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The Bar Man Sneezed In My Pint: Dilemma

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  • #32
    SpaceTime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,085 ✭✭✭SpaceTime


    Well the beer would definitely kill the easy to kill bugs :)


  • #33
    mfergus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 326 ✭✭mfergus


    Kettleson wrote: »
    Best err on the side of caution. I'll visit my GP before going out for a pint in future.

    Your probably better off buying them online rather than wasting money on doctors.

    Again, this is probably not accurate


  • #34
    SpaceTime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,085 ✭✭✭SpaceTime


    You'll be grand!

    Symptoms wouldn't develop that quickly anyway so you probably have something else causing you to be feverish.

    You can't treat colds anyway!


  • #35
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    Renegade Mechanic wrote: »
    Explosively puke all over the counter!
    :eek:


  • #36
    mfergus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 326 ✭✭mfergus


    SpaceTime wrote: »
    You'll be grand!

    Symptoms wouldn't develop that quickly anyway so you probably have something else causing you to be feverish.

    You can't treat colds anyway!

    You can of course... Plenty of antibiotics. Strong ones. Not regularly. And stop when you feel any bit better??


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  • #37
    whatdoicare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,398 ✭✭✭whatdoicare


    If you get sick. Go back to the pub, order another drink from same bar man and then proceed to sneeze all over your money as he watches before handing it to him.
    Wipe your nose with the notes too. Maybe even snot into your hand and offer a handshake.

    That'll learn him.


  • #38
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    Can we offer the OP any advice on toilet emergencies from drinking 12 Pints of Guinness and Chinese?


  • #39
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    mfergus wrote: »
    You can of course... Plenty of antibiotics. Strong ones. Not regularly. And stop when you feel any bit better??
    Antibiotics won't do anything for a cold. In the grand scheme of things, it will only make you feel worse. Taking strong (?) antibiotics when you don't need them and stopping when you feel better (2 days or so) is a recipe for disaster.

    Antibiotics aren't good for anything but bacterial infections. Colds are viral and the only "cure" is keeping your immune system in good shape.


  • #40
    Renegade Mechanic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,928 ✭✭✭Renegade Mechanic


    WikiHow wrote: »
    Can we offer the OP any advice on toilet emergencies from drinking 12 Pints of Guinness and Chinese?

    Yeah, dont even try! Just aim for the bath tub.


  • #41
    mfergus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 326 ✭✭mfergus


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    Antibiotics won't do anything for a cold. In the grand scheme of things, it will only make you feel worse. Taking strong (?) antibiotics when you don't need them and stopping when you feel better (2 days or so) is a recipe for disaster.

    Antibiotics aren't good for anything but bacterial infections. Colds are viral and the only "cure" is keeping your immune system in good shape.

    I knew someone wouldn't pick on the sarcasm


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  • #42
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    Renegade Mechanic wrote: »
    Yeah, dont even try! Just aim for the bath tub.
    What if he is living in a studio apartment with no bath tub?


  • #43
    Renegade Mechanic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,928 ✭✭✭Renegade Mechanic


    WikiHow wrote: »
    What if he is living in a studio apartment with no bath tub?

    Sometimes God just wants a laugh:(
    Id recommend in that case doing his best to hold the turtle shell till he is firmly planted on his seat. Any trips on the way and hell just let go under the impact and become a human manure spreader. Reach that seat and don't get off until mabye two o clock tomorrow afternoon.


  • #44
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    Renegade Mechanic wrote: »
    Sometimes God just wants a laugh:(
    Id recommend in that case doing his best to hold the turtle shell till he is firmly planted on his seat. Any trips on the way and hell just let go under the impact and become a human manure spreader. Reach that seat and don't get off until mabye two o clock tomorrow afternoon.
    :D:D


  • #45
    AndonHandon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭AndonHandon


    He didn't sneeze into the pint, just into his hand which was holding the tap while the other hand held the pint. Also, Guiness and Chinese; the combination of a man worried about his health.


  • #46
    MonsterCookie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 959 ✭✭✭MonsterCookie


    If it was me in your position, there's no way I'm drinking that pint dude.

    So, that being the case the options are,
    1. walk out and dont pay
    2. Pay but don't drink
    3. Change your order to a bottle and be prepared to discreetly explain why, which may require you to tell the barman that you don't like drinking other peoples mucus.:D


  • #47
    SpaceTime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,085 ✭✭✭SpaceTime


    Just say :

    THAT IS DISGUSTING! There's snot in my pint!
    I want a new pint.


  • #48
    Ben Shekelberg
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 50 ✭✭Ben Shekelberg


    Kettleson wrote: »
    No honestly I didn't know alreadys. Clique of a pub. Every fecer watching if I cause a fuss. I'll be drinking cans next time outsides the Chineses.

    The barman sneezed all over your pint and you didn't ask for another one? What the hell is wrong with you man? Stop being a pussy and demand another pint.


  • #49
    obezyana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,498 ✭✭✭obezyana


    God the idea of drinking a snot filled pint doesn't sound appealing I'd actually just politely leave with myself free of the contents of his nose and mouth.


  • #50
    minidazzler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,650 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    Ben Shekelberg wrote: »
    The barman sneezed all over your pint and you didn't ask for another one? What the hell is wrong with you man? Stop being a pussy and demand another pint.

    As a bartender, I say what the fcuk is wrong with that bartender. You don't sneeze on a pint and give it out. You just don't.


  • #51
    Cupcake_Crisis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,448 ✭✭✭✭Cupcake_Crisis


    I'd demand a new drink, but do it really politely*






    *Not true, I'd pay, sulk, not drink it and hope someone a bit braver brought it back for me :o


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  • #52
    Fatsam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭Fatsam


    Under the Sale of Goods andd Supply of services act all products must be fit for purpose,durable and of merchantable quality so i believe you should take a claim to the small claims court.


  • #53
    yawhat!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 970 ✭✭✭yawhat!


    It could be worse he could have shat in it and handed it to you.


  • #54
    average hero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 433 ✭✭average hero


    As a bartender, I wouldn't have given it out. You should have asked for a new pint.

    With that being said, a lot of people wouldn't have said anything and drank it and nothing would have happened


  • #55
    Ben Shekelberg
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 50 ✭✭Ben Shekelberg


    yawhat! wrote: »
    It could be worse he could have shat in it and handed it to you.

    He probably still would have drank it to avoid causing a scene.


  • #56
    Fatsam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭Fatsam


    The barman would be of limited intelligence so its unlikely that he would be aware of hygiene issues.


  • #57
    yawhat!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 970 ✭✭✭yawhat!


    Fatsam wrote: »
    The barman would be of limited intelligence so its unlikely that he would be aware of hygiene issues.

    Uh Oh!:eek::eek:


  • #58
    harry Bailey esq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    Kettleson wrote: »
    Ok, so's I'm out picking up the take away and have 30 minutes to spare and I'm not driving.

    I orders a pint of Guinness, and whilst the new age looking sort of bar man pours the pint, he sneezes very loudly and widely across the general area of the bar. He had also attempted to catch the sneeze in his hand, which didn't work at all. So he wipes his face and continues to pour my pint which he had tilted at an angle under the Guinness tap.

    So what's to do? Do I say "mate, go wash your hands and pour me another pint"

    Or do I ignore it and drink the pint in the full knowledge that his infected nasal spray has covered every inch in a 2 metre radius?

    i don't see why this is a dilemma for you,its unprofessional and the guy has no place working in a bar/restaurant or in hospitality in any shape or form.take your hard earned readies and support a business that's treats its customers with some basic manners and common courtesy.


  • #59
    Putin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 686 ✭✭✭Putin


    Kettleson wrote: »
    So what's to do? Do I say "mate, go wash your hands and pour me another pint"

    Ya, pretty much. And add "ya ignorant bast@rd." at the end just to emphasis your point


  • #60
    thegreatgonzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,623 ✭✭✭thegreatgonzo


    I'd have opened with something like did you know that MRSA is found in the nose? And then I'd ask for a new pint.


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  • #61
    minidazzler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,650 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    harry Bailey esq wrote: »
    i don't see why this is a dilemma for you,its unprofessional and the guy has no place working in a bar/restaurant or in hospitality in any shape or form.take your hard earned readies and support a business that's treats its customers with some basic manners and common courtesy.

    To be fair, he could be proper sick and have no cover so mistakes are inevitable when not thinking straight.... but the customer definitely should ask for a different pint and that the bartender wash his hands.


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