quickly destroys my sarcastic remarks. There should be a button that notes when sarcasm has been used. This world would have less war in it if the sarcasm button existed. If anyone invents it I want 50%.

Oh, even knowing that it was sarcastic would not have kept me from adding my own sarcastically rhetorical question. Just so you know.

[XCashier]

The booze store in my podunk little town actually has a bottle pf pyrat cask for sale ... they keep it in the expensive locked booze case behind the counter. [they also had the XO reserve for $49 which I did pick up]

So how is the XO, any good? I must admit, Pyrat Cask intrigues me, but I don't have that kind of money.

[EricKei]

Unless it's a crap whiskey, mixing it with something else is wasting the whiskey.

The notable exceptions from KiaKat and Jester notwithstanding ^_^ ... Makes sense to me. If it NEEDS to be mixed with Coke/etc, it's nigh undrinkable to begin with.

Kinda like how many, many of my friends think of steak -- "No properly-done steak [regardless of how it is cooked] needs steak sauce. If it NEEDS sauce to taste good, send it back."

[Eevie]

Well, customersruinmylife, on behalf of all teenagers who actually know how to behave in public, I sincerely apologize. I'm 17 myself, and while, yes, I have my moments sometimes, but really now both of my parents would hang me by my toes if I ever pulled crap like that.

I'd like to see how these kids would act in the US where they need to be 21. But then again, I don't think anyone deserves that crap.

[Ghel]

Kinda like how many, many of my friends think of steak -- "No properly-done steak [regardless of how it is cooked] needs steak sauce. If it NEEDS sauce to taste good, send it back."

I've often responded to servers asking if I want steak sauce, "I hope not."

[Seshat]

(Amusingly I once made an olive snack for my friends that they loved. I never tasted it myself....too gross. Basically it was bleu cheese stuffed queen olives, wrapped in sweet basil, roasted red peppers, and prosciutto, as I recall.)

Mm.

Olives are gross to me, too. As is bleu cheese. That said, those flavours would complement each other very well, and I can understand that it would be a great snack - for olive and bleu cheese lovers.