22 Close Out Your Tab

DOI: 10.4324/9781003218258-22

Have you ever had a big night out and mistakenly left your credit card at the bar without closing out your tab? I hate when this happens, and the following morning is the worst part of the whole episode. You don’t realize that you have left your card until you are out buying coffee or breakfast the next day. Once you realize you are without your plastic, you have to wait for the bar to open and hope that the card is actually still there and not maxed out. It never fails that the bartender who over-served you is there the next day and gives you the “you were a mess last night” look. They have already charged the card, wrote in a 25% tip and you now have a sour taste in your mouth about the ...

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