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Surviving Sundays at the Iron Horse Tavern

Watching football at the pub comes with a few ground rules. Number one: You need to be aware of your bartender's affiliations. And, please, only order during commercial breaks.

Hello All! I apologize for having stayed away for so long but it was unavoidable. Every last bit of energy I have has been thrown into one thing...but it has just occurred to me that we should discuss this one thing because it greatly effects You, the Pub Goer.

Now I know, often times I fill this space with humorous and sometimes annoying antics of customers but this time I'm turning the tables, as I am about to inform you of the many ways I'll annoy you for the next few months because yes.....It's Football Season! And with that I bring you... 

SURVIVING SUNDAYS at THE IRON HORSE 

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Now before you SEC crazies start shouting out things like, "UGA!" "ROOOOOOLLLLL TIDE!!!" or "How 'Bout them Gators!!!," waiting with baited breath to see to whom I nod and give an emphatic "Hell Yeah!" too... Let me state right off the bat that I'm an NFL girl not college (besides, my loyalties lie with the Big 10 not SEC...Sorry.) 

That being cleared up, lets talk about Sundays, shall we? Do I have the Falcons on? Yes, of course, I do. Not only are they playing but you can rest assured that Keith Shewbert and the Wednesday Night Cigar boys will be there watching, yelling and judging. Do I have the Steelers on? Sure. usually. After all, their fans are everywhere (I can't help but wonder if you guys are running out of breathing room on that bandwagon...just worried about you.) We have Sunday Ticket so I can usually accommodate most desired games.

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But there is one game...It will ALWAYS be on and it will ALWAYS effect your service. The game I'm speaking of is, of course...The Cleveland Browns. Yup, I readily admit it... when the Brownies are playing I become what could possibly be described as the World's Worst Bartender.

I figure, for the sake of making all our lives a bit easier, we should just go over what to expect when the Browns are on. So, here we go...a list of my terrible customer service traits: 

-If the Browns are on Offense, don't bother asking for anything. That's awful, right? I'm supposed to be schlepping your booze yet I won't get ya anything. Heck, I won't even hear you request it. And I may as well admit your odds of service are limited when they are on Defense as well... your best bet is to pace yourself for a commercial break.

-I yell...A LOT! Seriously, there's no filter there. People start looking around for the obnoxious customer only to find it's the chick behind the bar -If you come in wearing anything that says The Steelers or (God forbid) the Ravens I will hound you for your entire stay with us. Tips be damned. As I mentioned, I have no filter...actually, I need to modify this one. It applies not only during football season but year round and it might be best if I never find out where you live. This can be attested by Aaron of RolkaNation.com who may or may not have woken up to 75 Browns flags planted in his front yard.

-Things might get thrown. Ummm...Yeah, lemme preapologize for that and just suggest you keep a sharp eye.

-When I go silent, you should worry. As you Falcons fans learned after Mr. Delhomme's fumble on the snap that led to the game-ending interception last year... Ahen I stop talking, it's best steer clear for a moment. 

-If the game goes into overtime...Ya know what? We'll just let you be surprised on how this goes. 

I'm sure there are many more things I forgot to mention here but I kinda just go into a zone, I had to count on everyone else to fill in the blanks so I could get you this information. 

So I guess the question is "Why do people even bother coming in?" well Clint the Dancing Kitchen Manager is convinced people come to watch me watch football. In the case of Miss Leslie Allen and many others, they show up when their teams play the Browns... they see it as a way to torture me without my being able to do much about it. Whatever it is, it's fun, it's loud and, well, it's Football!!! 

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