So every year for the past four years I have a neighbor who comes in frequently, old retired post office hippie, dude is the sweetest human being but ever year he comes in for his birthday dinner, cacio e Pepe but 86 the chicken and add shrimp and mussels to it, but every time the day after his birthday he swings by house with a bag of home grown, not the best buds by any means but I honestly always enjoy it when he swings by, what are yall stories for favorite regulars….
by Leather_Flower_9252
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Are we sure that is weed?
That’s so sweet. I think of steve that lets us pick the edible flowers in his garden to decorate our cakes
It’s definitely a nice gesture. But brother, that is a bag of stems.
That looks like old school mex weed that my pops used to sell. Haven’t seen that horrible shit in over 20 years.
Hahaha yall are absolutely right it’s not the greatest weed and I’m thankful to live in a recreational state but honestly it’s the thought that counts for me, he such an amazing old man, he reminds me of Tommy Chong 😂😂😂😂
This kind of weed still exists??
that’s probably some of the most bunk weed i’ve ever seen but it’s the thought that counts ig 😭
I was a delivery biker, and this older woman had the same order every day: roast beef, can of Coke, and “Honey, can you ask whoever is coming to pick up a pack of my cigarettes?” We all knew the order to the point if we saw roast beef and a coke at a certain time of day on the line who it was for. She was like an extra grandma to us.
It was a cushy route if it was slow (three blocks to the residence, smoke shop was across the street). She would smoke a bowl with the guys that liked weed or just a cigarette with those who didn’t (we all smoked something then).
When it was busy and she ordered, everyone knew they’d be missing out on tips, so it was send FNG, avoid the job, or just deliver to her like a normal customer and tell her we’re slammed (she understood and wished us well).
She was great.
Bruh I’d be hyped if somebody wanted to give me a sac of homegrown. I’d get weed as a tip sometimes when I would deliver and it was always better than cash even when it was mid.
I was a FOH manager for a while and before he moved away, one of my regulars gifted me a gorgeous suede lined leather overnight bag that he didn’t want anymore. It was in glorious shape and when I took it home and looked up how much it was, I blushed. It was a few months of my rent. I still have that bag, I always joke that I’ll have my ashes placed in it when I die.
I’d graciously accept it, but that is going nowhere near my lungs lmfao
Lobg time regulars who moved back to Ireland, before they left they gave me a 2 pint jar jam packed full of magic mushrooms they grew themselves. Alice and Wes, I hope you’re doing well guys
I’m on the other end. I go to my neighborhood bar and this guy, button down shirt, father, thirty years sober, up and down kind of guy, the bartender, every once in a while will ask if I need some weed and he’ll slide me a quarter of his own homegrown. Always comes in clutch when I really need it.
i work at a poke bowl place, we only have the nicest or the shittiest customers, no inbetween. one ot my favorites is a guy who used to work with us but his family opened up their own mexican place in the street, so if we get tired of our own food, we just trade a meal every now and then.
I miss sorting out stems and seeds.
Then two weeks later trying to scrape the pipe and mixing it with stems and seeds, because you’re dry.
Holy shit the zoomers in this thread clearly haven’t waited for a bag of shake for 80 mins in a gas station parking lot just hoping the guy shows up.
Some of the shwaggiest shwag to have ever shwagged
Looks like the outdoor homegrown stuff my friend’s mom about that age would give me for helping her out with garden work. It’s not the prettiest, but it’s pretty good stuff.
I always love free homegrown, it’s like somebody buying vs making a gift for you. The homemade might not always be the most pleasing to the eye, but it pulls the heartstrings just a bit more. Enjoy that herb chef.
We had this couple who would always come in and give us muffins, one of them was a baker. I still think about those muffins. They moved to Texas. Rip
https://preview.redd.it/iyqzd4xfq9of1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ecdf9764a5d8c764155fb30937936107166191b
Chefs best friend
One of my produce purveyors also grew weed on his land and would swing by with a pound for the kitchen to split every few months lol dude grew the absolute best lettuce too
Looking at that just gives me a headache lol
My favorite regular always comes in around 6, and sits at the same corner of the bar. He sits, watches the people, bullshits a bit, does some work in a notebook, goes on his phone, and has nothing but the same hazy ipa until close. He’s my most loyal customer, and will sometimes be the only person in the taproom with me (most people go up to our rooftop patio). If I see him walk in, I pour a glass of his favorite hazy and set it in his spot. If I see the glass empty, I pour him another one. He’s a good guy, and I’ve even gone drinking with him and one of our cooks after close. I actually gave him a jar of my homegrown bud a little bit ago. It’s gunna suck when he gets another job and moves away.
Eww
You’re smoking Reggie
I knew a regular had his 2nd house in KC, and mentioned I was swinging through there on a roadtrip to watch a KC Royals baseball game.
This guy was a CEO of a company HQ’d in KC. He just said “Take down my number, when we get closer to the date, I’ll have my assistant call you”
Hooked me up with a literal front row ticket behind the visitor’s on deck circle on day 1(free food/booze), then on day 2 “conveniently” scheduled an event for all the interns + me in his company’s fully catered suite.
Fried lobster kebabs, fully stocked fridge, etc.
So yeah… A member basically lifted a finger and gave me ~$2000 worth of baseball.
I guess it helps when 8 months before he offered it, he said “This is why we love you, you are the only employee who recognizes us when we walk in”
Ah… Country Club fringe benefits…
[Edit: Proof](https://imgur.com/Rx58GnY)
That’s some damned fine shwag.
This older gentleman would come in every Sunday at the Taco spot I worked solo at (kind of a food truck vibe —shack with some outdoor seating and like 3 tables under a roof he added on for when the weather was bad) and he would always order two vegan taco platters for him and his wife. Super polite, always paid cash, always left a fat tip. There was a guy who lived in the area who would always stop by, shoot the shit, and trade weed for a couple of tacos, and he was nice but vegan platter guy was my favourite hands down.
Used to work at a place where we had an in-house band, one of the members grew his own weed and would give me home made edibles all the time. In return the whole band ate like kings.
There was a dude who came in every day m-f, always by himself, had some kind of tech job and I guess he did pretty well. Usually sat in my section (I served at that place), always tipped 100% of the bill. It was only $12-$15, but lunches there kind of sucked so it was very much appreciated. Just through casual conversation he told me he waited tables in college, that’s why he always tipped well.
Same place, the owner of an Italian place I used to work would come in with his family sometimes. We’re both Italian, he always liked me, we had a lot of friends in common from church and stuff. He would always drop a hundred on me even if it was just him and his wife. If they had the kids with them sometimes it would be $150, they had like 4 kids.