... picture this scene.
A man walks up to the bar. I greet him with something like, "how are you today?". You would expect many responses such as "I'm fine, how are you?", "great, and you?", etc. What this guy responds with is "happy hour!". In the forty some odd years I have been on this Earth I have never heard or been made to believe that saying "happy hour!" was an appropriate response to my greeting. I have to admit I wasn't very pleased with the response I received so I then responded to my own question by saying "I'm fine Matt, how are you today?". He seemed a little confused and then it hit him. He apologized and he admitted he was hungry which made him act like an ass.
This situation brings up a very good point. Just because I choose to work in the service industry it makes me no less human than anyone else. Unfortunately there are people in this world who believe that it is acceptable to mistreat servers and bartenders. Why they believe this I probably will never understand but I do my best to tactfully make them understand that bartenders and servers are people too. But when all else fails dropping into a conversation, with a bar guest next to this ass, something like "you know what the say, don't mess with the people who serve you your food". Maybe this guy will think about that one next time someone asks him "how are you today?".
Consider this a Bar Ettiquet PSA.
M
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