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TIFU by asking a dumb question to the bartender over the phone and having him recount the embarrassing story to his coworkers without knowing I was right in front of him

Covid restrictions are slowly starting to lift in my city (East Coast US) and many restaurants are allowed to operate again at full capacity and without restricted hours. My roommates and I are all vaccinated and wanted to celebrate the first glimpse of Covid's end so we decided to head to the local pub for some late night drinks and snacks. We decided we wanted to go out around 10pm.

Because every business can decide for themselves if they want to keep their old restricted hours or move to new ones, I decided to give the bar a ring and ask if they would still seat us at 10:30pm and what time their kitchen closed. It went something like this:

Me: Hi! I was calling to see if you were still seating parties and what time your kitchen closes tonight?

Bartender: Hi, yes we are. Thee kitchen closes at 1:15 and last call is at 1:45.

Me: 1:15 A. M.? (I heavily emphasize 'A.M.')

Bartender: Um.... yes?

Me: alright thank you.

At this point, I hang up as quickly as possible. My roommate is staring at me in disbelief. She looks at me and says "No, OP. They're going to stay open through the night and close at 1:45pm tomorrow." It is at this point, I realize I sound like an utter idiot.

So we head to the bar, I get over my embarrassment and the evening starts beautifully. But then we become one of the last few tables left, and the servers, long out of smalltalk, begin recounting my idiotic phone call right in front of me behind the bar. You can imagine the conversation amongst them is very similar to the way in which I just recounted this story, but unfortunately for me, my face became beet-red in the process.

So in all my idiocy, I forgot that bars actually used to stay open past midnight pre-covid. Whoops.

TL;DR I clarified with the bartender that he was closing at 1:45AM instead of 1:45PM the next day and he made fun of me to his coworkers while I was sitting right across from him at the bar. Apparently, I forgot businesses stayed open past midnight pre-covid.

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