Tales From An Airport Bar
Tales From An Airport Bar
Ep 22: Chase Has True Luck
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Welcome back, boys and girls, to another wonderful episode of T Fab Tales from an Airport Bar, episode 22, the Double Deuce. Let's go, you guys. We've got an excellent guest this week. Um, but as always, I am Christopher, and I have my lovely man of a co-host, Block A with me.
SPEAKER_01:What's up, guys? Welcome back.
SPEAKER_00:And then this week we are having um a surprise guest for you guys. Chase um is Dick Richie. If you guys listen to the show, last week we had Dick Richie on. This is his roommate, and he has been bartending at the airport for Chase, how long?
SPEAKER_01:What's going on? It's it's been kind of weird. So I started um in 2006 at uh Riata Grill. Nice. Um, and I was serving. Um, and then after a year, I went to the Grand Hyatt at Terminal D. So it's airport, yeah. Yeah. Um, and I was serving there, and I I actually worked at the Grand Hyatt um for 13 years. Nice, okay. So, you know, it's the airport life, so you know, not not in the terminal, but yeah, it's still airport. And um then COVID happened. Um and then Yes, it did. And then yeah, that was great. And then and then they shut down. So we shut down at the Hyatt. They they closed. And so after so many months, I finally said I'm going somewhere, and I went to uh Truelux in Dallas, and I was bartending there. Okay, nice. Uh and nice place. Yeah, nice place. I've always been kind of fine dining for the most part. Okay. Um, I actually have my assemblier certification. Okay, nice. Um, and I did a lot of the wines for the Hyatt. Uh, and then I was doing wines at Truelux too, and I worked there for just shy of two years and had a nice fire story. I got fired. That's the first job I ever got fired from. We might want to delve into that later. I love it.
SPEAKER_00:I love it.
SPEAKER_01:Tell us uh all right, we'll we'll we'll do it. So uh I would have fired me. Um so there's these Facebook groups. Um uh if there's bartenders listening, uh Tail, uh it's uh not Tails from the Air Pro Bart. Uh Life Behind Bars. Yeah, I've heard of it. Another one called like uh service industry slash bartend, something like that. It's bigger. Um and one night I my brother was always shocked. He's like, There's no way you get stiffed at True Lux. And I'm like, absolutely, yeah, like all the time. Like guys are just trying to impress a girl, they're not trying to try to impress the bartender. And I'm he's like, Zero dollars? I'm like, yes, zero dollars. And like I saw another bartender, she had something happen, and yeah, they tipped zero dollars. And I took a picture of the receipt for my brother, and um, you know, just to show him that it happens. And uh I happened to look at Life Behind Bars, I saw a post. Someone posted like a five dollar tip on a$50 tab, and they were like, look at this, and I'm like, bro, that's nothing. And it was there was 200 comments on the Facebook post, and I just inserted the picture in the comments section. Didn't you make a post about it? Right, didn't make the post about it. I put it in the comment section, and I never post- It went viral. I never post, but if I do, I make sure to black out everything, yeah. Black out everything. And I remember whenever I was doing it. Yeah, right. I yeah, we're getting there. So I remember whenever I was doing it, I was thinking to myself, because I think I was hopping in my car or something, and I thought, you know what? It's 200 comments deep. Yeah, if this comes back to bite me in the ass. You're like, and also this is a service industry page. Right. I was like, if it comes back to bite me in the ass, so be it. And I didn't even know if there was any revealing information on the receipt. I didn't, I didn't even really take a quick glance at it. And uh I come into work like two days later or something, and they have a printed out copy of the post, the picture. Wow. And I pretty much just took off my name tag, walked into the office, and I was like, Yeah, well, I'm done. You got me, I guess. And uh they were like, no, work tonight. And I was like, it was a Friday night, so it was busy. And they're like, work tonight. And I went in and I was like, All right, I'll work tonight, but you know, I'm done. And uh two of the bartenders that were working, uh they were complaining. I guess they switched a credit card and they went upstairs to have dinner, and then they paid with the wrong credit cards, and they both got wrote up the same day for that. And I was like, guys, I'm getting fired tomorrow. And they were like, No, they're like, we love you. They're like, You're fucking great, like you cannot get fired. And I'm like, no, I'm pretty sure. And I was like, I was like, the person's name was on the receipt, and someone in the Facebook group contacted the person, so snitches, yeah, and uh hey, everybody knows you're an asshole and knows you don't chip. Yeah, and then and then and then that person contacted contacted True Lux. And yeah, I I went in the next day and we shook hands and parted ways. Okay, so yeah. Yeah, and then uh and then after that I moved on to um Bob's taking job house for a little bit. Yeah, oh yeah, my favorite places, and I just was not feeling I I by that time I was 15 years fine dining. Um and I was kind of done. And I had a buddy that was TGI Fridays, yeah. Uh, and he was like, I got you right now. And I was like, you know what, let's go, let's do it. And I never had fast-paced bartending experience under my belt. Um, and I kind of wanted that. You do now, and you'll find out real quick. Oh man, yeah. TGI Fridays was was was in Terminal E. Yeah. Yeah, so Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines. Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER_00:And uh yeah, I did so you were about what, like gate 17?
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, 18, I think, 17, 18. And uh I did a year over a year there, maybe close to two. And um man, it puts a beating on you. It was it was fun. Um, everybody loved me. Um, and then the bar where I'm currently working at is more I'll we'll keep it a little down low, but it's more wine forward. And uh someone told me about it opening, and they were like, hey, come over. So I left Fridays on good terms, put in two weeks, and uh opened up where I'm at now, uh, put together a great, great wine list, and uh that's where I'm hanging out, kind of nearby you guys.
SPEAKER_00:And uh you are just right across the way from us at the wine bar, right?
SPEAKER_01:Yes, yeah, and uh it's uh it's been an interesting air, and you know, I try to tell a lot of people is bartending at the airport is different than bartending somewhere else. Like it's anywhere else we can just make sure they get into an Uber and we're good. Yeah, but here, new if something happens at that gate and they do not get on their flight, we're we're gonna have to find another bar to work at. Yeah. So as we always tell everybody, everything goes up. Yeah, everything goes up. And uh, you know, that's been an interesting thing to deal with these past few years. I've been here now for almost almost five or something.
SPEAKER_00:We've talked about it on a few episodes, you know, how things have changed since uh COVID hit and uh everybody's got anxiety. People don't know how to do it. Well, I think that is also you know medically induced. Yeah. Oh yeah.
SPEAKER_01:Well, we always I always say, you know, they go, especially in our terminal, you know, go old good old American will delay them. Yes, exactly. Pretty, pretty uh average thing. And uh but they have taken their pill thinking they're getting on the plane, and then they're delayed for four hours. They're like, well, I'll go sit at the bar now before it kicks in. They come in sober as can be, have one sip of beer, one and then they're just drooling on themselves, and you're just like, oh, okay. All right, and I had a uh a lady, and this was with within a year, I want to say six months ago, and I gave her two glasses of wine, and she was just staring through me. Yeah, and I was like, I was talking to her, you know, trying to kind kind of get a figure out what's going on, yeah. Yeah, and because she came in fine, everything was great. So I got it, and then I was like, okay, like talked to her. I figured out what gate she was flying from. Um, I figured out where it was to, and I had asked her, I was like, you know, like, okay, and then she and then I in my head I'm thinking, please don't ask for a third class. And she tapped out, and I was like, thank God. That's always oh yes, okay. You know, I gave her two glasses and she tapped out. And I was kind of busy, and next thing I know, I turned around and her bag was hanging off the chair. She left her back, she's gone. And so we'd have to call security for that because we can't touch it. They have to keep and people try and hand it to you, and you're like, I can't touch it. Right. Not my bag. Do not leave bags unattended. It's announced over and over and over and over. People do that sober all the time, yeah.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, because they're just in a rush. So uh cell phones.
SPEAKER_01:So the so the cop comes and he he talks to me, he grabs it, and that's all the minds like, hey, she's that gate, this flying. I know exactly where she's going, yeah. And looks like, you know, distracted her, and he says, Okay, cool, and walked off. And um, about 45 minutes later, the bathroom's right across the hallway from where my bar is. And uh about yeah, 30, 45 minutes later, a lady comes running out and says, Somebody call 911. There's a lady unconscious in the bathroom. And I said, Please do not be that girl. Be anyone else. Yeah, please do not be that girl. And I see her stumbling out, and it's that chick. And I'm like, you have got to be kidding me. Like, I'm busy, I'm trying to make money, and you had to go and pass it. And I'm thinking the Xanax, you know, probably it's something, yeah. You know, took a Xanax and had that second glass, and she was feeling a little woozy.
SPEAKER_02:Call an Annax. Uh next thing talking to plant.
SPEAKER_01:Next thing I know, uh they were walking her away in handcuffs. So fantastic. And that was that.
SPEAKER_02:You know, um yeah, put it on repeat, man.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah. And then uh, you know, the crazy, the crazy stories. I got a few, uh, if you'd like me to share. Yes, yeah. Um that I and I'm curious, and I'm curious if y'all saw Hiccup Man. I call him Hiccup Man. Uh, it was early. I want to say he came in around four o'clock and he had a blue dress shirt. Was this yesterday? No, this was this was like three months ago. I want to say Bailey told me something about a guy hiccuping. It was a weather, it was a weather, it was a weather night. Uh we it was a okay, which those are not the big weather. Yeah, those were nobody's going anywhere. The they're not fun, but the money's good. Uh so but he was baldish.
SPEAKER_00:Yes, come to the bar.
SPEAKER_01:He had a nice blue shirt on, and I have good spidey senses. And when he walked in, I was thinking, okay, and he ordered a glass of iconoclass Cabernet Sauvignon. And I was like, hey man, he said that legibly. Uh like I look for I look for everything. That's what you could do, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Hey, you could you could look at me, your eyes aren't droopy, and you can speak. So I served it to him, but in my head, I said, you know, if he does anything weird, I'm I'm calling it. And uh he kind of leans over two chairs, barcels over to a pretty lady that's on her laptop and and on a call has her earbuds in. Clearly not trying to be fine. Uh yeah. And he was like, Hey, uh, where you what do you do? Where are you from? And she was like, Well, here comes the creep. She was like, uh, I'm from wherever. And he's like, Oh, you work in finance? And she was like, No, like what? I don't know where you got. She was like, I'm on, I'm on a call. And he goes, Can we have a conversation when you're done? And I reached over, grabbed a glass of wine, poured it in the sink, and I was like, Nope. Talk about it. Have a nice day, sir. I was like, nope, man. I'm gonna buy this one for you. You just need to go along with it. Yeah, I want to say that was around five o'clock in the afternoon, and he was already there. And uh, and then uh I, you know, I'm going about my day, I have a full bar, and I have a counter that's on the edge that's by the hallway. It's kind of like a community table. And around 8 p.m., I see him come back. They always try to come back, yeah. He sits down at the table and he's just hiccuping. You're like, oh, you went somewhere else after this. What bar kept serving this dude? Some just don't care. Yeah, some people that's what I find out online. How did this person get to the dude? Because he I I didn't even let him have a full glass of wine. And I told him, I was like, no, you can just go, you don't have to pay for it or anything. Like, I'm taking care of it. Yeah, just go on. That's all I need you to do is leave. And uh his face is beat red, and I told some people to bar because they're all turning their heads, and I was like, uh, hey man, like here's a water, you gotta go. And he was like, I'm gonna try to get a flight, and I was like, You're not getting on a plane, you're intoxicated. Yeah, they're not gonna let you get on the plane. Yeah, your best bet is to either go get a local air airport hotel or go to the lounge and take a nap, sleep it off. I I talked to uh the GM at Hickory, and I was like, Did y'all serve that guy? And he was like, Two drinks. He said he sat at the bar, had a beer, ordered a second, and then went to a table that was sitting and was trying to talk to a girl. And I was like, What did this guy take an Adderall and uh Viagra at the same time? And just decided to get hammered drunk and mixed his bills up with drunk and just like the wrong thing. Like, I'm just gonna go and have a fucking great time at the airport. And uh he said that he watched him go to like a B25 where there's nothing there, and he curled up in a ball and slept on the floor. And I was like, that is the best thing. That's yeah, that's the best thing you could do. Because that's not a weird thing at the airport, people don't think you're drunk if you're sleeping at the airport, yeah. They just think you're tiring, a long layover. Yeah, and then that's you know, one of the several things that we have to deal with on a daily basis every day, and uh then uh uh yeah, uh a wholesome story that I have. Um we I have one cook in my kitchen, yeah. And uh at your current place, yeah. Yeah, and it's and then it's just me, and I don't have kind of any supervision, I don't have a manager, and I'm kind of on my own. And um, it was late, and I had a good night. I I cleaned up, and uh this guy, I just closed the kitchen, did last call for food, and the guy was like, Hey man, I know you did last call for food, but can I order something? He's like, I'll make it worth your while. And I was like, I went every time they say that it never works. So I went to the cook and I said, Hey man, like I know you closed up. I was like, but can you make this guy some food? And he said, he said, no, I closed. And I said, Well, he said he would make it worth my while. I said, I tell you what. I said, I'll give you whatever he tips me. And he said, Well, go back out there and tell him that since he said he would make it worth your while, that we're making the exception. This is it. So I I did it and I got him his food, and he closed out, and I go to look and he paid credit card, and I go to look and he left a hundred dollar bill. And I'm thinking in my head, like, do I split this with him? Do I, you know, like Do I tell him it was a hundred? Yeah, tell him it was 50. I'm telling the customer, I was like, sir, please, I cannot. And then I told myself, I said, you know what? I said, I I in my head, I had already accepted I had a good night. Um, I told him, I gave him my word that I was gonna give him the tip. So I turned around, I said, I said, look, man, I said, I told you I'd give him whatever he tipped. And I opened the book, I said, This is what he tipped. And uh the cook told me later, he said, you know, you don't know how bad I really needed this. And they are not making what we are making, yeah. Not even close to that that made me feel a lot better about the situation. I was like, you know, yeah, just go ahead and do it.
SPEAKER_02:There you go, man. Karma, karma, karma.
SPEAKER_01:We talk about it all the time. Yeah. I chase people down to give them their credit card that they left at the bar after they stiffed me. Like sometimes they'll stiff me, and I'm like, ooh, I should just let them leave without the city. So you gotta just gotta do it.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, not like they throw their phones in the trash.
SPEAKER_01:I do, I I do that too, even if they don't tip it. If they leave their wallet or the credit, that's the one thing that'll I'm like, okay. I'm like, and I'll even if I'm alone, I'll be like, okay, bar guests, you're in charge for three minutes. I'm gonna run and go find them. And sometimes you find them, sometimes you don't. Sometimes they pay it forward, sometimes they just say thank you. Which I'm like, honestly, that's fine. You don't want to lose your car in the airport. I've seen the air airplanes get left. Oh no, stop. Stop. No, don't.
SPEAKER_03:Sorry.
SPEAKER_00:But no, you know, like we were just saying, karma. Yeah, a lot of those people like Pierre liked his card one time, and um he before but Pierre's awesome, and Pierre will take care of you regardless. Pierre, okay, so Pierre comes in and uh I wait on him, but it's the beginning of my shift, and so another bartender we were just talking about, old roommate of mine, uh takes the hundred dollar tip Pierre leaves, of course, and on his under his number, his tab. And I was like, okay, Pierre leaves his phone. I called, I call a friend, bartender, that worked with us at the time, and she knew Pierre's number and called him immediately. He comes rushing back to the bar, hands me a hundred. He's like, This one's for you. I I saw the other bartender take that, and uh, he's like, This one's for you, right in front of him, and he goes and uh got him his phone back. So, you know. Yeah, we we have a lot of those guys. And you know, you're gonna have a good time at Pierre. Oh, yeah. I think the last time I saw him was uh last year. Yeah, him and his girlfriend were on their way to the Super Bowl. Oh, yeah, that's awesome.
SPEAKER_01:So there was one time, so I worked at uh well I don't mind saying the name because I don't work anymore, but crew at Lovefield for a long time. Which was awesome. And uh one day this guy, you know, he wasn't a regular anything, just a guy that came in, you know, drinking$70 glasses of wine, whatever. Which I mean I'm gonna treat everybody the same regardless, but he left his uh I think he left his card and his wallet. Or no, he just left his card in the thing, and he forgot to tip because he's just in a rush and didn't do anything. I wasn't worried about that. But the lady that was sitting next to him uh knew him, called him, he mailed in to the wine bar, he mailed in a hundred dollar check for me. And luckily the manager gave it to me. And then he came back in the next time and gave me a fifty dollar bill just to say I was like, You don't have to do all that. I was like, thank you. And I was like, Know sometimes it does pay off, you know, when you try and you get those good points for trying to do uh you know the right thing. The right thing. Yeah, you know. Yeah, well where well y'all where y'all are at, y'all usually close a little bit before me. Yeah, usually about thirty minutes an hour before you so um tell Pierre that you know we you know that's the thing.
SPEAKER_00:Uh we do uh like hey, yeah, uh our guy Chase is uh over there. Now you're cut off here. Yeah, but don't tell Chase and go see him.
SPEAKER_01:See now I've I brown dressed girl. I don't know if y'all remember brown dressed girl. This was this was less than a year ago, close to a year ago. Um younger girl, I want to say 23, she came in and she sits down, orders a drink, I give it to her, and she's like, Yeah, I got cut off next door. And I'm like, Where are you? Don't tell me this. Just keep that to yourself, yeah. Or when they tell you how many drinks they have on the plane, I'm like, none of my business. Don't say that. So so she tells me that she had two singles and a double, and that y'all sent her on her way. And I gave her that single, and it's like a rum and coke or something like that. And I could kind of tell that she was there, and and and she asked for a shot, and I told her, I was like, Well, you know, we can only get four, and you told me you had three, that's the reason I gave you the one. And I was like, you should have told her. Like I wanted to tell her, you know, just you know, don't at the next bar, don't say anything. And uh so, and I and I almost told her, you know, don't go to another bar, don't get another drink because she didn't need one. Help yourself out, and uh do yourself a thing. Like two hours later, a cop shows up and I was like, brown dressed girl, and he was like, Yeah, he was like, She got denied boarding and through a fit, and we took her to jail. And uh I was asking, like, you know, I was telling him, I was like, I gave her one drink, and he won, he wanted to know, he's like, I don't care. He's like, she's an adult and she chooses what she does. And uh he's like, you don't force anything down her throat. And you didn't overserve her, you gave her one and set it on her way. Right. And uh he was like, I'm looking for her purse. He said, he said she had an ID and that's it. And she just had tap to pay on the case. She did tap to pay. Yeah, and so I told him that, and I said, Well, I said she did tell me she got cut off next door. I was like, check over there. I was like, check over there and see if that's where her purse is. I was like, that might be it. And I don't know if y'all remember that at all, but yeah, she was uh she was taken to jail. Something else, huh? Yeah. 23. She and I remember one of her words was, I've never been so drunk that I just got denied boarding.
SPEAKER_00:Nobody likes you when you're 23. Well, you got denied boarding this time. Awesome. Um you know, it's an everyday occurrence, Chase. I know you got more. I know there's more in there. Oh, yeah. Give it to us, man. See what you got.
SPEAKER_01:So the thief. The thief was uh that's what I call her. Uh the thief was a good one. Thief in the night. And this was a bad weather day. Um, she was also young, I want to say around 23. I gave her what are you doing?
SPEAKER_00:You're messing around here, Leo.
SPEAKER_01:23 only. I want to say around 23. She was she was newly 21, okay? And but she I gave her four cocktails, and I want to say like one was a lemon drop, one was a cosmo, and then the other two were just like rumma cooks. And uh I cut her off, and because I could tell she was a little, she was tipsy, and but she was a good point to stop. She had but she had five more hours until her flight took off. And I hate when they tell you that you're like, you can't be here for eight hours. Yeah. And so so she gave me her card and it declined, and then she gave me her other card and it declined. And she was like, Well, I got money in my account, and she showed me her laptop, and I was like, Well, I was like, just chill. I was like, I was like, I don't believe you. I was like, Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, Zell. I was like, I'll make this work. I was like, we have five hours to figure this out. We've got time, and we got two brains to do it. Let's do it. Or uh 1.25. One and a half, yeah. I mean, so I'm busy and I'm walking around and I see her standing behind her chair with her laptop in her hand. And I'm like, what are you doing? And she was like, Oh, can I get a Cosmo? And I was like, No, like we threw about this, we've done this. And and she didn't realize that one of her denied credit cards was still behind my bar, and she had the other one. And so I'm busy, I'm running around, boom, she's gone. And I can ride off a walk dive. I mean, it we can, it is it happened. It's a big company, that's happening. It doesn't happen every day, and they know who you are. But fuck this bitch. I she did it on purpose. This was this was m militia. Once you told her no cosmo, and went, you know. So I called the cops and they were there very quickly. Um, they had a picture of her on his cell phone. The cop did and I want to say it was from a camera in my bar. And he was like, Is this her? I was like, That's her, exactly her. I was like, actually, here's her credit card that she left behind. Her name. And then they had her come back uh I love that so quick. And she changed her shirt. Well, of course. She changed her shirt and um and magically her card worked the very first time I swiped it because she had it locked. So she she did it on purpose. She locked her card, made it so where it got denied. She had money in her bank account. I want to say$1,300 or$1,700. And she didn't want to give it to you. She's enough for the bar. She wanted to walk her$60 or$80 tab. And uh, my cook who was working at the time, he was like, he was like, they should have taken her to jail off of principle. Like, you know, like make her pay$300 to bail herself out. She had the money to do it, and she decided to walk her tab, anyways. Like, you know, F that bitch. And and he like he was more up mad about it than me because he was like, he was like, she changed her shirt, dude. She changed her shirt. And I was like, man, like I got paid. You know, like I'm not really tripping that much. I've seen, I've seen, especially at uh the other airport at Leftfield, I've seen cops when people run tabs when you tell them, you know, they find out. I've seen them pull people off planes. Yeah. They're like, uh they're like, uh, sir, ma'am, uh, we need you to leave this plane. You gotta go back to the bar and pay the tab. This plane's not leaving with you on it. We might close the doors too before you get back. It's not gonna wait for you. They're not gonna reopen it. But it's the more pressing thing. You need to go pay the chat.
SPEAKER_00:I love it when I love it when the the guests are like, oh, that they'll wait for me.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, oh yeah, they will. Yeah, I had an older guy, uh he he said a funny phrase that just kind of stuck with me. And you could tell he was well traveled, traveled a lot, and uh he was talking about how he missed his connector, they and they closed the door, and but the plane was still there, yeah. And uh he jokingly said, he goes, he goes, Did y'all weld that motherfucker clothes too? And he's kind of laughing, he's like, Yeah, I said that. He's like, I know I'm getting on the next one. He's like, I just wanted to say, yeah, yeah, not anymore. Oh no, he was cool, he was he was chill, but uh no, I had a dude um three months ago um that got arrested. Uh and it was a Latina dude, and he came in and got a beer and a shot. Also Spidey Senses. Yeah, as soon as he walked in, and I'm like, uh, this guy, and he was like, Let me get a double shot of Jack and a Bud Light. And I was like, Okay, you said it clearly. Like, I mean, I got you. He's like, and I'm gonna tab out right now. And that those are the times when they say I'm gonna tab, and you're like, okay, let's just do this, yeah, let's get it over there. And you're gonna be gone. Yeah, uh, you're just getting this so because you're getting on the plane. That's it, cool. Great, and then he he takes the shot, and then I close this tab, and then he's talking to I see him bothering the guy next to him. Okay, and he's that well, that's always the sign when they start not like having a conversation, but bothering right. And that's when you when you have to get it off. So I run I run over to like put myself in the conversation. I'm like, what are we talking about over here? And he was like, uh, you know, do you like the browns, the brownies, the browns, the browns? Do you like the browns? Do you like browns? And I'm like the browns. I'm like, can you can you elaborate? Like, what are you talking about? He's like, you know, the browns, the brownies. And I'm like, no, man. I was like, I don't know. I don't know what they're talking about. So I don't know. And he and he's like, oh, I'm just messing with you. I'm like, that's actually better. I'm like, okay, like thank you. Like, good recovery. And then I I I walked away again, and then he's bothering the guy next to him again. And the guy next to him was like, hey man, like, I'm you know, don't know what you're talking about. I don't like the browns, and so I reached over, grabbed his beer, poured it out, and I was like, Man, like, you don't need a drink. And I said, Here's the water, and he somehow managed to fling that water on like three people down at the bar, but there was still water in the cup, like he didn't spill it, but he like shook it to like fling some water out. And I hear people being like, Whoa, dude, like you don't need a drink, you don't need a drink no more. And I was like, Hey man, like yeah, you just gotta go. I was like, you can sit over there in the terminal, you can go anywhere else. Yeah, I gave him plenty of options, and he was like that's what I always do. Yeah, I'll even point you towards the direction of go. You just can't be here. He gave me the thumbs up, yes, sir. You know, I got yes, sir, absolutely. And I was like, Okay, and I turn around and I'm like, dude, you I said you had to go. And he's still sitting there. I love that. When they just try and sit there, and and I was like, I was like, I was like, I thought you said you were gonna go. And he was like, Oh, yeah, yes, sir, I will. And I was like, I meant now, yeah. And I said, get your stuff together, your cell phone, get I was like, your wallet, take it and go. And I said, if you don't, I said, I'm gonna have to call the police. I said, and they're gonna make you leave. I said, I don't want to do that. You need to leave on your own, and what's help? He was like, Yeah, yeah. And so I stood there in front of him. I'm talking two feet away, and I called 911 in front of him and was like, Yeah, there's an intoxicated person who won't leave. And he just sat there and waited for the cops to come. And they asked him, they said, Where'd you fly in from, buddy? And he told them, and they said, Where are you flying to? And he told him, and they said, What time are you taking off? And he goes, I have no fucking clue. And they were like, Let's go into the hallway and talk. Let's go have this conversation in our office. And uh, and so they said, Gather your stuff together and we'll go in the hallway. And he grabs his phone and he starts to hand it to the officer. They're like, No, you take your stuff, we don't want your and they're like, You take your stuff, and we'll go in the hallway. And then he grabs his vape, uh, nicotine vape, and he had he tries to hand that to the officer, and they're like, No, you take your stuff, and no one just picked it up now. Walk with it, and yeah, so he got put in handcuffs and walked away. Yay, and that was that. But well, at least he has a he was a nicer one. He was he and I asked because I asked the people because I was busy. I asked the people, I was like, Did he resist it all whenever? And they said no. They said he was yes, sir and no, sir, with them. And I I and I asked another bartender, uh or B22, our same company owns it, and I told him about it at the end of the diet. He said, Uh, Mexican dude, black shirt, and I said, Yeah, he goes, That wasn't us. He said, Okay, good. He said, A lady told him because he was with some random people, she said, be careful, that's really strong. So he took an edible, is what I'm guessing. They gave him an edible.
SPEAKER_00:You never know, you never know.
SPEAKER_01:And he was just lost. And and whenever the cops, whenever the cops said, Hey, hey man, we're gonna give you someplace safe to sleep it off. He was like, That sounds man, that sounds great. Yes, sir, you know, like y'all see a McDonald's breakfast bring out in the morning, y'all got sandwiches and water, and he's loving it.
SPEAKER_00:And they walked him out, but yeah, but I mean he was he thought he was right in first class.
SPEAKER_01:This is great. Yeah, got me a room. But yeah, and and then I love how people, you know, the angry people tell us they say, Yeah, and y'all, we all hear it every day, is you won't believe what I've been through today. Yes, the fuck I will. Yeah, I've worked at the air. I've worked at the airport for a long time. Trust me, I will believe whatever you've been through today. 100%. Oh, they closed the gate on you and you barely missed it by three. Yes, I believe it. I believe 26 times in a row. Yes, we believe it. Unfortunately, yes, we do. Your gate changed nine times? Yes, I believe it.
SPEAKER_00:Like, Jesus. So, real quick, uh, I've been up since 4 a.m. Me too.
SPEAKER_01:Blake, but I'm not drinking right now.
SPEAKER_00:We were talking on the last episode or uh two episodes ago, where uh Blake went to Hawaii and I had gone to Seattle for me and my girlfriend's anniversary. And so, you know, we don't have the hookup on flights or anything like that, but I do park in the employee terminal. I don't take the bus, I'd rather walk. So I walk with my luggage up or just my carry-on, you know, and um go through security. And so this is right when all the government shutdown shit's going on. So I usually have enough time. I'm like, ah, you know, they say get there three hours early. I get there like, you know, an hour before my flight wards, sort of. I usually come through, I it usually takes me 15, 20 minutes to get through security, and then I ride the train over from my terminal because it's closest to walk from the employee. So then I ride the train over to usually Terminal E, where I fly out of to Seattle on Alaskan, and that's what happens. So I'm stuck in security because you know, you when you have uh tickets, you have to go through regular security instead of employee security. Just gotta go be a limit like a security is insane. It takes me an hour to get through security, and this and I always take the early morning flight. I actually this one was like an eight o'clock flight. I just thought I was chilling, you know. What terminal did you go through at security? So I walk up from the employee to our terminal checkpoint. Okay, you went to the and I go through our main security checkpoint there at R in the B. And then I hop on the skyline over to E. So I'm just sitting there like I'm screwed, I'm not gonna make this flight, and um it gets delayed by 10 minutes. I was like, sweet, and I'm barely gonna make it, and so they start boarding as I'm going up the escalator. I get a you know, a flight update, they're boarding now as I make it through security and I'm running up the escalator, get on the skyline, have to wait for the skylink. Yeah, get on the skylink, take it over to E. I'm coming down the huge escalator. I turn the corner because I'm an E11 and it's just right there off the escalator. And I see the lady and she's closing the door, and I'm like, wait, she goes, Mr. Brown. I said, Yes, and I'm running, running, running.
SPEAKER_01:She goes, get in here. I barely made it. Chris, do you think this is a story that we wouldn't believe?
SPEAKER_00:Exactly. No, exactly. I just uh I just wanted to incriminate myself and my girlfriend about the flights I take out there. There you go. Uh Chase, um so a lot of arrests. Yeah, a lot of arrests. Um lot of inebriated people, celebrities. Yes, that's what I was alluding to. Uh talk to us, what you got?
SPEAKER_01:So so I am a nerd. Um, I I don't notice people, and it's one to know, especially being at the Grand Hyatt, uh, there was a lot of celebrities. Well, they get in incognito mode too, where they don't want to be seeing half of it. So I and I don't recognize a lot. Like like I had a chef tell me one time, uh, he said, you know who's at table 74? And I was like, no, he's like he's like Pat Benatar. And I was like, Who's Pat Benatar? And I don't know, but I mean, I'm the type of guy like like I I looked her up. Yes, of course I know who Pat Benatar is. I would never know what what Pat Benatar looks like, though. Yeah, I I'm old. Yeah, so so yeah, so like people like that, you know, Pat Benatar. Um one that I did notice was uh Cesar Milan. Okay, okay. Uh that was cool. That was cool. Um gave you the shh. No, he he was he was one of the he was one of the few that since I noticed him, um like I got stage right. Like I saw him and I was like, I'm gonna say hello, and then I'll turn around and walked away immediately. But no, I I did serve uh John Travolta. Okay, cool. Um, and that was whenever uh because he's an airline person, quantas something to do with it. That's going to that's going Australia, and so whenever they first did that, uh he came in and VIP and they had me assigned to the table and I served him. Cool guy, normal, treated me great. Um, you know, that's always the best, man.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, whenever they don't, you know, act all bougie.
SPEAKER_01:Right. And um, and and I don't even know how many times Jerry Jones, um especially at the high, like he would go and sit in the lobby area. Um and we he loves attention. And right. So we would tell him we would tell him, we'd be like, hey, you know, Jerry, do you want to go sit in the private dining room? Like it's empty. No, no, no. And he's like, No, I'm good here. I just want to talk to everybody. And one of the funniest things I saw him do was uh a person walked up to him and said, Hey, uh, I don't want to be rude or anything. And he looked up and immediately said, Don't be. But don't. And he goes, Well, can I get a picture of Jerry? He's like, Yeah, that's not rude. Yeah, he's like, that's not a rude thing. He's like, That's why I'm sitting here. Yeah, because then he took a picture of me. I'm a man of the people. And so as much as we all hate Jerry, like, I mean, he's he's the type of guy he is here.
SPEAKER_03:He is a man of the people.
SPEAKER_01:He wants to tell he's a great storyteller and salesman. He just he wants to be among the people, he just wants to entertain. So he's probably isolated so much. So even though he does not let the Cowboys win, uh he's still he's still a decent human. Yeah. Um, yeah. So that that's a good thing. And then uh the other football guys, uh Jimmy Johnson.
SPEAKER_03:Yep.
SPEAKER_01:Um, him and his wife, I've seen a couple times. He looks very old without makeup. He's got a lot of makeup on TV. For sure. Yeah. Oh, they yeah. His wife was he just retired from Fox maybe two years ago. Oh, really? Finally, yeah. They're just hanging out in Miami. His wife has the biggest ring that you ever talk about talking. It's a rock. It needs to be as big as your Super Bowl ring.
SPEAKER_00:It is. I met Joe Buck, and you can tell, dude, they wear so much makeup on TV. Well, those HD cameras, you have to. Who's the other dude? I don't know. And you can tell if you look close that they got a ton of makeup on.
SPEAKER_01:The other dude I I was thinking of his name yesterday, he has the bowl, and he's still a commentator. I want to say he was on the show. Yes, Terry Bratch.
SPEAKER_00:He lives out in Keller. Yeah. He used to uh I've been to his house a few times.
SPEAKER_01:He did he he never met him. He was in the restaurant one night and people were starting to notice him, and we offered him the private dining room. He took that. He did take that. But other than that, he's a nice guy, but he's like, okay. Yeah, he's like, I don't want to be bothered. I'm trying to have a conversation. I'm not gonna sit with the call. Um, then uh I don't know if y'all knew Jim Fagan. What does he bring about? He was the CEO of DFW. Okay, well, there you go. Yes, yes, he used to come in. American or DFW? I think it was American. I think it was American. I think it was American. Yeah, and he would come in often and I would serve him, and he was always cool as a fan. Um I bet. And of course, we know the corporate cart, the standard 20 to 30 percent. Yeah. Um and then uh what I have recently that didn't tip the greatest, tip 20%, but um it was uh I don't know if y'all watch Fameless. Uh I've seen a few episodes. Mickey Malkovich, the guy who played Mickey Malkovich. Um I'm not that deep into it. Yeah, he uh but I I noticed him and I wasn't sure if it was him, and then I got his credit card and I saw that it was him, and I just went up and I just very quietly was like fist bumped him, was like, hey man, like like show. That's typically how I do it. I try and I want you to try and stand on Cognito if you want to. At the end of the day, he put him on play.$20 glass of wine, and this was you know, before he tipped, I you know, discreetly gave him a fist bump and he tipped like three bucks. And I was like, come on, Mickey, like do better than that. But then another one of my buddies was giving me graph, like he's not a main character. They're like, he's not he's not rolling a dough. He's not rolling a dough. So like don't hate on him that much. That might have been his one gig for a while. Uh but I think probably that one of the most high-profile people that I had the privilege of serving um was Tom Pritzker. Um and I know that he's he's not like a celebrity, but the Pritzker family at one point in time was worth uh$27.5 billion. Um, so he's one of the richest people in the United States. And uh this was at the Hyatt, and they wanted me to be the private butler in the presidential suite. Okay. For a billionaire? Okay, I can do that. And uh he flew in on a private jet and he was having a private meeting in the presidential suite, and I knew like a week in advance, and uh so the executive chef, the general manager, and the restaurant manager were all standing outside the door of the room, just waiting at the room. Well, and I was the one to come outside and relay whatever they needed. And so talk about stress. Yeah, I mean, you know, like they're like, don't fuck up on this one, Chase. Like we would like him to come back. I mean, they were sling, they they were handing out Xanaxes to everybody. I mean, they're like, everybody calm down, everybody calm down. Like my manager was like, Did you take a Xanax? I'm like, yes, okay. She's like, I got one if you need it. But and nobody talked to HR. What was cool about him was uh, you know, uh he actually after he had his meeting and his dinner, and I'm not allowed to talk about what they said in there. Um he took sure. He took depending on what they took. He took a minute to uh they didn't have to sign anything. Oh no. Uh that's all handled beforehand. Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:So gratuity and clear.
SPEAKER_01:So so uh they he but he did take a time after the meeting to like step aside and talk to me and have a conversation, ask me how long I'd been working. Actually, treat you like a person. Uh asked me if I liked it. Um, you know, cool guy. And uh I think the uh food and beverage director asked me, he said, uh, what's the best night you've had? And he matched it. And just that's what he's like, whatever that is, and just do it. Yeah, just do it. Added it to my check. Do you need a uh PJ Butler? Because I'm available. But yeah, so I mean there's I mean, I'm sure several others that I'm not bringing up, but but but I I also another thing I say about celebrities is uh I treat I treat everybody the same. Yeah, exactly. And I think a lot of times um I'll have a person and I had an older guy recently, um, and he had just like these$50 glasses of wine, and I was cool with him, and um he left, and his bill was like$105, and he left two$100 bills and then dipped. And I was like, who was that guy? I was like, you know, like that. A lot of times we were like, that was probably I didn't even know that person. Yeah, I was like, that was probably somebody, and then like I had a guy with a World Series ring on, um, and I didn't know who he was, and but he was kind of jacked and older, and uh yeah, he he did saying like tip 60 on 60, and I was like, Yeah, that was probably one too. I just uh I saw Steve Aoki on uh Friday. He was he was being very uh very incognito. He was just walking by going up the yesterday. I was like, and I was sitting at the table doing my chugging, I was like, guys, there goes Steve Aoki, and nobody's paying attention. I was like, there goes Steve Aoki. I saw Bam uh not long ago. Okay, yeah. Yeah. He walked right out by is he he's how's he looking?
SPEAKER_00:He's chunky. Yeah, he's he's old. He looks like his dad now.
SPEAKER_01:He's chunky. You've ever seen the show, he's getting getting in his dad's weight class. I don't I don't think I don't think he's drinking. I don't think so either. And I think he just stopped doing the meth. I think he's still not.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, well, that's how you put on the weight. I think he stopped doing he was he there was a whole like court thing, and him and his brother, and all sorts he had stuff and that was a little rough past what uh after Ryan Dunn passed away. He kind of went down. Yeah, I met I met Ben Margera in uh Australia actually. Oh, I remember you telling me. It was like him and all of I can't remember what board company he was on, but I thought uh he had his own thing.
SPEAKER_01:I can't remember it all, but I got I mean, I got a bunch of I mean if they're taking the the like A tier two to the event in Australia in a skate shop. Like, yeah, all the best guys went. So but that was pretty cool. Oh, uh God, okay. I don't remember. I I heard y'all say on uh episodes before I was listening to Brett Hole coming into the office. Oh, Brent Hole's awesome. Um so I saw him at the high, and I didn't really see him per se. Is there was this beautiful woman? I'm talking a 10 out of 10, and like I couldn't keep my eyes off of her at the end of attractive lady, and then the bartender was like, uh, I was like, Yeah, man, that chick's fine. And the bartender was like, Yeah, apparently she's with like a hockey player, and like I moved around to get a better view, and I was like, that's Brett fucking hole. Like, that's like a all-star louder. That's not all hockey. I had no idea. No, I'm no longer looking at the chat. Shame on you, I had no idea. I just treated him like everybody else. You know, I call everybody by name, I knew his name, and I just treated him well, gave him awesome murder. He's like, You don't carry my my tequila here? I'm like, sorry, he scored the game-winning goal for the Stanley Cup. I had I had no clue. I just I just knew him as awesome. Brett hanging out at the bar, buying people drinks, being cool. Yeah, he left me like a hundred bucks. I mean, it was off, it was just life at the party. Just hanging out. I had no clue. And then a guy across the bar was like, What was that guy's name? I was like, That was Brett. He's like, That was my childhood hero, bro. Oh, I thought that was. I was like, I had no idea.
SPEAKER_00:Okay, some of them be like awesome. You just never knew. Um, that's like um, we've talked about this lately. I don't know if we've talked about it on the show, but um we are having the slowest holiday season that we have worked in the 24 years. What's not like this past two months?
SPEAKER_01:Um it seems like they don't have the second tower upstairs. Yeah, exactly. It seems like they still don't have the second tower.
SPEAKER_00:That we've lost air trap control and they're having a hard time of getting new hires and rehires back in, and we're still down flights tremendously.
SPEAKER_01:Like, yeah, because I I was looking at flights and the y'all's gate, like my I had a couple at mine, but y'all, like y'all. Sometimes we have like two for a whole shift.
SPEAKER_00:And I'm like, I was like so uh last night, super slow all night, um at about 3:30, 4 o'clock, you know, we have this guy come in, and I've seen him before. Uh you know, uh middle-aged, probably in his mid to late 40s, um, Latino guy, his name's Jose, uh, well dressed, and uh he's comes in, he sits down, and he's kind of talking to people next to him. Everybody's, you know, there's six or seven people at the bar at this point, and uh he's sitting there and uh he's talking about how he missed his flight to go join his buddies to go hunting and spent all this money to go on this trip, and he's already missed two flights. He's just packing in and going home for the day. And I was like, you just weren't supposed to be on those flights, Jose. You know, and um he's like, Yeah, you're probably right. He's like, so you know, he's sitting there, and you know, I pour him a good one. Um, he's waiting for an Uber, and um so as always, I do the name game where we go around the bar and name everybody by name, and nobody's expecting it. It's slow. At this point, we have a dozen people sitting there, 12 people, and I do the name game, and he's sitting at the last seat at 22, and he's the last person I name, and he just throws a hundred dollar bill at me. I was like, thanks, Jose. He's like, put that in the tip jar, man. And he's like, There's more where that came from. I was like, Oh, oh, thanks, Jose. And um, so um next thing I know, when I do the name game, people are taking shots, want to take shots.
SPEAKER_01:Well, besides people having fun ones, yeah, exactly. Every sudden they become alive, yeah.
SPEAKER_00:So everybody's you know, had like one beer or whatever, and so I was like, okay, and so ends up being four or five shots. Hose like, put that on my tab. I was like, okay. And um, he's like, you know what? Charge me for one more and put everybody at the bars, every single tab at the bar on mine.
unknown:Wow.
SPEAKER_00:I said, okay, all right, and uh kills his drink. He did not take a shot with them, but bought the shots, bought everybody's tab at the bar, closed them out. This other gentleman, Alex, goes, Did he just buy everybody's tab? I was like, Yeah, and he just bounced. He didn't say a word. I said, Jose, happy new year, thank you. You will get a shout out on the podcast tomorrow. So, no. So then Alex was like, I don't have a tab, pulls out a 50 and throws it at me. Of course. Jose leaves another hundred on the tab. Of course he does, yeah. So the couple behind me, um, special shout out to Patrick and Laura because they after Jose started it, they got it started. Yes, so this couple sets down. Um, so Patrick and Laura order another round because they don't have a tab.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:And um, this couple sets down, star. The gentleman's name was Star, and the lady's name was Sheridan. Special shout out to you guys. And um, so I was telling them about the guy that was just sitting in their seat because we probably had about five, six people leave because the flight, you know, and so we're doing it all again, except Patrick and Laura are still sitting back there on the back side of the bar at uh seats uh two and three. And so um couple sits down, star and sheridan, and I was telling them, I was like, you guys wouldn't believe just what just happened. And they're like, man, we just missed out, you know. And so they order a margarita and a beer, and um Patrick and Laura are like, come here. They're like, put their first round on this on our new tab and uh pay us out. I was like, oh, okay. So I so it's like uh third, it was like, I don't know, because it was beers and two drinks or something. Because there wasn't much on there. It was like, I don't know, it wasn't I don't know. They ended up tipping us 52 bucks there. Then I uh star in Sheridan before As Patrick and Laura are leaving. I was like, hey, they bought your first round because of what you they heard you say that, and they're like, get out of here, and uh so they leave, and a new group sits down, and it's John and Minta, uh Taryn, Cooper, uh Lorinda and David. They all sit down, and it's John's birthday, and uh John and Minta are uh the parents of Taryn and Cooper, who are a couple, and uh Cooper's the son-in-law, and then they have the aunt and uncle with them, yeah, Lorinda and David. And um so it's John's birthday. They have dinner, drinks, everything. They're running up the tab. David's like, give me, or John had already given me his credit card, and David's like, hey, it's his birthday. He didn't pay for nothing, and he didn't pay for nothing. He ends up tipping us like 65 bucks. I was like, All right, sweet. John gets around a shot. John's getting ready to close out on that. Well, Star and Sheridan are like, we're buying the birthday shots. You put that on our tab. They close out, leave us a 50. John closes out. Uh, or John, uh, no, they leave, and then John is like, ring me up for 10 shots. I said, Okay, John. I ring him up for 10 shots, he closes out, leaves us a 50, and says, Tonight, when he's like, tonight when the bar fills up, he's like, pass out 10 shots. He's like, pay it forward. I love it. And so the rest of the night, we're and that always was so slow that the rest of the night, at the very end of the night, I had like five, six people, and we paid for everybody's like, or like four or five people, we paid for their first round and then gave them a round of free shots, and everybody hooked us up all night. And AT and I cleaned up.
SPEAKER_01:Let me hold on to$50.
SPEAKER_00:On the slowest night we've had, man.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, it was it's been that way, and you have to work it. Like, I gotta give a shout out to my guy goalie for he hung out with me on Thanksgiving when I worked one night. And then he hung out with me on credit. I was like, we're basically family now. I'm like, I spent all my holidays with you.
SPEAKER_00:And he's he's the coolest guy ever. Uh, and then he left me 200 on Christmas, which was awesome. That's great. That's a beautiful thing.
SPEAKER_01:I was like, especially right now. And he's got it like that, but he's just he's just the life of the party. Just he's awesome.
SPEAKER_00:So shout out, shout out to my guy Goli. And then uh Ryan, uh special shout out to Ryan, who is just the most incredible regular, and um his son's companies. Uh, he's got two sons, they live out on a ranch. I want to say Amarillo, but it's probably Abilene. I always mess this up.
SPEAKER_01:But both of those fly right by.
SPEAKER_00:It's uh Gun Brothers Ranch. Special shout out to those guys, and he came by and dropped me off a branded beanie for Christmas. And uh, so thank you. That meant the world to me, Ryan. I appreciate it. Only Christmas present I got. And then our guy Mike, aka Big on Sunday. Yes, yes, yes, left us some uh fuck a duck almonds. Yes, oh my god. He makes these homemade almonds. Uh he puts duck fat on them. Yeah, he rolls. Incredible. And where are those now? Duck fat. I think I left them at home. Yeah, I bet you I think they're still in my bag when I left on Sunday. I haven't even taken them. But they are amazing. Bring those Sunday and I'll watch on them.
SPEAKER_01:I will drop me off one.
SPEAKER_00:They're incredible. Oh well, yes, we will. They are incredible. Um so I hope everybody out there had a good holiday. Absolutely. Um, Chase, I can't thank you enough for coming on the show this week. Um man, we would love to have you back again soon. And uh again.
SPEAKER_01:I mean, give give me a week, and there's no chair. I'll arrest four more people. This book keeps writing itself.
unknown:Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_00:Um, to all our listeners, um, Merry Christmas, happy holidays, happy new year, you guys. Uh, tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Party down and um drink responsibly.
SPEAKER_01:Like, comment, subscribe.
SPEAKER_00:Yes, sound like the episode send all the money. Um, thank you guys so much for supporting the show. We cannot do it without you. And um, like I said earlier, we wouldn't be able to make it through the holidays this year as slow as it is without all our regulars. So, special shout out to every single one of you guys. Um, again, thank you for listening to the show. Episode 22 is over. Peace out, guys.
unknown:Peace.
