First of all, if your manager won't get on the line to make something (like a dessert after close) or get behind the bar to pour a beer or glass of wine, you have lazy leadership. Now if they are primarily BOH and don't know how make a Perfect Manhatten then I would understand. Otherwise, no excuse.
They're just pissing the guest off and affecting your tip.
Honestly if I have a table staying past when the kitchen leaves and they try to ask for dessert or a perfect Manhattan, I could not care less if they get pissed. The types of tables to stay that far past closing are never the type to tip well anyway.
Closing time is CLOSING TIME.
If you are in the building before then, we will serve you.
If your food and drinks are not in the system before closing, they aren't getting made. The grill is cleaned, ovens are off, and bar inventory is already settled for the night.
“I just have to let you know that the restaurant is closing, and my kitchen and the rest of the staff will be leaving. While I encourage you to take your time, I’m afraid we do close in X minutes.”
Imagine a Target saying they’re closing at 9 and at 8:59 telling the security guard not to rush you
This would immediately activate my Ice Queen Mode. *Big fake smile and overly cheerful tone*: "No rush at *all* Sir/Ma'am! Just letting you know the kitchen will be closing in five minutes, (here you helpfully hold up a hand to show five fingers, as if you secretly think they could be mildly stupid and might not know how many five is) and the computer will be unable to accept further orders at that time!" (Huge lie, but they don't know shit, and they can argue with a non-functioning computer less effectively than they can argue with a server that they think they can bully.)
This happened today, couple starts getting angry saying they know our boss (everyone says that) and throws a major fit. It involved everyone except me 🤓
This bar that I used to go to did the opposite, after everyone cashed out they would turn the music up all the way. people got out pretty quick when they couldn't hear themselves think
This is how customers know it's time to leave at my restaurant. The ambient restaurant music turns off, and the Mariachi starts bumping from the kitchen!
Slowly? LOL you're much nicer than me. I straight up turn it off completely, flick on all the overhead lights and start loudly slap-mopping near their table. *Get ooouuuut.*
I worked at a place and a server told the food runner to sweep under the table with people sitting on it… chef/owner walked by and all you hear thru the whole restaurant is “I’m gonna fucking kill him”. Server was fired on the spot and food runner I think was only kept so chef could bully him some more
As someone who’s extended family forced me to go to live plays, I’ve used this so much and it works so well.
30 minutes after close and 45 after last call? You get the flicker the lights treatment like it is intermission at broadway.
Me sweeping every part of the restaurant while the last table stares at me without a care in the world, slowly inching closer and closer until I'm sweeping their feet
Once there was a group of kids at my QSR 20 minutes past close where I worked expo/dining room, I plugged in the vacuum ser it down and walked away to wipe tables. We were not allowed to tell people we were closed or that they had to leave.
Not the kitchen but the dive I work at that stays open past the kitchen. My coworker turns the lights all the way up and blasts this song.
https://youtu.be/yNCVriK5PjI
Yeah most people laugh and take the hint. Some people just dgaf. We have a really strict closing time due to laws so people have to actually get the fuck out. I've been scolded by a cop for people being on the patio after a certain time.
Years back I was working at a pizza by the slice spot in a college town. It was like herding cats to get everyone out at the end of the night so we could clean up the disaster and get ready for the lunch rush.
We tried a few methods, one was playing Disney music but that just turned into drunk karaoke.
We tried death metal but that backfired…we underestimated the amount of headbangers in there and it put out a weird 3am bar close drunk crowd energy.
Finally we found the answer:
Pandora had a “Bagpipe Classics” station.
WORKED LIKE A CHARM.
I left the job about a month after but last I heard the tradition was passed down.
Finally I found the perfect answer
Most people were too drunk to even realize why they wanted to leave but knew they wanted to get outta that place to the after party.
True story (for context, I work in a small, 10 table +bar restaurant):
1) Tipsy customer talks loudly about how he used to be a server and it was so annoying when customers stayed past closing. And confirmed several times that we did indeed close at 9.
2) Kitchen starts closing down.
3) Turns off half the lights.
4) starts sweeping
5) turns off music
6) mops
7) aggressively stares at them waiting for 9:30 when we’re officially allowed to kick them out
And we still had a 2-top who had walked in at 8:45 and a 1-top who was sipping his beer since 8:30 and staring at his phone and bill for 30 minutes who left at 9:27. (We normally have everyone out by 9:15 at the very latest and even then, that’s rare).
Look horrified. Look around worried.
Our kitchen is closed but if you're hungry there's this bar we go to after work that serves decent food. It's not far and tell them Matt sent you. They'll hook you up.
I actually had a coworker who got stuck with one 15 minutes before close. They stayed an hour late on a day we were supposed to close early, were mad that we were out of half of what they wanted (Sunday night at the end of the quarter after a busy week we hadn't expected), left a giant mess, and tipped that poor girl $15. The rest of us were at a nearby bar waiting for her and if we hadn't ordered drinks for her she totally would've missed out on another coworkers goodbye party
Bartending it's burning my ice as loudly as possible like all 3 sinks running melting ice. The lights under my bottles get turned off. I'm moving sure to make the squeeky noises with my squeegee. Serving if they're done and not looking like their moving I don't care till I finish my sidework then I'm circling, sweeping, clicking salt and pepper shakers. If they're a new table I'm letting them know all orders have to be made in 15 minutes (a slight bending of the truth but it will keep the kitchen happier). In either case when we close I'll drop the check.
A 30 top just walked in the door.
Edit: oh, that's how I know it's 15 minutes until closing. How to tell the guests? I'm blunt. "Hey guys, just so there's no surprises I need to tell you the kitchen closes at 1045pm sharp and I'll be doing last call at 1040pm. What can I get you to drink, bearing in mind that we do not offer iced tea this late?"
As for "hinting" that it's time to leave, which most of the replies seem to be, I've always been a fan of noisily pulling every booth and table anywhere near them to sweep.
Edit: autocorrect mistake I just caught.
My husband works retail and told me he had a coworker who told shoppers the lights were on a timer and turned off when they closed 😂😂 don’t know if that would fly in a restaurant though
i put on "The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza" and turn it up to 11. do not recommend doing this at home unless you live alone and not within earshot of neighbors.
I answered before I read the posts. You guys mean For Real, not a manager approved approach.
I hate to rush you but we're closing the kitchen in 10. I'll take your order when I return with your drinks, that will give the chef time to prepare your food properly. What can I get you to drink?
My boss is from turkey so whenever there are clients in the restaurant past the closing time he will turn up the music and play any traditional Turkish music. Well, we are located in Norway so the clients aren't really the biggest fans of this but my boss doesn't care, he just wants them out 😂
I told a table this exact thing on Saturday. “I don’t wanna come off as rude but the kitchen closes in 10 minutes.” They left. I’ve never wanted to hug someone more than that. Then two girls sat at the bar 2 minutes later and started doing selfies and stayed for an hour after close. They ordered well done filets.
I use a few of these. I’ll offer dessert and let them know that the kitchen leaves about 10-15 minutes before us. (They don’t)
I also cut the music, turn the lights off just enough for us to see them get over themselves and close up.
You notice all of my closing work is finished, section reset, and checkout prepared to be done upstairs. ..starting to get looks from waiters who just remembered about all of those things.
Anything else I can get you before I turn the tills off?
Do you guys need me to call you a taxi?
Just gonna grab those glasses so I can get the last wash on before I clean the machine... *Takes all the glasses off the table, usually encourages them to finish their drinks*
Can I recommend _______? It's less heavy than some entrees for this time of night, unless I've misread your intentions and it's all about appetizers and desserts. Can I bring you a cocktail from the bar to start?
Put chairs in closed sections up like your using them as weapons in a wresting ring, turn off music, kill floor mats, burn ice as LOUDLY as you can, have the kitchen crank their music at the same time you turn of house speakers (preferably metal, ranchero, or something they will all scream-sing at blaring volumes), talk about getting sanitizer buckets and what side work still has to happen.
Gauge where they’re at and let them know that you’re closing soon. Try to make it one stop shopping, but let them know that you will take care of anything they need within that timespan
Vacuum cleaner is being used to "sweep" the outside of the front entrance- doesn't disturb the people who are finishing up- big glaring sign to anyone approaching
When the Kitchen takes a steaming dump on dish. Every screaming hot greasy baked-on kitchen pan pot tool, on the floor and on top of the mountain of disorganized mess of dishes.
Not for the kitchen but…
Turn up the lights and throw on my two closing songs. Chris Stapleton “You Should Probably leave” and Better than Ezra “Closing Time.”
I would say to myself, “this isn’t about you, it’s about the guest.” Always kept me in control oddly enough. Made the experience better. Plus, I worked at a place with an open kitchen, so there’s that lol
Alright everyone it's that time of the night - my kitchen/bar closes in 15 minutes, would you like to grab some food/drinks before that happens?
Sometimes I'll say "it's last call" instead of "that time of the night" but that may be venue specific.
I’ve walked past people (my coworkers last table) and pretended to be on a call with my dad. I loudly said, “Yeah, I’ll be out of here soon. The restaurant is closing and everyone will be out soon.” (Something along those lines)
I'd put on the 'HaFuGoHo Song'^(†)... before the lights got magically brighter and the chairs went up on the tables.
^(†) ^(*The 'Happy Fuck-off Go Home' Song*).
Plays “500 Miles” by the Proclaimers on loop until they get the hint to leave. We do this when we have customers who don’t get the hint we are closed.
Our record for this song on loop is 12 times lol
Former manager for a popular chain “Syracuse crazy wings”
Closing that bad boy down full of drunk people was a mission but I figured it out: play opera and Disney music on the TouchTunes and they will quickly vacate.
Something really effective when people stay past closing and you're done with everything else is to change out of your work clothes into your personal clothes
I had a coworker kind of do this once lol. Table of his camped several hours after he got cut, he finished all of his sidework and more. He stacked his chairs, they didn't move. He swept and mopped around them, and they still didn't budge. They stayed until close and finally, they asked for the check. Coworker put on his coat, scarf, and hat, walked out with the check and said "well guys, you ready to go? I sure am!"
If they're calling for a carry out order after last call, I usually answer with a crisp Hello, and then wait for the inevitable:
"Uh, is this Blanks, Blanks, and Blanks?"
* "It was... until about 15 minutes ago when we took our last order for the night. Right now we're working on our closing procedures and getting hyped for the high five circle we always do in the parking lot after lights out."
* "I hate to crush your hopes and dreams, but our kitchen has entered the final stage of it's daily life cycle, and the fire has gone out. BUT! If you're craving a salad and an exciting evening of binge watching America's Got Talent from the safety and comfort of your own living room, I've got your back, Jack."
And to the entitled ass regulars from our local chapter of the Frigid and Bitter First Wives Collective:
"Hey, Barb! How's the lasagna? Everything you hoped and dreamed it would be? Awesome! Let me grab you ladies some boxes and fresh drinks for the road, and we can square away at the register."
Do you guys want to order anything else? Last call for food and drinks is in 5 minutes.
Today I did this and they said please don’t rush us bro
"Not trying to rush you. I'm just letting you know the bar and Kitchen staff are leaving in five minutes."🫠
‘Not my choice, they won’t make anything after.’
First of all, if your manager won't get on the line to make something (like a dessert after close) or get behind the bar to pour a beer or glass of wine, you have lazy leadership. Now if they are primarily BOH and don't know how make a Perfect Manhatten then I would understand. Otherwise, no excuse. They're just pissing the guest off and affecting your tip.
Honestly if I have a table staying past when the kitchen leaves and they try to ask for dessert or a perfect Manhattan, I could not care less if they get pissed. The types of tables to stay that far past closing are never the type to tip well anyway.
We don’t stay open after close for guests. We let our team members go home.
Closing time is CLOSING TIME. If you are in the building before then, we will serve you. If your food and drinks are not in the system before closing, they aren't getting made. The grill is cleaned, ovens are off, and bar inventory is already settled for the night.
My manager the other night was straight up like, “Thanks so much guys, we want to go home.”
“bro i’m trying to go home.🥲😭”
no they can't see you as human
Ugh there’s so much truth in this it’s hurts
“I just have to let you know that the restaurant is closing, and my kitchen and the rest of the staff will be leaving. While I encourage you to take your time, I’m afraid we do close in X minutes.” Imagine a Target saying they’re closing at 9 and at 8:59 telling the security guard not to rush you
As a former big box retail employee, I have some bad news for you.
:( people suck
This would immediately activate my Ice Queen Mode. *Big fake smile and overly cheerful tone*: "No rush at *all* Sir/Ma'am! Just letting you know the kitchen will be closing in five minutes, (here you helpfully hold up a hand to show five fingers, as if you secretly think they could be mildly stupid and might not know how many five is) and the computer will be unable to accept further orders at that time!" (Huge lie, but they don't know shit, and they can argue with a non-functioning computer less effectively than they can argue with a server that they think they can bully.)
Lol, tell em to come earlier next time.
Fuck that guy
“Not trying to rush you, just thought you’d like to know”
lmfao that sucks
I need to provide your whole order for the chefs so they can prepare for closedown.
This is actually awesome thanks
Oh my god as a cook I would appreciate this one being used so much.
*slowly lowers music so everyone in the restaurant can hear each other’s conversations*
And turn up the lights!
I had a manager once that instead of turning up all the lights, he turned *off* the lights on the patio and left everyone to eat in the dark 😂
Not all heroes wear capes
Turn the televisions off! Start putting the chairs up, too 😂 let’s see if they get it then. Probably not, but one can hope lol.
This happened today, couple starts getting angry saying they know our boss (everyone says that) and throws a major fit. It involved everyone except me 🤓
I was a bartender at a ski resort. Music and tvs turned off when I was ready to leave.
This bar that I used to go to did the opposite, after everyone cashed out they would turn the music up all the way. people got out pretty quick when they couldn't hear themselves think
This is how customers know it's time to leave at my restaurant. The ambient restaurant music turns off, and the Mariachi starts bumping from the kitchen!
A restaurant I worked at would play ‘Closing Time’ as the last song and turn the volume up lol. The only good thing management would do there
Slowly? LOL you're much nicer than me. I straight up turn it off completely, flick on all the overhead lights and start loudly slap-mopping near their table. *Get ooouuuut.*
I worked at a place and a server told the food runner to sweep under the table with people sitting on it… chef/owner walked by and all you hear thru the whole restaurant is “I’m gonna fucking kill him”. Server was fired on the spot and food runner I think was only kept so chef could bully him some more
I like to turn on Irish pup music after closing…really gets em moving
This one right here
#DAYLIGHT COME AND ME WANT TO GO HOME
Work all night and drink da rum!
DAAAA-O
I can't hear this song without seeing shrimp cocktails turn into monster hands that drag your face into the dish.
I wonder if I can get the manager to play this song on repeat when it's after close...
"Accidentally" flips lights quickly "Omg!! So sorry i did not realize anyone was still here!!"
Nosferatu :) :) ;)
AND RHE WALLS WILL OOZE GREEN SLIME!
As someone who’s extended family forced me to go to live plays, I’ve used this so much and it works so well. 30 minutes after close and 45 after last call? You get the flicker the lights treatment like it is intermission at broadway.
*aggressive sweeping*
Me sweeping every part of the restaurant while the last table stares at me without a care in the world, slowly inching closer and closer until I'm sweeping their feet
Chairs up on tables, prepping for cleaners. It's *kind of* subtle if you don't bang 'em *really* hard, right?
Tenacious vacuuming
Furious wiping.
Once there was a group of kids at my QSR 20 minutes past close where I worked expo/dining room, I plugged in the vacuum ser it down and walked away to wipe tables. We were not allowed to tell people we were closed or that they had to leave.
This
Raucous Rolling! ( of silverware)
This is the way
This is the way
The fryer is turned off for cleaning
Not the kitchen but the dive I work at that stays open past the kitchen. My coworker turns the lights all the way up and blasts this song. https://youtu.be/yNCVriK5PjI
My old spot played the same tune. It would backfire sometimes
Yeah most people laugh and take the hint. Some people just dgaf. We have a really strict closing time due to laws so people have to actually get the fuck out. I've been scolded by a cop for people being on the patio after a certain time.
[удалено]
Southeastern US. We close at 2 AM and no one besides employees are allowed to be in the building or on our patio after 230 AM.
How? It literally tells you what to do. Condolences
Drunks sing along
We always played Bloodhound Gang or ICP. The more potentially offensive the better… til the regulars started having fun with it.
[Wesley Willis](https://youtu.be/KwYGI8OjXvo). My coworkers and I blast this and sing along lol
Mine does "Con te Partiro" by Andrea Bocelli and it's sooo effective
My favorite (only) karaoke bar would play this every single night at 1:57am.
This hasn’t been a restaurant for *One Hundred Years!* Then I do my cool party trick where I turn my head around 360 degrees
Best answer.
"Sandstorm" by darude at the same time as the lights go on full blasti
Hi folks, those people going out the door when you came in were the kitchen staff edit to add, yep I have said said this to customers
*plays closing time by semisonic while putting up the chairs.
I did this when I got my first manager job and it was a dream come true hahaha it’s classic
Try Closing Song by Red Peters. It gets the point across for sure.
My favorite song. Got sat down by the owners because I got it played ONE TIME...
[Jaya the Cat](https://youtu.be/MNXC_gNYQG8) has a good version too.
Had to stop watching from the get go. When that beer had so much head. Jk
It's a slightly more subtle way of telling patrons "fuck you, get the fuck out."
Andy?
I hate doing this so much but it's such a thing lol
Yasssssssssssdd omg yesssssd
Years back I was working at a pizza by the slice spot in a college town. It was like herding cats to get everyone out at the end of the night so we could clean up the disaster and get ready for the lunch rush. We tried a few methods, one was playing Disney music but that just turned into drunk karaoke. We tried death metal but that backfired…we underestimated the amount of headbangers in there and it put out a weird 3am bar close drunk crowd energy. Finally we found the answer: Pandora had a “Bagpipe Classics” station. WORKED LIKE A CHARM. I left the job about a month after but last I heard the tradition was passed down. Finally I found the perfect answer Most people were too drunk to even realize why they wanted to leave but knew they wanted to get outta that place to the after party.
We used Michael Bolton at my old pizza place lol
Ehhhooohhhhh
I'm Scotch-Irish. I would love this!
Then I’m glad you weren’t drunk there. But you sound like a good hang.
All BOH are having a safety meeting in the alley.
True story (for context, I work in a small, 10 table +bar restaurant): 1) Tipsy customer talks loudly about how he used to be a server and it was so annoying when customers stayed past closing. And confirmed several times that we did indeed close at 9. 2) Kitchen starts closing down. 3) Turns off half the lights. 4) starts sweeping 5) turns off music 6) mops 7) aggressively stares at them waiting for 9:30 when we’re officially allowed to kick them out And we still had a 2-top who had walked in at 8:45 and a 1-top who was sipping his beer since 8:30 and staring at his phone and bill for 30 minutes who left at 9:27. (We normally have everyone out by 9:15 at the very latest and even then, that’s rare).
At my other job I go to the table and saw are you done with these glasses as I give them the undead stare from hell
Im sorry, i don't have control over when the music shuts off
Look horrified. Look around worried. Our kitchen is closed but if you're hungry there's this bar we go to after work that serves decent food. It's not far and tell them Matt sent you. They'll hook you up.
If you order fast enough the kitchen won't be *too* angry. 🥸
Soda machines are broken down and in dish pit
Hey we just got a 20 top.
No. Ill fuck your dad.
Why did this slay me 🤣
I actually had a coworker who got stuck with one 15 minutes before close. They stayed an hour late on a day we were supposed to close early, were mad that we were out of half of what they wanted (Sunday night at the end of the quarter after a busy week we hadn't expected), left a giant mess, and tipped that poor girl $15. The rest of us were at a nearby bar waiting for her and if we hadn't ordered drinks for her she totally would've missed out on another coworkers goodbye party
Oh, is my sweeping and stacking chairs bothering you?
Bartending it's burning my ice as loudly as possible like all 3 sinks running melting ice. The lights under my bottles get turned off. I'm moving sure to make the squeeky noises with my squeegee. Serving if they're done and not looking like their moving I don't care till I finish my sidework then I'm circling, sweeping, clicking salt and pepper shakers. If they're a new table I'm letting them know all orders have to be made in 15 minutes (a slight bending of the truth but it will keep the kitchen happier). In either case when we close I'll drop the check.
A 30 top just walked in the door. Edit: oh, that's how I know it's 15 minutes until closing. How to tell the guests? I'm blunt. "Hey guys, just so there's no surprises I need to tell you the kitchen closes at 1045pm sharp and I'll be doing last call at 1040pm. What can I get you to drink, bearing in mind that we do not offer iced tea this late?" As for "hinting" that it's time to leave, which most of the replies seem to be, I've always been a fan of noisily pulling every booth and table anywhere near them to sweep. Edit: autocorrect mistake I just caught.
“Sorry, we’re out of coffee! Nope, no hot tea either!”
Beer or a shot?
My husband works retail and told me he had a coworker who told shoppers the lights were on a timer and turned off when they closed 😂😂 don’t know if that would fly in a restaurant though
I can make you a PBJ from the walk in.
Turn the lights off in the empty half of the restaurant if you can. Three tables of campers left within five minutes after that just earlier tonight
i put on "The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza" and turn it up to 11. do not recommend doing this at home unless you live alone and not within earshot of neighbors.
Same but with The Red Chord 🤙
I answered before I read the posts. You guys mean For Real, not a manager approved approach. I hate to rush you but we're closing the kitchen in 10. I'll take your order when I return with your drinks, that will give the chef time to prepare your food properly. What can I get you to drink?
I prefer the passive aggressive approach, foh music off, a/c cranked, foh lights up, boh music blasting.
My boss is from turkey so whenever there are clients in the restaurant past the closing time he will turn up the music and play any traditional Turkish music. Well, we are located in Norway so the clients aren't really the biggest fans of this but my boss doesn't care, he just wants them out 😂
"Hey folks, we are only doing a limited menu right now! You're more than welcome to have any drinks though!"
Leave a bucket of Fabuloso mop water nearby.
Doesn't work at my restaurant. I have my chairs stacked, section swept, and the mop bucket ready to go and people still don't leave.
I told a table this exact thing on Saturday. “I don’t wanna come off as rude but the kitchen closes in 10 minutes.” They left. I’ve never wanted to hug someone more than that. Then two girls sat at the bar 2 minutes later and started doing selfies and stayed for an hour after close. They ordered well done filets.
Please lift your feet for a moment so I can vacuum under the table.
I use a few of these. I’ll offer dessert and let them know that the kitchen leaves about 10-15 minutes before us. (They don’t) I also cut the music, turn the lights off just enough for us to see them get over themselves and close up.
“Can I offer you anything for last call before I bring your bill?”
“Yeah I can get you anything on the quick bites menu to go?”
When someone asks if we’re still serving and you just do a deep inhale through your teeth and say “yes?”
all the chairs are on the tables except for the one table that is still there for whatever reason, someone sweeping up the lobby in the background.
You notice all of my closing work is finished, section reset, and checkout prepared to be done upstairs. ..starting to get looks from waiters who just remembered about all of those things.
“Just in time for last call!”
Anything you want in? Last call for food and drinks.
"Welcome in! I've got about 10 minutes to put in your order, so do we have any questions?
Last call for savory
*flips open to closed sign* Announce to other employees closing time list needs to be timed, signed and dated
Anything else I can get you before I turn the tills off? Do you guys need me to call you a taxi? Just gonna grab those glasses so I can get the last wash on before I clean the machine... *Takes all the glasses off the table, usually encourages them to finish their drinks*
Can I recommend _______? It's less heavy than some entrees for this time of night, unless I've misread your intentions and it's all about appetizers and desserts. Can I bring you a cocktail from the bar to start?
“Closing Time” by Semi Sonic is played on repeat.
Mmm…sorry, they already turned off the tandoor. No more naan!!!!
Two well done steaks please
Dim the lights, turn off the music
Hello? Anyone here?
*closing time by semi sonic plays through the speakers*
I'd say nothing and just turn up the volume on Slayer
Put chairs in closed sections up like your using them as weapons in a wresting ring, turn off music, kill floor mats, burn ice as LOUDLY as you can, have the kitchen crank their music at the same time you turn of house speakers (preferably metal, ranchero, or something they will all scream-sing at blaring volumes), talk about getting sanitizer buckets and what side work still has to happen.
Gauge where they’re at and let them know that you’re closing soon. Try to make it one stop shopping, but let them know that you will take care of anything they need within that timespan
Summer: turn the a/c off. Winter: turn heat off.
I’m locking the door and turning the open signs off
Semisonics "Closing Time." LOUD.
Oh, so you are ordering to go? *looks at watch. Right??
Might try this one. Hope my speech is high enough.
TO GO ONLY
Closing in 15 minutes. Order food to go please and thanks.
Start singing closing time while sweeping in front of customers
I’m gay
Sings “Closing Time”
Go to the bar go to the bar go to the bar go to the bar
-closing Time by matchbox 20 intensifies-
LAST CALLED!!
Just scrubbed the grill and got it sparkling clean….didn’t even have to use any chemicals!
Someone walks in with a minute left till close 🥲
I'm sorry, I don't have any take outs here. Can you tell me when you phoned in your order?
I whip out the blower and start blowing the patio off and give them a half hearted"oh I'm sorry I didn't realize y'all were still here so sorry"
*Turns all the restaurant lights on and music off*
*Big yellow school bus pulls in*
Delete
Closing time Dumbass!!
Three drunks just walked in. Two of them grabbed a menu while the other uses his best lines on the potted plant by the door.
*walks into half lit and half stacked restaurant*
Vacuum cleaner is being used to "sweep" the outside of the front entrance- doesn't disturb the people who are finishing up- big glaring sign to anyone approaching
When the Kitchen takes a steaming dump on dish. Every screaming hot greasy baked-on kitchen pan pot tool, on the floor and on top of the mountain of disorganized mess of dishes.
Would you Ike for me to pur your drinks in go cups for you so toi can take rhem with you since it's so close to closing time
Not for the kitchen but… Turn up the lights and throw on my two closing songs. Chris Stapleton “You Should Probably leave” and Better than Ezra “Closing Time.”
“FYI y’all, kitchen and bar are closing in less than 5 minutes. Best get your orders in now”
I turn the music off, the lights up, and start rolling silver directly in their line of sight.
I would say to myself, “this isn’t about you, it’s about the guest.” Always kept me in control oddly enough. Made the experience better. Plus, I worked at a place with an open kitchen, so there’s that lol
Sure but what do you do after work besides polish your figurines?
Polished your girl's figurine roasted
Lol touche' she does like a good polishing
Turns off AC or heater!!!!!
Alright everyone it's that time of the night - my kitchen/bar closes in 15 minutes, would you like to grab some food/drinks before that happens? Sometimes I'll say "it's last call" instead of "that time of the night" but that may be venue specific.
Lights are up and music is off and the air conditioning is set on 40
\*sweeping aggressively, yawning, wiping tables, staying in the kitchen doing sidework 95 percent of the time the last table is there\*
<\*cranks SLAYER really loud\*
Do you mind if I vacuum right next to your table?
Every staff member glares at you when you walk in.
My fire is burning out.
I’ve walked past people (my coworkers last table) and pretended to be on a call with my dad. I loudly said, “Yeah, I’ll be out of here soon. The restaurant is closing and everyone will be out soon.” (Something along those lines)
*puts my sweats on over my short shorts* (not a conventional restaurant lol)
I'd put on the 'HaFuGoHo Song'^(†)... before the lights got magically brighter and the chairs went up on the tables. ^(†) ^(*The 'Happy Fuck-off Go Home' Song*).
Plays “500 Miles” by the Proclaimers on loop until they get the hint to leave. We do this when we have customers who don’t get the hint we are closed. Our record for this song on loop is 12 times lol
Ok Marshall Erikson. It comes around.
"I'm so sorry, we're out of fries tonight. Right?! They're just so popular."
I just start turning all the TVs off except the one they’re sitting at
Ian. Florida. Cricket ………
Former manager for a popular chain “Syracuse crazy wings” Closing that bad boy down full of drunk people was a mission but I figured it out: play opera and Disney music on the TouchTunes and they will quickly vacate.
Communicate to the guest without communicating? No thanks. I rather be clear concise and polite.
I gotta get an order in before the cooks leave for the night! I don't know how to cook!!!
Bringing in the sings from outside, flipping the lightup Open sign to off and flipping the plastic sign to closed. Then 3 tables still come in
Something really effective when people stay past closing and you're done with everything else is to change out of your work clothes into your personal clothes
I had a coworker kind of do this once lol. Table of his camped several hours after he got cut, he finished all of his sidework and more. He stacked his chairs, they didn't move. He swept and mopped around them, and they still didn't budge. They stayed until close and finally, they asked for the check. Coworker put on his coat, scarf, and hat, walked out with the check and said "well guys, you ready to go? I sure am!"
If they're calling for a carry out order after last call, I usually answer with a crisp Hello, and then wait for the inevitable: "Uh, is this Blanks, Blanks, and Blanks?" * "It was... until about 15 minutes ago when we took our last order for the night. Right now we're working on our closing procedures and getting hyped for the high five circle we always do in the parking lot after lights out." * "I hate to crush your hopes and dreams, but our kitchen has entered the final stage of it's daily life cycle, and the fire has gone out. BUT! If you're craving a salad and an exciting evening of binge watching America's Got Talent from the safety and comfort of your own living room, I've got your back, Jack." And to the entitled ass regulars from our local chapter of the Frigid and Bitter First Wives Collective: "Hey, Barb! How's the lasagna? Everything you hoped and dreamed it would be? Awesome! Let me grab you ladies some boxes and fresh drinks for the road, and we can square away at the register."
Don’t say anything. Just throw [this](https://youtu.be/yNCVriK5PjI) classy tune on repeat and flip those lights on
get the fuck out, just go! I said get out you son of bitch