点评:We were a group of 7 women and were coming from a lovely dinner wanting to have our nightcap at ‘The Gin Joint’. Our group was only in town for 3 days, and this was our last night, and a Tuesday. We had stopped there earlier that afternoon because it looked nice, we liked the name, and several of our party love Gin. That afternoon there was a lovely worker who was in the courtyard, and she explained that they didn’t open until 5 PM and we should definitely come back. After dinner we hustled quickly (about 1/2 mile) to the place as they close at 10 PM. Two of the fast walkers arrived first at 9:40. I led the rest of us and arrived at 9:45. When we entered we could see the other two of our party at the bar. The hostess was speaking with another customer, so I began going past the receptionist station to meet up with the other two ladies. This is where the rudeness comes in! The hostess spoke very abruptly and put out her arm to block my way and said ‘Do you know WE close at 10 and you only have time for 1 drink?’. I truly was surprised by her rudeness and tone. I said ‘yes I know you close at 10 and that is OK and started to walk again, when again she stopped me and said she needed to finish with the other customer first. I said, ‘our friends are at the bar, we just want to go to where they are’. She replied, ‘you can’t go back there and you need to wait until I am finished with this customer’. The other customer said, ‘that’s OK you can help her (me)’. She again rudely said I couldn’t go back, and she made no effort to take us back there. At that point, I turned away and said I wouldn’t be staying, told her she was very rude, and that I wouldn’t spend a dime there, and walked out. Another of our party, who was behind me, didn’t hear my terrible encounter, and she too asked the hostess something. The hostess was then so rude to her that she too told her that we would leave but that her rudeness was simply terrible. The other woman also asked the hostess her name. The two friends at the bar turned and saw us all leaving, and they too got up and walked out. This is the thing, bars have last call, some bars want the hostess to seat you, but this place has an unwritten list of rules……so you should study them before you attempt a visit. 1.) They are opened until 10 but if you arrive 15 minutes before closing, you should turn around and not try to enter 2.) The hostess is not a hostess but a gatekeeper who really doesn’t want business or to be hospitable because she wants to get out of there at 10. 3.) The bar is not really a bar and don’t mistake it for one, there is no standing near or around the bar, even to speak briefly to someone sitting there. The Gin Joint does not offer the kind, hospitable, and friendly atmosphere we had experienced at every turn until that point in Charleston. Finally, there are plenty of restaurants and bars in Charleston and we went to several in our short stay…..many serve Gin……with friendliness and fun……so skip ‘The Gin Joint’ and save the disappointment.
翻译:我们一行 7 名女性,刚吃完一顿丰盛的晚餐,想在“The Gin Joint”喝一杯睡前饮料。我们的团队只在城里待了三天,这是我们的最后一晚,也是周二。那天下午早些时候,我们在那里停了下来,因为它看起来不错,我们喜欢这个名字,而且我们的几个人都喜欢杜松子酒。那天下午,院子里有一位可爱的工人,她解释说他们要到下午 5 点才开门,我们一定要回来。晚餐后,我们很快(大约 1/2 英里)赶到了那个地方,因为他们晚上 10 点关门。 9点40分,两名步行者最先到达。我带领其他人于9点45分到达。当我们进入时,我们可以在酒吧看到我们一行的另外两个人。女主人正在与另一位顾客交谈,所以我开始经过接待站去见另外两位女士。这就是粗鲁的地方!女主人说话很唐突,伸出手臂挡住了我的路,说:“你知道我们十点关门,你只有时间喝一杯吗?”。我真的对她的粗鲁和语气感到惊讶。我说‘是的,我知道你们 10 点就关门了,没关系,然后又开始走路,这时她再次拦住了我,说她需要先和另一个顾客走完。我说,‘我们的朋友在酒吧,我们只想去他们那里’。她回答说:“你不能回去,你需要等我和这位顾客说完”。另一位顾客说:“没关系,你可以帮助她(我)”。她再次粗鲁地说我不能回去,而且她也没有努力带我们回去。那时,我转过身去,说我不会留下来,告诉她她很粗鲁,而且我不会在那里花一毛钱,然后就走了出去。我们队伍中的另一个人,在我身后,没有听到我可怕的遭遇,她也问了女主人一些事情。女主人对她非常粗鲁,她也告诉她我们要离开,但她的粗鲁简直太糟糕了。另一个女人也问了女主人的名字。酒吧里的两个朋友转身看到我们都离开了,他们也起身走了出去。事情是这样的,酒吧有最后的决定,有些酒吧希望女主人给你安排座位,但这个地方有一个不成文的规则清单……所以你应该在尝试访问之前研究它们。 1.)他们营业到10点,但如果你在关门前15分钟到达,你应该转身,不要试图进去 2.)女主人不是女主人,而是一个看门人,她真的不想做生意,也不想热情好客,因为她想在 10 点离开那里。 3.) 酒吧并不是真正的酒吧,不要误认为它是酒吧,酒吧附近或周围没有人站立,甚至不能与坐在那里的人简短交谈。杜松子酒店并不提供我们在查尔斯顿之前每次都经历过的友善、好客和友好的氛围。最后,查尔斯顿有很多餐馆和酒吧,我们在短暂的停留期间去了几家……很多都提供杜松子酒……友善而有趣……所以跳过“杜松子酒联合店”,以免失望。