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About six weeks ago, construction was (FINALLY) finished on the wood deck addition to our restaurant. After promising patrons for months that it would be done, we were elated to give our smoking customers some other place to light up than right in front of our main entrance (Ohio just passed a ban on smoking inside restaurants this year, FYI). An added bonus was that customers could bring their drinks with them, or even eat their entire meal (alcoholic beverages included) on the deck.
Today, right before opening, I see a woman with a clipboard taking pictures of the front of the building. "This can't be good," I think. Right I was...the woman was a compliance officer from the State Liquor Control Board. Apparently, the owners of the restaurant forgot to ask for an extension of our liquor license to the deck, which means we cannot allow anyone to drink on said deck until we file the appropriate request and wait for the State to adjust our license. I'm told this will take a total of 2-3 weeks.
Wonderful-I am now put in the position of telling our guests (many of whom have been enjoying the deck and using it as a bit of a party area) to leave their drinks inside while they smoke, for now. We all know how SCs' tiny brains have trouble comprehending any sort of change, so I already know how the arguments will go:
*"You let us do it before"
*"We promise we won't tell on you."
*"Show us where it says we can't take our drinks outside"
*"I know the law and it says (insert comment here explaining why they can brink drinks outside)
*"This (obviously a beer) isn't an alcoholic drink"
...and so on and so on. That's just the customers who will argue about it. I am extra-excited about having to deal with the ones try to sneak it out, or just blatantly steam past our hostess with their drinks.
I know this seems like it's a minor thing, but our patrons tend to get rowdy at times, and this is just the type of thing that causes me headaches on a daily (sometimes hourly) basis.
Today, right before opening, I see a woman with a clipboard taking pictures of the front of the building. "This can't be good," I think. Right I was...the woman was a compliance officer from the State Liquor Control Board. Apparently, the owners of the restaurant forgot to ask for an extension of our liquor license to the deck, which means we cannot allow anyone to drink on said deck until we file the appropriate request and wait for the State to adjust our license. I'm told this will take a total of 2-3 weeks.
Wonderful-I am now put in the position of telling our guests (many of whom have been enjoying the deck and using it as a bit of a party area) to leave their drinks inside while they smoke, for now. We all know how SCs' tiny brains have trouble comprehending any sort of change, so I already know how the arguments will go:
*"You let us do it before"
*"We promise we won't tell on you."
*"Show us where it says we can't take our drinks outside"
*"I know the law and it says (insert comment here explaining why they can brink drinks outside)
*"This (obviously a beer) isn't an alcoholic drink"
...and so on and so on. That's just the customers who will argue about it. I am extra-excited about having to deal with the ones try to sneak it out, or just blatantly steam past our hostess with their drinks.
I know this seems like it's a minor thing, but our patrons tend to get rowdy at times, and this is just the type of thing that causes me headaches on a daily (sometimes hourly) basis.
I AM the evil bastard!
day*. All people had to do was leave their booze inside their apartments, or else we would ask them to bring it back in or dump it out. We turned a blind eye to the fact that they had way too many people in their apartment (as long as they weren't too rowdy) and that there were clearly underage students in there... but they just had to leave the booze inside. They couldn't even take it out in the halls. This causes a huge problem if you want to drink and smoke. Yes, this sucks for you, but you can't bring your beer out when you go outside to smoke at a bar, either. I have an idea for you types of people: quit effing smoking! *grumbles more* (No offense meant to people who enjoy a smoke with their drink. Just to the ones that complain that they can't smoke and drink at the same time. It's not that big of a deal...)
) */soccer geek hat*
<walks out>
FUCK YOU!
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