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Bar Etiquette

sorry...i am grumpy and just finished my night shift at a college bar. yes ladies it does exist. (although i am sure all of you ladies know this i really need to rant).

no your drink is not a used car- you cant bargain for a better price. while i am sure it is nice that you just got your neather regions waxed, i don't want to see it! when someone tells you to leave, don't agrue. you have obviously done something stupid ie puking on the bar, hitting another customer, stumbling over drunk, or trying to steal a tip jar. i will smile when i damn well feel like it! don't tell me to do so, i don't come to your place of business and harrass you. By 12:30am i dont care, yes that is right wave you credit card in my face all you want- i don't care, and waving money doesn't make it any better. we will actually ignore you for this, because there are other people  ahead of you. we know that you are there waiting, we do have eyes, but we also see the other 50 other people who are waiting with you. if someone is washing dishes they arent serving, it is that simple. you can yell all you want about that long island ice tea that you want but it's not going to help. when someone says they can only pour beer, that doesn't mean ask for a gin and tonic- chances are they are not a bartender, they are a barback and are only allowed to do certain things behind the bar. yes we do remember who tips and who doesn't . if you tip well, you will be remembered if you dont you will to. no it is not funny to ask the girl behind the bar to do jumping jacks or see if she can touch her elbows together behind her back. yes boobs are fun toys but go play with the drunk girl who just waxed, not the sober one behind the bar. yes i would love to take a shot with you, but i can't. that does not mean keep asking, trust me i would love it but i can't, i would be fired. yes my manager would know, it is called security cameras. and as for my coworkers, please do not go through my purse, and then ask questions about why i have medication in it. yes i have to take pills everyday, three times a day. it sucks but it is not something that i care to share with you.  no i dont want to discuss it with you, your an old man who throws sh&t at me all night while i am working my ass to make sure you have everything you need to pour the booze all night.

wow i really needed to rant. i do appreciate my job. it is a great college job and i am lucky to have a job i know all of this, but occasionly a nice vent is required.

Re: Bar Etiquette

  • bitterwaitress.com
  • that is the most amazing site ever! thank you
  • I thought you could use it. My husband works in the food service industry (back of house), but he used to also tend bar. Some of the stories he tells, and he was working in a rather nice Italian restaurant, not a college bar.
  • i have been working at this place for two years now and i am still shocked about once a shift. sometimes it is for the positive but mostly not. i don't understand people.
  • Oh, I understand people. I just don't like the vast majority of them. Undecided
  • In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_bar-etiquette?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:bfc7b008-27d5-4450-851d-4d6fb3967a9ePost:a3cd2584-d607-4819-b23c-62d0b62edb26">Re: Bar Etiquette</a>:
    [QUOTE]Oh, I understand people. I just don't like the vast majority of them.
    Posted by sarabellam[/QUOTE]

    Me too. 
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  • In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_bar-etiquette?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:bfc7b008-27d5-4450-851d-4d6fb3967a9ePost:a3cd2584-d607-4819-b23c-62d0b62edb26">Re: Bar Etiquette</a>:
    [QUOTE]Oh, I understand people. I just don't like the vast majority of them.
    Posted by sarabellam[/QUOTE]
    that is so TRUE!!!
  • I feel your pain.  I work in the industry also.  I can't believe how dumb the general public can be and I work for a luxury resort. You would think if they are smart enough to have an income to afford $1k per night room they would be a little smarter than most people.  Nope they are not or a the very least they just do not take their brain with them on vacation.






    What differentiates an average host and a great host is anticipating unexpressed needs and wants of their guests.  Just because the want/need is not expressed, doesn't mean it wouldn't be appreciated. 
  • Lynda, I suspect the people who can afford $1K per night rooms have such an overblown sense of entitlement that all common sense and decency is blown out of the water.
  • In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_bar-etiquette?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:bfc7b008-27d5-4450-851d-4d6fb3967a9ePost:438e361e-01f0-4bbc-bc61-33f0ea102a1d">Re: Bar Etiquette</a>:
    [QUOTE]Lynda, I suspect the people who can afford $1K per night rooms have such an overblown sense of entitlement that all common sense and decency is blown out of the water.
    Posted by sarabellam[/QUOTE]


    Well that does happen. 

    Other times they are just plain dumb.  Case in point a woman during xmas week sent back her drink because it was too strong.. The drink you ask?   Double vodka on the rocks with a lemon.

    ::face palm::






    What differentiates an average host and a great host is anticipating unexpressed needs and wants of their guests.  Just because the want/need is not expressed, doesn't mean it wouldn't be appreciated. 
  • Sounds like someone's husband has been watering down the vodka at home so wife doesn't get too schnockered.
  • The only thing that got me through working retail was notalwaysright.com

    Working anything customer service definitely ruins any faith you have in people's intentions, logic, or sense of humanity.

    Which is why I love my current job. If a teacher wants to act like a biitch to me, it takes me twice as long to fix their computer when it breaks. Funny how that works.
  • edited March 2010
    people are dumb...we have a two dollar draft night. pitchers are full price. you tell them this.  they still go ahead and order a 16.00 pitcher, when if they had ordered 4 drafts(nearly the same amount give you take a two ounces) the bill would be half price. and when you explain this they you look at you like you are retarded. really...i am not trying to rip you off you idiot. but it is how the girls act and dress, i am all for looking hot but ladies(not sure i can even call them this) that still means wearing your panties.  you will fall and will flash the whole bar. this happens nightly...no joke
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