Wolf
Well-Known Member
<rant>
This questions pisses me off to no end. Not always, just in this circumstance.
Last summer I went to Indianapolis for a convention. Nice city, nice people, but I encountered the same thing in EVERY bar and restaurant I went into.
'Can I get you something to drink?'
Having reviewed what they have on tap, I ask 'Yeah, what bottle beers do you have'
'What do you want, I'll tell you if we have it'
Grrrrrrr, look, if you aren't going to have a beer list somewhere you better be damn well prepared to rattle off what beers you have, especially at a bar and grill!
Same thing happened here at our work Christmas party. This was at a bar, mind you, not a restaurant. I was happy with the Guiness on tap, but SWMBO wasn't thrilled with the tap selection, so I asked the same question.
'Uh, we have lots, what do you want?'
So we started making requests, guess what, they didn't have 'lots'.
So I coached her on her next trip to the bar. 'Just ask what they have in bottles besides Miller and Bud'.
Still not that helpful, but after the third or fourth name mentioned she stops the bartender and says 'I'll have that'. Guess what, they're out.
The worse thing is my co-workers 'jokingly' giving us a hard time about giving the bartender a hard time. Hard time?! Hell, we're just asking what they have, it's not my fault the person who serves the drinks for a living doesn't know what they have?
</rant>
Is it just me being too picky, am I expecting to too much, or is this a legit gripe others have?
This questions pisses me off to no end. Not always, just in this circumstance.
Last summer I went to Indianapolis for a convention. Nice city, nice people, but I encountered the same thing in EVERY bar and restaurant I went into.
'Can I get you something to drink?'
Having reviewed what they have on tap, I ask 'Yeah, what bottle beers do you have'
'What do you want, I'll tell you if we have it'
Grrrrrrr, look, if you aren't going to have a beer list somewhere you better be damn well prepared to rattle off what beers you have, especially at a bar and grill!
Same thing happened here at our work Christmas party. This was at a bar, mind you, not a restaurant. I was happy with the Guiness on tap, but SWMBO wasn't thrilled with the tap selection, so I asked the same question.
'Uh, we have lots, what do you want?'
So we started making requests, guess what, they didn't have 'lots'.
So I coached her on her next trip to the bar. 'Just ask what they have in bottles besides Miller and Bud'.
Still not that helpful, but after the third or fourth name mentioned she stops the bartender and says 'I'll have that'. Guess what, they're out.
The worse thing is my co-workers 'jokingly' giving us a hard time about giving the bartender a hard time. Hard time?! Hell, we're just asking what they have, it's not my fault the person who serves the drinks for a living doesn't know what they have?
</rant>
Is it just me being too picky, am I expecting to too much, or is this a legit gripe others have?