13 More Things Your Bartender Won't Tell You

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Tip #9: Everyone should bartend a few nights in his life. You learn so much about people.
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1. If I cut you off, don’t argue. If anything, you should apologize if you’ve made a scene.

2. The more you make out with your date, the closer you are to being cut off.

3. One guy told me I had the worst smile he‘d ever seen. I found out that he thinks a girl won‘t remember him unless he puts her down. I guess it worked; I‘m telling you this story three weeks later.

4. Think tending bar isn’t a real career? You’re wrong. The craft of bartending is coming back, and some of us are even called “mixologists” now.

5. If it’s not busy, ask me about the history of drink or the latest cocktail I’ve invented. I love sharing what I know, and you’ll learn something new.

6. You’ll win points with me if you request gin in your martini.

7. My knees hurt. Bar mats prevent slipping, but I really like them for the cushioning. I use sole inserts in my shoes, too.

8. I can tell if your date is going well or not, and I notice if you bring in a new date every week.

9. Everyone should bartend a few nights in his life. You learn so much about people.

10. If you’re going to hit on me all night, at least leave a big tip.

11. The songs you line up on the jukebox will play right as you’re leaving.

12. I love being your psychiatrist-matchmaker-entertainer-friend. Otherwise, I wouldn’t tend bar.

13. Please, take a cab.

Sources: David Craver, president, National Bartenders Association, and anonymous bartenders in Boston, Kentucky, Florida, California, and Illinois. Interviews by Bridget Nelson Monroe.
From readersdigest.com - July 2009
 
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By Len Gay, on 2009-08-05 09:42:19.623
*Yes, I really am carding you again. Do you look that old? *Yes, Last Call means you. I don't care if you're dating the other bartender/waitstaff. This may be my second job, and by close, I may have been working for 20 hours. *I know hundreds of drinks. But that one that so-&-so makes in Toledo? It's her recipe, same as mine are mine. *Your "Wacky Character" after a few drinks is less wacky to me. *I "know the owner" too. *I work for tips. Period. I may love you, but there it is.

By patrick.minnick, on 2009-07-26 08:34:27.0
I am a bartender and I remember the days when I didn't have to worry about getting hit on by the clients. That's because I am a man and I had a 98% male client base. Now, I can't get a job in the bartending industry because I am male. Bar owners seem to think only female bartenders can make them a profit. That may be true for the first few weeks of employment. My experience is they stand at one end of the bar and talk to their boyfriends, leaving their customers high and dry.

By jjasrob, on 2009-06-20 20:34:24.0
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