Bad pints and ignorant barmen.

tricky D · 15-06-2006 08:27PM #1

Basically, went into my local work pub, Larry Murphy's on Baggot St, around the corner after work with a mate. Got a pint which was defintely flat and asked for a replacement as you do. The barman (normal Irish barman type) refused saying the pints were fine all day. I ask him to look at the lack of bubbles or to taste it himself, he refuses because he doesn't drink that lager stuff so wouldn't know. I tell him that we're pretty regular customers, no good, so I eventually ask for my money back. At first he refuses, then takes both our pints without even asking my friend. Me and the friend were polite at all times despite being gobsmacked at the level of ignorance.

We move along to the Henry Grattan, where we have a chat to the barman there about it. He's gobsmacked too, but gets one the drinks wrong. Despite not being sure about whose mistake it is, he fixes with no quibble.

scojones · 15-06-2006 08:35PM

Happend to me in my local. The girl who did it was having a bad day. I told her the pint was arse and I wanted another one. I said the reason for the bad pint was because the glass was warm when she was pouring it. She pours the pint from the hot glass into another glass, and hands it to me. I laugh at her, and say give me a decent pint or I'm talking to the manager. She leaves that manky pint under the bar, pours me another pint and nearly throws it at me. I then she her handing the pint that was under the bar to some Polish lad. I was sickend. I had a word with the manager and she no longer works there anymore. Never mess with your locals.

Patricide · 15-06-2006 08:55PM

Yup never **** with the locals, tis a sure fire way to get fired.

AOR · 15-06-2006 09:08PM

god, i worked behind a bar for 4 years (in many pubs) and i dont think i ever saw anything as ignorant as what happened to you. Drinks were changed without quibble in all bars.
These baggot st pubs just have it too good sometimes, they have a guarenteed professional no hassle crowd, they charge premium prices and yet the level of service is much lower that your average rowdy local in the suburbs/in the country.
I hope people notice bad service and take their custom elsewhere.

The Bollox · 15-06-2006 09:12PM

if I was asked to replace someones pint, I would taste it first, just to make sure, and if it is flat I will replace it without any further hassle. However if it was a busy night (I mean where the bar is 5 ft deep in people) I will put them on the long finger and get back to them when it dies down a bit

scojones · 15-06-2006 09:12PM

AOR wrote:

I hope people notice bad service and take their custom elsewhere.

The same goes for bad pints.

Huggles · 15-06-2006 09:21PM

sjones wrote:

The same goes for bad pints.

back in my college days i was in the bar in DCU, there was a gig on so the bar was three deep and you had to shout to get a pint. Anyways, a youngfella behind me asked for a pint of bulmers and as god is my witness, the barman went over to the slop tray and emptied it into a pint glass and went to hand it over, thankfully i wasn't the only that noticed and there was war!!! Imagine getting a pint from the slop tray....vomit!

Terry · 15-06-2006 09:37PM

i'm not one to complain, despite how i come across here, but i have sent back a bad pint on a couple of occasions and there were never any questions asked. i was simply poured a fresh pint from another tap.
that barman sounds like a right wanker.

scojones · 15-06-2006 09:42PM

TheGooner wrote:

back in my college days i was in the bar in DCU, there was a gig on so the bar was three deep and you had to shout to get a pint. Anyways, a youngfella behind me asked for a pint of bulmers and as god is my witness, the barman went over to the slop tray and emptied it into a pint glass and went to hand it over, thankfully i wasn't the only that noticed and there was war!!! Imagine getting a pint from the slop tray....vomit!

My god that's awful!

Mossy Monk · 15-06-2006 10:02PM

TheGooner wrote:

back in my college days i was in the bar in DCU, there was a gig on so the bar was three deep and you had to shout to get a pint. Anyways, a youngfella behind me asked for a pint of bulmers and as god is my witness, the barman went over to the slop tray and emptied it into a pint glass and went to hand it over, thankfully i wasn't the only that noticed and there was war!!! Imagine getting a pint from the slop tray....vomit!

jesus christ. hope the **** got a beating

Huggles · 15-06-2006 10:04PM

Mossy Monk wrote:

jesus christ. hope the **** got a beating

Ya there was absolute war and I haven't drank draught Bulmers since :mad:

easy_as_easy · 15-06-2006 10:05PM

sjones wrote:

Happend to me in my local. The girl who did it was having a bad day. I told her the pint was arse and I wanted another one. I said the reason for the bad pint was because the glass was warm when she was pouring it. She pours the pint from the hot glass into another glass, and hands it to me. I laugh at her, and say give me a decent pint or I'm talking to the manager. She leaves that manky pint under the bar, pours me another pint and nearly throws it at me. I then she her handing the pint that was under the bar to some Polish lad. I was sickend. I had a word with the manager and she no longer works there anymore. Never mess with your locals.

you sound like a ass.

ct5amr2ig1nfhp · 15-06-2006 10:07PM

Marts wrote:

if I was asked to replace someones pint, I would taste it first, just to make sure, and if it is flat I will replace it without any further hassle. However if it was a busy night (I mean where the bar is 5 ft deep in people) I will put them on the long finger and get back to them when it dies down a bit

Marts,
If I pay for pint, and its bad, I'd expect to be served another smartish. Why should I wait till it dies down a bit?

ambrose :cool:

RE*AC*TOR · 15-06-2006 10:12PM

Closest I came was one evening in Bobs (Temple Bar). Place was empty, some match was on (midweek). I somewhat foolishly ordered a pint of Erdinger (tap). There was no chance it was going to be good.

Anyway, it was fairly bad, brought it back. The barman reluctantly gave me a pint of something else, with a big grumpy head on him like I had just ruined his life.

nesf · 15-06-2006 10:19PM

easy_as_easy wrote:

you sound like a ass.

Banned.

6ix · 15-06-2006 10:24PM

TheGooner wrote:

back in my college days i was in the bar in DCU, there was a gig on so the bar was three deep and you had to shout to get a pint. Anyways, a youngfella behind me asked for a pint of bulmers and as god is my witness, the barman went over to the slop tray and emptied it into a pint glass and went to hand it over, thankfully i wasn't the only that noticed and there was war!!! Imagine getting a pint from the slop tray....vomit!

God, was in DCU for four years, and had often heard that 'urban myth' about bar staff serving from the slop tray. Took it with a pinch of salt, till now.

That's fcukin awful.

Huggles · 15-06-2006 10:26PM

6ix wrote:

God, was in DCU for four years, and had often heard that 'urban myth' about bar staff serving from the slop tray. Took it with a pinch of salt, till now.

That's fcukin awful.

saw it with my own eyes! Horrible!

padi89 · 15-06-2006 10:38PM

TheGooner wrote:

saw it with my own eyes! Horrible!

People go around saying "oh i dont condone violence" for that id lamp the barman,no probs.

Hail 2 Da Chimp · 15-06-2006 10:43PM

Me and a mate were in a bar a few months ago, was a saturday night but was deserted as usual only a few locals around. Got two bad pints and the bar woman wouldnt change them, she said it was the managers orders not to change pints from taps people had already been drinking from.

So we did the only logical thing and spilt the pints all over the couch and floor down the back of the pub and went elsewhere

Mimikyu · 15-06-2006 10:43PM

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CreepingDeath · 15-06-2006 10:58PM

Serving a pint from the slops tray is nothing.... I got that beat.
15 years ago ( God I feel old saying that now )..... I worked in a well known South Dublin pub, over the course of 5 years. (refuse to say where exactly)

At the end of each night, when the pub was cleared, the slops were poured into a bucket. It was brought out to the yard, and a funnel placed in a keg.
The slops were poured into the keg.... pure 100% slops in that keg.
That keg was tapped on it's own line.... ie. there was a special tap for slops in the lounge.

Whenever non-locals asked for a Guinness, we'd pour the first 3/4 with guinness. Let it settle..... then top up the rest with the slops tap.
Everything went into the slops tray, lager, smithwicks, bulmers, guinness.
Don't blame the barmen... its the managers who are to blame.
They gave grief to the barmen if they produced too much waste, or didn't shift the slops.

I'd say this was an extremely uncommon practice, as I kept my eye out for other bars where they used one tap to pour guinness, and another to top it up. Think it was just down to one God awful manager.

padi89 · 15-06-2006 11:02PM

CreepingDeath wrote:

Serving a pint from the slops tray is nothing.... I got that beat.
15 years ago ( God I feel old saying that now )..... I worked in a well known South Dublin pub, over the course of 5 years. (refuse to say where exactly)

At the end of each night, when the pub was cleared, the slops were poured into a bucket. It was brought out to the yard, and a funnel placed in a keg.
The slops were poured into the keg.... pure 100% slops in that keg.
That keg was tapped on it's own line.... ie. there was a special tap for slops in the lounge.

Whenever non-locals asked for a Guinness, we'd pour the first 3/4 with guinness. Let it settle..... then top up the rest with the slops tap.
Everything went into the slops tray, lager, smithwicks, bulmers, guinness.
Don't blame the barmen... its the managers who are to blame.
They gave grief to the barmen if they produced too much waste, or didn't shift the slops.

I'd say this was an extremely uncommon practice, as I kept my eye out for other bars where they used one tap to pour guinness, and another to top it up. Think it was just down to one God awful manager.

Jezz thats bad,feckin heeeeeeeellll.

Hail 2 Da Chimp · 15-06-2006 11:03PM

Aslo just after thinking, got a bottle of bud on sat night. It was opened in front of me but was as flat as a pancake with lots of drit floating in it. It was full of small particals floating around, anyone ever seen this before?

CreepingDeath · 15-06-2006 11:05PM

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote:

Aslo just after thinking, got a bottle of bud on sat night. It was opened in front of me but was as flat as a pancake with lots of drit floating in it. It was full of small particals floating around, anyone ever seen this before?

Probably because someone handed it back, or the barmen made a mistake.
They probably fished the cap out of the bin and banged it back on the bottle.

Hail 2 Da Chimp · 15-06-2006 11:09PM

Thats what i was thinking but all that black stuff floating around in it?

Prob best not to think of it

padi89 · 15-06-2006 11:11PM

Theres a guy i go on the piss with,hes a barman.Always when we are out he orders bottles of beer and proceeds to clean the top of the bottle with his t-shirt before drinking.He says its because he has seen rats piss etc at different places he works.Sounds sick but i cant imagine wiping a bottle top with a tshirt will save you from killer rat piss?

TerrorFirmer · 15-06-2006 11:11PM

TheGooner wrote:

back in my college days i was in the bar in DCU, there was a gig on so the bar was three deep and you had to shout to get a pint. Anyways, a youngfella behind me asked for a pint of bulmers and as god is my witness, the barman went over to the slop tray and emptied it into a pint glass and went to hand it over, thankfully i wasn't the only that noticed and there was war!!! Imagine getting a pint from the slop tray....vomit!

Now thats disgusting...

Narcissus · 15-06-2006 11:37PM

CreepingDeath wrote:

Serving a pint from the slops tray is nothing.... I got that beat.
15 years ago ( God I feel old saying that now )..... I worked in a well known South Dublin pub, over the course of 5 years. (refuse to say where exactly)

At the end of each night, when the pub was cleared, the slops were poured into a bucket. It was brought out to the yard, and a funnel placed in a keg.
The slops were poured into the keg.... pure 100% slops in that keg.
That keg was tapped on it's own line.... ie. there was a special tap for slops in the lounge.

Whenever non-locals asked for a Guinness, we'd pour the first 3/4 with guinness. Let it settle..... then top up the rest with the slops tap.
Everything went into the slops tray, lager, smithwicks, bulmers, guinness.
Don't blame the barmen... its the managers who are to blame.
They gave grief to the barmen if they produced too much waste, or didn't shift the slops.

I'd say this was an extremely uncommon practice, as I kept my eye out for other bars where they used one tap to pour guinness, and another to top it up. Think it was just down to one God awful manager.

Holy sh1t! :eek:

kc66 · 15-06-2006 11:42PM

I never has much hassle getting a pint changed.

I worked behind the bar at Slane a few years ago. Heineken was all that was being served. The slop tray was half full and the manager came over and told me to fill it into a cup. I did this- bits of grass, dirt and all. I thought he was doing it to measure waste or something but he told me to serve it out. The bottom of the tray had a layer of green scum. I threw the pint away as soon as he was gone.

Iv seen places put drink back in the keg but that was to return it to Guinness for a refund!

The Bollox · 15-06-2006 11:47PM

kingambrose wrote:

Marts,
If I pay for pint, and its bad, I'd expect to be served another smartish. Why should I wait till it dies down a bit?

ambrose :cool:

half of the clientele are a load of w*nkers who are so are so tight they put Cavan people to shame. they come up to you with a half drank pint, tell you it is rotten and want another, I just look at them like they have 2 heads and ask why, if is so rotten, did you drink half of it?

Hail 2 Da Chimp · 15-06-2006 11:55PM

kc66 wrote:

I never has much hassle getting a pint changed.

I worked behind the bar at Slane a few years ago. Heineken was all that was being served. The slop tray was half full and the manager came over and told me to fill it into a cup. I did this- bits of grass, dirt and all. I thought he was doing it to measure waste or something but he told me to serve it out. The bottom of the tray had a layer of green scum. I threw the pint away as soon as he was gone.

Iv seen places put drink back in the keg but that was to return it to Guinness for a refund!

I cant understand why a manager would tell you to serve out half a pint of sh|t from the slop tray, how would that possible save any money other than the cost of half a pint, which out of a keg must be only a few cent?!

Bad pints and ignorant barmen.

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