Do You Want to Start a Tab?
A podcast sharing hospitality stories that teach a lesson. Don't be a dick. Tip your bartender. And, drink responsibly.
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- Aug 18, 2026
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I Have a Customer I'm Worried About (opens the original)
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Carl and Riley open with a bit about prenups and re-nups, then split the episode between one genuinely hard story and one that is pure bar comedy. Riley reads a post from a small-town bartender worried that a longtime regular with drinking and gambling problems said things at closing time that sounded like suicidal warning signs, and the two of them work through what a bartender can and cannot realistically do for someone in that spot. Carl follows with a bartender whose Monday night party got h
Two Wrongs and One High Five (opens the original)
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Carl and Riley open by doing bad math about how long they've owned the wine shop, then get into two stories from r/bartenders. Riley leads with a dive bar bartender who watched a moody regular try to trip a woman on her way to the bathroom, only for her to answer with a thrown glass, a bleeding customer, an early close, and two bans. Carl follows with a Florida bartender's rant about guests who ignore enormous signs, shove phone photos of their IDs in his face, and then argue about it, which sen
Get the Fuck Out of My Wine Shop (opens the original)
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