A-holes in bars (non-av sorta)

[Airpiraterob]

An event last night during a lay-over made me ponder the realities of travel and hotel bars. How many people in that bar are natural A-holes and what is the expected frequency of being bothered by them without starting the conversation?

So, here I am sitting in a bar. Being the requisite inconspicuious pilot with horrible spelling on a computer. In that same hotel in a conference room theres a get together. "Talking baseball with Bucky Dent and Sparky (something not anderson)" I don't know how much it cost to be part of the dinner and chat, but I wasnt really that into going, besides I'm poor so it was either go listen to the same old baseball stories in a conference room that Bucky Dent was now telling again but now for free in the bar behind me at a table, or get my dinner on and drink on with my captian at the nice bar before the 12 hour cutoff. We were playing the TV trivia thing where you get that box to answer your questions with by remote thing for points? you know that one? i think its iTn or something. anyway,
"So there I was..." goes my story, when a rather up-front kind of guy in his slicked back hair and black clothings stands next to me at the bar to order a drink. waiting for the drinks he watches the trivia and starts bad mouthing the silly clues and hints it gives. "I'd play this if it wasnt for those Sh**y clues, i mean its kinda stupid how they do that." I had no idea where this guy came from. He asks the question that I felt was heading in a decent direction, "You a baseball fan?...Yankees or something?" (This is taking place in well upstate NY) He talks fast like hes in a hurry or trying to sell a car or some sort of hustling scheme to me. "Cardinals fan" I say. AND HIS RESPONSE...."Oh, well Ozzy Smith isn't here." He quips.....My captian and I lok at each other wondering whats going on with this guy. This already qualifies him to be in the halfa-a$$-hole club... So I tell him "hey theres more trivia boxes if you'd like in.." And immediately he tells me "No thanks, I'm talking to Bucky Dent" Gathers his beers and mixed drinks, and moves to the table behind us. 10 minutes later Bucky Dent leaves and these guys spend the next 2 hours talking about how wrong Steinbrenner is or isnt and whats best fo rthe game.

I now realize that im so much less of a person cause i dont have anyone famous to talk to or names to drop to ordinary people.

Bucy Dent may HAVE BEEN a good ball-player, but he's no chuck yeager (who i hear incidentaly is a bit agrrogant anyway. any truth to this?)

So again my question....How many people in that bar are natural A-holes and what is the expected frequency of being bothered by them without starting the conversation?

 

[lionflyer]

I was a bartender for 3 yrs. There are some people in this world who are the nicest around, but as soon as they get some alcohol in them they turn into complete a$$holes. It's just they way it is. Don't let it bother you. Or you could let it bother you and kick the $hit out of guy but I don't think that would be good for an aviation career.

 

[labbats]

The thing I miss most about bartending is the ability to tell someone to leave without any reason other than they are being rude or obnoxious. And they legally have to, and your boss is cool with it.

 

[Jmmccutc]

I'm leaning toward beat the $hit out of them...all of them...i recently had to drag a buddy of mine out of a place casue someone upset him so he thought it'd be a good idea to cold clock the fella...needless to say his problem was solved, but it made leaving a bit harder when his friends were between you and the door...

it's one thing to go out and have a few adult beverages, but to be come beligerant or not even that, just an A$$ is another thing...

i think that we should have rules like they did in the late 1800's, if a guy was an @ss in a saloon, you shoot him, problem solved...

Now as far as flying goes, if you have a job and want to keep it, or plan on getting one, don't listen to anything that i just said...

 

[FN FAL]

Uhhhh. Come on now. First of all beating the schit out of someone will get you locked up and or sued.

Second of all, who cares who gives you clues for a stupid bar game?

It's a bar game! Hahahaha get your drink on and your eats on down at hooligans, TGIF, or Outback, with people you can intimidate, like IT techno pukes or investment geeks. Don't hang out at bars where the bullies and longshoreman come out to pick up pilots for a quick one night stand, you might get confused with somebody else!

 

[TonyC]

One of the reasons I refuse to play Trivial Pursuit is the way seemingly decent people can unwittingly belittle EVERYONE with these ridiculous questions. It goes like this:

You land on the spot, you pick the category, they pick the card. They read the question and make that "Oh, this is so easy" look with their face. "What? What?" their friends ask, and then they're compelled to share the question with EVERYONE else before they'll read it to you. Of course, everyone else has to join in the "This is so incredibly easy it's not fair" chorus so you are required to answer the question correctly or you are, by their definition, a fool.

"OK, here's the question. What is the 2nd derivative of the following 5th order polynomial?"

I hate that game.

 

[House_X]

These days, if you even "LOOK" into a hotel bar, I feel like I'm going to get busted. Personally, I never hang out at hotel bars...unless I'm on vacation...and since I fly for a regional and can't afford to go anywhere...that never happens.

 

[JBcrjca]

get your drink on and your eats on down at hooligans, TGIF, or Outback

Actually when I go drinking with my crew, I prefer to go to Chotchkies....why, you may ask? Well, people go to Chotchkies for the atmosphere and the attitude. Make sure you try the appetizers such as pizza shooters, shrimp poppers, and extreme fajitas. If you're lucky, a guy named Brian will be your waiter...he has 37 pieces of flair! He's a straight shooter with upper management written all over him.

 

[KC-10 Driver]

I got nervous there for a minute.

I thought this was going to be a revival of the "Sky Bar" thread.