OT - fresh glass or no

Tjcoley

Bartender keeps trying to give me a fresh glass with each vodka rocks. I insist on using the old one, because the ice is 'marinated'. Just can't let the lime wedges pile up as they take up space. Am I wrong?

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Seasoned ice is where it's at. Stand your ground.

Doc_Eggerton

I like it.

bigphil

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Seasoned ice is where it's at. Stand your ground.

+1

Chubbs

Tell him if he takes your glass again, no tip. He will stop taking your glass

Kruegs

No question...you're right!

SmokinDAWG82

I concur

Griffin

Gotta stick with the pre-marinated ice.

henapple

tell the bt to shut up and pour. I hate it when I'm consuming beer from a bottle and have to continually remind Pimpy Pimpleton that I require a fresh, frosted mug or glass to enjoy my PBR to it's maximum enjoyability... you'd think after the 8th $@&# time he'd remember.

FanOfFanboys

Maybe it's a health code violation in that state? Kinda like req'd new plate at Buffett? No idea.

Z_Eggineer

Please do not make "seasoned ice" a thing.  Bars might start charging extra for "Man Ice" from an "Ice Barrow" or something.

However, in a service industry, employees should serve the customer.  If you are paying 5+ for a vodka drink, you should get it however you want it.

Foghorn

"Please do not make "seasoned ice" a thing."

I think the seasoning process is called "The Travis Method"

HogHeaven

Sometimes people think to hard...

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Foghorn said:

"Please do not make "seasoned ice" a thing."

I think the seasoning process is called "The Travis Method"

oh it's already a thing. This bus has left the station and it ain't coming back!

texaswig

I heard of tired ice but never seasoned ice.

tazcrash

just get it served like this:  

Foghorn

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Foghorn said:

"Please do not make "seasoned ice" a thing."

I think the seasoning process is called "The Travis Method"

oh it's already a thing. This bus has left the station and it ain't coming back!

So, does that mean that at a bar near me, I will soon be able to ask for refill and the waitperson will ask "Would you like a Travis refill - or would you prefer a fresh glass?"

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Foghorn said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Foghorn said:

"Please do not make "seasoned ice" a thing."

I think the seasoning process is called "The Travis Method"

oh it's already a thing. This bus has left the station and it ain't coming back!

So, does that mean that at a bar near me, I will soon be able to ask for refill and the waitperson will ask "Would you like a Travis refill - or would you prefer a fresh glass?"

I assure you "The Travis Method" is alive and well in Texas bars everywhere but it means something completely different. Order at your own peril.

Little Steven

I thought they didn't have those kinda bars in Texas

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Little Steven said:

I thought they didn't have those kinda bars in Texas

Where there is Travis, there are "those kinda bars".

Eggcelsior

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Little Steven said:

I thought they didn't have those kinda bars in Texas

Where there is Travis, there are "those kinda bars".

No wonder his tag is sometimes "Hey, careful man, there's a beverage here""

six_egg

I prefer patron myself but agree with all of the above kinda, I guess, maybe. )

Hokie_Smoker

Keep the same glass but always get another stir stick, I keep them so I can keep track of how many I've had when the tab comes.  Sometimes I lose count if I don't keep my stir sticks.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Hokie_Smoker said:

Keep the same glass but always get another stir stick, I keep them so I can keep track of how many I've had when the tab comes.  Sometimes I lose count if I don't keep my stir sticks.

I keep them so I can spell out :"Thank you for your exquisite service this evening. Could you please call me a cab?" on the bar when I've had one or 2 too many )

Eggcelsior

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Hokie_Smoker said:

Keep the same glass but always get another stir stick, I keep them so I can keep track of how many I've had when the tab comes.  Sometimes I lose count if I don't keep my stir sticks.

I keep them so I can spell out :"Thank you for your exquisite service this evening. Could you please call me a cab?" on the bar when I've had one or 2 too many )

Is the extra one or two for punctuation? Damn, you either have a fat wallet or the ladies love your ravishing good looks, sex panther. 

boatbum

If served a fresh glass, I simply take the new one and pour it in the old one...

Tjcoley

With a good bartender there is no room

Botch

somebody said:

...enjoy my PBR to it's maximum enjoyability... 

:-O  You've gotta be smoking something here too, right?  

Little Steven

In the UK it is unheard of to offer a fresh glass. In Scotland it's a fight

AlbertaEgger

If he argued, did you ask him if he grabbed a new glass at home everytime he poured a new one? I know for myself, I would have to install a commercial bar dishwasher in the kitchen, and garage, or, buy many.....many, glasses.

Tjcoley

They never argued. . It was actually 2 lady bartenders who had fun with it. If they forgot and poured a clean glass, they apologized. It became an ongoing thing over the 4 days I was there. Back next week so I'll see if they remember.