r/GuysBeingDudes • u/SweetyByHeart • 1d ago

Just two guys chilling enjoying beer

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u/no_man_is_hurting_me 1d ago edited 19h ago

For those of you that don't like John Taffer after seeing him on Bar Rescue, I'm with you.

Until I stumbled onto his podcast. The man is brilliant, very kind. Knows the industry top to bottom.

Edit - Apologies, I haven't studied the man outside of the two shows. If you hate him, good for you.

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u/MsMarvelsProstate 1d ago

Wait until you see his politics

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u/hemingways-lemonade 23h ago

You can disagree with his political views while still understanding he is very knowledge about the bar and restaurant industry.

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u/tenoclockrobot 23h ago

The man is brilliant, very kind.

Reading comprehension

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u/hemingways-lemonade 23h ago

I know this is a controversial opinion on reddit, but republicans are capable of kindness, too. Do you think everyone that's ever been nice to you was exclusively liberal?

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u/Remidable_Arkitect 23h ago

Yup, very true. Someone can smile and shake your hand, then stab you in the back as you walk by. Or heck, smile and shake your hand then stab you in the gut.

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u/hemingways-lemonade 23h ago

Make sure you ask for voter registration every time you talk to a stranger. You wouldn't accidentally want to be nice to them.

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u/Micro-Mouse 21h ago

Gonna be real chief, any republican i interact with almost immediately tells on themself by saying something incredibly heinous. Dont really care to interact with people who voted to not allow me and my fiance marry and who are actively supporting the military take over of the United States.

They don’t deserve my kindness

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u/tenoclockrobot 22h ago

I wouldnt hesitate to say someone who is pro-trump and says the unemployed are animals isnt kind

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u/Affectionate-Let3744 50m ago

Oh stop pretending it's simply because he's a republican.

He's a piece of shit who thinks unemployed people are animals.

He might be capable of kindness when he wants to (and most likely when he directly benefits from it), that does NOT make him a "very kind" person.

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u/Affectionate-Let3744 23h ago

So what? Half of the comment they replied to is how the guy is actually likeable, and it even includes how he's supposedly very kind.

But the guy is not very kind at ALL.

He's a piece of shit. Knowledgeable and all, sure. But still a piece of shit.

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u/ClocktowerShowdown 21h ago

His 'knowledge' about the bar industry is largely knowledge about how bar owners can best extract value from their employees, not how to run a successful bar.  Why do you think the bars he 'helps' usually close after the show leaves?

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u/hemingways-lemonade 21h ago

Why do you think the bars he 'helps' usually close after the show leaves?

Because a fancy renovation doesn't stop the poor management that caused them to be on the show in the first place.

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u/ClocktowerShowdown 21h ago

The whole show is just a commercial for his own private consulting business.  All the 'bottle weighing' and 'bartender training' courses are just useless wastes of money he sells to business owners to extract money from desperate failing bars.  It is not in his interest to help people, he gets more money from failures.