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All-In [33418]
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SST Old man rant of the day - 9/3
Sep 3, 2019, 9:25 AM
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Went to the new Pour Taproom in the hip part of Atlanta, pretty cool concept. You put your credit card down at the beginning, get a glass and a badge with an RFID code and you can scan it at like one of the 50 taps they have on the walls.
Pretty cool concept, great selection and good TV setup. It looks like they have locations in Greenville and Charlotte so I'm sure a few of you have been before.
Where the old man rant starts is when I was ready to pay they had a sign to simply drop the badge into a bucket and your card would be charged later, but another note at the bottom "20% will be added to all checks for gratuity/service charge"
What service am I paying for at a self-serve location?? (IB4 Mr. Pink Reservoir Dogs rant)
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CU Medallion [54011]
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I’m with you on that ########.
Sep 3, 2019, 9:29 AM
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I say we storm the building and drink up all their beer!
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Oculus Spirit [97675]
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I found two more guys to join you....eh?
Sep 3, 2019, 9:59 AM
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Oculus Spirit [97675]
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Don't care about the beer or anything else. That's a deal
Sep 3, 2019, 9:55 AM
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breaker there. No way I'd go back. Principle over beer.....
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Heisman Winner [137803]
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Pour Taproom on King St. has the same set up,
Sep 3, 2019, 10:00 AM
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but I don't think they do the gratuity bullshit at the end. That's dumb.
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All-In [47676]
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The local place in Aiken does that, but ALLEDGEDLY
Sep 3, 2019, 10:51 AM
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all tips go to charity. They pay their staff (i.e. the millenial who takes your card and gives you the badge) minimum wage or more.
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All-In [47676]
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Also, you can check out at the counter and choose not to tip
Sep 3, 2019, 10:52 AM
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if you want. You don't have to drop it in the bucket and incur the tip.
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All-In [29076]
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Unless they've changed since the last time I was in there,
Sep 3, 2019, 10:53 AM
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the Greenville location allows you to either drop your wrist band and get charged the 20% or go the counter and close out how you normally would and leave whatever amount you would like as tip. I always opt for that option.
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All-In [33418]
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Hmm all I saw was the sign about dropping in box
Sep 3, 2019, 12:40 PM
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and tipping, I didn't know closing out was an option.
Hopefully the imaginary waiter doesn't shame me on FB for not tipping 20%
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Oculus Spirit [75682]
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All-In [29076]
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I loathe Gringos
Sep 3, 2019, 4:31 PM
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More than any bar in Greenville probably. Not a big fan of Reys either. Too many people in both.
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Oculus Spirit [75682]
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Imagine 4 one couple nearly 40 and the other a few
Sep 3, 2019, 4:36 PM
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trips around the sun past 40 ending up in there. Happened to me a weekend before last.
The people watching was good but I know we looked suspicious.
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what's the Rural Fire Dept code for?***
Sep 3, 2019, 11:45 AM
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Oculus Spirit [79121]
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Did you visit the bathroom?
Sep 3, 2019, 11:54 AM
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Did they hold it while you took a ####?
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Oculus Spirit [75682]
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Are you sure that 20% wasn't
Sep 3, 2019, 12:44 PM
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for if you failed to close your tab? If not, then I'm with you and shall never darken their door again.
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All-In [33418]
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Nope, specifically told you to drop your card there
Sep 3, 2019, 1:28 PM
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and to not worry about closing out because "20% will be automatically added"
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Oculus Spirit [75682]
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Going to have to burn that place down I reckon.***
Sep 3, 2019, 2:51 PM
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I'm not sure why people even want to go to places like that.
Sep 3, 2019, 2:32 PM
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If I can't be handed an ice cold Schlitz with a sneer and a sarcastic comment by a rode hard and put up wet biker chick wearing a leather bustier while honky tonk music blares loud and tinny on a vintage jukebox, then I might as well stay home.
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All-In [33418]
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You need to hit up Northside Tavern next time
Sep 3, 2019, 2:52 PM
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you're in town
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Heisman Winner [135490]
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Totally looks like my kind of place.
Sep 3, 2019, 3:11 PM
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I just found out there's a dive bar just outside of Rock Hill I didn't know was there called D'Pour House. I need to go check it out as soon as humanly possible.
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All-In [26685]
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Has that place been open in the last ten years?
Sep 3, 2019, 3:33 PM
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It doesn't look like its been open in the last ten years.
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Heisman Winner [135490]
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Yep, it has and it's open now.
Sep 3, 2019, 4:19 PM
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Chatting with one of my motorcycle enthusiast pals this weekend and he said the new change of ownership sort of ran off the really rough element that used to go there and it's more of a country bar than a biker bar now. He rattled off about 4 different names that the place has been over the years, so obviously it's been there a while. But you're right...the Google Street View does sort of make it look like an abandoned gas station. And THAT is part of its dive bar charm, I'd say.
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Oculus Spirit [75682]
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A lot of things became former gas stations in York
Sep 3, 2019, 4:27 PM
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Co circa 1990. Though you could still buy beer and drink it there at Smith's on 49 until Miss Lois died and Smiley got too old.
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Heisman Winner [135490]
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There were a number of drink-in establishments on 274/49 as
Sep 3, 2019, 4:34 PM
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you head into Lake Wylie that were former gas stations but development up that way has pretty well made all of them a memory.
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Oculus Spirit [75682]
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I think even this place is gone now.
Sep 3, 2019, 4:38 PM
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Or course the fellas that haunted the place are starting to fall off at a pace faster than I care to think about.
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Heisman Winner [135490]
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You ever stop in Steve Cooper's Coop right at the state line
Sep 3, 2019, 4:41 PM
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on 274 like you;re heading to Gastonia? I've seen that place for years and never stopped in there. Looks like my kind of dive though.
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Oculus Spirit [75682]
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I've passed it countless times but never had
Sep 3, 2019, 4:43 PM
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a reason to stop in. I know I was 21 the last time I past the joint on my way to do some drinking, but that isn't where we picked. Maybe we need to map out a York Co. Dive tour to occupy February.
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