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Does that just mean being thrown out the back instead of the front? Or is there something more sinister or humiliating involved?

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“Alley pull”

We have this narrow alley out one of our side fire doors. It never gets much sunlight and all kinds of trash and stuff collects in it. Since it almost never gets used (we are the only door) and since it fairly long – about 60 feet; animals, bums and crack heads crap, shoot up , and do other things there; in general it’s pretty nasty. To top it off, the concrete is dished so there is always about 2 inches of slime in it.

When we get some belligerent clown or clowns who have to be put out and they really don’t want to go quietly, security will take them out that fire door, flip them over on their belly and pull them all the way out the alley by their heels. With 2 or 3 huge guys holding your feet at belt height, you can get where the rest of you goes.

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LOL, chalk up yet another notch in my general disrespect for bars.

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LOL, chalk up yet another notch in my general disrespect for bars.

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Understand that you really have to be a total ass-hat to get pulled.

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I doubt it was the bartender. I was in the business for a long time and I know bar owners around town that are known for watering down their liquor. On the other hand I have known bartenders who will sneak bottles in so they can "hook up" their regulars and not come up short on the liquor counts at the end of their shift, so I suppose it is conceivable for a bartender to conserve stock by watering yours down and pouring the good stuff for her regulars. But I would lean towards the owner.

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I was in the business for a long time and I know bar owners around town that are known for watering down their liquor. On the other hand I have known bartenders who will sneak bottles in so they can "hook up" their regulars and not come up short on the liquor counts at the end of their shift, so I suppose it is conceivable for a bartender to conserve stock by watering yours down and pouring the good stuff for her regulars.

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Wow, in Maryland pouring any substance other than what was shipped in that bottle into a liquor bottle can put your liquor license in jeopardy. So can bringing in “foreign” liquor (not purchased from a licensed distributor).

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Wow, in Maryland pouring any substance other than what was shipped in that bottle into a liquor bottle can put your liquor license in jeopardy. So can bringing in “foreign” liquor (not purchased from a licensed distributor).

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The same laws apply here. Florida liquor laws are very strict. It doesn't mean it is going to stop owners from doing it. I bartended at a place where the owner poured Well Liquor such as vodka into absolute bottles. It happans much more than people think, especially smaller establishments where the owners need to squeeze every penny.

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Sounds like ordering an unopened bottle would be the safest bet, if you could.

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I was in the business for a long time and I know bar owners around town that are known for watering down their liquor. On the other hand I have known bartenders who will sneak bottles in so they can "hook up" their regulars and not come up short on the liquor counts at the end of their shift, so I suppose it is conceivable for a bartender to conserve stock by watering yours down and pouring the good stuff for her regulars.

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Wow, in Maryland pouring any substance other than what was shipped in that bottle into a liquor bottle can put your liquor license in jeopardy. So can bringing in “foreign” liquor (not purchased from a licensed distributor).

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These were both laws when I worked in a bar. People in the bar business don't always follow the law.

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We’ve gone as far to go buy liquor from the liquor store if we ran out of something and they were still open or if our shipment didn’t show up for whatever reason but I’d never water the liquor in the bottle – it’s too easy to tell if you get inspected. As for rail in call bottles, well, if you do it and get caught by your patrons; just like watering the liquor, word gets around fast and poof! No business.