Now I literally live crawling distance from a redneck bar in a blue collar neighborhood, usually go there once a week for taco Tuesday. Great place, often some customers bring their pet dogs (not service animals). As Toby Keith would say, My Kind of Bar.
If they went to a bar out in the boonies they’d probably be more comfortable. The urban clientele is spoiled and needy, and as someone in service, I get it. I serve a LOT of needy, rude people.
Our society does not do community. That is what is killing pubs. In Jolly Olde England, the whole town went to the pub in the evening. Now, it’s just for a quick drink.
>> I simply wish to tell you, the patron, on behalf of all New York service industry employees: You. Look. Ridiculous.
It’s New York. NYC is a hellhole from hell. Bartender from Hell, You. Are. Atypical.
The rest of America doesn’t work like NYC. Thank GOD!
As soon as they sat down, they were all on their phones. Not a word of conversation with each other. They ordered & the whole meal was silent. Then they paid and left.
It was one of the weirdest things I've ever seen. Like "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."
That service employees are lazy, unhelpful, passive aggressive, resentful, and appear to hate their employers and customers.
You didn’t order a mocha coffee martini? You’re so square dude.
Who cares about Communist NY? They can all rot in hell.
I am not a "bar person," but unless it's a question of your chute not open properly while skydiving, basing your judgement on a mere two data-points gathered within 100 yards of each other in a one-month span is a little hasty, in my book.
Regards,
This guy hates his job. He should do something else for a living … maybe politics.
Cell phones should be outlawed in public place’s then society might get some normal back.
Sounds like the bar & grill I patronize. Dogs just wander around looking for pets, or the occasional accidentally dropped morsel. Great burgers! For same price McDs charges for a Big Mac meal, you can get an actual burger made of real beef, real toppings, fries and a beer. Also, the barmaids and waitresses call us "Honey" and we call them "Sweetheart", and nobody is offended. Not even the patron wives.
What’s ruining bars in Canada... The cost of booze... Beer and drink prices are north of $7 per drink... And sometimes up around $14 for one drink... That’s insane and the bar businesses in Canada are going bust because of it.
The article was spot but it’s also true for restaurants and pretty much any store. My cell phone sits home or in the car. If it’s in the car it’s for Android Auto navigation and Pandora. I don’t carry it on me.. side arm usually and I don’t need to talk to that.
The dog thing is getting pathetic and pretty disgusting at times. Service dog I get, pets don’t belong in restaurants or bars and emotional support animals belong in an asylum with their narcissistic owners.
I went to NYC when stationed in Newport, RI back in 1969...Went one weekend just for “sh*ts and grins”...
Found a bar across the street from Central Park that had containers of little breads, cheeses, meats, and veggies sitting all along the bar and it was free to eat from them as long as you had a drink in front of you...
Never ever found a bar as cool as this one was....
I don’t relate to this at all. When I visited Boston pubs 30 years ago, they were cramped, tiny, extremely noisy hellholes where a beer cost you an hour’s wages at decent job.
“I simply wish to tell you, the patron, on behalf of all New York service industry employees: You. Look. Ridiculous.”
I think I see this whiner’s problem.
Made me laugh. Remember the ol joke, "Oh you're an actor? Where do you wait tables?"