I used to work in a restaurant/bar. Its often tough to tell when someone is having a good time vs. being drunk. This is especially true when you have a group of people, getting served pitchers of drinks, with lots of laughing and horsing around. This is putting way too much burden on the often overworked, servers. Are they supposed to have masters degrees in psychology, with hidden cameras monitoring the customers? Also, who is going to want to frequent a bar staffed by safety Nazis? No fun of any kind.
Exactly, Mr. Ex is a manager for a popular area bar and grill...we actually had a discussion about this very topic the other night. Course, MR. Ex doesn't drink much, and so has no problems stepping up to cut someone off if they are giving the wait staff a hard time. They work too hard to put up with that kind of nonsense. I should know, I used to be a cocktail waitress back in my early 20's. I have unpleasant memories from having to cut people off...thank goodness I had bouncers to back me up. Cutting folks off can be downright scary sometimes when you're dealing with someone who is belligerent and ticked off because they're "just having a good time".
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