Thursday, July 9, 2009

THERE'S ALWAYS ONE DOUCHE-BAG IN THE BUNCH....

Pub Trivia went relatively well considering we're coming off a holiday weekend. While we weren't up to full capacity as per normal Trivia nights, we had a pretty spirited crowd, dominated by plenty of new faces. More importantly, lots of nice looking female faces. I still haven't quite figured out the attraction by the ladies towards something as simple as Pub Trivia Night but I like it.. I like it a lot!

As I mentioned before, things went pretty smoothly except for one slight "burp" in the evening. It all started when I got a heads up from FRITO BANDITO, my Wednesday night barback, regarding a group of trivia players sitting in the Champagne Room. Apparently someone from within the group smuggled in their own beers and decided that they would have their own V.I.P. affair with their own brew.

Now there's nothing that chaps the ass of bars and restaurants more than when patrons sneak in their own shit and drink it on the premises. Basic bar etiquette says that it's a huge no-no. You just don't do that- it shows disrespect to the bar and a lack of class on the part of the patron in question. Something like that usually results in confiscation of the booze and an immediate drop-kick out of the bar. It's taken that seriously.

So when FRITO BANDITO gave me the heads up about what was taking place, I immediately went to the back area where the group was sitting and sure enough, there were two cans of Heineken sitting on ice in one of our buckets. The group looked up and immediately knew that they were busted. I read them the riot act and confiscated the beers; however, I allowed them to stay in the bar only because the beers belonged to someone that I hadn't known before while the group he was with were regulars to the Pub Trivia scene and were generally nice folk.

A few minutes later, the guy who's beers I confiscated decided to bitch about my actions, claiming the defense of "We dropped a lot of coin in this place, we should be able to bring in our own beers". I looked at Homeslice like he had three heads and said "Are you kidding me?". Homeslice kept bitching about the fact that they spent a lot of money and that they shouldn't have been disrespected. At that point I went off on the poor idiot and ripped him a new a-hole. There's few things I can't stand more than a jackass who feels entitled. You would have thought that after I broke it down to him, he would have gotten the hint and left well enough alone. But no. Homeslice was on his own soapbox now, probably trying to impress his crew in the Champagne Room. That lasted about 40 seconds before I decided enough was enough and had his arse "escorted" out of the bar. Homeslice pissed me off so much, I swear I think I sprouted a pimple on the back of my neck.... Twat.

So, aside from that "burp" in the evening, everything else went swimmingly.

TONIGHT: "Thirsty Thursdays" featuring a double-bill of fun; Buckets of Miller Lite/Coors Light (5-9pm), followed by $4.00 Domestic Drafts (9pm-close). We're also featuring TWO promos during the course of the night: BUDWEISER presents "Funny People", starring ADAM SANDLER (with free premiere ticket giveaways) at 7pm; Afterwards, we'll have another promo sponsored by PALM ALE (9pm)! Should make for a great night!


That's it. I'm done.


Nuff Said