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‘Taking No Hints’: Bartenders Confront a Persistent ‘Creep’ Bothering a Woman, Until His Response Leaves the Entire Bar in Stitches

By Terrina Jairaj Aug 24th
Minneapolis Man Orders Old Fashioned on a Date. Then He Leaves a Suspicious Note for the Female Server

By Ljeonida Mulabazi Aug 18th
Two Bartenders Allegedly Face a Violent Customer. Then the Restaurant Fires Them and Threatens a Lawsuit: ‘Buckle Up’

By Robyn Miraflor Aug 10th
Texas Bartender ‘Bans’ a Regular at Her Bar Over $26 After His Card Declined And He Made Her Pay: ‘Why is it More Embarrassing for Me?’

By Kopal Jun 17th
Woman goes with boyfriend to the bar. Then she realizes who the bartender is: ‘I feel bad for the boyfriend’

By Gisselle Hernandez Mar 16th
Bartender says ‘creepy’ man wouldn’t take no for an answer—but being kicked out doesn’t stop him: ‘I’d choose the bear every time’

By Rachel Thomas Mar 13th
Denver bartender walks into his bar to show live what the ‘cool customers’ spat over the bar top: ‘made me quit bartending istg’

By Kopal Mar 10th
Chicago man spends an hour speaking to a beautiful woman at the bar then suddenly gets an eerie note from the bartender: ‘Don’t leave with her’

By Kopal Mar 10th
Denver bartender used reverse psychology to trick spiteful customers into tipping her few months worth of her rent: ‘I need to reevaluate my life’

By Kopal Mar 3rd
Arizona woman asks for a Martini unheard of and still leaves angry: ‘I’d look at her ID again’

By Kopal Feb 16th
‘Would’ve gotten me a 50% tip’: Server reveals her top joke she makes with men in the bar and all women love it (but men hate)

By Kopal Feb 12th
‘You still have the nerve?’: Texas man grills bartender with ‘a thousand million questions,’ then leaves her with a promise and $0 tip

By Kopal Feb 10th
Bartender gives regulars their Miller Lite in a martini glass. Their reactions are very telling: ‘She was more offended than he was’

By Sophia Paslidis Feb 7th
‘I’m literally trying to do my job’: Couple walks into a bar, gives a bartender the worst time ever, then leaves her an infuriating message

By Kopal Feb 5th
‘If you were innocent, you would show me right now’: Atlanta bartender confronts customer who secretly took 30+ pictures of her

By Rachel Thomas Sep 23rd
‘He made it up’: Michigan server jokes that she can’t wait to be someone’s ‘hot wife’ someday. Then a customer steps in

By Charlotte Colombo Aug 24th