9. "Sorry, We're All Out Of That Particular Beverage"
A polite alternative to the less customer-friendly "I have actually no idea what you just said" or "I really dont have the time to get or make that right now". Lets face it, anyone who has ever had a customer-service orientated job has told these little white lies. Not out of sheer hate for the customer or anything; no, but because bartenders are often extremely pressed for time and faced with multiple customer-based pressures, priorities often force a certain customer to take the bullet. "Excuse me, may I have a taste of all your earthy whites, please, before I make a selection?""You there! Three long island iced teas only two of them spicy, one with Sailor Jerrys, the other with Havana Club No. 7, obviously; and one of us is allergic to Triple Sec and none of us like Beefeaters gin. Thanks broski." At times like these, its not a bartenders intention to mislead the customer, but often, it becomes unreasonable to prioritise some ungodly request. Thats when the old sorry, were all out of that at the moment comes in particularly handy. Back it up with a cool "weve got an order coming in the next few days" just to reinforce that youre a really stand-up guy or gal and youre totally sorry for saving about half an hour of backlogs.
