When I ask for a glass of ice-water because I’m getting dehydrated in your airless institution, don’t look at me like a fucking idiot and jerk your head towards a half-full pitcher of warm, dirty-fucking-toilet-water that’s sitting on the corner of the bar that every drunk asshole nearby has probably drooled in or roofied.
If you can twist the cap off a beer and expect a $2 tip, you can certainly go the extra foot to the sink and get a guy who’s been buying drinks all night some running water so he doesn’t collapse. Luckily for you, I just left so you could continue eye-fucking everyone who was standing at the bar not ordering anything. —I was only even there because I’m friends with the band
This article appears in Jun 24-30, 2010.
if you were drinking all night as you say, then i don’t think water would have helped. maybe a good barf would have fixed you right up. or what were you smoking with the drinking that got you all dry throated? i used to do a lot of boozing years back, and first hand, i can tell you, you have plenty of liquid in you already. even if it was 90 degrees inside, just go to shitter and splash face for a second, if you were that dry.it‘s all in you little head.
omfg I got a special hate for beer sling’n bitches who give you the business when you ask for something out of their “comfort zone” die bitch die 🙂
If you had posted this on fml website, you would get more “you deserved it” votes than “yes, your life sucks.”.
There are some bars downtown that won’t serve tap water and force you to buy a $3 bottle instead. One club goes so far as to actually take the cold water taps off the sinks in the bathrooms so you can’t hydrate yourself in there (also, you have to scald your skin when you wash your hands… yay). Fucking sleazy. My point is, you’re lucky to even get the pitcher of toilet tank water.
Marty – is that German for The Bitch, The?
If you spent money in the bar or are the DD, then tap water is fine. If not, then stop being a fucking freeloader and buy something.
UUUGHGHHHHH I don’t understand how bars get away with refusing tap water to their patrons. And having open pitchers of water in the corner doesn’t seem safe/sanitary either.
“twist the cap off a beer and expect a $2 tip”…..yeah takes a lot of brains to pull that off. How about chilling on a back deck with your friends with your own case. At least then you are not being severely overcharged for a beer and not expected to leave a $2 tip.
Sebastian’s logic is about as simple as velcro shoe laces.
mmmmmmm, roofied, warm, toilet-pitcher water….
isn’t that basically Newfoundland swish?
how else would they get people to kiss a cod?
I like a nice cold glass of ice water after drinking and dancing all night! I had this one nice cute lad bartender who gave me some cold tapwater with ice in it for freee, instead of making me buy a $5 bottle of water. He also gave me a couple free drinks too so I’m sure he was just horny. It was still nice though ;D.
Hey there,
I’m fairly confident I know the ‘institution’ you are talking about, since I work there. I would love to clear up a few things:
1. We have never, and will never, deny anyone water for any reason. We have all experienced it ourselves at other places, and we think it sucks. The pitchers (of clean, fresh water) are there to make it easier and more convenient for patrons to get water. We don’t really believe in selling bottled water (I know, crazy, environment over profit, what?), and we have had very positive reactions to the ‘help-yourself’ system – this way, if you just want a glass of water, you don’t have to wait in the often busy bar line. From our perspective, it keeps everything running smoothly, and we haven’t had any complaints.
2. The pitchers aren’t out in the corner of the room for anyone to access – they are on one end of a 10′ bar, that usually has at least 2 bartenders behind it. We keep an eye on them, and they are refreshed often. Considering one pitcher holds maybe 6 glasses of water, that water isn’t sitting there very long.
3. If this still doesn’t work for you, all you have to do is ask. If you had said ‘thanks, but can I get a fresh glass with some ice in it?”, I guarantee you would have gotten it. Jaded beer slingers, we are not. Extra mile go-ers – consistently.
4. We don’t expect, or get, $2 tips. Well, not very often.
5. We are currently not operating consistently as a bar, but for events only on a special premises license. There are challenges, especially when the place is being rented consistently for large events, but we are constantly trying to develop and improve the facilities. Your feedback is welcomed, appreciated, and considered, so next time, speak up!