The Pickled Possum — Restaurant in Sydney

My wife and I visited the Pickled Possum on a Saturday night. The night started fine, we hung out with our friends and watched others have a fun time belting out their selected songs. We waited for around an hour and a half for my wife’s song to be played, when it did the guy from the song before very reluctantly handed the mic to my wife after she repeatedly had to tell him it was her song. Once she got the mic another man grabbed her wrist with one hand and reefed the mic away from her with the other. We were both in shock at this as it happened so quickly and with no words exchange, so we had no context as to what and why that happened. We chalked it up to the guy being drunk so we thought it was better to not approach him and just leave the premises as the bar staff were over-serving everyone at that point in the night anyway. As we headed out the door I realised that the guy who grabbed my wife’s wrist and snatched the mic was actually an employee so I very kindly approached him and asked what on earth that was for. He told me the song was for someone else and that my wife was taking the song away from another lady. When we both had a look at the song queue it was clear that it was her name and her song that was playing. He apologised but honestly seemed like he couldn’t care less. I just told him to maybe ask questions first before putting someone at risk of injury. When you’re a six foot man grabbing a 5,2” woman in the middle of a crowded bar you need to realise that you can physically hurt people. She has a jarred arm this morning and we both felt like the employee could have avoided this by just asking her some questions or politely asking for the mic.

Also, usually wouldn’t leave a review for this but since I’m writing it out regardless the bar is very under stocked with no taps at all.

We are both sober and from what we could make out the only option for alcohol free beverages was a bottle of Cole’s brand soda water that they sold...

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