I actually came back to post this, those were the best

Prison food to go with the prison garbs? 

Big fan of friendly (but still strong) bears.

But we looked real cute!

I really wanted a Johnny Switchblade Adventure Punk toy in my Happy Meal - he looks just like the Fonz! 

We ain’t planning on going anywhere! Tell your friends! I’m looking to throw a party up in this bitch and everyone’s invited.

Or prizes in Cracker Jack boxes.

We used those to trick or treat and would empty the candy into a pillowcase a dutiful parent was following along with.

They don't HAVE to comp the drink. You don't HAVE to tip. The bartender knew you might find the drink too sweet. It sounds like he expected your response. Yet he didn't warn you nor comp a clearly problem product. I hope you took the $12 out of his tip...

I still have the white ghost version!

A lot of the pre-’88 toys look like they’d be a combination of licensing issues, manufacturing issues, and safety issues.

remember these?

I remember getting one that was for using at the beach.

A lot of the pre-’88 toys look like they’d be a combination of licensing issues, manufacturing issues, and safety issues.

Agreed, most of the blame should be on the restaurant for putting out such a lousy drink. That’s where most of my ire is concentrated.

That said, the bartender did himself no favors by constantly remarking, apologizing, and engaging the customer on the lousy drink.  Any reasonable diner would’ve though he was about to…

Plus margins on booze really ain’t thin. 

Weak take out of Salty this time. Bartender should’ve offered a substitution (rather than a straight-up comp) if he knew that this was a weak item on their menu, especially as he kept engaging (and psychologically misleading) the OP.

I think the key is that it wasn’t what was expected. I’m guessing the drink didn’t sound like a sorority special from the description on top of being horrendously unbalanced. At a certain point, there’s an unstated assumption that your purchase is for something at least semi-palatable.

Good grief. The bartender came right out and admitted that he didn’t get it right. Hell yeah, it should have been comped. 

This one isn’t as egregious as some of the other letter writers, but there’s still an unpalatable level of entitlement surrounding the idea of what should be comped in these stories.