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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 80539" data-attributes="member: 126"><p>Re: Why do hotel bars close early?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There you go... :=)</p><p></p><p>While I've found more than few hotel bars that stayed open later than was in my best interest, in the spirit of your thread I have an anecdote to share about closing down hotel bars. </p><p></p><p>Years ago I was working the Musik Messe trade show and we were staying at a modest hotel several klicks outside Frankfurt. It was a friend of mine's (Paul V) birthday. He worked for the Dutch Peavey distributors and was staying in the same hotel, so I decided to help him celebrate his birth anniversary properly. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> The hotel had a small bar in the lobby, and a larger more serious bar downstairs. On our way in, just back from the show booth, we hit the lobby bar for a couple quick biers to wet our whistle. Then we changed out of our booth garb, and headed for Frankfurt to drink them out of beer... We didn't completely succeed, but put a decent dent in the local supply... We staggered back into the hotel hours later and first went downstairs to check out the main bar... The lights were up and they were closed, so we headed back up to the lobby to try for a last call there... The bartender saw us coming and pulled down the metal gate that seals off his bar from the lobby and tried to shoo us off.. "Nine nine nine, closed no drinks". I tried to plead with him but then he started ranting about how he has been working there for 12 hours that day and in all that time only got one tip for 2 DM. I was ready to give up until I remembered that I was the one who gave him that tip hours earlier on my way in from the show.. I reminded him that it was me who gave him the tip, and scored a free round from the now grateful bartender who was our new best friend. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>That wasn't, instant Karma but reasonably short payback. So remember to ALWAYS tip your waitstaff... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>JR</p><p></p><p>PS: A bad thing about running a tab in small hotel bars, is they chase your down at breakfast the next morning to settle the bar tabs from the night before... :-( I almost started an international incident in that bar one night when I took away some Brits acoustic guitar and hid it, to stop the racket... I was applauded by most of the bar crowd, but a few of my limey associates were not amused. (I didn't trash the guitar, just hid it in a coat locker, and gave it back the next day.) After near 10 hours on the messe floor I didn't need to hear that...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 80539, member: 126"] Re: Why do hotel bars close early? There you go... :=) While I've found more than few hotel bars that stayed open later than was in my best interest, in the spirit of your thread I have an anecdote to share about closing down hotel bars. Years ago I was working the Musik Messe trade show and we were staying at a modest hotel several klicks outside Frankfurt. It was a friend of mine's (Paul V) birthday. He worked for the Dutch Peavey distributors and was staying in the same hotel, so I decided to help him celebrate his birth anniversary properly. :-) The hotel had a small bar in the lobby, and a larger more serious bar downstairs. On our way in, just back from the show booth, we hit the lobby bar for a couple quick biers to wet our whistle. Then we changed out of our booth garb, and headed for Frankfurt to drink them out of beer... We didn't completely succeed, but put a decent dent in the local supply... We staggered back into the hotel hours later and first went downstairs to check out the main bar... The lights were up and they were closed, so we headed back up to the lobby to try for a last call there... The bartender saw us coming and pulled down the metal gate that seals off his bar from the lobby and tried to shoo us off.. "Nine nine nine, closed no drinks". I tried to plead with him but then he started ranting about how he has been working there for 12 hours that day and in all that time only got one tip for 2 DM. I was ready to give up until I remembered that I was the one who gave him that tip hours earlier on my way in from the show.. I reminded him that it was me who gave him the tip, and scored a free round from the now grateful bartender who was our new best friend. :-) That wasn't, instant Karma but reasonably short payback. So remember to ALWAYS tip your waitstaff... :-) JR PS: A bad thing about running a tab in small hotel bars, is they chase your down at breakfast the next morning to settle the bar tabs from the night before... :-( I almost started an international incident in that bar one night when I took away some Brits acoustic guitar and hid it, to stop the racket... I was applauded by most of the bar crowd, but a few of my limey associates were not amused. (I didn't trash the guitar, just hid it in a coat locker, and gave it back the next day.) After near 10 hours on the messe floor I didn't need to hear that... [/QUOTE]
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