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Do Bartenders really get this mad if you dont order a drink?

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Some places are touchy with regards to underage people sitting at the bar. Others don't care. Obviously, it's up to the bartenders to enforce that policy, but in your case, the bartender could have handled the situtation much better without powertripping like that.

You did absolutely nothing wrong...
 
Kind of sounds like you were being stupid and immature. It's raining and you head right to the bar? to get some water? and you aren't 21 and flip the guy off for doing his job?

No problem not ordering alcohol as long as you buy something and tip well.

 
Originally posted by: KarenMarie
i was a bartender for years... i did not care what someone ordered as long as they tipped.

🙂

Seriously, just give a dollar per refill.

This is my favorite:

He said, "well what if i told you there was a 2 drink minimum."

Your response should have been, "well, what if I told you you were a dickhead?"
 
Originally posted by: platinumike
Im not old enough to drink, but i've been to clubs without open bars, even though im usually on the dance floor i always take a seat there when i get tired, and the bar tenders are always nice, cause...their paid to be nice.

I"ve met few bartenders who weren't nice...

Yesterday I was at a hotel and the weather went crazy out of no where, saw lil tornadoes forming on the beach, so I ran into the hotel's bar/restaurant. I sit down at the bar, the lady asks what i would like, just some water. I told her I was waiting for the rain to calm down a bit.

She gets me some water and walks away, and a dude bartender asks me "what am i doing" i said iam waiting for the rain to slow down a bit. He said, "well what if i told you there was a 2 drink minimum." I said, then I'd just got sit in the lobby. He asked if i was old enough to "sit at his bar" i said "nope" he then said"the lobby is right around the corner, i'd prefer if you move over there"

Instead, I just took a seat at one of the tables in the restauarant. He walked right up to me and said"hey..so what will you be havin" I just flicked him off and went up to my room.

what'd i do wrong here? The place wasnt busy, like 3 people at the bar, and a few people eating at tables.

I think it has more to do with you being underage. Everyone gets jumpy over anything that puts them at risk of getting in trouble.

However, it does sound like he was just being a jerk.
 
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