I?m a quiet guy who enjoys a tasty beer and a good conversation. For that reason, I had enjoyed the setting of the Muddy Pig, dimly lit, relaxing atmosphere, and with a great beer listing. I am a local and for that reason my girlfriend and I had been going to the Muddy Pig for some time. The bartenders and waiting staff always seemed unhappy and a bit unpleasant, but I figured if I stayed out of their way and tipped well they would lighten up be respectful.
I have to say I was quite wrong about this place, and after defending the place to friends I got burned. On Christmas night our family gift exchange, I joined some friends for a couple of drinks. While there I noticed that a nearby vacant table hadn?t been cleared for over 20 minutes. In jovial spirits I tried to hand my girlfriend a slice of left over pizza as a joke from the table when all hell broke loose. A skinny guy with a mustache immediately started screaming at me in front of the whole bar. Then an asian girl came around the corner and started screaming at me too. I dropped the slice immediately, and stood there eyes gaping at these two people. I mean these people were actually screaming, not inside-voices, not a firm talking to, actually screaming. I didn?t know what to say or do. I?d been in this bar maybe 30 times and now these people were screaming at me like I was a criminal. Did I mention it was Christmas??
I didn?t say anything and went back to my chair and sat in silence for about 20 minutes trying to figure out what had just happened. After a while I finally shook it off, and before paying the bill asked the bartender for a couple of waters. Instead of getting us waters, Mr. Mustache denied us service and called over the bouncer to escort me out of the bar. The bouncer then apologized to me for the bartender and said for my sake it would be best if my friends and I left.
Who are these people? How do they still have jobs? Who treats people this way? How can they work in the service industry when they have the sense of humor of Joseph Stalin?? The ownership of this bar needs to wake up and fire their bartending staff before a couple of A-holes ruin the reputation of an otherwise good establishment.
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