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It
was a weekday happy hour crowd of good regulars and regulars that had
been trained to be good. An upwardly mobile westend couple came in
looking really out of place. After filling their predictable order (two
lite beers), I moved on to carry out my bartending duties where needed.
All of a sudden I heard a really loud shriek and first thought that the
guy had dropped dead or something. I turned around to see the two of
them gasping, upset and pointing at the floor. So now I thought that
someone else must have dropped dead. I come around the bar see a dead
rat lying on the floor. ok... that's what died. I asked what happened
and they tell me that the rat fell out of the ceiling and landed on the
guys head while he was enjoying his lite beer. Luckily, nothing a free
dinner, a bunch of free beer and a round for everyone else in the place
couldn't solve. So your wondering - how did the rat fall out of the
ceiling? Well the prep kitchen is right above the bar and the excess
water on the floor over the years had caused water damage in the tin
ceiling of the first floor creating an opening. Regularly we had put out
"treats" for the rats and apparently one expired in the ceiling and
after some slight decomposition, gravity had done its job and the rat
fell out and onto the guys head. What a shot!! That's what he gets for
drinking lite beer."
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