Who made you king of a bar you've never been to?

I bartended tonight and didn't have as much luck with friendly and lovely customers as I did waitressing during lunch on Thursday.

One of our semi-regulars came in and he doesn't seem to be very self aware. At one point, he answered his phone and was having a pretty loud one-sided conversation. Suddenly, the woman next to him yells "EXCUSE ME!" at me (she consistently spoke at people, rather than to them), so I go over. She says, loud and rude as can be, "isn't there a law against this?!" I think I looked at her like she was stupid. She proceeded to say, basically to the guy but as though he wasn't there, "he is being so loud!"

Be a fucking grown up. Ask him quietly and politely to quiet down.  Causing a scene and trying to embarrass him is not only going to make him feel bad for no reason, it makes you look like a jackass.

I said, "well no, I don't think there's a law against that." to which she said, "well there should be, I'm ready to make one!" First of all, I'd sooner vote into action a law against being such a bitch. Second, I don't think you have the authority to create laws, psycho.

Something positive.

I'm going through a lot right now and work has been a nice break from real life stress, but it's also hard to keep a happy face on all the time.

Yesterday I went into work feeling pretty low and we got really busy really quickly. I ended up with 11 tables (which is generally considered a shitload) and I found myself cheering up. Every table I had was friendly, kind, and patient. Every time I checked in with them, they'd comment on how busy I looked and how well I was handling it. Many of them had way too much cash on their bills and when I offered to grab them change, they said, "it's all set, merry christmas." These people have no idea how much they helped me yesterday. Their positive attitudes felt contagious and it helped me get through a really hard day with a smile on my face.

Last week I had a really bad encounter with a well known customer. He proceeded to harass me for an hour and speak poorly of me to every customer at my bar. Luckily, they were almost all regulars who I get along with very well. After this guy left, one of my favorite regulars came over and said, "that guy is an asshole." This regular never speaks poorly of anyone and rarely swears, so it made me feel so much better. Last night the same regular came back and asked if I had any repercussions after my encounter with that asshole, then offered to speak to my boss about him on my behalf.

I may write all about crazy and rude people in here, but there is a huge spot in my heart for my awesome regulars and sweet strangers. Kind people are one of the things that keep me going at my job and I hope they know how much I appreciate them.