You are a bartender working a night shift when a group of people come in on a Valentine's Day pub crawl.

Posted in Valentine's Day on Nov 1, 2022

Submissions are closed

Sorry, we are not accepting submissions for this prompt as it is not part of an active contest. Make sure you don't miss our next contest by creating your free Reedsy Prompts account.

Or create a new Reedsy account:

Why not check out our active contest?

✍️ 33 stories

“THE HUNT” by Brian Warui

Submitted to Contest #21

It was my first job at the Tafaria Pub as a bartender and it being Christmas eve, the place was decorated with smoking machines, moving light beams and disco balls that reflected a beam of splashing lights on the dance floor. That aside, we were offering free drinks to customers that night. Everyone was in a jovial mood and it seemed like the best place to be. I was staring outside through a window opposite the counter and a group of people approached the entrance of the pub where I worked. They seemed to be in a pub crawl since the street t...

0 comments 0

Read story

“Animecringe1001” by QueenOlivia R

Submitted to Contest #21

Animecringe1001 Post 10:02 PMFuck Christmas. Fuck Santa. And Fuck Drunk people! Yesterday about half of the staff at the bar where I work decided that they weren't going to show up, leaving me to do all the work alone. I would've also bailed, but I literally have $3 in the bank and I can't risk getting on my manager's bad side. "You don't have anything else to do anyway!" is what she told me before basically forcing me to work today. I mean, it's true, I don't have anything else to do, but it is the only time that I have nothing else to...

0 comments 0

Read story

“The Nice Guy” by Elizabeth Donohue

Submitted to Contest #21

Bryan Adams’ Summer of ‘Sixty-Nine pulsed quietly in the background of the pub. The dance floor was empty. The bar stools, vacant. The only resident at The Lion’s Keep was Richard, the new bartender. In South Edmonton, there wasn’t much action. The elderly gentlemen and hobby farmers from the outskirts of town had long-left with much eye-rolling about the demands of their wives and promises to meet up for another pint tomorrow. Now, it was just Richard, polishing wine glasses that he suspected had not touched the lipsticked mouth of a woman ...

0 comments 0

Read story

“I Met God in a Bar. ” by Sarah Daniel

Submitted to Contest #21

I looked at the clock behind the counter of the smokey atmisphere of this bar. Time was going too slow today, figures. Christmas was always like that, so busy but the clock took its sweet time. I still had a few hours before I had to close up. The bar racked up the same old grunts every year, the homeless, the broken hearted and those who didnt want to get caught breaking the hearts of their spouses. They all wanted to get drunk and forget the holiday that had forgotten them. They all say that Christmas was a day of joy and love but it was n...

5 comments 5

Read story

“Christine and the Prettiest, Ugliest Christmas Sweater ” by Natalie Marie Stefani Rice

Submitted to Contest #21

"I guess I'm just not understanding the whole 'why'. Do you know what I mean?" Christine and Bessie sat looking bewildered in the first booth.The club was vacant except for six patrons that were left over from the early afternoon escapade that resulted in a late night bar crawl.Christine, constantly stirring the White Russian that sat in front of her now for a little more than an hour, looked serious when she asked the other woman with her head resting in her arms. "Can you think of one reason they call them pretty and ugly at the same time?...

0 comments 0

Read story

“The Unexpected Pub Crawl” by Anni Zimmerman

Submitted to Contest #21

I usually don't mind working behind the bar, but tonight was an exception. My eight-year-old daughter and I had a standing date on Christmas mornings at the city ice rink, and I planned on getting a good night's sleep so I'd have energy for it tomorrow. Being the owner, though, means I can decide how late to stay open. I didn't expect a big crowd tonight. I could be home and in bed by 11. My three regulars, the only customers in the place, should be gone around 10, and I'd finished the nightly cleanup already. So, after filling a bowl of pre...

1 comment 1

Read story

“Angus Teafeather's Toybox” by Ed Ilsen

Submitted to Contest #21

“I suppose I should be grateful I have a job at all at my age,” Gus thought spitefully as he readied the bar for opening. He had come in early to prepare for what was always the busiest night of the year. He had made sure all of the glassware was spotless, and the bar, tables and stools were thoroughly washed of any trace of stickiness that may have lingered from the year prior. Tomorrow he would wash them all down again, and treat the wood with oil, since a year’s worth of sticky drinks will be spilled on everything before th...

0 comments 0

Read story

“A Bartender's experience in vacation” by Hamim Ziauddin

Submitted to Contest #21

On June 03.2016 …… it was a normal day. my shift at the bartender was between 6 pm to 12 pm.but for some reason I have to stay late at night. Generally working in a place like this we met new people with different varieties. Some came to refresh their exhausted bodies. Some people came to enjoy the holiday session and some came to enjoy our new arrivals.The bar that I worked situated in Bali. It's a great place for refreshments and people from all over the place visited here.on that day in June while I was in my night shift I saw a group of ...

0 comments 0

Read story

“The wave of night” by Sandra Gudino

Submitted to Contest #21

It comes and goes in waves. Things got crowded and then they settled, the occasional party reservation, the teasing walk in, the questionable flirt, it all happened every now and then. Days became defined by buyer personas, you see, only certain type of people show up at a bar at 2 o´clock on a Tuesday, or at 4 on a Wednesday without any special going.People had warned him, routine permeates every profession, change is a constant as much as routine. He could now read people from behind the bar, their small gestures, their drink of choice, th...

0 comments 0

Read story

“A Moonlight Pub Match ” by Mahalia Mehu

Submitted to Contest #21

Its been a year since that night and I can hardly believe it…. but its that time of year again and just like every other Christmas Eve I’m working a double shift at the pub. It’s close to midnight and the place is pretty quiet so I settled in for an easy Christmas Eve with Sinatra crooning in the background and the regulars without family nursing their Irish whiskeys. Of course Mickey’s acting up, but then every year he yells at the Snoopy Christmas program like that’ll change anything… its the same every time so I and the other b...

2 comments 2

Read story

“ONE LAST GAME” by Jean Lagacé

Submitted to Contest #21

You are a bartender working a night shift when a group of people come in on a holiday pub crawl. It has been a slow night. Mondays are usually that way. Everybody goes back to work, the weekend’s abuses fast forgotten. Even the few customers left, my regulars as I call them, are not much of anything, sipping a beer while doing crosswords, playing chess or drowsing. Like Charlie in front of me who has not touched his drink for the last fifteen minutes and decided to take a nap after telling me of his recent troubles with the wife. God ...

0 comments 0

Read story

“Ho Ho Ho ” by Sally Martin

Submitted to Contest #21

It’s been quiet in here for a few days. I stare a lot, at the window of my side bar. Ho Ho Ho Ho is spray painted on the window. But whichever waitress wrote it, did it the wrong way, so it reads oh oh oh inside, for the audience. Funny. No one passes the outside of that window, it faces another brick wall, of a bank. It’s not even where the smokers go. I think it was the new girl. I’ve been drinking on shift. Sneaking shots of a local vodka every time I have to bend down to get something off the shelf. I’ve filled up the olive swords,...

1 comment 1

Read story

“A Typical Shift” by Rebecca Shapiro

Submitted to Contest #21

The clock above the corner booth says 9:37 PM, but my body is feeling closer to 3 AM. I sigh. My head is just not in the game tonight. I’ve accidentally overpoured the stocky gentleman slouched over the counter, though I’m hoping this last drink will get him pliable enough for the doorman to escort him out without a problem. His eyes are drooping, and I can clearly see the work he has to put in to tilt his head up. He shifts in his seat and locks his foggy eyes on me, a smirk pushing up against his tired jowls. He takes his time starting to...

1 comment 1

Read story

“Snowed In” by Charlie Diaz

Submitted to Contest #21

Ever since Evan grew up, the holidays had lost much meaning. When he was younger, there was the excitement of gifts, food, and movies. Now the most exciting part was being able to make fun of the weird holiday cards he got. It was Christmas Eve and he didn’t have anything better to do than go into work. Some may call it sad but work was like a second home to Evan. As trashy and bare-bones Neonprisim was, it had a lot of memories. Since it was a bar the memories were mostly making and drinking alcohol, but they were memories he held dea...

1 comment 1

Read story

“Jewels of the Night” by AARUSHI ATRI

Submitted to Contest #21

"The clouds are slowly crawling towards the winter cold moon... and..so am I, towards my last nectar...""Mr. Brandon, why don't you understand, I cannot leave my son alone today"!"Mrs. Brady, I need to spend this Christmas while protecting my 'loved ones'. I don't understand why I have to do this shift, even after informing you about my inability to do so, beforehand.""protecting?""nothing.""Mr. Brandon, I am extremely sorry for the current situation, but I don't have a choice." "Goodbye."I felt a chill within me, not the one that cold-...

0 comments 0

Read story

Load more stories

🌟 Similar prompts

You live in a neighborhood where lots of people go out of town for the holidays. But lately, this has been resulting in an increased number of break-ins.

Holiday – 23 stories

Just before Valentine's Day, a long-lost relative you've never heard of enters your life.

Valentine's Day – 53 stories

Write a short story about a work Christmas party that goes... awry.

Winter – 26 stories

Write a short story about an inn-keeper wondering whether this will be their last holiday season in business.

Holiday – 33 stories

Contest #21

Enter our weekly contest!

This week's theme: That Holiday Feeling

$50

Prize money

168

Contest entries

0

Stories

Ended on 23:59 - Dec 27, 2019 EST

Won by Oceania Chee 🏆

Title: This Simple Phrase

View details

Win $250 in our short story competition 🏆

We'll send you 5 prompts each week. Respond with your short story and you could win $250!

Menu

CONNECT

BLOG

APPS

TOOLS

ABOUT

You are a bartender working a night shift when a group of people come in on a Valentine's Day pub crawl.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 33 stories

“THE HUNT” by Brian Warui

“Animecringe1001” by QueenOlivia R

“The Nice Guy” by Elizabeth Donohue

“I Met God in a Bar. ” by Sarah Daniel

“Christine and the Prettiest, Ugliest Christmas Sweater ” by Natalie Marie Stefani Rice

“The Unexpected Pub Crawl” by Anni Zimmerman

“Angus Teafeather's Toybox” by Ed Ilsen

“A Bartender's experience in vacation” by Hamim Ziauddin

“The wave of night” by Sandra Gudino

“A Moonlight Pub Match ” by Mahalia Mehu

“ONE LAST GAME” by Jean Lagacé

“Ho Ho Ho ” by Sally Martin

“A Typical Shift” by Rebecca Shapiro

“Snowed In” by Charlie Diaz

“Jewels of the Night” by AARUSHI ATRI

🌟 Similar prompts

You live in a neighborhood where lots of people go out of town for the holidays. But lately, this has been resulting in an increased number of break-ins.

Just before Valentine's Day, a long-lost relative you've never heard of enters your life.

Write a short story about a work Christmas party that goes... awry.

Write a short story about an inn-keeper wondering whether this will be their last holiday season in business.

Contest #21

Enter our weekly contest!

$50

Prize money

168

Contest entries

0

Stories

Win $250 in our short story competition 🏆

Explore more writing prompt ideas: