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Anyone who has ever visited a bar has likely seen something wild, bizarre, funny, or gross go down. If you've accumulated a few shocking stories as a mere patron, imagine all the stories a bartender has in their repertoire! That's why Reddit user SquirrelThis9251 recently asked , "Bartenders of Reddit, what was the wildest thing you witnessed on the job?" Their stories did NOT disappoint. Here's what they shared: 1.

"A lightbulb fell out of the fitting and hit a guy on the head. He thought someone had thrown it. A massive pub brawl ensued.



" — Mysterious-Eye-8103 2. "I was bartending, and this guy came in and said he had just driven 19 hours from his hometown to move to Colorado and was going to get the name of the first person he met tattooed on him. I was the first person he met.

I thought he was joking. He returned the next day with my name tattooed on his arm." — shayryan 3.

"There was a private party, and this dude grabs a bottle, jumps up on top of the bar, and starts going down the line, pouring it into people's mouths. This goes fine until he plows his head into the running ceiling fan above the bar, which confuses him a bit, and he steps back. Not to be deterred, he goes for it again with the same result, and after this happens a third time, he notices everyone freaking out at the bar.

He finally realizes something is up. Turns out, every time he hit his head, the fan deeply gashed his head, which sprayed blood all over the people at the bar. After that, the party.

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