Do You Want to Start a Tab?

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Carl
Everyone in the service industry has a story. Crazy customers, wild orders and WTF moments. Do you want to start a tab? The podcast here to bring you those sales from behind the bar. My name is Carl. I've been bartending for eight plus years now.

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Riley
My name's Riley. I have bartended in the past.

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Carl
We're getting. So what's the word I'm looking for? Not generalization, but broad in our opinions.

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Riley
We're getting so. I mean, you could say obtuse. You could say vague.

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Carl
Vague. That was thought it was like. So if you're not familiar with our lovely little podcast, we read stories about bartending life from the guest or the bartender experience and maybe dabble in the hospitality industry altogether. Then we talk about it, maybe go over what could have been handled differently if there was an asshole, if there was a hero in the story, than we rate it on a scale of 1 to 5 one being your average bar story, five being a unique situation that we have not heard or seen yet.

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Carl
So we like to drink on this podcast because we're a bartending podcast, so why not? What are we drinking today? Reilly?

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Riley
I don't know. What are we doing? Carl has our shot and you know, it has Campari in it. Yeah.

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Carl
So we ask each other what we want to drink, and the other person goes, Make something and rally it.

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Riley
It's lime juice.

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Carl
There's three other ingredients I know. So I made a seven part daiquiri, I guess. I don't know. I'm call it The Dirty Bird is by origin called that.

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Riley
Does it have. It doesn't have Dr. Bird then, but it does. So I've just gotten four of the seven ingredients.

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Carl
Five?

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Riley
I guess five you're missing.

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Carl
Yeah, maybe they're only six. Okay, so there's lime juice. There's a Thai orgeat I made, which is just almond coconut milk, Thai chilies, ginger and lemongrass infusion. There is Campari, there is Dr. Bird, there is Smith and Cross.

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Riley
What and why? And plantations.

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Carl
I maka Hamilton Overproof Demerara. So there's six ingredients. I guess I call the dirty bird for tea.

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Riley
You want me to be able to stand?

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Carl
I don't give a shit where you're sitting. We don't do this podcast and, you know. All right, I'm not. Try it. Neither of us have tried this thing yet.

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Riley
Have to roll that dinner, sir.

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Carl
All that it years is going to be amazing.

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Carl
It's actually pretty good.

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Riley
Oh, well, it's got so many big things in it that they're all just pouring now. Right?

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Carl
Yeah. You're at. Oh, yeah. And the overproof demerara rum. That's the biggest component in the whole thing, naturally.

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Riley
Because why wouldn't it be? This is a Karl Busch concoction, after all. You know.

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Carl
And then we have to, like, Pierce, examine it in case we need that too. We had a Yingling and a spider cow. We're going to read a couple stories for you. Talk about it.

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Riley
You know, sir, you're a real dick.

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Carl
And she's talking about the cat, not me.

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Riley
I mean, if the shoe fits perfectly.

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Carl
Do you want to go first? You let me go first.

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Riley
I got because I have going. I'll be able to read better after we get this down. Then you will write this.

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Carl
I just googled bartender stories, and this one happened to fall on it. This is in a subreddit called Ask Reddit, and it's a Reddit story called Bartenders of Reddit. What's the best, worst conversation you've overheard or situation you've seen from behind the bar? And then a bunch of people just listed their random stories.

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Riley
And you found one that's interesting.

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Carl
Mm hmm. All right, so this was a comment from wage underscore slave. 12 years ago, I was a bouncer for five years and got some time behind the bar when it was slow and I could make it a couple of hours early for my shift during the levels and dumping the cooler into the front pages. I hear two women at a bar casually talking.

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Carl
Of course, just being there. I quietly listen. Female A So he was pretty good in bed. We even had a joint afterwards and cuddle. It was awesome. I just feel so bad that I didn't tell him. I mean, he seemed okay with it and he said he would call female. B Well, that's kind of a bitch move, don't you think?

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Carl
I mean, I haven't told guys when I'm on my period before, Well, before anything going too far. I hope he calls, but you should just be happy he didn't kill you. Female a well, looked like he had murdered someone. When you turn the lights on, it was everywhere. I didn't think I was having a heavy day at all.

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Carl
You should have seen the handprints on the wall. One was on the poster. He had up for A Clockwork Orange. At this point, I'm doing my best not to die laughing or toss my cookies on my clean bar back to the cooler to get a couple more cases. And upon my return, Female A is on the phone and female B orders another round.

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Carl
I put the drinks down. Female A pulls the phone from her ear. Female A Hey, is your name? Bouncer Dave. I go, Well, just Dave but yes, what can I do for you? Female A I'm on the phone with your roommate. Glenn says hello and you get back to work, slacker. Me dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot.

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Carl
Thinking for a minute takes a quick look of horror. And remember, Glenn just bought a Clockwork Orange poster.

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Riley
Just on the.

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Carl
Bed board of his bed with the world's worst poker face. I try to muscle out a laugh when he. When the look of terror crosses her face, her eyes scream. He knows female B burst into laughter. She didn't finish her drink, left a good tip, and then they both left pretty much right afterwards.

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Riley
There's so much to him that.

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Carl
So let's just start with overhearing stories that people talk about. I, as a bartender, do it all the time. You just write. I have the best hearing when I'm working, and he goes completely out the door any other time.

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Riley
But really, really does.

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Carl
But you listen to people's stories like, what the fuck are they talking about? Then you hear stuff like this and you just kind of laugh out loud. Sometimes you try not to because then I don't care. People like Abuddin sometimes, if I feel like it's necessary.

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Riley
Yeah. There's so much to him back there. First of all, women have periods. Yeah, people with uteruses have periods.

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Carl
Guy had to know. He knew they didn't care.

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Riley
Right?

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Carl
Like, it's not your first time. Maybe. Maybe. But, like, you know.

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Riley
Shit, since you. Maybe you've mentioned it. Maybe. But you should. Her friend have said you're lucky he didn't kill you. No, because we're grown ups. And if you are. If you are not grown up enough to accept that a woman is on her period, you're not grown up enough to be having sex.

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Carl
Right. If you're not willing to have a little bit of thrown caution to the wind, percentage of like this might happen and sleeping with random women, then you don't sleep with random window random women or.

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Riley
Sleep with people who have periods ever because they're going to have periods. Right.

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Carl
It's going to happen literally. I would love to see that happen. Is it like on like the the the Star Wars movie where the guy has a hair on his stormtrooper, like, you know, he has his longest streak is Clockwork Orange.

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Riley
BOWSER as a man would you just trashy sheets It'd be fine. Like, what would you do?

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Carl
Yeah, you just.

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Riley
You just.

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Carl
There's just done.

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Riley
I mean, unless they're dark colors and you can throw them in the washer. Yeah.

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Carl
Once they're that 2000 thread counts on Egyptian thread.

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Riley
But like, really, they shouldn't have been that big of a deal. But over hearing that story, it's hilarious, right?

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Carl
That's funny. And funny, too. If if if the bar back was like making breakfast and Caesar walk out the door and then he Caesar later that day at the same bar, like what the fuck. See that they're compromising like a friends episode?

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Riley
Yeah, that's where that story goes from the to. Oh, shit.

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Carl
All right. That's funny. Yeah. I mean, you know, obviously there's a lot of, like, how big's the town they live in? You know, like, the bigger the town, the more like, Oh, shit. Like, that's hilarious. It was like, 20 hours. It's not.

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Riley
Right.

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Carl
But, you know, I'm saying this is posted 12 years ago, so I wonder. I wonder how far back Dave was doing that.

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Riley
The bouncer, Dave Bouncer.

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Carl
Dave. Yeah. And Glenn.

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Riley
How did he call her back?

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Carl
They were talking on the phone at the bar.

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Riley
All right, you right. You're right.

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Carl
So I wonder if.

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Riley
She call him or did he call her? I don't know.

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Carl
It doesn't say there's 49 replies like sit here. I actually think a period blood handprint would improve a Clockwork Orange poster, but it's not a period film.

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Carl
Let's see. Did he ever call her back? Sure, sure, Sure did. They were on off for a couple of years after that, but.

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Riley
But while. I mean, good for Glenn.

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Carl
Right as you go. Fuck. Is getting some is getting some good job going.

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Riley
It's all about the neck.

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Carl
It's all about the the they would go, I would say from a small world aspect of things of like they happen to go to a bar the next day or two days later and they're roommates. That's what kind of puts it out there for sure. Okay. a2828.

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Riley
You know, that's also people think that women don't have periods.

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Carl
Oh, no. I mean, people that don't have sex with people on their periods, I guess that's that's fine. So that's your choice. And as long as you make that known, there's no asshole in the story.

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Riley
I don't know. I still feel like if you if you want to be in a relationship with somebody who has a period, then you have to be in a relationship with them all the time. Not just for three out of four.

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Carl
Right? But that person doesn't exist in the story. That's just a generalization to the story. So there is no asshole in this story. I don't think it's someone.

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Riley
I think the friend is an asshole for telling her that you look, you didn't kill you.

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Carl
When maybe she had a bad experience. One time she got yelled at her.

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Riley
Well, maybe that's them problem. I'm going to give this story. I'm a 3.1. Yeah, just from the the kismet, as it were.

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Carl
Right. If you have a better story, you would like us to read. What? Go to our subreddit. Do you want to start tab? There is a link in the YouTube video or any description of any podcast platform that you're listening to this wonderful ear candy on. Go and submit it and let us read it and we'll talk about it and have some fun with it.

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Carl
Your turn. Yeah. Let's go.

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Riley
All right. This one is called a hammered customer at the bar. Finally got under my skin. Okay.

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Carl
Saddle up. Finally.

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Riley
Right. Like, what did he have? All right, here we go, user. It's from the subreddit or bartenders posted by great green goblins ten days ago. This is a very fresh story.

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Carl
Very fresh.

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Riley
All right. Sorry. It's usually I am an I am excellent at brushing everything off and not letting things get to me. This guy was the first one who I'm so frustrated about. I work at a restaurant. Not a dive, not a cocktail bar, just a family restaurant slash sports bar. People are usually chill. I've seen maybe a handful of people get cut off in my year and a half working here.

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Riley
Last night someone comes in and starts to chat up the folks around him who he didn't know. My radar went off and he kept throwing out red flags that I probably shouldn't serve him. So I have a quick word with my manager about him. And the manager looks over and goes, Oh, I know that guy. I used to serve him.

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Riley
He's fine. Whatever. So he gets a shot and buys the girls next to him, one to also get some food. He's clearly bothering them, being touchy and weird, etc. not speaking clearly vacant eyes. He asks me for water. Yeah, you can have a water as I'm going for it. He goes in a natural like, No, no, you can't have that.

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Riley
I say back, don't have it. Sorry. He frowns, mutters something about maybe offer me a miller next time then. And I'm tired of this dude already Have a word with my manager again about not wanting to serve him. Manager is like don't give him the shot, but a beer is fine. I give him a miller, you beckons me over.

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Riley
God, what do you want from me? He said, spouting off. I think you were very rude to me. Right now I'm about to give you a life lesson. You listen up. You never know who you're talking to. You never know who has money, etc., etc. Slurring. Pretty good. He says something unintelligible. I say, Dude, I don't understand what you're saying.

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Riley
He goes, Well, fucking understand it, man. You feel like a bad ass back there and just starts going off, I'm done. I walk away. He's still bothering the girls next to him. I turn my back and this dude is up and walking, stumbling towards the kitchen. Manager is right there, Thank God. He starts asking Who's got a problem?

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Riley
Manager goes, okay, you're hammered. Go back to your seat. A second later, his food is up. He gets his food and starts complaining about something. No idea what what he was saying, but there was a fucking idiot in there somewhere. I just walk away and ignore the guy and I'm irritated now he's also pissed. Now my manager walks over and talks to him again and he says something out of line.

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Riley
I don't know what it was, but in the end my manager finally says he has to go. Here's a taco box. You've got to leave the restaurant right now. Enjoy your food. Do bother. Several tables on his way up before his buddy finally catches up to him and escorts him out the door. Man, I usually don't care, but this dude is blatantly hammered and my manager still has me serve him.

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Riley
I'm pretty frustrated about it. His words don't bother me, obviously, but the situation is just so fucking annoying. That's it. Happy Friday, y'all. Let's get this bread again. I got to say this. This dude's the Opie's attitude. Mm hmm. Tough nut. He just seems happy to be here. Right? But like, off.

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Carl
It's a lot like dealing with that. I mean, at the end of the day, I get the discretion cut, and I don't have to ask someone's permission. I mean, again, we're a cocktail bar, so it's not like one or two of us working. Right? And my manager is not always wrong because she's doing a bunch of other things right.

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Carl
So it's up to me or our door guy if he's working. And then we're just like, we're all we tell each other this guy or we just cut off. But to tell someone, Oh no, he's fine. It's like, well, the so undermining thing when it comes to these situations is just like.

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Riley
Like bartenders should feel empowered to choose not to serve somebody because at the end of the day, if you overserved.

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Carl
It's on them.

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Riley
It's on you, it's not on the bar.

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Carl
Or the manager because they're just managing.

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Riley
You have to take responsibility for that and nobody's going to your manager's not going to be there. Oh, he was fine. I know your manager is going to throw you under the bus.

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Carl
Because they gotta look up number.

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Riley
One, right? So, I mean, if you don't feel comfortable serving somebody, you don't serve them.

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Carl
And then you start being like ordering a couple of female shots, whatever, that's normal. But then like being like awkward and touching them and stuff like that. Like, Oh.

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Riley
Right. Like if the people around you are genuinely having a good time, then being drunk and ordering shots for them is fine. But being drunk and handsy and belligerent rude, not okay, right?

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Carl
It's definitely yeah. And then I don't know, then obviously he's trying to like do better by drinking water and ordering food and stuff like that. But it's obviously his passport in no return.

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Riley
Right.

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Carl
He's done. He should've done that 3 hours ago, right. Yeah. This is sucks when you're just putting that awkward position because I've been in that position where you have drunk people at the bar and they're just talking to other people. It's like you can tell that other person feels super awkward right now, but it's like, it's hard to know, like, how do I, how do I handle the situation?

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Carl
Because in theory, they're not doing it. They're bothering someone, which is I'm not I'm not trying to dismiss.

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Riley
That person as bothered. But at the same time, like it's not an actionable offense necessarily.

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Carl
Like if they're going up there and just keep touching it. And I'm like, look, man, like, you.

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Riley
Can't be touching.

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Carl
People, right? You know, and stuff like that. But it's also like, it's also like, you know, what matter the endgame is if at the end of the day, you're trying present a, you know, environment where you don't allow any of that to happen, right? You just fucking nip it in the butt and right. You know, at the hotel, we're not really given direction about where to where this goes is like that.

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Carl
Sounds like I don't know which way to go because we've Yeah, because we try to handle things that we thought was the right way and we're told that's not the right way. It's like, what the fuck, man?

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Riley
Well, and, and if you handle that the way that they told you to handle it after that, then you're going to be told that way was wrong way. There's, there's no winning in any situation and that's why it sucks to know you should cut somebody off. But like not being empowered to do it or being because, you know, you're going to have to suffer the repercussions, right?

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Riley
They're going to call the hotel or they're going to call the establishment and they're going to complain about you. And it's supposed to be your discretion and your manager should back you up. But then they're going to yell at you because you cut off that revenue.

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Carl
So I think in the two years my two year anniversary is coming up, I think I want to cut off three people. I've now went up to their friends and like, I guess I probably cut off more than that. But I've got two friends and like, that person's done like, I'm sorry. Like, I know you're staying here. I have a good time.

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Carl
And for the most part, the friends are always like, Yeah, they know. They know that they're friends done right? They just kind of let it go until they're told to.

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Riley
Right? So which is a shitty friend. Like if your friend is that trashed, make them go, put them in an Uber, take them to their room.

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Carl
Yeah. I don't know. It's, it's, it's just an awkward position to be in, you know, because it is a fine line, right? Because you just don't know how these people are going to respond to what you're telling them. Usually they're fine, but usually you're somebody you get. That person just does not like to be told this or that.

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Riley
Yeah. And so you always have to be ready for aggression or for that negative review that people are going to yell at you for. But I mean, at the same time, I didn't bartend for very long when I did. If somebody was obviously belligerent, I would put a water in front of them and like, dude, I'm I understand that you want to keep drinking, but you need to drink at least two glasses of water before I consider serving.

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Carl
Right. I know a lot of people do that. Like you need to chug this or drink this before.

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Riley
You drink this. I need to see up and then eat your food. And then once your food gets here and you get something else in your stomach, then maybe we can discuss the idea of you having a drink.

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Carl
Right? Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. The bartender seems like they did a great job. Yes. Handling the situation to the capacity that they were allowed to handle the situation.

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Riley
And right then.

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Carl
Obviously, the manager realized they fucked up and basically had to kick that person.

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Riley
Out. And it's nice that their manager actually owned it, owned it, and indeed kicked them out instead of making the bartender do it. Right. Yeah, but also it's the I think you're very rude to me right now. I'm about to give you a life lesson. Listen up. You never know. You never know who has money. I don't give a fuck who has no care.

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Carl
I don't care. I didn't the day actually. You are a shitty person, even though it doesn't matter. Right? But you like is like it seems like in this world. Maybe here just in America. But like, the more money you have, the more respect for you. Like, you know, like, I don't know, like, it's just doesn't matter. Like you said, doesn't matter how much money you make or nothing.

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Riley
What matters to me is you're a human being, how you're treating me, how you're treating the other patrons at this bar, because I don't care how much money you're about to spend here. Because if you run off every other customer, you're not paying their taxes. Right? I would rather pick out one shitty rich customer than have.

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Carl
Ten middle class work.

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Riley
Ten people ordering one drink.

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Carl
Please, you know, because they're going to come back.

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Riley
Right.

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Carl
And I don't have to worry about you scaring away customers, right? My customers.

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Riley
Right. Yeah.

00:20:50:03 - 00:21:05:06
Carl
Yeah, I know. Like those people. Like. Like I don't need to know. Like, we actually had. Oh, my God. This reminds me during the International Film Festival, Outdoor Guy, he is almost everyone, you know. He knows they're over 21. He just asked for I.D. just because it's.

00:21:05:07 - 00:21:05:13
Riley
Cover.

00:21:05:20 - 00:21:06:16
Carl
To cover your ass.

00:21:07:01 - 00:21:07:16
Riley
White man.

00:21:07:21 - 00:21:31:09
Carl
And and one guy was bigger than me, like 66, probably to 82. Big motherfucker and his date, girlfriend, wife, whoever didn't have her ID, which comes up to me, he's like, Man, fuck that bitch daughter, Like, what happened? And he's like, She called me a motherfucker. I go, Why? I go Cause I asked for it. I shouldn't have it and said I needed it.

00:21:32:08 - 00:21:46:13
Carl
And then he asked me, Do you know those two? Because sometimes we'll know them, right? And then as long as I can vouch for them. But I'm like, I have no idea who those are or why they ask if he's like his, then the guy goes, Well, do you know who I am? I'm the most important person here in this hotel.

00:21:46:13 - 00:22:01:16
Carl
I go tell him he's not the most important person. And you know, if you want to kick him out. I didn't say that to her. I didn't get to that point because I was busy and then just escalated. Not too much worse than that, but just turning this whole ordeal. But it's just like, who are you to say?

00:22:01:17 - 00:22:05:19
Carl
You know who I am? I obviously see if you have to say, do you know who I am? You're No.

00:22:05:19 - 00:22:08:07
Riley
One or you're not important enough for me.

00:22:08:07 - 00:22:09:16
Carl
That's that's what I'm saying.

00:22:09:16 - 00:22:14:05
Riley
And I'll be making the claim that I'm the most important person in this town if I don't know who you are.

00:22:14:07 - 00:22:33:02
Carl
Right? Because when we have important people at the hotel, the hotel will tell us, Hey, this athlete or this person, it's going to be in the hotel, okay? Because that's what we do. We fucking Google who that person is. So you know who so we know who they are because we don't know who those people are because of you know, you don't like sports, you don't like movies, you don't you.

00:22:33:02 - 00:22:38:08
Riley
End up sitting next to a very famous athlete for an hour chatting with no idea who they are.

00:22:38:10 - 00:22:47:06
Carl
I love that. And I knew that was going to happen. I knew that was going to happen. And it played off perfectly in my mind. And I. I loved every moment of it.

00:22:47:17 - 00:22:50:17
Riley
He doesn't look that big when he's sitting on a barstool.

00:22:50:22 - 00:23:01:00
Carl
No one looks that big until they fucking stand up. Oh, my God. Hall of Fame baseball player. Let's just put it there. Yeah. So I actually I haven't seen him for a while.

00:23:01:14 - 00:23:06:04
Riley
Well, yeah, because everything Dyersville is up and running. Oh.

00:23:06:10 - 00:23:27:07
Carl
They're about to do construction, but I just. He's always a nice guy, and we have our dominoes together day to day. It's a special thing. Yeah. So anyways, so yeah, on that story and it's kind of like it's not a fine line, but it's kind of like it could go either way with a higher score. A lower score because, you know, you kind of deal with this shit.

00:23:27:07 - 00:23:28:14
Carl
But the, the, the.

00:23:29:06 - 00:23:33:20
Riley
It's like it's, it's just like every story. It's the compounding issue.

00:23:35:02 - 00:23:36:02
Carl
I'll give it to three.

00:23:37:16 - 00:23:38:15
Riley
Yeah. I'm.

00:23:39:13 - 00:23:55:23
Carl
You know, I'll give it to a because of the manager first first the nine like oh hey it's good to go. But then like they did own up to it so that you don't see about a lot or I mean that's true. A lot of people will own up to their shit, especially in this world, because a lot of things can change in 30 minutes or less.

00:23:56:00 - 00:23:58:14
Riley
Right? Mm hmm.

00:23:59:20 - 00:24:13:13
Carl
Honestly, though, I mean, like an hour or less, like, a lot of things can happen because, yeah, there's a lot of circumstances you don't know. So. Cool. That manager owned up to it. Even though you should just listen to your bartender and, like, who gives a fucking. Yes. They cut off a table ten to cut off one person at the bar.

00:24:13:14 - 00:24:39:12
Riley
Right. So I was going to give it a 1.8 because it seems like a pretty run of the mill interaction. Whether or not the bartender or whether or not the manager is supportive, but I actually think I'm going to pump it up to 2.3. Okay. Just because this bartender seems just to have one of the best attitudes I've seen in the industry.

00:24:39:12 - 00:24:43:22
Riley
Granted, maybe that's just the way they wrote, but they didn't really seem pretty positive about it.

00:24:43:23 - 00:24:44:09
Carl
I might.

00:24:44:22 - 00:24:46:01
Riley
Add to that.

00:24:46:07 - 00:24:58:22
Carl
Yeah, absolutely. Or, you know, I mean, at the end of the day, you're going to run this no matter what type of where you work as a bar tender, no matter where you are, no matter if it's fucking $500 a play or two $8 for a fucking house.

00:24:58:22 - 00:25:12:22
Riley
Always going to have a middle aged, almost always white person complaining that they deserve better treatment or they need something because you messed something up or whatever it is, you know.

00:25:13:21 - 00:25:38:12
Carl
So yeah, there we go. There's our two stories for today's episode I hope you guys enjoyed. If you find this podcast fun, going to give us a rating on whatever podcast platform you listen to helps the algorithm and push for more people. But the best way to help us is to share this podcast with a friend or family member that would find us entertaining and then also supporting us on our Patreon for $3 a month.

00:25:38:20 - 00:25:54:16
Carl
On your income for Social. Do you want to start out? We do bonus episodes, we interview guests. It's called Last Call. We talked to them about what got them into the industry and what they're doing now with their lives. Then Riley and I also have our own discussions. We talked about how we met one time.

00:25:54:21 - 00:25:55:02
Riley
Yep.

00:25:55:12 - 00:26:03:17
Carl
And then on this episode that we're going to refill or that we're going to record is about me winning. I was best mixologist for the third time.

00:26:04:06 - 00:26:08:06
Riley
Yep. And that will be released for next week's episode.

00:26:08:09 - 00:26:15:22
Carl
That will be released as a bonus episode free for everyone to enjoy. Kind of like kind of like show people what they could be getting into so.

00:26:16:02 - 00:26:19:23
Riley
You can check it out. Want to stick around for the last call?

00:26:20:07 - 00:26:24:19
Carl
Yeah, exactly. And always remember don't be a dick. Tip your bartenders and drink response.