Drinkin' us dry......

We had a rehearsal dinner at the restaurant last night, for 39 people. That sound like a lot of people for a rehearsal dinner….or maybe it’s just me. Maybe it’s the trend to invite a ton of extra people, I don’t know.

Anyways, their deal with the owner was, unlimited beer and wine for three hours, for X amount of dollars per person. They tried to drink us dry. I could not believe how much alcohol they consumed! (And I’m not new to this!) I can understand the initial rush of ordering drinks when they first arrived, but it never let up!

When I first found out that they had unlimited beer and wine, I brought out the auxiliary beer glasses. (We have enough wine glasses for an army, so I didn’t worry about that.) Our regular beer glasses are 20 ounces, and I didn’t want to run out of those for the regular guests, after all, you have to give them what they are paying for. When the beer is unlimited, it doesn’t matter what glass you put it in. So I got out a bunch of 16 ounce glasses to use for the party. Went through them all in a heartbeat.

It was non-stop pouring. I asked the servers that were working the party, “When are they gonna eat?” That usually slows down the drinking a little. Not so with this crowd!

I love it when they start coming up to the bar to get their drinks…..”I’m with the party in the back room, can I get a beer? I haven’t seen the servers in a while.” That’s because they are trying to serve you dinner! What I really want to tell them is, “Don’t pull this “I haven’t seen the server in while” shit on me! I work with them everyday, and some days I work the parties right along side of them. They are not slacking off, as your comment would suggest. You’re just an impatient lush!”

So, if you’re gonna have a party for 39 people, and you get a great deal on the drinks, AND you run us all ragged, would it kill you to throw a little something extra our way?!? Your bar tab was about a quarter of what it would have been at regular prices. Loosen up your pockets, people!