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Steven Rae

Barman hailed as 'hero' after helping girls who were being harassed by 'creep'

A bartender has been described as a "hero", after helping two women in a bar who were being harassed, with a quick-thinking move.

Trinity and her friend were being "aggressively hit on" by a man at a bar, which bartender Max Gutierrez noticed while serving.

Max decided to act, and slipped the two women a note which read: "If this guy is bothering you, put your ponytail on your other shoulder, and I will have him removed. He's giving ME the CREEPS."

Trinity took to Twitter to praise his chivalry, saying: "This man was harassing me and my friend, and the bartender passed this note to me acting like it was my receipt! Legit the type of bartender everyone needs.

"He ended up having to literally yell at the guy he said, 'you need to get tf away from these girls who clearly are not interested' and the dude said 'that was a little aggressive', and he said, 'well you're aggressively hitting on them and you need to leave'."

Many of Trinity's followers were impressed with how Max had handled the situation, making sure the pair were safe and could enjoy their night. One person said: "Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear Hawaiian shirts."

Another said: "Bravo sir, way to protect your patrons. Bartenders take note this is customer service at its finest."

Max and Trinity were later reunited, with Trinity sharing a picture of the pair. Max also shared his side of the story, saying the man he ejected returned to the bar another night, but Max refused to serve him.

Explaining how he managed to sense something was wrong, Max said in a Reddit post, that this was "just something you just pick up from mentor bartenders".

He added: "I honestly don't like yelling at customers or embarrassing people, but I find it's one of the best ways to handle creeps.

"Calling them out in front of people is usually enough to get them to turn tail and walk away. I just don't need my guests feeling uncomfortable."

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