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Input: My place of work is part of a large chain of restaurants. Our establishment is split into a bar area and a restaurant area. I work on the bar but do interact with the restaurant customers. 

I’ve had a lovely group of ladies in for a birthday and they are sat in the bar having drinks after their meal. Many drinks have been had by the group. 3 men approach the bar and are also chatting to the ladies. I make their drinks and they tell me to put it on the ladies tab. 

I ask the women for confirmation to add drinks to the tab and was told no, so I ask the men to pay for the drinks (I had a feeling these guys were trying to pull one over me and score some free beer)

After some back and forth I put the drinks through on the tab having been told yes by one of the women. The man then says he’s “from -insert chain name-“ to which I reply rather bluntly “that’s nice”. He then asks by name if my manager is in. I respond by saying he is not but I can get another manager. From his perspective I believe he was trying to stop a scene occurring (I can get v loud without realising). He declines my offer of getting a manger. He then asks that I’m not upset. 

Shortly after he orders some wine and I ask the usual questions to identify which wine he would like. His response was “whatever the ladies were drinking”. Gee helpful. I happen to remember what wine it was and pass him a bottle. I put it on the tab bc I didn’t want to start that one again. 

I’m then informed by my team that he is a company director and they do know the ladies. I stand by my actions of checking before adding drinks to the tab.

They finish up and he hovers by the bar. I mumble “have a nice night” to show I’m not upset by previous conversation. He asks me to repeat myself so again I say “have a nice night”. He looked annoyed so I attempted to explain that I thought we may have had a misunderstanding and I thought he was trying to pull a fast one. He wasn’t having it. He proceeds to scold me like a child, telling me my “attitude is wrong” and “not to ever do that again”. 

I understand from his perspective I was being rude but enough to be chewed out like that?

Am I the asshole for doing my job? Or for being short? I mean I must be if it’s enough for a director to call me out. 

being short with the company director of the chain restaurant I work at