September 17, 2008

Cheated customers lose Pose Off with Tropicana Field bartender, police

By Eddie Michels, Special to Tampa Bay Sports Net

DUNEDIN - Captain Morgan was missing for a foursome Tuesday night at Tropicana Field's Patio Bar during the Ray's 2-1 win over the Red Sox.

Yes fans, these regulars at the Ray's games as of late felt slighted when they ordered four Captain and Cokes ($30.00 total) and received four non-alcoholic beverages.

Now since it was approaching the seventh inning when this happened, the bartender might have felt he could short a customer or two to make up for the extras he might have poured earlier in the game. Well he messed with the wrong foursome.

You see fans one young lady present is a professional bartender and saw the shortage, questioning the bartender.

"He said it was Absolute he put in not Captain," said the young lady who didn't want her name mentioned, "And I can tell you it wasn't there, it was Sprite."

Well fans the gentlemen called the bartender on his indiscretion but he would not budge, so the disgruntled customer referred to the bartender as an "Ass Wipe."

Unfortunately, a wrong move by the cheated customer as a St. Petersburg police officer was right behind him along with a sergeant of the force.

To make a long story short, the shorted individual was issued a trespass ticket not allowing him to attend Wednesday's night’s game. He could have cared less as he didn't plan on attending in any event.