Our staff certainly sees and hears some interesting stuff. This story is from bartender Danny.
Friday night I was bartending with Dave. It was a really fun night with a good mix of ages, and people were loading up the jukebox with really good dancing music all night long(rare). The two girls who had been our mermaids for the 10:00 hurricane had decided to do an encore performance and were back on the bar dancing. Both of these girls were at the bar with their mothers, who were also enjoying themselves immensely.
The blonde one turned around to order a drink while she was on the bar, though I typically wait until they are off the bar until I serve them. After asking for a vodka+water, she said, "You're really cute. Hey Mom! Can I date the bartender?!?!" Hands down one of the funniest things I have ever heard while bartending.
A few minutes later, she took a flying leap off of the bar into the arms of a rather large man. My impression is that the man had perhaps mentioned that he COULD catch her IF she were to fall, however I believe she interpreted it as "Hey! Jump off the bar and I'll catch you!" Luckily, disaster was narrowly averted, as he was able to catch her without anybody suffering serious injury. Dave saw the whole thing and then made the proclamation that she was no longer allowed back on the bar. She tried to plead her case with me, but I very thankfully pulled the "Boss says so" card and she went on her happy drunken way.
Danny posted a brief version of this on his Facebook page. The comments after this post were even funnier. Jenny wanted to know when the date takes place. Frank joked that the girl really fell for Danny. Heather chimed in with her own quote-of-the-night: "you're so pretty it makes me want to get a job."
And Ashley, who was a Sandbar regular a number of years ago and ended up married to Bob, a former Sandbar employee, gave some good advice:
Be careful what you say. Bob always said he'd never date one of those drunk girls on the bar. Us drunk girls can be very sneaky.
They've been together ten years now and have a baby boy.
No word on what the barfly's mom said about the date- but as we know, moms know best. Way back in the 90's, I only met Dave because I remembered how much my mom loved him as a KU basketball player. I introduced myself and asked for a picture, for my mom. Dave likes to claim he was mom-approved before she ever met him.
I never came close to nose-diving off the bar, though.
