I used to live about 45 min from there and we would go every weekend. I had a sweet streak of 8 weekends winning money at roulette. Tip: always bet WITH the wheel.

What's the etiquette if you think some dick bartender overcharged you?

What I did was ask a different bartender the price of it and found out he charged me $2 more on each drink. I was then told if I don't like it to get the fuck out and then the manager came over and gave my money back. Not sure if that was bad form.

Photocrazed - Have you had the pleasure of being in Jersey in the dead of summer? If you pick the wrong day, it can get nasty hot

I haven't been to AC other than for a concert in I can't tell you how long and I live 45 minutes away! Sometimes you can live too close to a thing, you know?

I am fairly sympathetic to wait staff, food mistakes aren't usually their fault (unless the order is entered incorrectly) and they can't help if they are swamped, but the one thing that will make me crazy is if I ask for something and it is forgotten...If you forget you get a pass if you come back to the table to check on us and see how things are going...if you don't come back and I can't even remind you of the thing you forgot...not good. I usually won't go below 10% even if the service is bad, but if it is terrible, I am willing to talk to the manager if he is making the rounds.

I agree, people who take that job know what it entails and you have to be willing to do what it takes to get the $$...I was in sales for years which was partly commission based so I know that if you don't provide the service, you aren't making the dough

this is a good post. If you tip well and be a gentleman, you can get away with alot of shit at bars, especially dive bars with MILF bartenders. Not to say that you could be an asshole and get away with it, but you get special treatment:

- Getting drinks after the bar closes
- bringing your own bottle to the bar (pay a handsome "corking tip" though)
- smoking in the bar
- free pool
- getting food even if the kitchen is closed
- No ID check for that underage friend of yours.

Ofcourse, don't just assume you will get these and if the owner is there, forget most of it. But be nice and see what you could get away with.

I've never gone into public with an underaged person and thought, "oh hey, if we are cool then maybe you can drink too." That's just not going to happen with me.

I also wouldn't buy alcohol and provide to anyone underage. I think there are laws in place to protect both the youth as well as other members of society for a reason. I can see having a wine cooler at their parents house (if provided by the parent and under their supervision), but not on my watch. Perhaps I'm a stickler about this sort of thing, and I'm never going to say that I didn't do it..

because I was an underage drinker at one time, and I know all the shitty nights I had because I was trying to prove some thing or another to the older crowd. HA yeah, I proved how dumb I was. LOL


Jersey in the summer, nope, never been able to do that, but it can't be any worse than VA heat. who knows, I might stop in on my way back down from RI this summer and spend a few dollars in the casino...

I don't know about VA but here, it isn't the heat is it the freaking humidity...

I am sure the casinos will be very happy to have your dollars

At least they are smoke free now (or they are supposed to be)

here in VA we have that 'drive with your window down and your whole left side gets wet' humidity. it sucks...

Well, I just have one thing to say to that...ewwwwwwwww

Jersey is bad but I don't know that I could ever describe it like that.

New Update on another bar personality...

Saturday night, two women came to the bar. Both of them were barely 21, but their IDs were real, so I had to let them in. One looked like a natural redhead, but the other looked like she had dyed her hair with kool-aid, and both had on super skanky outfits that would be more fitting for a dance club, not the pub that I work at. BOTH of them had on so much $0.25 perfume that I had to move where I normally stand after they sat down outside, just so I could not be downwind. The BEST part of their appearance, though, is seconds after I started laughing at them mentally, one of them looks at the other one, and goes "oh... my... god... we haven't even gotten into the baaar yet, and we are aaaaalready getting checked out..." I died a little inside.

what were you in chicago for the weekend? you've just described the entire female clientelle of Duffys... but their delusions will take them far no doubt

Holy crap Maleficient- I used to go to Duffys all the time! I moved out of Chicago 3 years ago but went there in my early 20s.
Small frickin world.

Try the southern states. Humidity in Jersey will seem great.

No freaking kidding.. Louisiana in September.. now that's some humidity.

As my travels south are limited to the great state of Florida, I will take your word on it but without the comparison, summer in Jersey sucks

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