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Bartenders Revealed The Drinks They Despise Making For Customers, So Let's See How Many You've Had

I'm just glad I've never ordered an Irish Car Bomb.

Kayla Yandoli
by Kayla Yandoli

BuzzFeed Staff

We asked the bartenders of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us which drinks they despise making for customers, and their responses were too good to ignore. So, let's find out how many of these drinks *you've* actually ordered out on the town!

Dan Levy and Cecily Strong playing bartenders in an "SNL" sketch
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Note: Some submissions were pulled from this Reddit thread.

"I'm a bartender in Ireland, and people ordering Guinness can be really annoying. Some want the head (the foam on top of beer) large, and others want it micro-thin."

Two glasses of Guinness beers
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—u/ILikeUkulele

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"Mojitos — my wrist aches just thinking about them."

A line of Mojito drinks resting on a bar
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—u/TriceraTipTops

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"Ordering a bloody mary at night when the bar is slammed will for sure piss your bartender off 10/10 times."

A glass of bloody mary with garnishes and a pepper
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—u/SycSemperTyrannis08

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"An old fashioned — I work in a dive music bar, so it's always a pain to dust off the bitters and go find sugar cubes."

A short glass of old fashioned with a slice of orange
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—rachelm404edf2ca

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"People who order martinis (not knowing what they are) and making faces at the taste of gin."

Standard martini with two green olives
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—u/the_happy_otter

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"Sex on the Beach — there's always some older guy near by who makes a bad joke [when ordering it]. It's also filled with sugar, and it's not even that good of a drink."

A Sex on the Beach cocktail with oranges slices placed next to it
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—helenm417178200

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"A Vodka Red Bull. It's not hard to make, but it's designed to get you shit-faced — so, when it's the first drink someone orders, I know I'm in for a rough night."

Red Bull energy drink; Two clear shots of vodka
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—u/MunkeyFish

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"I enjoy making most drinks, but I feel like Long Island iced teas are a garbage drink since you have to mix five different liquors."

Long Island iced tea with a fruit on a bar top
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—ryleyh4f81e4f3c

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"Sangria — it's not gonna be made well because I'm throwing it together when you order instead of letting it all meld for hours."

Two glasses of sangria next to a pitcher of Sangria on a wooden table
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—u/Spartan05089234

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"Lemon drop shots — they aren't that good, there's barely any booze in them, and they're a pain in the butt to make. They also come along with everyone paying for their shot separately."

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"A mint julep — most people who order it have never had one before, and they end up not liking it and complain to me about the taste."

A mint julep in a tin serving glass with ice and mint
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—brandoneaves