Sorry, Tom.

Sometimes customers take a liking to us. They flirt, leave better tips, and sometimes give you their phone numbers. I've gotten a few myself and between all the girls at work, I've seen several different deliveries. However, most of the time it is just left, written on the receipt, with a name. It happened to me yesterday. Two guys- one was handsome and carried himself well, the other wasn't even very polite. After they were gone, there was a number for Tom on the back of the bottom copy of the receipt.

Here's the problem- you rarely have an entire table full of attractive customers. If you have 2-5 guys at a table and you find a number after they are gone, how should you handle that? Maybe you even really liked one of them, but there's no way to know which one liked you. Do us a favor, guys, at least leave the receipt in front of the seat you were in. Maybe even draw an arrow or a picture of yourself. We'd love it, because it's sad to let a good guy get away, but it's more sad to awkwardly get out of a phone call with someone you have no interest in.

So, I'm sorry Tom. For one, I have a boyfriend (who started out as a cute customer!) but even if I didn't, I have no idea which guy you were and I don't think I could bring myself to call and ask if you were the handsome and polite guy or his awkward friend.

It's not an accident.

We have a very unpleasant regular at the bar. It's not that he's the most rude or the most needy, he is just completely creepy. He comes in after drinking at other places all night and tries to buy shots, he creeps on girls as soon as they are left alone by their friends/boyfriends, he kissed me very close to my mouth (1. I did not invite, nor did i want that. 2. it was in front of my boyfriend), and I'm 99% sure he made a video of me while I was bar tending once. He is just yucky all around and I prefer not to interact with him.

Last night he parked himself at the bar next to a regular that I really quite like. Actually, he's dating a coworker, so we are pretty friendly. After Unpleasant left, the good regular told me that Unpleasant had said, "You know, sometimes she is pretty bitchy to me." And do you know what we both said at the same time? "Well that's on purpose."

I don't go so far as to be unprofessional or outright rude to Unpleasant, but when he yells my name from across the bar I continue with what I'm doing before I get him yet another Coors Light. When he tries to take pictures of me, I tell him that I would rather he not do that.  When he creeps on girls, I don't tell them how wonderful and lovely he is- because he just isn't.

Unpleasant customers can really wear on you, so I am more and more grateful all the time for some of our amazing regulars. We have some very lovely older guys who all come in alone and have become the cutest little group of friends.