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MiddleFingerMom

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26. In the 90's sometime, I stopped by a great BUSY bar on an early Friday evening...

Reply to WillParkinson (Original post)

Mon Apr 9, 2012, 03:27 PM

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... and the crowd was three-deep at the bar. I ordered a Guiness from one of the two bartenders. She had JUST
changed the Guinness keg, so the flow at the tap was fucked up and she couldn't get a proper head on it.
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DESPITE how busy it was, DESPITE all the customers growling and yelling... she stayed doggedly with my order,
starting over THREE times 'til she could get it right (once a Guinness pour STARTS screwed-up, it's not something
you can adjust and fix).
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I'm a GOOD tipper (been there done that) but not a flamboyant one... but that night was the only night I've
ever laid a $20 bill on a bartender for bringing me one drink (I also let her know I was aware of how above-and-
beyond she had gone).
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What was the best server you've ever had at a restaurant (or best service)? [View all] WillParkinson Apr 2012 OP

An Italian restaurant here in Detroit bif Apr 2012 #1

We always pay a lot of attention to our servers and tip woodsprite Apr 2012 #2

Many years ago HeiressofBickworth Apr 2012 #3

Too many to count - far more than 'bad service'. HopeHoops Apr 2012 #4

Yep. Iggo Apr 2012 #6

Same here - the bad ones, maybe half dozen. Good ones, dozens and dozens csziggy Apr 2012 #15

I once got excellent service from a precise young woman who also spoke with perfect grammar.... Scuba Apr 2012 #5

I was on a business trip with a colleague and we were at dinner... undeterred Apr 2012 #7

Once in Rome rrneck Apr 2012 #8

Have had a lot of good servers/meals. Interesting however that you mention Pizzeria Uno. ohiosmith Apr 2012 #9

Lady named "Marty" at Rick's Swiss Chalet, Palo Alto, CA Amerigo Vespucci Apr 2012 #10

At the restaurant "Blue" at the Ritz-Carlton in the Cayman Islands. Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #11

Yeah - it's always at the small hole-in-the-walls chrisa Apr 2012 #12

That's often hard nickinSTL Apr 2012 #13

When I first met my latest wife, she was manager of a local pizza joint Major Nikon Apr 2012 #14

um, is that amazing to you? that's a standard trick, you know? pitohui Apr 2012 #16

Well... WillParkinson Apr 2012 #18

When my first son was about eight months old we went to a little place in Pbgh. nolabear Apr 2012 #17

I've had great service in a lot of places NewJeffCT Apr 2012 #19

All my good friends at AsahinaKimi Apr 2012 #20

A diner outside NYC treestar Apr 2012 #21

I have fantastic servers. era veteran Apr 2012 #22

Bill, of the original Washington Square Bar & Grill Auggie Apr 2012 #23

At "The Mews" in Provincetown, MA DFW Apr 2012 #24

Late 80's, I used to take my ex's mother to dinner once a week kcass1954 Apr 2012 #25

In the 90's sometime, I stopped by a great BUSY bar on an early Friday evening... MiddleFingerMom Apr 2012 #26

I usually see good service Taverner Apr 2012 #27