Our establishment has a clear policy: we stop seating at 10:00 pm, and the kitchen is closed at 11:00 pm, no exceptions. No, “Oh, it’s 10:03, we’ll let it slide just this once,” kind of stuff. The bar is open until 2:00 am, but you will NOT get any food that isn’t a packet of chips or some popcorn after 11:00.
Yesterday was a crazy rush, from open to close. I don’t know why, but everyone within like twenty miles of my store wanted to eat Mexican food yesterday. We did 600 covers on a Wednesday. I made almost 2,000 tortillas, which is near a record for our store.
So, around 10:20 pm, three guys rolled in and asked for a table.
Hostess: “That’s not possible, as we are no longer seating, but you’re welcome to sit at the bar and drink.”
They didn’t argue and instead proceeded over to the bar area. One guy tried to order a dozen taquitos from the bartender.
Bartender: “That’s simply not possible.”
So, at exactly 10:37, the three decided to get up from the bar and just go sit at a table. They called a server over.
Guys: “We’ve been here for almost an hour and no one has taken our order!”
The server went back to grab my boss, who told her not to take the order. Apparently, he had seen the whole thing on the camera feed. When the guys were confronted with this information, they left without paying for their drinks. They did this RIGHT AFTER we told them we had their faces on video.
So now, you didn’t get your taquitos, you’re banned from our store, and the police are looking for you. Good job being sneaky, y’all.