A resurfaced picture from 11 years ago showing a jaw-dropping bar tab worth over $150,000 has sparked online outrage.
On June 15, 2011, the Boston Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks, 4-0, in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Arena, ending a 39-year championship drought. Accordingly, the Bruins decided to party hard.
They celebrated at the Shrine nightclub at Foxwoods Casino, in Mashantucket, Connecticut, and ended up drinking over $156,000 worth of beverages in one night.
The picture of the tab was posted many times on social media, including on Reddit, by a user called 5_Frog_Margin, who also added a caption explaining whose tab it was: "The Boston Bruins bar tab from Foxwoods Casino after winning the Stanley Cup 11 years ago."
The post has attracted a lot of attention among Redditors, receiving over 46,300 upvotes and 2,491 comments since Tuesday.
The average base salary of a bar staff member in the U.S., according to Indeed, is about $16.20.
While the receipt had dozens of drinks on it, including liquors, beers, wines, and nonalcoholic drinks, most of it was due to the purchase of the rare 30-liter bottle of Armand de Brignac champagne called the Ace of Spade "Midas" bottle, which alone cost $100,000.
Most users found the prices of some regular drinks outrageous. YounomsayinMawfk said: "$100k for one bottle?! What [does this bottle] cure cancer?!" And HobbesNJ added: "$300 for a bottle of Captain Morgan's? That's criminal."
One user, Grimjacx pointed out: "That one guy who pitches in for a Heineken light and a glass of the comp champagne." And EricJF50 answered: "I believe that was Zdeno Chara. He had a ridiculous commitment to his training regimen. I believe he had 1 light beer and a chicken wing to celebrate. Can't remember where I read it might be wrong."
DanaThamen explained: "That bottle is 30 liters, equal to 40 regular size bottles. Still, that would make it 2500 per regular 750 ml bottle." And tysoncrosby21 said: "$2500 a bottle for high end champagne with table service is pretty normal."
Another user, woozlewuzzle29 joked: "I bet that person wanted to split the tab evenly. I had the $100k bottle, you had the $6 Blue Moon, so...that'll be $50,003 each." Illegible added: "we all had that friend" And FlyingDragoon said: "But, bro, you tasted some of mine so you owe me at least half."
Another user, djchefdaddy commented: "Shout out to the guy who ordered two Coors Lights at an open bar." And brown_burrito joked: "He was watching his calories."
And some thought the bill wasn't even that expensive. IMovedYourCheese said: "$156K is still a pretty low number considering it'll be some billionaire picking up the tab (celebrating the fact that his investment went up in value considerably due to the win)."
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