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You're a good fan, be nice to your bartender.
i hardly beleive the bit about the bartender whining aloud about their supposed feelings of incompitence. this sounds like a bit of wishful projection.
people like this piss and moan about service because they think that they should be served as soon as they sit down, or expexct people to kiss their ass solely for patronizing a business. i'm kind of surprised this person didnt't throw around "portland hipsters" as well.
Bort, I left the a-hole a $10 tip after her bullshit just as an F U. I've tipped at least 20% every other visit. She literally told me that I made her feel incompetent. If you don't believe me, go fuck yourself. And if you read my follow up, you'd see that I didn't wave any cash as I paid with a debit card. And if wanting to be served a drink in the 1st 15 minutes I've been in a bar is a crime. Guilty as charged. You probably have a crush on a bartender that doesn't realize you exist. Too bad your parents didn't a-Bort.
Base for your face.
"You probably have a crush on a bartender that doesn't realize you exist."
and there you have it, folks, the root of this dude's problem.
Bort, congrats on psychologically disemboweling me in view of all Portland Mercury readers. In the words of Natalie Imbruglia, "I'm cold and I am shamed, lying naked on the floor."
P.S. I wasn't hugged enough as a child either. What's your excuse?
P.P.S. Satorical made me laugh. I love him now.
As for this Anon, I have a sneaking suspicion he or she is a regular here. Graham perhaps? Some of you know him better than I do, would he passive-aggressively leave an excessively large tip?
you're not making a case for yourself. all you've done is slip and make clear that you have a crush on this bartender that is not intersted in you no matter how much you over tip, and that you also don't think very highly of this person either because you have superiority issues (i've done your job, your're lazy), or because you think very little of women in the workforce, which is obvious in the above quotation in which you seem to think it's ok to yell your order at a person before it's your turn -which i highly doubt you'd do to a male bartender- stating that she shouldn't be working and should, in fact, stay at home and collect welfare.
also, if you had carefully read what i said, you may not want to too enthusiastically flaunt the fact you paid with a card. i said you are the TYPE OF PERSON that waves cash around,because bartenders can off-hand pick upon your type... but you know what? after reading all your BS, you seem more the type that just needs a friend or hobby.
Please tell me what university you graduated from so I can be certain to never send my children there. After all, I don't want them winding up being a pretentious baffoon like yourself.
I'm always looking for new friends though. Maybe we should hang out sometime. That is, if you promise not keep asking about my relationship with my mother.
P.S. The answer to question #29 on your Psych 101 final was "inferiority issues," not "superiority issues."
Though i only agreed with what they had to say on extremely rare occasions, i'll miss them all the same.
Anyway, i have to agree with the newly kitten-faced sideways smiley face regarding the entertainment quality this thread lacks.
RickStevens, you're harshing everybody's mellows, man.
Also, being a bartender is hard work. Not to mention the fact that you will usually watch an adult turn into a drunken raging toddler in 5 hours. Also bartenders are paid minimum wage.
So why be surly, that fucks with your tips.
If you want snappy service with a fake smile and even a uniform go get drunk at fucking Applebees.
You know who doesn't? Bartenders. Boo-hoo, you have to mix a drink. Boo-hoo, someone might not always tip $1 for opening a $2 can of PBR. BUT YOU'RE SO GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO! You totally sort of remembered the name on my tab. You begrudgingly made change for the pinball machine. You totally hurried when people were waving wads of cash in your face and kissing your ass. Cry me a fucking river.
I'm glad I'm not a bartender anymore since and I don't deal well with assholes. But seriously, if you don't like the bar, bartender, or as it seems the ENTIRE Portland bar scene....don't go. Stay home, open your own beer, and watch your stupid sports that most people want off so they can put money in the jukebox.
There seems to be a high level of entitlement coming from both sides.
Is it impossible for people on here to ever be nice? This forum is a joke and has just turned into a bunch of bored hipsters (sure, I'll lump myself in there too) having flame wars and nasty comments. It's just lame. Livejournal lame.
"ZOMG. people are DOING STUFF!" ATTACK!
P.S. When I referred to you as a buffoon earlier, I meant it in the " gross and usually ill-educated or stupid person" sense of the word. The other definition is a bit too kind. While you are ridiculous, you're certainly not amusing.
Classism, alive and thriving.
but really, ricky , you're avoiding your own issues while finger pointing and name calling. i think you should take a long, deep breath, step back for a moment and try to figure out where all this hostility towards bartenders is coming from.
1. I didn't blame anything on the typo. Ergo, the typo can't be a scapegoat by definition.
2. You've now decided to pluralize bartender, which implies that I have an ax to grind with everyone of that profession (Note: I spelled profession correctly).
In the spirit of honesty, I will admit that I do have some hostility issues. I tend save the hostility for those who provoke me. The bartender in question was extremely rude to me and a number of other customers. She then proceeded to take out her frustrations on me because I had the gall to order another drink on my schedule, not hers.
As for you, Dear Bort, I suggest you take a look at your initial post on this thread, take a look in your own mirror, and tell me what pure hypocrisy looks like. I have taken a number of deep breaths, and I realize I shouldn't let such a trivial person's trivial actions upset me as much as they did, but I'm only human. You on the other hand speak to a specific situation that you weren't even present for, start calling me names, and describing me as sexist.
I'm truly tired of your stupidity. Reply if you must, but you simply don't get another minute of my time.
In particular, arenit's junior league trolling. You can't go an entire day on the internet without encountering several hundred of that guy. Willful contrarianism isn't especially interesting, and posting inflammatory shit then cheering for yourself when people get mad about it says you're a thirteen year old. Fuck that.
Anyway, they'll both be back. You know this.
I guess i just have a hard time with censorship, no matter how big of an asshole the person being censored is.
That being said, if i were running the show around here, perhaps i would've reacted the same exact way The Mercury did -- i'm sure the view and responsibility is much different from their vantage point than it is from mine...
could it be?
Leaky, why on earth are you waiting for me to post my email account online? I'm not 1/100th as stupid as you are. To be honest, I'm not sure if I'm the idiot for responding to your question, or if you're more half-witted for asking (again). Eat more red meat, it's brain food.