Overlooked pet peeves at bars (consumer standpoint)

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  1. Dennoman

    Dennoman Initiate (0) Aug 20, 2011 Belgium

    I never really hear complaints about this, but here's one of my long-time pet peeves at bars or pubs.

    The penetrating smell of soap suds and/or floor cleaner. All right, I understand it's a hygiene thing and I guess I should prefer the place stinking of suds over it not being cleaned at all. Especially in craft beer bars where the aroma of the beer is supposed to be an experience by itself, this is extremely annoying. Try drinking a nice IPA with big grapefruit and citrus notes when everything around you smells like all the lemons in the world condensed into a single bottle.

    This only happens in some places though. I don't know if most bars just clean a lot less, if the detergent they use is a lot less offensive smelling, or if they air everything out after cleaning. It has to be something though, and everyone ought to be thinking of it. Urgh.

    Any more of these generally overlooked pet peeves?
     
    #1 Dennoman, Nov 10, 2013
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  2. drtth

    drtth Initiate (0) Nov 25, 2007 Pennsylvania
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    Television sets. Most people in the US seem to like them or endure them. I avoid them.
     
    #2 drtth, Nov 10, 2013
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  3. Jake1605

    Jake1605 Initiate (0) Nov 24, 2009 Missouri

    Not enough tv's.
     
    #3 Jake1605, Nov 10, 2013
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  4. ditkasmoustache

    ditkasmoustache Initiate (0) Dec 27, 2008 Illinois

    Frosted mugs. If it's a hot day and I just want a beer to cool down and relax, ok fine. But when I ask for an unfrosted mug I get death stares
     
    #4 ditkasmoustache, Nov 10, 2013
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  5. ZachKelly

    ZachKelly Initiate (0) Dec 25, 2012 Virginia

    mark up. I understand it is part of running a business. But, all too often I have to settle for a beer I may not want to drink because I don't want to pay $9 for a pint of Sculpin or something.
     
    #5 ZachKelly, Nov 10, 2013
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  6. Uniobrew31

    Uniobrew31 Pooh-Bah (1,567) Jan 16, 2012 Pennsylvania
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    If you are ever in the states I can direct you to some overpriced shitholes that literally reek of piss and BO. The smoking ban in PA bars left us with the realization that the cigarette smoke was covering for far worse smells:wink:
     
    #6 Uniobrew31, Nov 10, 2013
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  7. TheodorHerzl

    TheodorHerzl Savant (1,001) Mar 30, 2007 Indiana

    When I see the bartender wipe down the counter and then tuck the towel in the back of his pants. That grosses me out. Never put your towel at the top of your plumbers crack.
     
    #7 TheodorHerzl, Nov 10, 2013
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  8. powpig2002

    powpig2002 Initiate (0) Jan 26, 2012 Florida

    but what if SHE has an onion butt
     
    #8 powpig2002, Nov 10, 2013
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  9. DelMontiac

    DelMontiac Initiate (0) Oct 22, 2010 Oklahoma

    I totally agree with you. The smell of detergents, and especially bleach just ruin my appetite for both food and drink alike. While as a patron I will accept nothing less than a clean establishment, the good ones will only require light touch up while serving customers and save deep cleaning for after hours. Seating me at a bleach water dampened table will only cost you my business.
     
    #9 DelMontiac, Nov 10, 2013
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  10. BEEER

    BEEER Crusader (435) Jul 27, 2013 Ohio

    I was just at a bar that had a $0.50 "tax" on every beer, on top of their already insanely marked up prices.
     
    #10 BEEER, Nov 10, 2013
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  11. Jake1605

    Jake1605 Initiate (0) Nov 24, 2009 Missouri

    Stop sniffing bartops.
     
    #11 Jake1605, Nov 10, 2013
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  12. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    Bars that advertise a beer on the web that they don't actually have on tap (happened to me THREE times in the last week).
    Bars that have incorrect hours posted on the web.
    Unfriendly bartenders.
    Bars that don't serve half pints.
    Bartenders that claim that they don't have a beer that they do have.
     
    #12 zid, Nov 10, 2013
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  13. tsauce2

    tsauce2 Savant (1,138) Oct 12, 2011 Indiana
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    Top 5 annoying things about a bar:
    1) Lack of a foot stool
    2) Lack of coat hooks
    3) Lack of a power outlet (recharging smartphones, etc.)
    4) Uncomfortable bar stools
    5) Anything but a female with a v-cut/low cut shirt washing glasses (jk, kinda) :slight_smile:
     
    #13 tsauce2, Nov 10, 2013
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  14. CowsandBeer

    CowsandBeer Initiate (0) Sep 24, 2012 Nebraska

    The frosted mug thing. So many places that are trying to get into the "craft beer bar" business need to learn a thing or two about actually serving beer. No I don't want ice cold BCBS in a frosted pint glass.
     
    #14 CowsandBeer, Nov 10, 2013
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  15. TickleMeTony

    TickleMeTony Initiate (0) Sep 18, 2013 Colorado

    Again, not enough T.Vs. Just because I enjoy going to a nice craft brewery to sip on a delicious sour or imperial stout doesn't mean I don't like watching the hockey game while I do it!
    I thought this was America, this is America right? I thought this was America...

    More T.Vs in craft breweries. Now.
     
    #15 TickleMeTony, Nov 10, 2013
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  16. denver10

    denver10 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,155) Nov 17, 2010 New Mexico
    Pooh-Bah

    When a beer bar does not post what they have on tap online somewhere.
     
    #16 denver10, Nov 10, 2013
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  17. brewsader

    brewsader Initiate (0) Dec 7, 2012 New York

    sloppy pours. get your faucet out of my beer.
     
    #17 brewsader, Nov 10, 2013
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  18. marquis

    marquis Pooh-Bah (2,313) Nov 20, 2005 England
    Pooh-Bah

    Too many TVs. I don't go to a pub to watch TV, I go for the beer and the social interaction with other people. TV gets in the way.Also piped music for which there is no need.
    Thankfully the biggest peeve is now a thing of the past; people who thought it was fine to bathe you in their exhaled tobacco smoke. If I want to be a kipper I would live in a smokehouse.
     
    #18 marquis, Nov 10, 2013
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  19. FunkyMacGroovin

    FunkyMacGroovin Initiate (0) Sep 22, 2009 California

    Coat hooks. A bar that doesn't have coat hooks is not a good bar.
     
    #19 FunkyMacGroovin, Nov 10, 2013
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  20. russpowell

    russpowell Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,292) May 24, 2005 Arkansas
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    Out of date beer menus or waitstaff that know the tap line up less than I do....
     
    #20 russpowell, Nov 10, 2013
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