I'm a regular at the Kettle. Love going there. Great venue, lots of open mic nights to give the locals a chance to show off their skills. Great bar staff. However. Once in a while you do get the odd bellend holiday maker in for a drink, like a lady who spilt her drink, as seen in the review below this one.
This is what actually happened.
She came in, ordered a drink and sat down. The table was wobbly and consequently the drink had spilt. She told the lovely lady behind the bar what had happened and she was kind enough to replace her drink, free of charge! The customer took her drink and put it back on said wobbly table. And guess what.. the drink spilt.. funny that. Only this time it went on her hideous dress. She came back to the bar shouting at the bar lady demanding another free drink. The barlady refused to give another free drink and the customer became more irate. "YOU SAID IT WAS MY FAULT I SPILT IT" She shouted. It was actually me that said to the irate lady, "she didn't say you had, she suggested you had". Which is infact, not the same thing.
Sometimes people can get very entitled. The fact is the lady had her drink replaced for free.
If you're silly enough to make the same mistake again, then maybe you belong in the jungle with the rest of the...
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