Message 304 of 22774 in Behind the Bar

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> > What is the most unusual drink a customer has ever ordered from you? 
> > 
> > Has anyone ever made a special drink request and your reaction in 
> > your mind is "This guy is nuts"?
> 
> Having only bartended for two days, the strangest thing thus far 
> ordered from me was quite mundane in comparison to some of the wild 
> drinks out there: a salty dog with no salt, garnished with two 
> olives.
> 
> The guy ordered about 8 of them the first day. The second day, he 
> comes back and says, "Remember me? The grapefruit & vodka?" I said 
> "With olives?" He said "Yes." So I fixed it for him, just the way he 
> liked it. He walks away with the drink, then turns around, and says, 
> "I don't think olives are an appropriate garnish for this drink. 
> Whoever heard of that?" He throws the olives on the table and walks 
> away.
> 
> Huuuhhhh...? Wh'appen?

the guy was probably drunk.

but about the drinks...I always learned that a salty dog without the salt is a 
greyhound is a salty dog without the salt! but, webtender says that a 
greyhound is with gin??

Then again, webtender also says that a salty dog is with powdered sugar...