Rational Insanity
Ten things I hate about bars
I believe all of us have had our very own bar-appointing experiences. Well, these things are natural, but there are certain things that are amazingly common among bars that most of the time, it seems like these places are really cursed. These things really get my head over the top and leave me wondering if there will ever be a perfect bar; unfortunately, that could never happen, so instead of hoping for that perfect night heaven, I'd like to share this list of things with you in the hope of improving bars and keeping you away from god-forsaken joints.
- The Unavailable Menu Choice - I know you guys realize how long clients pore over the endless menu books of most bars, deciding what to order. It really pisses me off when, finally, I have decided what to order, then when I call the waiter to order my item, the item is unavailable! Goodness! Don't these places know the value of contingency? Please lang ha, nagpatindog pa kamu bar nga indi nyo man lang ma-diskitahan sang maayo. I suggest, the waiter/tress should be primed before hand what items are available and what are not, then even before the waiter/tress hands the menu book to the client, he/she should tell the client which items are unavailable. Para naman indi na magpangabudlay order ang kliyente, tapos wala man lang dayon.
- The Lousy Cashier - Who would you blame if you receive a bill and your bill does not tally with your order? The cashier, of course, and as if that does not break you yet, you also discover that the cashier is a suplada, pretentious, and unfriendly b/witch!
- The Too Comfy too Soon Waiter/tress - I am a regular at some bars in the city, and I have noticed that at a certain bar, the waitresses have become too chummy with me. Its not really that I don't want them to be, but hey, I am the customer, not the beanbag. Familiarity breeds contempt.
- The Tsismosa Bar Manager/Owner - I really hate it when someone who owns or manages a bar passes a remark with other customers that I have been to that bar before. Of course, for this to happen, you have to be familiar to the bar owner/manager. Then when some of your friends walk into the same bar after you left, the nosy bar owner/manager drops a line about seeing you there before they came. Grrrrrr!
- Patalbugan Customers - Have you ever been to a videoke bar, and then someone sings a birit song, then everybody else birits their hearts out just to outdo each other. Haaaay...Well, you know what I mean - the night turns into a safari of howls and grunts.
- Nosy Friends - friends who keep on asking me why I am always alone when I go out. Can't you get it? I love being on my own! If you guys enjoy your lousy company, I don't, and besides, it's better to be alone than to be with company who would jump down your throat at the first sight of opportunity.
- Over-enterprising Managers/Bar Owner - sometimes, because of a desperate attempt to improve the following or clientele of a certain bar, owners/managers sacrifice the personal touch and don't care about their customers genuinely, instead they become more concerned with how much they will earn.
- Bad Tequila - well, this says it all, if you can't buy decent tequila for your cocktails and even for straight drinking, you should not have put up a bar in the first place. I am talking tequila here, NOT tequila flavored liquor.
- Pretentious fronts - many bars claim to have good clean fun behind their doors, but are a favorite haunt of whores and call boys. Decency is a must for me; if I was looking for something else, I would not go to a bar in the first place. Yes, these bars cannot control who enters and who does not, but the kind of crowd in any bar reflects the way the bar is managed, its staff, its owner, and even its manager.
- Poor ventilation - Fine, I am a smoker, but smokers don't want to suffocate in other people's smoke as much as non smokers don't want exposure to any smoker's smoke in the first place. I hate it when I get teary-eyed in a bar and the reason is not emotional!
Well, there you have it guys, I hope you be on the look out for these ten things. We probably wouldn't find the perfect bar, ever, but at least, we can come pretty close to it. Be rational; be insane...every once in a while! TTFN!
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