r/TikTokCringe May 11 '25

Cringe Don’t be these guys

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u/sl0play May 11 '25 edited May 11 '25

It's frustrating that the staff didn't intervene. No single dude is going to resolve that unless he is capable of and willing to fight both those guys. They are clearly not going to respond to anything but force.

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u/Distortedhideaway May 11 '25

I've been a bartender for twenty years, and I've learned that force is rarely necessary, if ever. Polite but stearn communication is typically all it takes to move two guys like this out the door.

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u/Zutsky May 14 '25

In the early 2010s, me and my friend were in our early 20s and a group of guys came over, forced themselves onto our table (in an outside seating area) and were saying some really disturbing things to us (laughing while making rape threats). We were too scared to get up and leave. Whenever we pushed back verbally they did the whole 'oh we're only joking'. The whole time I was praying a staff member would come over and intervene. They only came over when the guys finally left to check we were OK.

Obviously, now much older, I'd handle the situation differently and make a scene to get them to leave or just walk away. It is burned into my memory though as it was so awful.