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“The Type Of Bartender Everyone Needs”: Creepy Guy Harasses Girls, Bartender Saves Them By Passing A ‘Fake Receipt’ To Check In On Them

If you’re a girl and have ever spent an evening hanging out at the bar, chances are that you have been approached by some random guy. Great, if it’s someone polite and that you actually are interested in, but what if it’s the kind of the species that don’t take no for an answer, think that they are above everyone else, and successfully carry on radiating ‘creep vibes’?

Sometimes it’s pretty complicated to elude the irritating creeps and a similar thing happened to a Twitter user in Florida. Just this time, the girls were saved by a clever bartender who wrote a ‘receipt’ with a note asking if he could help them ditch the annoying dude.

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As a man was harassing two girls, this quick-thinking bartender came up with a solution to discreetly help them

Hero Bartender Goes Viral For Giving A Fake Receipt With A Note To Two Girls Being Harassed By A Creepo

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Over a week ago, Trinity, who goes by @trinityallie on Twitter, shared a picture of a man in a Hawaiian shirt handing over a clipboard with a message on it that reads ‘If this guy is bothering you, put your pony tail on your other shoulder, and I will have him removed. He’s giving me the creeps.’ In the post, Trinity explained that this other patron was harassing her and her friend. The bartender, Max Guttierez, came up with a perfect solution to make sure the girls were comfortable by smoothly handing over what looked like a receipt, but actually it was a discreet way to ask if they needed help handling the situation.

Turns out the other patron was bothering two girls and bartender Max had to kick out the nuisance

Hero Bartender Goes Viral For Giving A Fake Receipt With A Note To Two Girls Being Harassed By A Creepo

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Max, who works at No Vacancy in St. Petersburg, Florida, noticed that another customer at the bar was repeatedly hitting on girls who weren’t interested at all and seemed to be quite uncomfortable with it, if anything. After Trinity gave him the sign that the guy was actually bothering them by putting her ponytail on her other shoulder, Max had to even yell at the bothersome guy. ‘You need to get the f**k away from these girls who clearly are not interested,’ shared Trinity in her followup post.

Trinity explained that she made the bartender pose with the ‘receipt’ he wrote

Hero Bartender Goes Viral For Giving A Fake Receipt With A Note To Two Girls Being Harassed By A Creepo

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Four days after Trinity’s viral post, Max tweeted that the creepy guy showed up at the same bar again hoping to catch a drink, but was refused service. The barman also spoke more about the incident on his Reddit account after being asked by u/battery_cowboy if they ‘get training as bartenders on these types of tricks to silently communicate with patrons or is it passed down via mentoring or similar?’ Max explained that ’it’s something you just pick up from mentor bartenders. Eventually you become pretty good at reading people, body language etc.’

Trinity’s post went viral with over 200k likes and numerous comments praising the bartender

Hero Bartender Goes Viral For Giving A Fake Receipt With A Note To Two Girls Being Harassed By A Creepo

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Max updated everyone that the creep who was bothering the girls at the bar had enough guts to return for a drink

Hero Bartender Goes Viral For Giving A Fake Receipt With A Note To Two Girls Being Harassed By A Creepo

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The bartender also explained that he was getting weird vibes from the guy, who was infringing on girls’ peace, so he decided to keep a close eye on the situation. Unfortunately, as the creep didn’t take ‘no’ from the girls as an answer, Max took action. Max explained that he doesn’t like raising his voice over customers and embarrassing anyone, but in this case of the ‘creep,’ it was necessary.

The bartender has also spoken out on Reddit, explaining that tricks on how to maintain a safe and comfortable environment are passed around the industry

Hero Bartender Goes Viral For Giving A Fake Receipt With A Note To Two Girls Being Harassed By A Creepo

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Trinity clarified that the picture she uploaded on Twitter, which received over 200k likes so far, was taken after Max kicked the annoying guy out. The comments below it were praising the thoughtful barkeeper and one even pointing out that ‘Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear Hawaiian shirts.’ And besides that, the majority of users marveled how great Max’s idea was and that there should be more men protecting women like this.

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After graduating Media and Photography in the United Kingdom, Irmante got drawn into the captivating world of travelling and spent most of the years on the road discovering cultures, learning languages and meeting the most fascinating people. If not writing articles for Bored Panda readers she can be found listening to jazz in Ethiopia, sipping flat whites in Australia or trekking Guatemalan jungles. Her likes include films by Wes Anderson, pseudoscientific practices and being obsessed with everything Mexico and Central America. Her friends mainly describe her as inquisitive, adventurous, and caring.

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Rob 3 years ago

This is not about a man protecting a woman. While this woman could have asked the guy to leave her alone, the person behind the bar can tell him to leave the venue. The person behind the bar just has more authority (and responsibility for creating and maintaining a safe environment). I hope/think that a bar woman would have done the same thing. Anyway, still kudos to him, obviously; there are still many bars where personnel just don't give a f**k.

47points

M the Lemur 3 years ago

I completely agree. Yes, he was helpful, and he handled the situation well. However when I saw the "we need more men like this protecting us" I got really sad because females shouldn't need to be protected. We as a society need to work on teaching our males to be better. Women shouldn't need protecting. Period.

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Andrew 3 years ago

To add to your point. I worked at a bar which was owed by a male and female. Whenever we had problem dudes harassing girls or just been problematic jn general, the female owner would deal with them. Not the security not the barmen and not the male owner. And it's because she was a total badass. And just oozed confidence and authority. Never ever did I see any dude try and start with her. And I saw many men walked to the exit like little school boys.

4points

Jane Alexander 3 years ago

I see it also as a man educating or enlightening a man.

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SirPatTheCat 3 years ago

The one person called rose that is talking about how women should stand up for themselves??? People literally get murdered for rejecting people outright. It's not weakness to avoid confrontation, it's common sense. I sincerely hope that lady is strong enough to back up her words should she ever encounter such a person...

40points

Seabeast 3 years ago

Rose sounds like a troll, or a woman with a lot of internalized misogyny.

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Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago (edited)

If Rose was right, then we'd never need another policeman to show up for a domestic violence call, have a case worker help a rape victim, or have an insurance adjuster pay off an armed robbery. Unfortunately there are bad people who don't take no for an answer from the person they are victimizing. The point of civilization is we act as group to protect each other from wolves, famines, and the violent guy after our children. A 28 year old bar patron is still someone 's kid and society owes them that protection. Not one bartender - all of us.

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... 3 years ago

My thoughts exactly. I've been stalked and harassed and as a woman, standing up for yourself doesn't mean anything for some creeps.

3points

Carol Emory 3 years ago

Some women are able to stand up for themselves...but you also don't want to offend all the other people by appearing to be the b*tch in the situation. The bartender wasn't rescuing them, he was taking the hit at making a scene. I'm married and I read body language pretty good too. My husband is a big burly guy. So, when I was in college, if I saw a girl in trouble with a guy that wouldn't relent, my husband would go up to the guy, look him straight in the face and say "You need to leave my sister alone!" It was usually enough to get the guy to back down. Then he'd tell her "We're sitting over here." She usually follows and we stay with her until she can call for a ride..all the time my husband would be glaring at the guy that was the pest.

18points

Aunt Messy 3 years ago

The problem is that when you "stand up for yourself" in a situation like this, you run the risk of the creep waiting for you outside the bar and (potentially) raping and killing you. Think that never happens? Then you're not paying attention. ...///... You need a witness. You need to ask for help/ tell an employee of the venue/signal that someone won't go away. THEN you need to call an Uber - and leave your car behind if that's what you have to do.

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