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bradyfost t1_j68qg2t wrote

Reply to comment by iforgotwhat8wasfor in What is the most conservative city in Western Washington? Most liberal? by [deleted]

I’ve beef roofing the Safeway for the past 3-4 months staying in a hotel. Stopped going to the bars after the second week they made us feel unwelcome

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Sacredgeometry12 t1_j68t9i3 wrote

May I ask what happened?

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bradyfost t1_j6a19cf wrote

Of course! There is a bar called PT anchor there that is where we first started getting bad service. The bartender would ignore us when we would ask for drinks, gave us dirty looks and just overall a bad attitude and poor service. After the second time we went there after leaving a generous tip on the company card we received equally poor service the second time. We decided to try a different bar the next night. There we have great service until we see the same bartender from first bar(PT anchor) come in and sit down to have a drink. He has a conversation with the bartender and after that we began receiving poor service again. The next time we went to PT anchor we asked the guy why he has a problem with us and he told us because we were “outsiders” and they were “Townees” and that we didn’t belong there.

They can have their little town full of old people I was just there for work. Would have spent lots of money on the company card and tipped well but this guy chose to alienate us from the town.

We did go into a couple small bars that were really cool and great service like the in between.

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Old_Task_7454 t1_j6ah1e0 wrote

Give sirens a shot. Only ever gotten good service there.

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MarmotMossBay t1_j6c0thi wrote

I love Sirens. Their food is great. That salmon sandwich. Only other bar I’ve been to has been Hilltop and I got a tbi the first time I was there. Totally not my fault. I’m still recovering from it.

So watch out if you go, cause the pull tabs stuff hanging all over the bar block sight lines, and the waitresses come out from behind like gang busters.

But other than that it was fun.

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Sacredgeometry12 t1_j6a3a4b wrote

I’m really sorry to hear that. That is really bizarre behavior because PT needs tourism besides locals. They rely heavily on tourist season for a lot of the shops in downtown. I love the in between. I liked when they had the deck open downstairs and you could drink right on the water. I’m really sorry you had that experience. That bar is in a space that has turned over many times in the last decade. With behavior like that I don’t see it lasting long. Shit service doesn’t really work. I love PT and spend a lot of time there but I will admit it’s never really at bars. Did you try soak on the sound while you were there?

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Fartknocker500 t1_j6bq8vx wrote

I love PT, lived there awhile in the early 90's. This is my experience there, too. People are dicks in PT until they get to know you.....sometimes. Sometimes they're always going to be dicks to you. Or they except you only to kick you to the curb later.

I grew up in a smallish town, Astoria, OR, and people there don't have that edge. Maybe it's because of the art/craftsman/quirky outcast thing in PT and the working-class/rough around the edges/haven't got the pretentiousness in Astoria. PT lost it's allure for me pretty quickly. They could be nice....they don't want to be.

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MarmotMossBay t1_j6c27a9 wrote

Everyone I’ve met in person has been really nice. I joined next door against my better judgement, because a neighbor suggested it as a way to find referrals for landscapers and such. It’s not so much “ oh my god there’s a teenager in a hoodie”, it more bitching about the roads or why they don’t want the golf course touched. Some people on next door are not welcoming let’s say. Oh well. So sad./s

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Designer_Gas_86 t1_j6m3hyh wrote

It's stupid AF that this kind of thing happens. Way to run a business, morons.

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pala4833 t1_j6nloib wrote

Which bartender was it. Just curious. The redhead with the beard, or the guy with the wild hair?

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