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| - I have to give this establishment a major FAIL tonight. Didn't wanna do it, but their completely amateurish, mindless faux pas tonight behind the bar forced me to do it.
Okay, so...what bartender would toss out an almost-full champagne flute of high-end sparkling sake - wait for it - with a receipt covering the top of it (universal barspeak for "do not touch"!)??? Apparently "Doug" would. So, I return from a quick trip to the restroom and find my receipts, water glass and champagne flute mostly full of my Zipang disposed of by the man who was just seconds earlier being so kind and accommodating.
Well, something's very wrong with this picture, folks. And, did they apologize, when I expressed my dismay, saying "That's why I put the receipt on top of the glass...it was an almost-full flute..."? No. Just a "get him another one" directive from the manager to good ol' Dougie...nothing from the barkeep in question like "Oh, sorry, man. Thought you'd split and left most your drink, covered by your receipt" (Apparently a quite common occurrence in "Doug World")...Nah, just an uncomfortable vibe due to their (his) glaringly poor bartending decision. I sipped my replacement drink and was treated as if I should have cleared out already - or was it the painful embarrassment of a ridiculous bartending mistake hovering over us at that point? I should think the latter. Both are uncomfortable and should be avoided at all costs.
Uh, bottom line (and covered in Bartending Basics 101), Stingray staff: Any object covering a mostly-full drink is probably an indicator from the patron that they are coming back, and wish to consume the rest of said drink.
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