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11-11-2006, 09:22 PM
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Re: $31 or $131
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It's a place I really only go 2 or 3 times a year because they have the satellite package which carries my alma mater's hockey games. I saw the $31 and pointed it out the waitress. She came back with another credit card receipt for $100, so I thought she was cutting us a break for pointing out the error. Then 2 seconds later I realized that was in addition to the original receipt. Kinda sucked to point it out and not have it recognized in anyway. Oh well. Hopefully karma will bring it back to me one day. [/ QUOTE ] you definitely should have showed it to the manager, and not the waitress. 
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#2
11-11-2006, 10:06 PM
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they have the satellite package which carries my alma mater's hockey games. [/ QUOTE ] wtf, you said sporting event. anyone who can get 150 people to a bar to watch college hockey drinks free forever.
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#4
11-11-2006, 02:53 AM
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Re: $31 or $131
If you were getting hooked up, the boss would have come over and said something. Since he didn't, it was a mistake by the waitress. The best way to handle it would have been to go to the boss and mention the mistake. One of two things will happen. He will thank you for mentioning it, and may well say don't worry about it. Or he will correct the problem, but realize you are a stand up guy and will be much more accomadating next time you bring a large group in. So you could set yourself up for more free [censored].
Also, since you are bringing 150 people into a bar, why not set this up in advance? You could have gotten better deals for everyone involved.
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#5
11-11-2006, 03:12 AM
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Re: $31 or $131
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You organize a get-together at a sports bar to watch a college sporting event...~150 people the bar would never have there on Friday night. The owner brings you a beer on the house during the night to show his thanks. Your group of 4 runs up a tab of $131. The waitress brings you a credit card slip to sign that says $31. Sign and leave or say something? [/ QUOTE ] What was the owner like? Was he a nice guy trying to run a bar where people could have a good time along with him making a good profit as well? Or was he a guy where you were a little offended by his "generosity" of giving you one free beer for all the business you brought him for the night? If it were me, I would rather he not given me attention at all, rather than giving me a free pint. In my mind, a "sports bar" is a decent-sized place that brings in a lot of clientele on a regular basis, but the way you talk indactes that a genuinely nice guy runs the place, it's not that big, and that he gave you the beer as a sincere gesture of appreciation. In that case, I'd correct the mistake and pay up no problem. If it were a Scores or something, F-em.
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#6
11-11-2006, 03:44 AM
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Re: $31 or $131
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[ QUOTE ] You organize a get-together at a sports bar to watch a college sporting event...~150 people the bar would never have there on Friday night. The owner brings you a beer on the house during the night to show his thanks. Your group of 4 runs up a tab of $131. The waitress brings you a credit card slip to sign that says $31. Sign and leave or say something? [/ QUOTE ] What was the owner like? Was he a nice guy trying to run a bar where people could have a good time along with him making a good profit as well? Or was he a guy where you were a little offended by his "generosity" of giving you one free beer for all the business you brought him for the night? If it were me, I would rather he not given me attention at all, rather than giving me a free pint. In my mind, a "sports bar" is a decent-sized place that brings in a lot of clientele on a regular basis, but the way you talk indactes that a genuinely nice guy runs the place, it's not that big, and that he gave you the beer as a sincere gesture of appreciation. In that case, I'd correct the mistake and pay up no problem. If it were a Scores or something, F-em. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, that's pretty much why I did it. He's a good guy, loves when we come there for the televised games, loves how raucous we get, loves the spirit. And it packs the place. And we have a "home" to watch our games. (It's Cornell hockey by the way...who knows, some folks on here may have even been there tonight at Ship of Fools). He sets out extra tables and chairs, puts nearly all the TV's on our game -- everything's very accommodating. So it's a win-win. He definitely falls into the first category of being a nice guy. Last year when our NCAA quarterfinal game wasn't coming on TV at the expected time, he (after probably being told by a Cornell fan) went around to nearly every table to explain that the game was being delayed slightly because the previous one was running over. And tonight, at first I thought he was just bringing me another beer because the waitress was so busy, until I realized it was on the house as a simple token of appreciation. Ok. Enough rambling. Just wanted to see the poll results. I'm surprised it was so close, although without context it may be more ambigious. I guess given all that I just said, I really didn't have to think twice about correcting the mistake.
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#7
11-11-2006, 04:39 AM
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Re: $31 or $131
Jordan, if you organize these events you should definitely start talking to the bartender. Try to get some deals or some sort of kick back. You have to be spending some amount of time/energy organizing it, and he is reaping the benefits of your hard work. Make it more regular(2 times a month?) and then talk to the guy. Get some free [censored] for a reason.
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#10
11-11-2006, 03:46 AM
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Re: $31 or $131
This is really simple, if you plan on going back to this place you pay the full price and a good tip, if you don't you pay the price they gave you plus a good tip and never come back again.
Edit: also only try and screw him if you're paying with cash
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