Lol! I love it! That bartender deserved a drink himself! I'm 5'4, so I guess I can't say a whole lot on the subject, but I had to comment on the bartender's comment.
I've gone out with women as tall or taller than me (5'9"). It doesn't matter to me as long as they are proportioned well. A girl that I have a date with is 5'1" and hot as a firecracker.
I'm 6'2" and the shortest girl I have ever dated is 5'8" that is kind of a minimum height requirement for me. The tallest so far was 6'4". For some reason I just don't find smaller girls attractive. Maybe because I think they look like little kids next to me. Oh well there's my input