The customer is always.......a pain!

...The bar staff in the Marina are all Spanish the owners Pepi and Antonio are brothers. Their barmen are Pedro,Jesus and Salvador. Three different but distinct characters. All struggle pronouncing the name Bob, so I am called 'boss' "Hola, es el boss de la cala.." that's Jesus' normal greeting. "Hola boss! mahou?" is the greeting from Pedro and the brothers are more concerned about keeping your trade "Hola Bob como estas?" But the common denominator is whenever I arrive I have a beer on a mat before I hit the chair.

Jesus acts as if he is on commission he constantly tours the tables coaxing the customers to have more drinks, all the ladies are guapas (beautiful ladies) and when necessary men are Guapos (handsome men). And with the mixture of nationalities, genders and sexual orientation everyone seems to interact well. But Jesus is not too happy with Spanish customers. They have a tendency to arrive mob-handed, 4 to 6 at a time, order 1 drink and sit for 2 hours whilst one person drinks it. The mathematics are not lost on Jesus, 1 Spanish drink to 6 Spaniards in 2 hours versus 6 Spanish drinks per English/Dutch/German/French, per hour. So Jesus does just enough not to be rude, but doesn't encourage them to stay.

Pedro can't be on commission because unless Pepi and Antonio the owners are on duty, then he doesn't brake any records cleaning tables or the floor or the services. Salvador is pleasant and works steadily.

One day when my wife and I arrived Jesus was in some kind of altercation with dutch customers. In English (the international language) he was berating Jesus for giving incorrect change. Jesus was carrying out his duties, but when he had served everyone he went to the till and put on a tray the disputed change. We could see it was a 10 cent coin. We know that short changing can happen, but we also know the amount of tips given over the bar and it was clear Jesus had merely made a mistake. The Dutch chap bounded round the bar as though he was doing a lap of honour with the FA cup. Once he had settled again, a lady in his party asked for a beer, Jesus said "There is a perfectly good bar down the road" and pointed at it unmoved until they left, even we knew the beer there is more than 10 cents a glass more than that in the marina.