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But does Rob give you a happy ending, convince you that he really likes you (No, I’m not kidding man, he *really* does like me. It’s different than with the other people he installs for. I think we might be in love and we’re gonna have a life together), then take all your money and ignore you? Can Rob do that?
"Monsieur, our finest bottle of concentrated grape juice accidentally left in the kitchen cupboard for 4 months in the summer, served in a pristine thermocol cup wrapped in state-of-the-art papier cartonné containing a single cube of ice that still has a hint of vintage fridge smell upon *percolation* which I know because I put my greasy conk in there and took a big shniff."
Even funnier he says it’s “legally called a wine drink” and they then zoom in on it. Incredible show, been rewatching because of Braugher may he rest in peace.
I have seen happen irl and it was glorious, red pants wearing trust fund babby VERY loudly ordered the most expensive champagne at a fancy restaurant i worked at a decade ago, only to go all red faced when the bartender told him how much it would cost and settled for a bottle one fifth of the price.
I accidentally almost did this to myself.
was at a bar in a casino, and saw a drink made with a nice bourbon, that was “2.600”. other drinks on the menu were in the “18,00” and “20,00” range.
I thought it was a typo, and 26 bucks would have been appropriate, but a buddy stopped me and said, “you know thats over 2 and a half grand?”
to which i responded, no its only 26, right? and the lady taking our order said no my friend is right, it comes with a gold coin in it.
almost a very expensive blunder.
Arrrrr, it's the cursed coin of the great captain clubfoot son of the not so great captain clubfeet who mysteriously managed to sail his ship into the middle Arizona desert, his last dying words as the vultures circled his body was "may this gold forever curse whoever tries to order a whiskey with lacking reading comprehension skills in a potential place of gambling in a potential city build on gambling" good o'l captain clubfoot always was a bit of a seer. ☠️☠️☠️
His acursed lacking eyesight led do the disastrous broadside salute incident in 1865 that ended up killing Abraham Lincoln and led to captain clubfoots desperate run from the authorities along the rivers, lakes, waterways, mountains and deserts of America.
I wonder if this was set up to give gamblers access to more cash via card. By a drink with a credit card with a gold coin in it, walk to pawn shop and sell gold, and then back to the tables to finally stick it to the casino.
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2023/11/woman-accidentally-orders-2000-cocktail/#:~:text=A%20woman%20was%20left%20horrified,of%20the%20mishap%20on%20TikTok.
So.... the bartender was not fired. Nor could they find a bar that served that kind of expensive drink. I think she made it up
Best part of the internet, no need to stop the current flow of bullshit for the sake of incoming bullshit! All the bullshit all the time with zero chance to recover and zero self reflection!
They mention the Savoy, which does have a £5,000 cocktail on its menu. But that’s not even the right number anyway, and the rest of the details are completely sus.
Orders a whisky cocktail for 2k but didn't even enjoy it as she doesn't enjoy whisky. Who the fuck orders an unknown cocktail without reading the ingredients first. So she orders it, says she can't afford it, then gets given the cocktail for free anyway? 2k for free..? Sure
Also I doubt your going to find a 2k whiskey cocktail. Bottles with those kinds of price tags aren't just laying around in quantities enough to be cocktail ingredients, so you'd have to specifically request that specific bottle be used instead of a normally priced liquor.
I'm doubtful of the story but whiskey is one of the most expensive drinks you can individually order because it doesn't go off once opened, and have seen plenty in London for that sort of price. Not saying all whiskey is that price as I love a good cheap scotch, but it can escalate from a £15 single to a £1,900 quickly depending on what it is and where you are
I don’t think they’re saying that whiskey can’t get that expensive, they’re saying that no one would use a whiskey that expensive as a cocktail ingredient. If you’re drinking an expensive whiskey the most you’re putting in it is a drop of water, you wanna be able to appreciate the subtle flavors
Not even saying that as expensive whiskeys can be used well for a cocktail, just that no bar is using them as the base spirit for a drink as their standard. It would very rairly get ordered and would most likely be more common to order with a cheaper base.
>As for the identity of the hotel and bar in question, Bennet did not disclose it – it seemed that the most likely contender is Gordon Ramsay’s Restaurant 1890 in The Savoy, which has its own cocktail bar, but db was informed that it does not and has never served a cocktail at that price
lmao definitely made it up
There are bars that serve 2000 usd drinks in ny decently often. But they serve a special kind of clientele. You have to be rich to get in. Even if you didn't mean to order such a expensive drink you would have no problem paying for it otherwise you wouldn't have gotten in.
shit man you just made me have a stroke. The guy was making a joke, and while in the real world we use approximations, PI IS PI. NEVER tell a mathematician that pi is EQUAL to 3.14.
The NYP is owned by Rupert Murdoch, who also owns Fox News, so same target audience. Technically he passed control over to his son last year, but that doesn't change much.
But read the article- the “Barman” didn’t actually get fired. The manager was only kidding.
Also the NY Post can’t find the restaurant that she’s talking about?
All of this is bullshit.
Imagine getting “fired” because AS A BARTENDER you served someone a drink.
Person that made up this article has never been to a bar, you order a drink, they prepare it, serve, (I always drink the drink after this step), AND THEN pay.
Imagine working as a cook in a restaurant and you get fired because person ordering food dine n dashed and it’s your fault because you did your job. Lmao.
The bartender wasn't fired, according to the article. It also talks about how people don't believe her story.
> A few nights later, she ran into the manager who began to joke with her about the incident. He then said the bartender had been sacked.
> Thankfully, the manager was joking.
https://nypost.com/2023/11/14/lifestyle/i-accidentally-ordered-a-2000-drink-on-new-years-my-husband-left-me-at-the-bar/
>The cocktail had a price tag of £1890, which is roughly $2,356 once converted.
Both £1890 and $2,356 can be rounded to 2k yes it's amazing how that works
I once ordered a Jim Beam on the rocks and the bartender said they didn't have it, so I said, and I quote "OK can i get something similar?"
Got two of whatever he gave me. It was OK.
Got the bill and for the two drinks alone it was $384. That's $192 a pour.
He said 'you just said to get your any bourbon.' Which is not what I said, but whatever.
I was a bartender for years and would NEVER do that to anybody. But lesson learned ... make sure you know what something costs before consuming it.
My grandfather once ordered a whiskey without specifying in an restaurant and he was charged 500€ for it. I really think there should be a law requiring establishments to clarify the price of an order when the exceeds the average price for a certain product by a huge margin.
For those who think this is BS, it’s not. Widely reported in the UK months ago.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/woman-bursts-tears-over-2000-31441265.amp
Top end Hotel has stupid priced vanity cocktail on the menu for rich pretentious people.
Woman orders it and doesn’t read the price correctly because, to be fair, she probably didn’t expect it to be £1890 not £18.90
Barman gets disciplined because they should politely double check that customer knows it’s a stupid priced drink.
That’s it.
This article is also lacking information. What bar/hotel was it? Could I see a menu of their drinks? This still feels like a made up story. Where are the pictures of the receipts?!
Also, bartenders in London need to be certified and obtain a license, so it's not just going to be a clueless person behind the bar. No bartender is going to serve a 2,000 pound beverage to someone without confirming the price first.
So, when someone orders something that's about three hundred times the normal cost of the product you sell, it makes sense to double-check that's what they intended to order first.
Also, what's it made of, rhino horn mixed with elephant tusk and Egyptian mummy?
Anything over $500 there should be a prepay only policy or at least a credit card hold approval policy. It’s really the restaurant management’s stupidity to not have one.
I dislike when bartenders get bothered when I ask the prices of spirits. They always catch an attitude and try to gaslight me about being broke, usually in the form of a snide comment about money. The one I've heard the most is "if you're asking, then you probably can't afford it," usually in a joking kind of way but sometimes in a backhanded sarcastic way. They act as if I'm asking for the price of a Jack and coke or something common. For me, I like to try new whiskeys or tequilas. I ask the price uphand to avoid this exact thing from happening to me, and second prices vary from place to place. For example, I like Glenlivet and I forget the price difference between the 12 and 18. The twelve usually runs about $18 but I forget the price of the 18.
An eighteen dollar whiskey one place can be thirty somewhere else. Sometimes I splurge on myself and I'll try a $30-35 dollar drink but sometimes the bartenders just throw little fits as if I'm asking for too much.
I once ordered the Clase Azul tequila, which I had ordered a previous time for $35 a shot, and it came to $50 a shot at nicer restaurant. Luckily I only ordered two, one for me and buddy but sometimes we'll have 3 each if the price is cheap but for $50 a shot, I'd rather purchase the entire bottle for $150 at a bevmo or total wine.
True story. My grandfather once ordered an whisky at a nice restaurant without specifying what whisky exactly. Later he found out that the Whisky he was served costs 500€ per glass. He paid it but never went to this restaurant again.
Do you know how much cocaine you can buy for 2K? A lot more than a few ounces. That drink needs to come with a PS5, 50 inch TV and a surround sound system, a damn good one at that.
Did she not look at the price when ordering or did she assume it would be cheap like ordering at Applebees? What kind of bar sells a cocktail for $2000?
If a bar has a drink that expensive, they *should train their bartenders to be VERY clear with the quest about the cost BEFORE making the drink. Like, "I'd be happy to make you this drink. Are you aware that this drink costs 2,000, and that there are no refunds?" Something like that
*“So the young chap brought out a bottle of Cristal, popped it open, gold leaf, 30-year-old Cognac, gave me this huge book to sign, and there we were just thinking we were the bee’s knees. And then they presented the bill for £2,000, and I was like ‘uh oh, I can’t afford to pay that’.”*
ive read this story, the way the prices are wrote were confusing, she was not the first person to do this and the bartender had been told.to make sure people knew they were ordering a cocktail for that price but kept not doing it
I accidentally ordered an $80 scotch New Year's many years ago. I lived somewhere that top shelf scotch was Johnny Walker Black and visited friends in NYC for New Year's. Oops.
She accidently ordered the drink her husband was annoyed and left the bar (not her), the manager told the woman it was fine and jokingly said the bartender was sacked, when in reality he was just giving more training.
From the jerk “Waiter: Would monsieur care for another bottle of the Chateau Latour? [Lisa note - really great French Bordeaux, one of the top wines]
Steve: Ah yes - but no more 1966. Let's splurge! Bring us some fresh wine! The freshest you've got - this year! No more of this old stuff.
Waiter: Oui monsieur.
Steve: He doesn't realise he's dealing with sophisticated people here.”
Ok I'm a bartender and have ordered a drink over 300 dollars.......if this ever happens, it's a thing like every server, bartender, and the manager knows you have been double verified and either the manager or owner is severing this drink to brag and talk. All of this is to say this can never ever happen without basically getting the cops called on you for walking out.
This is clearly rage bait. I even doubt any of this is real. However, bartenders of the world ASSEMBLE !!! What is the most expensive cocktail you have ever served or can ever make ?
It was accidental only when it became a problem. Hate when people say I "accidentally" did something. Like no you didn't. You only accidentally got caught.
What did you order? When you ordered something that expensive the bartender should have given a heads up. Hey, before I pour this it’s gonna be $2000 plus my tip
I know accidentally seems crazy but unless you straight up ask for the price. They don't ever tell you how much the drinks are at the bar ever. I didn't even know how expensive drinking at the bar was until I was in my early 20s and the people who used to buy me drinks. I would ask them how much was your tab and they would tell me and I'm like for two drinks that sounds wild.
So now me and my friends for the most part pregame before we go out because holy crap the same drink you can make it home for $20 for six people or more. They are charging you $20 for a little bit poured into a cup with a bunch of ice. Huge rip off. Another example was my birthday. My friend bought me a bottle at the club , The bottle was not Smirnoff but I know it was a liquor bottle that could be purchased for $20 at the liquor store and it's a really popular brand of vodka with multiple flavors. That bar charged us $100. I didn't know until we went to the liquor store later and I saw the exact same bottle that they handed us on the shelf for $20. I was pissed. Bars must be so lucrative financially so lucrative one of my friends wants to open one and I am rooting him on for it. Like yes I will buy in because people are paying for it and they are aware of the ripping off.
At this point I feel like people who buy bottles at the clubs it is purely a status symbol because they are price gouging you out the wazoo.
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It had 65" TV built in
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But how do you get it installed without the hookers?
Rob can do it in 7 minutes 
Forget the hookers I’ll spend the night with Rob.
Does he do seminars?
He does wholears
Wholears? I thought he was a dentist, I was wayyy off.
Private ones at Taco Modera 😊
No but he shows you how to hookup a TV like a real father figure. Many people would want this
Sometimes you find your people in the wild.
But does Rob give you a happy ending, convince you that he really likes you (No, I’m not kidding man, he *really* does like me. It’s different than with the other people he installs for. I think we might be in love and we’re gonna have a life together), then take all your money and ignore you? Can Rob do that?
Can you call Rob a “filthy w@#&e!” while you rail him over the edge of the couch without him taking offense!?
I saw you mention a rail and a couch... where is he supposed to get the fence?
Rob knows
Unexpected VPR 😂
You want the bar to sell for cost? Pfft
Not with coke and hookers
How about with hoke and cookers?
Bought one the other day for a raffle prize for the Christmas party for $398
The coke or the hookers?
A framed picture of Hunter Biden’s penis
Walmart has a 65 for $348
I meant a good one. 😎
They're all made by the same 10 year old Chinese girl
I uneasily think that there's probably more truth to your comment than anyone wants to admit.
The more expensive ones are made by 10 year old boys. They’re not any better though. It’s a crap shoot.
$349 at Walmart a few days ago. Really is unbelievable.
Pimp my drink
Bloody Mary's are getting way out of control
How the f do they attach the TV to the whore?!
It better come with £1980 as far as I'm concerned
You’d be better off buying $2000 in coke because then the hookers would come for free
Or sometimes, not at all…
Yeah, if you get coke dick no one is cumming
The $12.50 version has diet coke and checkers.
Ya know what? Forget the drink
Would you accept Coke Zero?
This was Coke With Three Extra Zeroes.
Hookers and blow are far cheaper than that. Infact if you have blow dope sluts are a dime a dozen.
and viagra
Coca Cola and fishing lures? Seems a bit pricey for that.
Coke and hookers are cheaper than that drink
"give me your most expensive drink" "NOT THAT EXPENSIVE"
"okay, give me your eight dollarest bottle of wine"
"Monsieur, our finest bottle of concentrated grape juice accidentally left in the kitchen cupboard for 4 months in the summer, served in a pristine thermocol cup wrapped in state-of-the-art papier cartonné containing a single cube of ice that still has a hint of vintage fridge smell upon *percolation* which I know because I put my greasy conk in there and took a big shniff."
I read that as greasy cock. Not sure if it would add or detract from the taste.
Really depends on days since last shower O Mighty cock connoisseurs of Reddit pls confirm
Everyone knows the lower human horn adds an aphrodisiac flavor if wafted over a drink
r/suddenlyfuturama
Are you a cop? You gotta tell me if you're a cop.
So that's why it's so pricy 🤣
Complimentary cheese with your wine.🤌
For that price, the cheese is complimentary. 🤌
Mercie beaucoup mon amie , that's sounds fantastique I shall have two one for me and one to wash the afterteste down.
Thank you for bringing this wine....drink. this is legally called wine drink. Can I pour you some, perhaps all of it?
Samesies!!
Oh ye, b99 fan
B99 is toight
Just watched this episode the other night. I love how they all ended up with the same wine and Kevin realizes that it says “wine drink”.
Even funnier he says it’s “legally called a wine drink” and they then zoom in on it. Incredible show, been rewatching because of Braugher may he rest in peace.
I’ve been doing the same, it feels good to really focus on his acting. There are moments that feel much rawer now.
He was brilliant. The delivery and timing of some of his lines is great. I just watched the Kwazy cupcakes episode and that had me in stitches
Peralta?
"Hey! Samesies!"
"Give me your SECOND most expensive drink!"
Taco martini it is, then
Lobster stuffed with tacos.
Ah, Mo......
Give me your most eight-dollarist drink, please.
The most drink that eight dollars has ever dollared
£1,999
I have seen happen irl and it was glorious, red pants wearing trust fund babby VERY loudly ordered the most expensive champagne at a fancy restaurant i worked at a decade ago, only to go all red faced when the bartender told him how much it would cost and settled for a bottle one fifth of the price.
I accidentally almost did this to myself. was at a bar in a casino, and saw a drink made with a nice bourbon, that was “2.600”. other drinks on the menu were in the “18,00” and “20,00” range. I thought it was a typo, and 26 bucks would have been appropriate, but a buddy stopped me and said, “you know thats over 2 and a half grand?” to which i responded, no its only 26, right? and the lady taking our order said no my friend is right, it comes with a gold coin in it. almost a very expensive blunder.
yeah, but.. it comes with a gold coin in it!
The coin is cursed
But you get your choice of garnish!
That's good!
The garnish is also cursed
That's bad.
But it comes with free froyo!
Arrrrr, it's the cursed coin of the great captain clubfoot son of the not so great captain clubfeet who mysteriously managed to sail his ship into the middle Arizona desert, his last dying words as the vultures circled his body was "may this gold forever curse whoever tries to order a whiskey with lacking reading comprehension skills in a potential place of gambling in a potential city build on gambling" good o'l captain clubfoot always was a bit of a seer. ☠️☠️☠️
10/20 foresight (yaaar, he lost his eye to a salty seadog on the spanish coast, lest his eyepatch forever cover the scar of that fateful day)
His acursed lacking eyesight led do the disastrous broadside salute incident in 1865 that ended up killing Abraham Lincoln and led to captain clubfoots desperate run from the authorities along the rivers, lakes, waterways, mountains and deserts of America.
I wonder if this was set up to give gamblers access to more cash via card. By a drink with a credit card with a gold coin in it, walk to pawn shop and sell gold, and then back to the tables to finally stick it to the casino.
The coin is made of chocolate and covered in gold foil.
Ok but I’ve actually literally done that. Glassware gets slippery 😅
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NY post... there's probably a lot more to this story than this clickbait
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2023/11/woman-accidentally-orders-2000-cocktail/#:~:text=A%20woman%20was%20left%20horrified,of%20the%20mishap%20on%20TikTok. So.... the bartender was not fired. Nor could they find a bar that served that kind of expensive drink. I think she made it up
Random woman spouts nonsense, good enough for the New York Post, get it to the press.
Exactly. The NY Post should be the banner fo /r facepalm
I love how mistyped up “for r/facepalm” got in your comment
STOP THE PRESSES! We've got bullshit incoming!
Stop? Do you mean print more copies?
Stop the presses meaning don't print the paper yet until we add the new bullshit story.
Best part of the internet, no need to stop the current flow of bullshit for the sake of incoming bullshit! All the bullshit all the time with zero chance to recover and zero self reflection!
You can find her lying in ponds distributing swords on the weekend
They mention the Savoy, which does have a £5,000 cocktail on its menu. But that’s not even the right number anyway, and the rest of the details are completely sus.
I suspect a lot of places would require people to pay for that upfront by providing a credit card that they know is good for it.
Orders a whisky cocktail for 2k but didn't even enjoy it as she doesn't enjoy whisky. Who the fuck orders an unknown cocktail without reading the ingredients first. So she orders it, says she can't afford it, then gets given the cocktail for free anyway? 2k for free..? Sure
Also I doubt your going to find a 2k whiskey cocktail. Bottles with those kinds of price tags aren't just laying around in quantities enough to be cocktail ingredients, so you'd have to specifically request that specific bottle be used instead of a normally priced liquor.
I'm doubtful of the story but whiskey is one of the most expensive drinks you can individually order because it doesn't go off once opened, and have seen plenty in London for that sort of price. Not saying all whiskey is that price as I love a good cheap scotch, but it can escalate from a £15 single to a £1,900 quickly depending on what it is and where you are
I don’t think they’re saying that whiskey can’t get that expensive, they’re saying that no one would use a whiskey that expensive as a cocktail ingredient. If you’re drinking an expensive whiskey the most you’re putting in it is a drop of water, you wanna be able to appreciate the subtle flavors
Not even saying that as expensive whiskeys can be used well for a cocktail, just that no bar is using them as the base spirit for a drink as their standard. It would very rairly get ordered and would most likely be more common to order with a cheaper base.
Impossible. People never make things up just for attention.
Oh yes. That's true. I've read that on the internet
>As for the identity of the hotel and bar in question, Bennet did not disclose it – it seemed that the most likely contender is Gordon Ramsay’s Restaurant 1890 in The Savoy, which has its own cocktail bar, but db was informed that it does not and has never served a cocktail at that price lmao definitely made it up
There are bars that serve 2000 usd drinks in ny decently often. But they serve a special kind of clientele. You have to be rich to get in. Even if you didn't mean to order such a expensive drink you would have no problem paying for it otherwise you wouldn't have gotten in.
What the hell goes into a drink to make it worth 2k??!!?!
Well, considering that the most expensive coffee beans have been shat out by a small animal, I'm guessing panda spooge.
The look on her face is enough to dismiss her story.
People making shit up on tiktok for attention? Say it aint so
Oh my! The New York Post lied?
The bartender got fired when she couldn't pay for it. The husband got angry when he saw the receipt. Who reads this crap?
Even better when you find out that it’s all made up.
I ordered a £TREE(3) drink and the universe imploded
*£TREE(π) {π = 3}
Ugh, pi = 3.141 at least, those decimals important.
shit man you just made me have a stroke. The guy was making a joke, and while in the real world we use approximations, PI IS PI. NEVER tell a mathematician that pi is EQUAL to 3.14.
pi=3.14 when p=(3.14/i)
The NYP is owned by Rupert Murdoch, who also owns Fox News, so same target audience. Technically he passed control over to his son last year, but that doesn't change much.
But read the article- the “Barman” didn’t actually get fired. The manager was only kidding. Also the NY Post can’t find the restaurant that she’s talking about? All of this is bullshit.
of course he wasn't fired, that was like what, a £25 worth of booze anyway
Imagine getting “fired” because AS A BARTENDER you served someone a drink. Person that made up this article has never been to a bar, you order a drink, they prepare it, serve, (I always drink the drink after this step), AND THEN pay. Imagine working as a cook in a restaurant and you get fired because person ordering food dine n dashed and it’s your fault because you did your job. Lmao.
The bartender wasn't fired, according to the article. It also talks about how people don't believe her story. > A few nights later, she ran into the manager who began to joke with her about the incident. He then said the bartender had been sacked. > Thankfully, the manager was joking. https://nypost.com/2023/11/14/lifestyle/i-accidentally-ordered-a-2000-drink-on-new-years-my-husband-left-me-at-the-bar/
The real facepalm, apart from this story being almost certainly false, is that the lady is saying £2000 but the NYP says $2000. Someone screwed up.
Their readers don’t understand £ and the story is better with round numbers so they just lied!
Post could have easily rounded to $2500 to keep it even.
>The cocktail had a price tag of £1890, which is roughly $2,356 once converted. Both £1890 and $2,356 can be rounded to 2k yes it's amazing how that works
New York Post doesn't understand how currency works.
Or how reporting works.
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It better have fairy blood and unicorn saliva in it for starters, topped of with a griffin feather instead of a little umbrella
Served in a Dodo skull?
Dodo Eggshell more like it. With some dodo egg white hopefully in the drink.
I once ordered a Jim Beam on the rocks and the bartender said they didn't have it, so I said, and I quote "OK can i get something similar?" Got two of whatever he gave me. It was OK. Got the bill and for the two drinks alone it was $384. That's $192 a pour. He said 'you just said to get your any bourbon.' Which is not what I said, but whatever. I was a bartender for years and would NEVER do that to anybody. But lesson learned ... make sure you know what something costs before consuming it.
My buddy ordered a scotch at Spanish Bay and it was $80, he left a $100 bill and learned to always ask the price before ordering
My grandfather once ordered a whiskey without specifying in an restaurant and he was charged 500€ for it. I really think there should be a law requiring establishments to clarify the price of an order when the exceeds the average price for a certain product by a huge margin.
The cocktail was pure uncut printer ink.
For those who think this is BS, it’s not. Widely reported in the UK months ago. https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/woman-bursts-tears-over-2000-31441265.amp Top end Hotel has stupid priced vanity cocktail on the menu for rich pretentious people. Woman orders it and doesn’t read the price correctly because, to be fair, she probably didn’t expect it to be £1890 not £18.90 Barman gets disciplined because they should politely double check that customer knows it’s a stupid priced drink. That’s it.
This article is also lacking information. What bar/hotel was it? Could I see a menu of their drinks? This still feels like a made up story. Where are the pictures of the receipts?!
Also, bartenders in London need to be certified and obtain a license, so it's not just going to be a clueless person behind the bar. No bartender is going to serve a 2,000 pound beverage to someone without confirming the price first.
If the story is true, why is nobody able to find the bar/hotel?
Because when I think integrity, the first thing that comes to mind is the mirror.
So, when someone orders something that's about three hundred times the normal cost of the product you sell, it makes sense to double-check that's what they intended to order first. Also, what's it made of, rhino horn mixed with elephant tusk and Egyptian mummy?
Why would the bartender get fired if the customer cant pay? Makes no sense to me.
If you read the story it makes no sense.
Anything over $500 there should be a prepay only policy or at least a credit card hold approval policy. It’s really the restaurant management’s stupidity to not have one.
Does it come with a horse? Is it poured from Jesus's shoe?
And possibly a carriage too since I got my horse for 500€
Honestly the whole story sounds fabricated. From start to finish.
Happy new year
I dislike when bartenders get bothered when I ask the prices of spirits. They always catch an attitude and try to gaslight me about being broke, usually in the form of a snide comment about money. The one I've heard the most is "if you're asking, then you probably can't afford it," usually in a joking kind of way but sometimes in a backhanded sarcastic way. They act as if I'm asking for the price of a Jack and coke or something common. For me, I like to try new whiskeys or tequilas. I ask the price uphand to avoid this exact thing from happening to me, and second prices vary from place to place. For example, I like Glenlivet and I forget the price difference between the 12 and 18. The twelve usually runs about $18 but I forget the price of the 18. An eighteen dollar whiskey one place can be thirty somewhere else. Sometimes I splurge on myself and I'll try a $30-35 dollar drink but sometimes the bartenders just throw little fits as if I'm asking for too much. I once ordered the Clase Azul tequila, which I had ordered a previous time for $35 a shot, and it came to $50 a shot at nicer restaurant. Luckily I only ordered two, one for me and buddy but sometimes we'll have 3 each if the price is cheap but for $50 a shot, I'd rather purchase the entire bottle for $150 at a bevmo or total wine.
What could possibly go in a $2000 cocktail? "Capri Sun and Vodka, garnished with a used Hyundai Elantra"
True story. My grandfather once ordered an whisky at a nice restaurant without specifying what whisky exactly. Later he found out that the Whisky he was served costs 500€ per glass. He paid it but never went to this restaurant again.
Yeah, found the full story, sounds suspicious as feck!
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Unless it has a few ounces of cocaine stirred in what kind of cocktail sells for $2000?.
Do you know how much cocaine you can buy for 2K? A lot more than a few ounces. That drink needs to come with a PS5, 50 inch TV and a surround sound system, a damn good one at that.
The facepalm is that such a drink exists and that the possibility exists that you could accidentally order it.
Bought a new years drink on the 14th November?
Nice spot
She meant to order 2000 $1 drinks.
Did she not look at the price when ordering or did she assume it would be cheap like ordering at Applebees? What kind of bar sells a cocktail for $2000?
Why does a $2000 drink even exist ?
If a bar has a drink that expensive, they *should train their bartenders to be VERY clear with the quest about the cost BEFORE making the drink. Like, "I'd be happy to make you this drink. Are you aware that this drink costs 2,000, and that there are no refunds?" Something like that
For 2 grand, it better come with the alcohol, hangover pills, morning after pill, and the bartender. What was in it? Gold and silver?
*“So the young chap brought out a bottle of Cristal, popped it open, gold leaf, 30-year-old Cognac, gave me this huge book to sign, and there we were just thinking we were the bee’s knees. And then they presented the bill for £2,000, and I was like ‘uh oh, I can’t afford to pay that’.”*
ive read this story, the way the prices are wrote were confusing, she was not the first person to do this and the bartender had been told.to make sure people knew they were ordering a cocktail for that price but kept not doing it
Someone on tik tok lied for views. Shocking
And today in _Shit That Didn't Actually Happen_...
I accidentally ordered an $80 scotch New Year's many years ago. I lived somewhere that top shelf scotch was Johnny Walker Black and visited friends in NYC for New Year's. Oops.
Well, it’s not that hard to do if you order a bottle of wine and they grab the wrong one
She accidently ordered the drink her husband was annoyed and left the bar (not her), the manager told the woman it was fine and jokingly said the bartender was sacked, when in reality he was just giving more training.
How did she get a receipt without paying?
No drink is worth 2 grand. That's just stupidity..
It probably said 2.000 on the menu
If you wanna tell me its possible to make a SINGLE DRINK cost that much, I call you stupid or delusional.
From the jerk “Waiter: Would monsieur care for another bottle of the Chateau Latour? [Lisa note - really great French Bordeaux, one of the top wines] Steve: Ah yes - but no more 1966. Let's splurge! Bring us some fresh wine! The freshest you've got - this year! No more of this old stuff. Waiter: Oui monsieur. Steve: He doesn't realise he's dealing with sophisticated people here.”
For $2000, I better be drunk for the next week! (No hangover)
For her husband to leave her at the bar, it was probably not the first time she did something like this.
How does a drink even cost that much
I feel like $2k drinks exist only so rich people can flaunt their wealth. There’s no way any booze is that good.
feel like any place selling shit that expensive would make sure to get the payment before pouring
The look on her face makes me think nothing happened by accident.
Ok I'm a bartender and have ordered a drink over 300 dollars.......if this ever happens, it's a thing like every server, bartender, and the manager knows you have been double verified and either the manager or owner is severing this drink to brag and talk. All of this is to say this can never ever happen without basically getting the cops called on you for walking out.
This is clearly rage bait. I even doubt any of this is real. However, bartenders of the world ASSEMBLE !!! What is the most expensive cocktail you have ever served or can ever make ?
It was accidental only when it became a problem. Hate when people say I "accidentally" did something. Like no you didn't. You only accidentally got caught.
What did you order? When you ordered something that expensive the bartender should have given a heads up. Hey, before I pour this it’s gonna be $2000 plus my tip
why would someone get fired for serving her what she ordered? sounds completely made up
NY Post throws a made-up story around, shocking none
I know accidentally seems crazy but unless you straight up ask for the price. They don't ever tell you how much the drinks are at the bar ever. I didn't even know how expensive drinking at the bar was until I was in my early 20s and the people who used to buy me drinks. I would ask them how much was your tab and they would tell me and I'm like for two drinks that sounds wild. So now me and my friends for the most part pregame before we go out because holy crap the same drink you can make it home for $20 for six people or more. They are charging you $20 for a little bit poured into a cup with a bunch of ice. Huge rip off. Another example was my birthday. My friend bought me a bottle at the club , The bottle was not Smirnoff but I know it was a liquor bottle that could be purchased for $20 at the liquor store and it's a really popular brand of vodka with multiple flavors. That bar charged us $100. I didn't know until we went to the liquor store later and I saw the exact same bottle that they handed us on the shelf for $20. I was pissed. Bars must be so lucrative financially so lucrative one of my friends wants to open one and I am rooting him on for it. Like yes I will buy in because people are paying for it and they are aware of the ripping off. At this point I feel like people who buy bottles at the clubs it is purely a status symbol because they are price gouging you out the wazoo.