Nobody wants to work for Sergakis
Metro finds that restaurants are having trouble finding staff so they can reopen their terrasses. Yep, that’s Peter Sergakis. For some reason, people don’t want to work for him.
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Ephraim 15:07 on 2022-03-17 Permalink
I can’t figure out why people would buy alcohol from him. I can’t figure out why the Regie d’alcohol let’s him serve alcohol in anything but measured and marked glasses, after finding that he intentionally underpours. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/beer-measuring-test-shows-some-bars-served-5-oz-less-than-advertised-1.2668968
Blork 10:44 on 2022-03-18 Permalink
@Ephraim, I think it’s because the vast majority of people who go to his bars have no idea who TF he is or why he’s a problem. Seriously, take a survey. Go downtown and randomly ask people “who is Peter Sergakis?” and maybe one in 300 will have some idea. And among the people who do know who he is, maybe 20% will know about the short-pour drinks and other problems.
OTOH, do a survey that asks “do bars in Montreal pour short?” and one out of four people will probably say “yes” and some will even remember it being in the news a while ago. But hardly anyone will connect the dots.
Ephraim 11:05 on 2022-03-18 Permalink
In many countries, you have to pour in glasses that are either standard sizes or with markings to show the fill line. Considering these antics, maybe we need that here… or in the case of where you get caught with short pours, make it a requirement of your licence because you violated the public trust.
Blork 12:21 on 2022-03-18 Permalink
I would totally get behind that. I get short pours in restaurants frequently, but in that case it’s mostly because the 20-year-old who doesn’t give AF about anything can’t be bothered to pour correctly, so there’s two inches of head at the top of my beer and a half-inch of space at the top of the glass. I rarely complain because I don’t want to be “that guy.”
MarcG 16:35 on 2022-03-18 Permalink
I was at Brutopia once and ordered a strong beer off the menu. I asked the server to confirm that, like normal, it would cost the same as a regular beer but come in a smaller glass, to which she said “No, it’s a pint like the others”. Thinking this odd, but also that I was getting a good deal, I didn’t complain. I was brought a pint glass about 2/3 full and was told “I didn’t fill it all the way up because it’s a strong beer”. I just assumed, or hoped, it was their first day on the job and didn’t say anything.