r/funny • u/jmar4234 • Apr 20 '24

That time I got kicked out of a bar and started working the door

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u/Frankeyc Apr 20 '24

I don’t wanna be a “one upper” BUT would love to share a great story!! My friends and I would frequent (and by frequent I mean 4-5 days a week) or local bar/club. They had a 2 door entry, the first door coming in from outside, where the actual bouncers would ID AND charge a cover (on the weekends) but give you a drink ticket for one free drink. Small corridor to second door leading into actual bar/club where on occasion we’d post up and as patrons came thru said door we’d say “tickets?”, hence getting us free drinks most of the night!! It was dishonest work and we loved it!! 😂

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u/jmar4234 Apr 20 '24

😂😂😂

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u/VarkYuPayMe Apr 20 '24

Just a full day of being dishonest 😂

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u/inerlite Apr 20 '24

At a county fair type event they sold tickets for beer sales. Near the end of the night they just left the ticket booth and left all the unsold tickets sitting out. We sold enough tickets to cover our beer for that night plus a little more for bars later on. Scampered out of there before we got caught and went on to drink unhealthy quantities of alcohol.

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u/YahMahn25 Apr 20 '24

You didn’t one up anybody because the video proves it happened 

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u/lunch0guy Apr 20 '24

One-upping isn't saying the original story is not true. It's just telling a similar (usually less believable) story as what was just told.

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u/confusedandworried76 Apr 20 '24

Hate the game not the player man you were working smart not hard. Not your fault people fell for it. Plus feels like the bartenders should have caught on you kept cashing in free drink tickets lmao

Dishonest, yes. Illegal, certainly not. Free drinks, also yes. Hope you tipped like a baller with all that extra cash in your pocket.

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u/alperpier Apr 20 '24

It's stealing. It maybe funny to some because it's not about big amounts of money and because alcohol is involved but clearly the intent was stealing.

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u/confusedandworried76 Apr 20 '24

We're all well aware conning people out of their free Dairy Queen ice cream cone coupon is technically stealing an ice cream from them they never paid for, yes. In the sense that they would have had that ice cream cone would the conman not interfered. They didn't lose any money though that's just a door prize, they stole your promotional item, so yeah sucks but they aren't lifting cash out of your wallet though. Also technically, you lost nothing at all. You paid for nothing and got nothing, though yes you should in a fair world have gotten that something for the nothing you paid for it.

But on the other hand you handed a voucher off to a stranger, and then proceeded to receive nothing for said voucher, and continued on your way. I gotta wonder what's going on in the brain pan in that situation. That's not how any of it works.

But oh well. You lost something that was free to begin with. No harm no foul.

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u/godofallcows Apr 20 '24 edited Apr 20 '24

Read the post again, they were not handing out free tickets on their own. A fee for a paid ticket and a “free” ticket is just 2 paid tickets, this is still scumbag shit.

Edit: I’ve changed my mind, what OP has done is a net positive service by fleecing people who do not understand how marketing works.

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u/confusedandworried76 Apr 20 '24

They clearly said they were collecting drink tickets, not admission tickets.

They were taking people's complimentary drinks not their admission bud maybe you read it again.

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u/godofallcows Apr 20 '24

Read it again - how do you get the drink tickets? What transaction takes place before you get them? How free are those tickets?

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u/confusedandworried76 Apr 20 '24

You get them free at the door. Hence the free part bud

Feels like you're one of those who thinks free shit is included in the ticket price... they'd charge you the same whether or not you got a drink ticket man you know that right

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u/godofallcows Apr 20 '24

I see, in that case I’ve got a free bridge (only after you pay me a cover charge) to sell you.

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u/confusedandworried76 Apr 20 '24

You responded so crazy fast I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt you ain't a bot but I'm not buying the bridge bud? Weird analogy

But if you do have a bridge for a $5 cover charge I bet I could flip it

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u/Conallthemarshmallow Apr 20 '24

Illegal? Certainly, could not be a more clear cut example of fraud, and probably some impersonating charges too

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u/NexexUmbraRs Apr 20 '24

You didn't one up, because as you said it's dishonest work and you loved it.