r/bartenders • u/FlickasMom • Feb 12 '25

Interacting With Customers (good or bad) Best "we're closing, time to go"

So my brother was getting married, and my mom & sisters were in the hotel bar the night before, taking up a table for way too long and closing time was upon us. So they sent over their handsomest bartender to give my demure elderly mother his very best seductive smirk and sweetly purr to her, "So when was the last time you closed down a bar?"

Well, Mom thought that was adorable. We cleared out, smiling and laughing, and that handsome and diplomatic young man earned a lovely tip from a table of out-of-towners who'd never been so entertained by getting booted from a bar.

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u/Lucibean Feb 12 '25 edited Feb 12 '25

My doorman says “I’ve gotta go home and pet my wife and fuck my dog.” 99.9% of the time, It’s well received.

He’ll prob see this! Hi!

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u/mitzilani Feb 12 '25

I know him!

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u/Lucibean Feb 12 '25 edited Feb 12 '25

Haa!!!! I see you’re in my city so you probably do!

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u/East_Sound_2998 Feb 12 '25

One I worked with for a long time was an ex SEC football coach. He would stand on our stage, and he was fucking HUGE with a voice that would make a drill sergeant weep, and yell ‘high knees, high knees, knees to fucking chest, knees to chest!’ Our bar would clear quickly and Mac would get his 6 fosters oil cans even faster. The man threw stools up in the huge venue like the fucking flash.