Bad Bartender!

[Anakah]

I was out with some friends and my hubby and we decided to go to ___Casino. Well, we saw a movie and then decided to chat a play a bit at the bar. The first bartender was excellent but the next guy well...

SB: Sucky bartender

Me (talking to hubby and friends) Hmm.. I dunno if I should drink. (Its rare that I do and it takes some coaxing) If I do what should I get?

I wasn't even talking to the bartender he wasn't even waiting for us to order. We were playing the slots and talking. He barges right in.

SB: I think you're fine with that drink right there.

I had a water. What BARtender discourages their customers from DRINKING?

SB: Yeah just think if you do you'll be face first into the toilet all night...

Me: Uh well... I was thinking something light... Like one of those girlie drinks.

Yeah, I said it.

Hubby: Yeah, like the fruity ones.

SB: Yeah, I'll just slip some hard liquor in there... ha ha ha

Me: Um, I think I will stick with the water....

Seriously? He went on and on about some BS about how I shouldn't drink and stuff. He was an asshole. Sadly he has been there twenty odd years.

He then proceeded in great detail to tell us about his new cat door and how his cats are having trouble going out of it cuz they're scared of it.

He talked our ears off about stupid shit when we all just wanted to talk to EACH OTHER and have a good time. Eventually we got up, mad and went home.

[Pixilated]

Wow, he must have friends in high places if he's been there 20 years and he's always been like this! I think I'd have told him to GTFO, since he obviously didn't want me spending any money (OR leaving him any tips!) and then had a word with somebody higher up about his atrocious behaviour!

[Merriweather]

Wow, he must have friends in high places if he's been there 20 years and he's always been like this! I think I'd have told him to GTFO, since he obviously didn't want me spending any money (OR leaving him any tips!) and then had a word with somebody higher up about his atrocious behaviour!

Good grief, how oblivious/obnoxious can you be and keep a job?
I'd at least have given a frosty "I'll let you know if and when I decide to order, now excuse me while I visit with my friends" and made sure you all continued to talk to each other and ignore anything he said.

[rose_metal_nz]

SB: I think you're fine with that drink right there.

SB: Yeah just think if you do you'll be face first into the toilet all night...

SB: Yeah, I'll just slip some hard liquor in there... ha ha ha

WTF?
Is he joke-threatening to spike your drink?! Report his ass!

[Evandril]

That is just horrible behavior! Yeah, I'd have been talking to people above him, have done so for less!

*Patiently waits Jester's response to this one*

[Divra]

This guy managed to do EVERYTHING wrong. I don't understand how you can get away with treating a customer like this. He has to have incriminating photos of someone higher up in the hierarchy if he's kept his job for that long.

- Bartending is not only about serving drinks. It's about creating an enviroment in which guests can relax and feel at ease. Some people prefer to relax by drinking beer by the keg and an getting into headbutting contests with walls, others want delicate cocktails and piano music, but a good bartender should be a part of the bar's ambience. This clown fails. No matter where. Guest is not at ease, hence, he fails.

- I don't encourage customers to drink alcohol (illegal here, Sweden's ludicrously strict laws concerning alcohol sales), but the only valid reasons for denying someone alcohol is if they already are well and truly drunk, or are such obnoxious gits they're becoming a case for managers, bouncers and/or police.

- You chat with customers IF AND ONLY IF they indicate they want to chat and you have the time.

- Repeat business brings in money. Money makes boss happy. Happy boss is good boss. Denying customers service for no good reason, threatening customers, shirking your duties and making an ass of yourself is not conducive to repeat business.

- Laws vary, but in my jurisdiction, causing someone to, against their will, ingest any intoxicating agent, by force or deception is considered aggravated assault, and carries a mandatory minimum sentence of six years. If he was serious about threatening to spike your drink he'd be looking at jailtime over here.

I take a great deal of pride in being a bartender. I don't know whether I want to cry or hurl. I wouldn't trust this asshat to bag my groceries, much less mix me a drink.

tl;dr: WHAT AN ASSHAT!

[Opalin]

W...T....F.... how... did he get a job there, much less for 20 years? I mean... I'm okay with him not pressuring you to drink... but... threatening you to not drink...? Unless he was some kind of demented precog and the bar later blew up...

[blas]

One of the many times I had to play DD for my stupid old drinking pals, we went to one of our usual bars.......and of course, I got a water after a couple of drinks because I needed to be sober for when we left a few hours later.

The bartender was in such a rotten mood because of it being college graduation and some theme night at the bar, he gave me a cup half full of water with maybe 5 little ice cubes in it. Add to the fact I had watched him not even attempt to get ice in the cup like usual, and just shoot the water in, not care if it was full or not, and slide it down the bar at me.

That was just disrespectful.