'People assume sound doesn't travel over the bar': 10+ wild stories as told by the bartenders who overheard them

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Sep 19, 2023 4:00 PM EDT

You know that bartenders have seen plenty of nonsense they wish they never saw. Of course, it's not their fault. People are absolute fools in these establishments and have zero idea that sound does, in fact, travel. On top of that, customers also seem to forget that bartenders do not suddenly become invisible after they have served you a drink. They are right there with you as you confess your biggest regrets, secrets, and gossip to your buddy.

These customers clearly forgot where they were as they divulged details of their wild stories to their friends and partners. Or perhaps they knew exactly where they were and they wanted bragging rights for having done something silly, dangerous, or just plain old weird. Some people just want attention even if it's for the most bizarre reasons. Thankfully, these bartenders overheard all the craziness and shared highlights via this r/AskReddit thread. 

Keep scrolling below to read what they had to say. For more content like this, here is a list of the top Karen stories of the week!

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    Font - r/AskReddit. Posted by u/Steelerfan345 Bartenders of Reddit, what is the strangest conversation you've ever overheard because people assume sound doesn't travel over the bar?
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    Font - dumbnew10 A woman was planning her dog's birthday party, and was debating which dogs to invite since some of the dogs didn't get along with her dog. 30.9k Share
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    Font - SoLittleAnswers18 These siblings (aged 50- 60's) arguing over their (not even dead and in fact present at the table) mother's will and who gets what. It ended in a heated argument and the son speeding off. 25.5k Share
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    Font - 93devil Back when you kept a news paper on the bar... Guy walks in and goes straight for the paper. Looks in one section then the other. Places paper down. I asked him if he found what he was looking for, and he said no. His ex isn't he asked for a beer. 24.2k or in jail. Then Share
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    Font - dapineapple On Valentines day this year, we had a guest who accepted a face time from his girlfriend while his side-chick was with him at the bar. He angled the phone so his girlfriend wouldn't see the girl, but it was so obvious. 18.5k Share
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    Font - makemesmile92. Once this older couple (55 ish) were talking about their "bedroom problems". The guy clearly had impotence issues and the lady kept complaining that she was feeling frustrated because he was frustrated. And wasn't really helping, or at least not helping enough. Let's just say that other people around them weren't as comfortable as them about the conversation. 14.9k Share
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    Font - P IndiEstructible Prod. Two businessmen having after work drinks on a Friday, where the conversation built up to one of the sweetest sentiments I've heard. At first the usual "Lemme tell ya, you're a good person. I love you man." Later on (still fairly basic): the wives! Hey, you and me, we buy motorcycles!" To finally this gem: "If a tornado were to blow you away... I would fly after you." 14.1k Share ...
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    Font - starskys-hutch Even though we were busy, I clearly heard a women say to her friend, "Hey look, the bartender's really cute." Friend: "No he's not!" Response: "Oh yeah, you're right." 12.7k Share
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    Font - bonvoyageespionage. Was visiting my mom at work once (she tends bar) and heard her making conversation across the bar with a patron. Suddenly, over the music, I hear the guy slam his fist onto the bar and yell "YOU... ARE FACTUALLY... WRONG." He immediately faceplanted on the bar, and his buddy had to carry him out of there. My mom was just commenting on the fact that the song that was playing was country... 7.5k ↓ Share
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    Font - vierawarrior I've bartended but my favourite conversation was overhead while I was on the other side of the bar. "Look all I'm saying is Grand Theft Auto severely ruined our generations perception of how many police helicopters exist" Sounded like they were getting really heated over the matter haha 3.7k Share
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    Font - [deleted] "There'll be handcuffs, bagels and, streamers, my kind of party" 2.1k ↓ Share
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    Font - veloca_rapper A lady, her weird boyfriend, and the girl's sister at my bar. When the girl went to the bathroom, her sister scooted in towards him and was saying they should get out of there before her sister gets out of the bathroom and go get a motel. They both must have seen something I didn't because this dude was UGG-LAY 1.4k Share
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    Font - mrs_peeps Some rich corporate men talking about "the collective". Made me do a double take. Edit: how is this my highest rated comment 1.0k Share
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    Font - SirFuzzman I will tell you the strangest thing that's happened to me. I cut someone off because they were That person returned hours later while we were closing. I said "sorry mate you're not getting a drink, I've already cut you off" "Oh is that right?" "Yeh it is"
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    Font - "Well then" and he precedes to pull out a cooked fillet of chicken from his pocket and puts in on the bar and leaves without saying another word. Dumbfounded, me and my mate carefully pick up the cooked chicken fillet, it was cold. So this lunatic has gone home and cooked a chicken fillet then put it into his fridge on the intention of later placing it onto our bartop as some sort of "horse head in the bed" kind of revenge. We still have no what he was doing. 881 Share idea
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    Font - BigHunt760 I work at a wine bar. A couple is sitting there and the girl basically yells at the guy "Stop staring at my calf! People are starting to think we're weird!" I just kept polishing glasses and walked away 482 Share
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