Player's Pub SUCKS

So I get a call from Steve R......., bartender at Player’s Pub in Forest Grove, OR tonight.  Of course I was off doing family things and missed his call so he left me this lame ass voice mail pleading for me to stop this.  Steve, you need to shut the fuck up.  You brought all this on yourself when you started talking shit behind my back and whispering about me in Jessica Herbert’s ear and then making that snide comment right in fucking front of me.  If you had any issue with me then you should have been a man and talked to me about it face-to-face like an adult but you just couldn’t do that.  So don’t talk to me about maturity when you don’t know the first thing about it. When you exhibit passive aggressive behavior towards me then I will do it right back.  Also, you say I am getting nowhere with this but I beg to differ.  I love seeing my hit counter increase everyday with all the unique views I am getting.  Plus my Google Analytics shows all the return visitors meaning I’ve got quite the fan base.  You also say I am just making people mad.  Do I need to be afraid or something?  Just what are you going to do?

Also, trying to make me feel bad by accusing me of “attacking a 1 1/2 yr old child” is bullshit and will not work.  I only said “bastard child” and it’s the truth.  Obviously the father left Jessica because she is a loser and dresses like a slut.  I never attacked the child but she never should have had kids.  No self-respecting man would date a bitch like Jessica Herbert. She’s trash.

I will say this again, you want all this to disappear?  Then you know what to do.  You and everyone else at Player’s Pub need to offer me a sincere apology and admit you were wrong in the way you treated me.  I was a regular there for almost a year with no problems until this.  I always spent a lot of money and I also tipped very well when I was treated well.  This is all bullshit and you know it.

Do not contact me again until you are ready to apologize.  It’s really that simple.  Swallow your pride and admit your fault and this will all be gone just as fast as it was created.  Take accountability for your actions so I don’t have to help you do it.

For about two minutes, Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite has a conversation with Matt then Chris.  They get confused so a female employee who knows Spanish takes over the call and starts speaking to Pedro.  You can sorta hear one of the male employees in the background make a racial slur towards the Hispanic community by using the word “beaner”.  She finally gets a clue and realizes it’s a prank and hangs up but before she does you can hear her making fun of her co-workers, saying “It’s fucking Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite”.  What person hasn’t seen that movie?  FUNNY STUFF!!!  Although I doubt Godfather’s Pizza would approve of their employees cussing or making racial comments on the phone.

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Moments later Peter Griffin decides to call in.  First he talks to Chris who later passes the phone to Georgianna when Peter demands a supervisor.  Georgianna acts surprised when he tells her he has to poop.  She’s like “Excuse Me?”  The call continues and Georgianna continues to act like it’s a real customer.  Cmon “G” Seriously?  I know you have seen Family Guy at least once in your life.  NOBODY has a voice or a laugh like Peter Griffin.  PRICELESS!!!!

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No wonder these people are making pizza and waiting tables.  To think that dumbass bartender Steve R...... at Player’s Pub and his whore of a friend Jessica H........, also a bartender at Player’s Pub to support her bastard child at home both say “I need to laugh more.”  Well here you go.  HA HA HA HA HA.  How’s that for laughing?   Morons!!!

I just received a call from Forest Grove Police telling me to “cease and desist” calling or texting Kristina M........  That’s funny considering I haven’t sent her any messages.  In fact, she’s the one that’s calling and texting me with her legal threats.  So now she thinks she can get me for harassment?  If anything I could get her for harassment.  All I do is RESPOND to her messages, I never initiate any communication with her and I won’t.  I deleted her phone # from my contacts and from facebook the day I was 86′d.  All communication with Kristina M....... has been initiated from her side.  To be considered harassment, I have to be the initiator which in this case I am not.

To prove that point, I am posting an image of my call history dating from 04/12/2011 to yesterday 04/16/2011.  Notice there is only 1 call I made to Kristina on 04/12/2011 before all this trouble started and it only lasted 1 minute meaning she didn’t pick up and it went to voice mail.  Kristina and I were friends on this day and she never told me I was not allowed to call her.    This was the day of the Portland TrailBlazer game and I was actually at Player’s Pub when I made this call.  I was waiting for a mutual friend whom was going to the game with me to show up and he was running late so I left Kristina a voice mail asking her to call him to find out where he was since we had to get going to the Rose Quarter to make the 7PM game.  Notice there has been no more phone calls to Kristina originating from my mobile phone after 04/12/2011.  If you call that harassment then this town is FUCKED.  To protect privacy I have blacked out the area code and prefix of all phone numbers listed.  What a nice guy.    I have no interest in harassing Kristina or any employee of Player’s Pub.  I am only expressing my opinion of what really happened and exposing their lies about me.  I’ve done nothing wrong and they are trying to make me look like the bad guy.

And now for the text messages.

Notice on 04/16/2011, Kristina initiated a long text message to me at 2:57AM.  It was a very long text message from Kristina because AT&T counted it as 8 messages.  It wasn’t until 15 minutes later at 3:13AM that I responded to Kristina and those were the last messages sent to Kristina from my phone.  The following 3 texts were to different people, my cousin and another friend and those are the last text messages sent from my device.  I do not have any data usage for 04/17/2011.   So officer, please explain to me how I am harassing Kristina?

The officer obviously doesn’t understand the true story behind this.  He’s just responding to a call made by Kristina alleging that I am harassing her but what he should know is that Kristina is calling me, not me calling Kristina.  I only have this blog and there is no crime in having a blog that states my OPINION of a bad experience that I had at a public place of business.  It is my God given right to express my opinion and if Kristina or Player’s Pub doesn’t like what I am saying then perhaps they should do something to fix it.  A start would be to offer me an apology and admit they were wrong.  It’s very simple and this will all go away if they just say they are sorry.  I am not a scary guy and I have many friends that will attest to my character.  There is no reason to be afraid of me or concerned.  I am in fact a very nice guy when you get to know me.  All Player’s Pub needs to do is offer me an apology and everything will disappear.  Why is this so hard for them to comprehend?  Just say you are sorry, I don’t want money or anything else.  There is nothing that Kristina or any Player’s Pub employee has that I want, I have everything I need.  Just an apology is all I am asking for.  I am a very simple man.

So officer, you are hereby ordered to stop calling me and harassing me via voice mail.  This is your cease and desist order.  As a tax payer who pays your salary, you are MY EMPLOYEE.  You should all be fired because the Forest Grove Police Dept doesn’t do shit.  I see you every day sitting on your fat fucking asses down at BJ’s Coffee Company in Forest Grove next to Player’s Pub choking down your scones and coffee.  SHAME ON YOU CHIEF KERRY A.........,  Is that what I am paying you to do?  Do not call me again unless you can charge me with a crime.  I do not want to talk to you and I will not talk to any police officer without an attorney present.  If I have committed any crime then come over and arrest me RIGHT NOW so I may have my day in court.  I have a right to due process and until I am convicted by a jury in a court of law, I AM INNOCENT.

Here at Player’s Pub in Forest Grove, OR, our motto is simple.  We reserve the right to 86 any customer who complains about any of our food or service.  Don’t ever prefer one bartender over another because that will get you 86′d too since that causes a conflict between all the bartender’s.  We don’t like one bartender getting tipped better because she gave better service, it makes us jealous.

Kristina M........ at Player’s Pub in Forest Grove, OR has decided to turn her back on me even though I commended her for excellent customer service in my story and she was also the one I was tipping very well.  Maybe I should go to her old bar, Tabb’s Sport’s Bar in Cornelius, OR and find out the truth as to why she was fired from there.  From what I hear, her old boss doesn’t have anything good to say about her.

Kris, you are not scaring me with your text messages and legal threats.  I am also quite certain that the corporate office of Player’s Pub would not appreciate you calling me from your personal cell phone and issuing legal threats.  Maybe I should play the voice mail to them of you making those threats and see how they like it.  I am pretty sure you are not authorized to call up former customers and make those threats.  That can be very serious and have some negative impact on your career.

It’s kinda shitty that you would have a problem with me since you were the one getting the big bucks from me.  If the other bartender’s don’t like me tipping you better then maybe they need to adjust their attitude and follow your example.  If they can’t work well together, that’s their own fault and not mine.  I will not take responsibility for their behavior.

Player’s Pub just won’t quit.  All they have to do is offer up an apology and admit they were wrong and all of this can easily go away but they are way too good for that.  Don’t ever complain about the food or service because that’s grounds for getting 86′d from the establishment.  The servers just can’t handle criticism from a paying customer, you’d think I did something horrible to deserve such an extreme punishment like crack a beer bottle over someone’s skull or throw a stool through the window.  Nope, just a customer expressing concern about goods and services that I paid for that were not to my satisfaction.  Nothing wrong with that.

So I am laying here on my couch watching a funny show on Netflix, just relaxing and enjoying the peace when all of a sudden I get another rude text message on my phone from one of the Player’s Pub bartenders.  As I read through the message I discover it’s just more of the same garbage.  Failure to accept responsibility followed by more personal attacks and accusations.  FUN FUN!!!

I just received a threatening phone call from Player’s Pub saying they are going to get their lawyers involved if I don’t stop posting.  HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!  What idiots they are.  Haven’t they heard of the 1st Amendment?  Good luck fighting that one.   Seeing that all my comments are my OPINION and I have EVERY RIGHT TO EXPRESS MY OPINION.  Any case they file will GO NOWHERE.

They are the ones in the wrong, not me.  I am just defending myself.  There is nothing wrong with that.

Hello folks and welcome to Player’s Pub Sucks!

This site is about a local pub that I used to hang out at in Forest Grove, OR since around August of 2010.  That is until 04/14/2011 I was 86′d for complaining about bad service that happened the previous week and then tipping another bartender whom I considered a friend very well for her excellent service the night after the incident.  The bartender, Jessica, who gave me bad service just so happened to be in the bar at the time I gave the large tip and it apparently offended her.  The pub is known as Player’s Pub and is located next to Godfather’s Pizza in the Safeway parking lot.

Now, those who have met me at Player’s Pub would know that I am a very nice person and often very quiet unless I am addressed.  Friends have described me as being “The quietest person in the bar” or Norm from the popular TV sitcoms Cheers and Frasier.  That’s all fine and dandy with me, I am a quiet person who doesn’t like the drama that goes with visiting a bar yet I still like to go and have an occasional drink and watch sports.  I also didn’t mind being called Norm because I happen to love both Cheers and Frasier and enjoyed watching these shows with my father (RIP) when I went to visit.  George Wendt played Norm very well.

The incident in which I received bad service occurred on 04/08/2011.  I came into the establishment and ordered a hamburger with fries.  I received my order but instead of fries I received chips.  No big deal, I will just ask Jessica to get me some fries.  She gives me a dirty look and acts like she doesn’t care.  I then proceed to pick up my burger and noticed the burger is COLD.  I ask Jessica to take it away and redo my order.  Again I get a dirty look but she takes the burger away.  About 30 minutes or so passed and the General Manager of Player’s Pub, Roger D....., appears with my new burger again with CHIPS.  I explained to him that I ordered FRIES.  Roger walks away saying he will go make some fries.  The burger was made right this time so I ask Jessica for some napkins and ketchup.  Jessica walks over to me and slams the ketchup down on the bar and throws the napkins down then walks away.  About a half an hour later, Roger reappears with my fries, after my burger was gone.

So 5:00 rolls around and it’s time for Jessica to end her shift.  Her relief, Rachael arrives for her shift and I ask her to close out my tab.  I hand her a $2.00 tip for doing nothing but closing my tab because again I am a nice guy.  Rachael proceeded to tell me that she’d give Jessica the tip and I said “No, that is for you” and explained the situation that occurred and how I didn’t like Jessica.  Rachael grinned and gave me this look of surprise like I shouldn’t have the right to complain about bad service.  I walk out and head off to another bar where another friend of mine worked at to watch the Portland Trailblazers beat the Los Angeles Lakers.  About an hour and a half later, I get a phone call from Rachael at Player’s Pub stating that my name was drawn in a raffle for some Lexus Club Level Blazer Tickets and that if I wasn’t there in 15 minutes she was going to draw another name.  I quickly call her back and explain that I am at another bar and it’s going to take me a little while to get there.  I asked her when she was closing and she said at Midnight.  I told her I was on my way and to please hold the tickets for me.  I arrive shortly after 11:00 and claim my prize.  I stayed and had a couple drinks to celebrate my win and I gave her a nice tip, I think it was $7.00 but I don’t remember the exact amount then I had her call me a cab to take me home.

The following night, 04/09/2010, I am enjoying an evening at Player’s Pub with one of my friends and favorite bartenders, Kris.  Now Kris has only been working at Player’s Pub for just a few months but she knows how to make drinks the way I like them and her amazing personality just rubs off on everyone in the bar and can be used as an example of how all bartenders should treat their customers.  So it would make perfect sense that I tip her well for her excellent service and also prefer to come in when she is working.  Why would I want to go into an establishment to give them my business and my money knowing an employee who was rude to me is working that day?  Moving on with the story, So I am enjoying my drinks and good conversation with Kris when Jessica and her friend Steve, both bartenders at Player’s Pub walk in and sit at the bar next to me.  There was some discussion about her tips not being as much that night and I made a comment about how I tip well and Kris agreed.  Upon hearing this, Jessica gave me a dirty look and started making comments to me asking why I said that.  I explained to Jessica that I tip well when I am treated well and that I understood that she was new and in time she will learn how to take care of her customers.  I also explained to her about the situation the previous day where she was rude to me and that I didn’t like her.  At least I said it to her face and not behind her back like a lot of people do.  I was being an honest consumer and giving feedback about my experience.  Jessica proceeded to whisper something into Steve’s ear then Steve made some comment about how “That guy needs to laugh more” while looking over at me.  So to prove a point on how well I tip for great service, I give Kris a $20 and Jessica didn’t like that.  I then walk outside to puff on my Blu Electronic Cigarette and to talk to Kris since what was once okay in the bar now isn’t because apparently Player’s Pub was getting complaints about it.  Perhaps people were just visually offended by it because it’s completely harmless to use indoors and doesn’t contain all the chemicals, second hand smoke or smell that an analog cigarette contains.  Whenever I used it in the bar, nobody ever complained to me but I did get many people who walked up asking me what it is and does it really work.  They really thought it was cool and I have several convinced to try them so I gave them a demo and the info on how to order them.  Maybe Blu should pay me for promoting their product.  Anyways, so I am outside with Kris when Jessica walks out to have a cigarette, curious about my electronic one she asked to try a puff so I let her.  Yes, you heard me right, I let her try my electronic cigarette even after our little argument in the bar just moments earlier.  Why you might ask?  Because she asked me nicely and I reciprocated with kindness.  It’s a simple concept really.  Treat me well and I will treat you well.  It’s not rocket science people.  Just like the ethic of reciprocity also known as “The Golden Rule” goes.  “One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself”.

So I walk back into the bar and enjoy a few more drinks before closing out my $42.00 tab and giving Kris another $20 bill before departing for the night.  That’s right, I gave Kris a $40 total tip that night.  Excessive? perhaps but if you consider the amount of time I spend in the bar and count that as time that the bartender is constantly making conversation with me and checking on me making sure I am okay or if I need anything then I would say my tip was appropriate.  I polled several other bartenders in the area and they didn’t think it was unusual and even asked me to come to their bar.

So for the next few days I came in only on the days Kris worked and I did this for several reasons.  1) Kris is a friend. 2) Kris is an outstanding bartender with amazing customer service skills which is expected for a communications major.  I am glad to see her education is paying off and she is certainly putting it to use.  Kris, keep up the excellent work and I know you will excel in everything that you do.  3) There are other patrons that I enjoy talking to that come in during the day on Kris’s shift.

So now this brings us to Yesterday, 04/14/2011.  I decide to head down to Player’s Pub to have a couple beers.  It was about 4:30 when I arrived and Rachael had already started her day.  We greeted each other and as I walked up to the bar I could sense something wasn’t right.  That’s when Rachael asked to speak to me in private and and pulled me aside over to the Godfather’s Pizza side to tell me that they had a meeting about me and decided to 86 me from the bar for a month.  Confused, I asked why and she explained that I was causing problems for the other bartenders by “Prioritizing” when I came in depending on who was working and that I was making it difficult for the other bartenders to work together.  Now how is it my problem that others can’t work well with each other?  I don’t work there, I didn’t cause the conflict.  I am just a customer.  She also accused me of trying to start a fight in the bar on Saturday 04/09/2011 which is completely false.  People who know me well would know that I am non-violent and I most certainly would never pick a fight in a bar.  In fact, I can’t even remember the last fight I was involved in because they rarely if ever happen at all.  Lastly, she mentioned she was at another bar in Beaverton, OR where my other friend who used to work at Player’s Pub now works and said my friend told her I was saying bad things about the bartender’s at Player’s Pub. I find that humorous considering that my friend doesn’t even like Rachael and she was one of the reasons she left Player’s Pub so it makes absolutely no sense that my friend would tell Rachael anything about me.  I expressed my frustration to Rachael and told her this was a big mistake and I asked for the manager, Roger D....... who had apparently left for the day.  I told Rachael I can spend my money with whomever or however I want and I can also tip any amount I want.  She responded by saying “For the next month you can do that somewhere else and told me there were 11 other bars in Forest Grove.”  I told her they have lost a customer for life because of this and she didn’t seem to care.

I walked out of the restaurant and proceeded to call the number on the card she gave me to try and talk to the manager.  Turns out the number on the card was the number to the restaurant I just left and I ended up speaking to his daughter, Georgianna who is also a manager.  Georgianna was very rude on the phone and told me she wasn’t going to do this on the phone.  Even more frustrated, I hung up on her.  I then text my friend who works at the Beaverton, OR bar and ask if she did say anything bad about me and she replied that she did not.  I still have those text messages.

So there you have it folks.  This is my transcript of the events that happened over the last week at Player’s Pub.  The only pub in town where you get 86′d for tipping well and having a preferred bartender.  Thanks for the Blazer tickets, I sure had to come in a lot during those Blazer games and spend a lot of money on drinks to get enough raffle tickets to win the drawing.  This is how you thank me for my continued patronage.  This just shows  that even the best of intentions can have bad outcomes.

***NOTE***  This story is based on my OPINION only and reflects a personal experience that I had at a public place of business.  As an American citizen and a consumer, I have every right to express my opinion based on experiences that I have whether they are positive or negative, fact or fiction.  In no way do I endorse or condone harassment of any individual named in this story and therefore I will not be held accountable for the actions of another person should they choose to harass or annoy any person named after reading my story.  Each person is responsible for his or her own actions and behavior and I will only take accountability for my own actions.