13+ Things Your Bartender Won't Tell You Slideshow

Bobthebartender

False. By the way your not supposed to “munch” a garnish. It is either for the drink or for looks, If you are hungry ask for a menu.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_H6MFT4FPSLZLZUE4LFNZAOHBQU Me Too

Nonsense. Once the customer has paid for it they are supposed to do anything they like, though if they make a mess they are arsehoes.
- Hypervision
  
  I agree, Why I even ASK for green olives in a shot glass to nibble on while I’m drinking, if they cant’s do that, or the garnish is not fresh enough to consume as a cunsumer, then maybe i should go to place where it is. Because, why would I want a rotten or spoiled piece of fruit in my drink?? Thats what the black (or stainless) tray is for underneith the slip in compartmented tray of condiments is for….. its for ICE dummy! :-) If the back bar or the tender and or the house can’t deliver me a quality product (for me to consume, drink) then that joint don’t deserve my tips or business!
  - http://pulse.yahoo.com/_H6MFT4FPSLZLZUE4LFNZAOHBQU Me Too
    
    One thing the article failed to mention is if those garnishes are sitting out for days at a time this is against health codes and a bartender serving that knowingly should lose their job, and their employer/bar shut down- it’s not a sign of being more knowledgeable than the customer, it’s a sign of incompetence and disrespect in general to serve a food item not fit for consumption.
  - Michaelp1940
    
    I owned bars and tended bar also and not one of you self serving jerks would make it through one shift in any of my places! i would rather train a bunch of male and female monkeys to replace all of you. and we would all make more money!!!
    - http://pulse.yahoo.com/_46PI6LYATESF3XQ4OWZ6MN566Q Bill
      
      So what’s your point, MichaelP? So you’ve owned bars. Big deal. I’ve owned restaurants and pizzerias in my day. Big deal. How about sticking to the topic, and it was about garnish.
    - o0__0o
      
      u mad bro?
    - Khaendiges
      
      The attitudes of the servers featured in this article sickens me. Bartenders are the baristas of the drunk serving world, and about as important to the rest of us, which is to say not at all. You’re servants in a service industry, not kings, get over yourselves. If I have to bribe you before getting decent service then you suck at your job and I’ll go somewhere else where my patronage is better appreciated. Ignore me in favor of your so called regulars and I won’t bother you to serve me, I’ll just leave, I’m sure your employer will approve of you costing them revenue because you have a snotty attitude. Screw the lot of you, I hold waitresses in higher esteem than any of your glorified human liquor faucets. You’re not important, and never will be.
commonsenseaintcommon

Look dummy, most of us would just as soon get out beer from a vending machine. You serve drinks and you aren’t all that important. If a bartender won’t wait on me I will set at the bar and take up space to deny others the abuse from some jerkwater who thinks they are Gods gift to thirsty people.
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IYN7U2A2BEFEXZUMW45RV2ECLI Gregory
  
  Or you could just go to the store, pick up a case of your favorite beer and stay home, no Bartender or vending machine required. Sort of a Do-It-Yourself approach.
  - http://www.facebook.com/people/Leo-Anderson/659890945 Leo Anderson
    
    that’s what i do. that way the pigs won’t have a legitimate excuse to harass me.
    - http://profile.yahoo.com/4656UTCS2MWWDDGMWQHUMFK2TI Artemisia
      
      But … they are your family!
    - Jeremy
      
      Glad you’re staying at home.
    - D. Allawah
      
      The pigs? What bar do you go to?
  - http://profile.yahoo.com/O6NHGIV2RRT2UECB6H4RA73KIE jas s
    
    GREGORY…and it will save you a lot of money….the price of the drinks…tips…possible arrest for driving under the influence…..i pay $3.50 for a bottle of bud lite aluminum at the bar…..i recently purchased some of the same for $1.00 a bottle at krogers……big fn difference
    - post-toastee
      
      bud lite aint even beer, not even swill beer. Pour it on your plants maybe. i pay $3.50 for a 16 oz. locally crafted IPA, my bartenders are my friends and comp me about one out of three, and I tip them very well. And if its liquor drinks you want, they pour’em up strong.
    - eddiewardo
      
      Right. So stealing from the owner is ok then, post-toastee. There are no free lunches, somebody is paying for those “comp” brews you’re stealing.
    - http://profile.yahoo.com/FALA7BDV3XEMVEPNMHHB2H5STY Jody
      
      I used to date a bartender. The owners told him to comp a certain percentage of drinks for the regulars to keep them coming back. (The prices of the drinks in general absorbed the cost of the freebies. Incidently, the owner also told the bartender to not to tell them that he knew about it and encouraged this practice. He was told to act as though he was doing it just b/c HE was a nice guy who enjoyed “visiting with them”, whether or not he actually liked them at all! Funny, huh?
      
      Also, if a hot girl (or girls) came in and there werent any guys there that “looked promising” for them, or who might send over a drink or drinks, then he was told to comp their first few, until people started sending drinks to them. (This was b/c the owner wanted to get hot girls to be regulars there to encourage guys to come in and buy drinks for themselves and the grils.
      
      So, there are lots of behind the scenes things like that are probobly going on in most bars that the publi wouldnt be aware of.
  - http://profile.yahoo.com/O6NHGIV2RRT2UECB6H4RA73KIE jas s
    
    GREGORY…and it will save you a lot of money….the price of the drinks…tips…possible arrest for driving under the influence…..i pay $3.50 for a bottle of bud lite aluminum at the bar…..i recently purchased some of the same for $1.00 a bottle at krogers……big fn difference
  - Tricia :
    
    Or go to another bar where the bartender is not a beesh with an entitlement chip on her shoulder. That’s the option we’ll go for.
  - http://www.facebook.com/people/Sandy-Stipp/1015103668 Sandy Stipp
    
    Right on Gregory. That’s the only way to go. Plus….you save a whole bundle of money.
  - Dwm9u
    
    what’s your boss think of that, moron? You are a paid worker, not a decision maker. Do your f’in job and do it to the best of your ability. Stop acting like the world owes you, or that you are one ounce of important. Of course I suppose that’s why you are a bartender, because you haven’t grown up and have no clue about either business or decision making. Bars aren’t going to close because your an idiot, you’ll just eventually get fired.
    - Dwm9u
      
      correction (sp): ,…because you’re and idiot, you’ll just eventually get fired
    - Eddie
      
      Yo, douche! Learn to spell. And put that Bud Light down.
    - http://twitter.com/theafterburn Andrew Conlon
      
      Are you seriously commenting on comments from 3 months ago? LOL!
    - http://twitter.com/theafterburn Andrew Conlon
      
      Are you seriously commenting on comments from 3 months ago? LOL!
    - Deborahlc
      
      Not sure bartenders are such idiots when they walk home at night with 300+ tips a night of CASH MONEY…..Seems to me that having fun and making money isn’t such a bad gig.
    - Khaendiges
      
      ‘ve met plenty of bartender in the last forty years, none of them ever made that kind of tips, most barely made a liveable wage.
  - Anonymous
    
    You mean as opposed to driving to a bar, getting drunk, and driving home? Why that’s fantastic advice.
    In fact I think they should close every bar in the country because you should be drinking at home in the first place.
    - Anonymous
      
      “In fact I think they should close every bar in the country”
      
      Only a rabid authoritarian would propose such a thing. Many wise folks drink with a spouse or partner who doesn’t drink that evening for the drive home. Over the years my party group would simply designate a driver while clubbing.
    - Anonymous
      
      OH, gee, I’m sorry apparently I was mistaken. I was under the impression that while SOME people are smart enough to have a designated driver, MOST do not.
      
      Clearly I’m wrong because there are no longer people killed by drunk drivers.
      
      Yea sorry about that.
      
      Bottom line. Buy the booze at a store. Bring it home. Drink it there. If your friend is drunk, he can crash on the couch, you know like instead of into someone’s car.
- Tpswawmp
  
  Yea I believe too many of these guys and girls saw the Tom Cruise bartending movie and think they are Gods gift. Lots are scumbags looking to get laid and nothing else. I’ve ran a few restaurants and bars to know that, I would fire my best bartender if he didn’t take care of the customers, treat one good they tell three friends treat one bad and they tell fiftten.
  - Lstrickler65
    
    clearly you haven’t really ran a restaurant. simply because you are disrespectful. how does still being a bartender mean you haven’t grown up? its a legitimate job, pays bills and in this economy people still will drink. you should grow up and accept that since someone isn’t behind a desk or work 9to5 doesn’t mean that haven’t grown up.
- Felippie69
  
  Maybe you should just find a vending machine. What a jerk you are
- Felippie69
  
  Maybe you should just find a vending machine. What a jerk you are
- JT Croaker
  
  I always smile and am always polite and I’ve still been ignored, thats when I yell or whistle. I’ve waited patiently for nearly 25 minutes one time smiling the whole time, making eye contact and nothing as I watched customer after customer walk up to the bar after me and get served before me so that is a load of bull. When I finally got my drink, I didn’t tip, finished my drink and went to a different bar that had more business with less staff and I was served right away, I was so happy I gave a big tip!
  - Tiffa
    
    You obviously don’t know how to order a drink or you go to trashy bars.
    - Dave
      
      Ive had the same thing happen to me. Most recently I went to a college bar to support my cousin who was performing. Whenever I tried to order the bartender took the order of any, I hate to say it, skank who came and ordered. Another cousin, who is an attractive female had the same problem. I guess my bartender liked it when the girls looked like prostitutes. I will never go back there because of the poor service.
  - Eddie
    
    You were probably in a gay bar, or a “suit” in a working man’s bar.
    - http://twitter.com/theafterburn Andrew Conlon
      
      Necroing two threads in one day. Must be some kind of record.
    - http://twitter.com/theafterburn Andrew Conlon
      
      Necroing two threads in one day. Must be some kind of record.
    - Total Creation
      
      stop your crying. The thread is still open and therefore can be posted to.
- Anonymous
  
  Common sense may not be common, but you’re as common as they come – no class at all. No wonder someone won’t wait on you! You think a bartender is not important? Then go to someplace that serves your Bud Lite out of a vending machine. But if you want a real drink and you’re at a bar, the bartender is the most important person there. A good bartender can make or break your whole night, and is the difference between a successful bar and some dump with alcohol -you know, the kind of place you usually go to.
  - Khaendiges
    
    The SERVER is never the mot important person in a bar, the CUSTOMER is, ask your boss.The only time a sever ever affected the time I was having was when they had an attitude like yours and spoiled my evening, which I made sure to tell his boss as I left.
- http://profile.yahoo.com/BC4WBVFBXESDY6Y5NZVJKZVKNY Nick P
  
  The funny thing about that is that unless you are at your private home consuming that beer, you are a patron of MY ESTABLISHMENT, respect the rules or face the consequences. You arent the only thirsty person with a few bucks in his pocket.
  - Prof
    
    I see why YOUR bar is empty. Sit close and read slowly, IT AIN’T ABOUT YOU. And you’re not the only bar in town. Sorry if all that came as a shock.
  - Khaendiges
    
    Unless you own the bar it isn’t “your establishment”, you’re just tending it for the person who does own it. You’re a servant, not the master, the customer you crap on is more important to your boss than any of you.
- USA
  
  I can picture you working for the Police Department. You’ll hold the gun to your own heard and tell the bad guy, “stop or I’ll shoot”.
- George4536
  
  you are a dumbass who has obviously never worked in service. Do everyone a favor and don’t go out to bars or restaurants. Nobody wants to deal with your kind.
- Cookiethecook
  
  Wow. So you think it’s your right to go out and abuse the bartender?
  - Anonymous
    
    Mutual respect is a wonderful concept.
- Cookiethecook
  
  Wow. So you think it’s your right to go out and abuse the bartender?
- guest
  
  THATS WHAT YOUR FRIDGE IS FOR STAY HOME RETARD(COMMONSENSEAINTCOMMON)
  - robert
    
    If you are good looking,have good sense and personality,the last place you need to go to is a bar.You’ll have enough fun at home or at another’s home.Bars are for lonely sad men and parasitic women.Its always last on my list of places to go and I enjoy life very well.
- guest
  
  THATS WHAT YOUR FRIDGE IS FOR STAY HOME RETARD(COMMONSENSEAINTCOMMON)
- http://profile.yahoo.com/4656UTCS2MWWDDGMWQHUMFK2TI Artemisia
  
  Where do you do your guzzling? I want to avoid it.
- Finebethatway
  
  you’re an a$$ for even saying this. most of us bartenders don’t think of ourselves as God’s gift, we are there to make money, not get yelled at or whistled for…dumba$$. We listen to your gripes, complaints and watch you drink your money away…now who is the better person?
- Finebethatway
  
  you’re an a$$ for even saying this. most of us bartenders don’t think of ourselves as God’s gift, we are there to make money, not get yelled at or whistled for…dumba$$. We listen to your gripes, complaints and watch you drink your money away…now who is the better person?
  - Anonymous
    
    I don’t drink , but lo ve going to the bar for conversation and watching the games.
    I order water…..Then tip the b’tender 10 bucks…He/She smiles….We are both
    happy..
  - Amber
    
    If you feel that way about your customers .. Throwing their money away and complaining .. I think that goes with all bartending jobs .. Maybe you should look for a new career ..
    - eddiewardo
      
      Since when was bartending a career? Kinda falls in the same category as waiting tables if you ask me. Nothing wrong with the service industry, but most folks consider these jobs to be great for young people who need work experience, or young people looking to work through college.
- RestOnYourLawrels
  
  and this is why there is floating spittle in your drink smart guy
  - Khaendiges
    
    Sooner or later you’ll get caught doing that, enjoy going to jail, dumbass.
- Rapowell69
  
  I also ignored patrons who snapped their fingers, called me names, swore at me, and any other egotistic behaviors. I had a boss who would back me up, too. He could be very intimidating to any slob who was too immature to be allowed by his mommy to be out in public. That way, the people who actually had brains and used them were my best buds and the few idiots would leave, making the bar a great place for civilized people to enjoy a night out. We should never tolerate bad manners nor condone them. Never suffer fools and they will just go away.
  - Mdmann
    
    So what do you say to the person above who says they once waited patiently at a bar for 25 minutes to be served, only to have others come up after them and get served? To get served, they had to do exactly the rude things you are complaining about. One dipwad responds by saying that person obviously doesn’t know how to order a drink. Perhaps that bartender was a complete jerk. Do you claim that person is lying about their experience, or is it possible that this list, which is supposed to represent rules for EVERY bar, is a bunch of pointless BS? Anyone who claims that there aren’t a$$holish bartenders is a fool and a liar–you’re probably just too drunk off your a$$ most of the time to notice. The moral of all of this is as one poster said–MUTUAL respect is a wonderful concept. Don’t expect respect if you don’t give it. That goes for EVERYONE.
    - Anonymous
      
      Wow – you should follow your own advice! Mutual respect for EVERYONE! You’re comment to Rapowell was totally disrespectful and just plain ignorant. These are not rules for every bar. There are “things your bartender won’t tell you”. In otherwords, the opinion of the bartenders they intereviewed for this article. Also, Rapowell never claims that there aren’t a$$holish bartenders. Just says what s/he has done and why. And why would you even say that this person is probably too drunk to notice anything? What? Where did that come from. Yours was the most rude, entitled comment on this board!
    - Anonymous
      
      Wow – you should follow your own advice! Mutual respect for EVERYONE! You’re comment to Rapowell was totally disrespectful and just plain ignorant. These are not rules for every bar. There are “things your bartender won’t tell you”. In otherwords, the opinion of the bartenders they intereviewed for this article. Also, Rapowell never claims that there aren’t a$$holish bartenders. Just says what s/he has done and why. And why would you even say that this person is probably too drunk to notice anything? What? Where did that come from. Yours was the most rude, entitled comment on this board!
    - Anonymous
      
      Wow – you should follow your own advice! Mutual respect for EVERYONE! You’re comment to Rapowell was totally disrespectful and just plain ignorant. These are not rules for every bar. There are “things your bartender won’t tell you”. In otherwords, the opinion of the bartenders they intereviewed for this article. Also, Rapowell never claims that there aren’t a$$holish bartenders. Just says what s/he has done and why. And why would you even say that this person is probably too drunk to notice anything? What? Where did that come from. Yours was the most rude, entitled comment on this board!
    - quitcherbitchen
      
      Marla, you really need to get your fat lazy a** and walk away from the bar as you sound like the usual ignorant barfly who thinks she’s entitled because she’s got her some jugs & all the “moronic” patrons are supposed to listen to your crap as “gospel”. Get a life & leave those WELL-PAYING customers alone.
    - http://www.facebook.com/betty.yutzy1 Betty Yutzy
      
      she probably has those unsightly calluses on her elbows too…
    - Amber
      
      Very well said ..
  - Drrobert
    
    That’s because you are obviously one of the elite few.
- Shutthefukup
  
  Amen. If the tap monkey wants a career they should learn to type
- Renanking247
  
  It’s cause you’re a douche.
- Guardian54
  
  I find it ironic that you should call someone a ‘dummy’ or ‘jerkwater’ when those demeaning words fit you more than the person you were referring to. First off, how dare you to pretend to speak for ‘most of us’. Nobody gave you the authority to speak for anyone. (except, of course, if you are referring to your own group of ‘dummies and jerkwaters’) Secondly, if the bartender doesn’t want to serve you, it’s probably because you don’t deserve to be served. In just 3 sentences, you’ve shown the world that you do not deserve to be served anywhere. Thirdly, with regards to your statement “If a bartender won’t wait on me I will set at the bar and take up space …” Think again Einstein, the bartender has the right to refuse service to anyone and can legally have your ignorant butt escorted out the door permanently by the local police without explanation other than you are not welcome there. Of course, by intentionally obstructing clientele, you have provided just cause. Now who’s ‘not important’ wise guy? I vote ‘YOU”!!! LMAO!!!
- Myatya
  
  You are the typical patron that no bartender likes to deal with….and you wouldn’t sit there long, cuz you’d be asked to leave, and/or shown the door….do all the bartenders in the world a favor…stay home and drink canned beer on your couch….tard-nugget!
  @facebook-659890945:disqus
- Nmaj13
  
  Realize that we are serving you! If you want to be a prick go home and make your own drinks! I promise at my bar, people like you sit on the back burner looking like a douche, while every decent person has a full drink! And trust me, we like pissing you off even more…It’s like therapy to us! The biggest smile on my face comes when some self entitled prick acts like my money depends on him! If you notice, at 100% of bars…there are more seats than the ONE you are sitting in!
- Patrick
  
  I’m pretty sure you don’t get much attention either from the bar or anyone near it.
- Birchhill Enviro
  
  If a bartender ignores you, it’s usually because you’ve been acting like a jerk.
- Dude
  
  Yer a douchebag, and you’ll always be treated like a db, and until you find some third-world country that has beer vending machines in the lobby of the Motel 6 that you obviously frequent, good luck gettin’ an ice cold PBR can so you can enjoy the Nationwide race in the comfort of yer futon, Buttplug!
- http://profile.yahoo.com/KIDOSGUBT7B2KFX4FQSVXMIMBY Ron
  
  Maybe you should stay home
- Bcdogs
  
  Agreed. In San Francisco, go to a bar named Hockey Haven. There’s one bartender there who’s a good bartender, but attitude needs work. Her “I make drinks” attitude (in response to requests for napkins, plates, etc..etc…) would get her fired at a lot of other places. No one cares about the social life of a thirty-something going on twenty-something self-important bartender. They AREN’T all that important.
- Misssyj
  
  and let me guess…you dont tip either??
- Anonymous
  
  and that’s why you’re that guy. If you tried to “take up space” and deny other people from getting drinks, you’d be shocked by just how quickly you’d be ushered out the door and on your way.
  
  I know your type: you get asked to leave often, have a sad sense of entitlement, don’t tip, and are genuinely embarrassing to those around you. I’m sorry bartenders hurt your feelings buddy, maybe it’s best you stay and home and drink your PBR in Mom’s basement.
- BARTENDER & PROUD
  
  you know what bro, customers like u would push the bartender to do something bad to u they may even spit into ur drink and u will drink and enjoy it till the last sipp and u won’t even know it, so keep geeting them angery and they will really laugh at you alooooooooot besically u will make their day
  - http://www.facebook.com/betty.yutzy1 Betty Yutzy
    
    now there is another disgusting reason to stay home . i don’t trust my health to ya’ll nasty f-ers … thanx for reminding me of how foul minded barkeeps are .
Peghenwood

You are so wrong! The olives (or onions in a Gibson) in a martini are delicious after they marinate. Margaritas (or just a shot of tequila) taste better with a bite of lime.
- Tpswamp
  
  Yup good marination of bar veggies are a good thing. I hate martinis but loves the olives and or onions.
- http://www.facebook.com/betty.yutzy1 Betty Yutzy
  
  oh yeah …those peanuts on the bar are great place to get all sorts of nasty germs . everyone going to the rest room then easing back up to the bar and scooping up a handful..yummy . i really appreciate ya’ll reminding me of all the good reasons to steer clear of the bar scene. let me offer you a tip…stay in school !
ben

For both food and drinks, garnishes should always be edible, and if the customer should not feel like it is wrong to eat it. It’s food. People starve everyday. If you honestly think it’s okay for it to be “for looks,” you disgust me.
Cookiethecook

That’s ridiculous, you never put a garnish on a consumable that isn’t meant to be consumed.
- Guest
  
  ”At some bars, the sliced fruit garnishes sit out until they’re gone, sometimes for days. Munch accordingly”.
  Not sure why everybody is tweaking about the garnish angle. I’m under the impression that they are referring to the garnishes that are in the bar caddy, not the ones in your drink. If that is the case then, NO, you are NOT supposed to be eating them. Like he said; “If you’re hungry, ask for a menu.”
Jasonstevens80

God knows when you don’t tip.
- Andy R.
  
  God knows when bars overcharge.
- Tricorvus
  
  you forgot to mention that Karma has a long leg and a HARD kick.
Anonymous

Just open my beer bartender and shut you mouth.
- Buck
  
  Spoken like a typical Mexican.
Anonymous

Bob shut the fooook up and serve my beer biotch
Hypervision

Really? Ive paid for my drink! And I SHOULD be able to do what ever I wish as a consumer, consuming the beverage, condiment and all. If your condiments are rotten, spoiled, why would i want to give you my business? Wouldn’t that be a health risk to customer, if the condiment is not of a state of edible consumption? I dont want that in MY drink!
http://twitter.com/inesison ines

I’ve gotten drinks that had pineapple, cherries, orange slices, not all at once mind you, but are you saying I shouldn’t eat the pieces of pineapple that are on my swizzle stick? I’ve eaten the fruit in my drink and so do a lot of people. Are the olives in a martini off base too? Some consider it the best part….it’s a matter of choice more than as a rule. It’s not munching on a garnish, it’s eating a slice of fruit, enjoying it with the drink.
Pmjones

Boy I thoght the CUSTOMER came first —NOT U
eddiewardo

Bob, who gives a fat, greasy, rat’s backside what a bartender considers good etiquette? Don’t believe the hype my man. Also, once a drink or meal is paid for the customer can and should feel free to consume all or part of it.
Anonymous

Agreed…thats not a buffet. When a customer’s hand goes into the fruit tray, I have to dump it and cut an new batch. So no, don’t “munch” away.

Bobthebartender

False. We call the cab company that will get your drunk a** out of my bar the fastest.

Bobthebartender

Here is # 14: I am not hard up for cash. So don’t flash a hundo to impress me. The person that came up with this list must have bartended during the Truman administration. The service industry is not made up of oafs and underchievers. We make your drinks and food. Read “Fightclub”.

Bobthebartender

Here is # 14: I am not hard up for cash. So don’t flash a hundo to impress me. The person that came up with this list must have bartended during the Truman administration. The service industry is not made up of oafs and underchievers. We make your drinks and food. Read “Fightclub”.

Anonymous

I’ve been to places with good bar staff and I really appreciate that and tip accordingly but more often then not, you see bartenders taking their sweet time, talking to each other more than actually working, unable to keep simple track of who’s next or acting like you should thank them on your hands and knees for the privileged of getting a drink from them.

And this is across a wide range of venues in a diverse range of large and small cities in the US, London and Paris. It’s not some one off fluke.

You might be a good bartender and that’s great but unfortunately, you’re the minority, especially at US venues. Seems like most “bartenders” were just trained on the job by someone who was trained on the job. They suck at what they do and say “I don’t know how to make that.” so often they should just get it tattooed on their forehead.

It is what it is.
- charlie
  
  On the job training is exactly that. Conditioning in mediocrity. On the job training for the most part creates beer pourers not mixologists/bartenders
- Bartender
  
  Service in the US really really sucks. A bunch of entitled, egotistical, underachievers who should not be in the service business. Brazil on the other hand, has excellent customer service. Hardworking individuals in the service industry is rare in the US unfortunately.

D_com7

#7 – quit charging $12 for drinks and your tip percentage goes up. $2 beer in a dive, $16 gin and tonic in manhanttan – I don’t care what it costs, for simple drinks you are getting a buck. of course if it is a fancy drink that requires construction I will pay 15-25%, but that turns you into a creator instead of a freaking tap handle puller.

D_com7

#7 – quit charging $12 for drinks and your tip percentage goes up. $2 beer in a dive, $16 gin and tonic in manhanttan – I don’t care what it costs, for simple drinks you are getting a buck. of course if it is a fancy drink that requires construction I will pay 15-25%, but that turns you into a creator instead of a freaking tap handle puller.

Abc

exactly…a tip should be for the ‘effort’…not for the cost of the drink.
- Gqbrit
  
  cheap a$$es
- Thebodybag
  
  fine don’t tip then don’t complain when you have to wait while others who “know how to tip” get service first… you’ll get service you’ll just not be top priority.
  - Anon
    
    This isn’t about not tipping, it’s about entitlement, and bad service. If you’re doing a great job, I’m going to overtip you…if you’re being dismissive, and rude…I’m calling your manager over.
  - Khaendges
    
    If I have to bribe you just to get serviced then you’re on the same level as a whore. “Mixologist” Bahahahahaha!! What a f’n joke! Now that’s an important job, NOT! Post again when you find the cure for AIDS behind that bar.
- Mzepol07
  
  If you frequent any bar, then you tip the person and the effort. I’m a bartender and give outstanding service to anyone that sits at my bar. My regulars however, come to my bar because they don’t want to buy from a vending machine and understand that they are taking up space at my bar to be with either me or the other guests. The best guests tip according to how long they stay and how well they’re attended. If you’re just drinking beer but you sit there for 3 hours with a pitcher of beer and some wings, then 15-20% isn’t much. It isn’t enough if you’re taking up space.
  - Anon
    
    If you’re great at what you do, and I take up a seat at your bar, I’m going to leave you an outstanding tip. However, If the bartender is rude and dismissive, I’m sitting there anyway…and they’ll get what’s deserved.
  - Anonymous
    
    I’ve seen bartenders take up space in restaurants and coffee house windows for hours during the day – sometimes without ordering a thing at all.
  - Anonymous
    
    And “be with me” it your #1 mistake. It was beyond me, but I DID have to tell one “I did not come here for you. You’re part of the experience, not THE experience here”. Seriously, get over yourselves.
  - Thrillbill1999
    
    i like to drink beer at the bar. i think a dollar per beer on a 3.50 beer is way better than 15%, unless my math is drunk. if you don’t like serving beer, you’re in the wrong industry. i enjoy myself when i’m at the bar. if you don’t, please stop going to work.
    - Anonymous
      
      I think a dollar a drink or beer is standard and no bartender will have a gripe with that. If I’m making multiple mixed shots, martini’s, etc then it’s usually better to use the 15% rule.
- Anon
  
  A tip is “to insure proper service”. I don’t pay a restaurant server for their prep work, I pay them for their one on one service with me. Prep work is your job.
  - Guest
    
    Not it’s not. That’s an urban legend.
  - Khaendiges
    
    You “tip” a whore to get serviced, you leave a “gratuity” for good service received, not up front.
- Andy R.
  
  But the bartender is already being compensated for their effort. We call that compensation “wages.” Whether the drink gets made or not, they still get paid for showing up and trying to make it. If they spill it all over the floor, they still put in some effort, so they still get their wages. They don’t get a tip. A tip isn’t given for effort, it’s given for execution. If the bartender tries their hardest and fails to please me, they get the wages for their effort but no tip. If they try their hardest and please me greatly, they get the wages for their effort and a tip for their execution.
  - Guest
    
    Depending on the state the bartender is working in, he may or may not receive minimum wage. I, for example, have tended bar for years in Colorado. We finally are getting $4.85 per hour. Up until just a few years ago we were only getting paid $2.13 per hour. Our tips ARE our wages because payouts to FICA and other taxes eat up all of our tiny paychecks. Also, many of us, including myself, do not receive paid-time-off, health insurance, 401K or any other benefits. We are, essentially, independent contractors. That being said, if you are not good at your job, you will feel it financially. I have an amazing group of regulars who come in not to drink the same beers they can buy somewhere else, they come in to see me. I make great tips usually and sometimes not. It all evens out in the end and I like my job. I must agree that there are a lot of haughty bartenders out there who don’t know there craft and act like they are just “check collectors” as we call them.
    - Andy R.
      
      Oh, I understand the way that the system is stacked against people in the food service industry, believe me. But, unfortunately, just because a bartender’s wages are crap doesn’t change the fact that wages are for effort and tips are for execution. There isn’t some magical amount of pay below which I’m obligated to tip you more. If a bartender feels that their compensation isn’t enough, they are free to take it up with their manager or seek a new job, just like everybody else in every other occupation in the world.
      
      For example, I’m a computer programmer. If I feel like I’m not making enough money, then I have the option of going to my boss and asking for a raise, or I have the option of beginning a job search on the current market. I don’t, unfortunately, have the option of going to all of my company’s clients, asking them to pay 20% more than the signed contract states, and then pocketing that money myself. And if I did this, I’d be laughed out of the industry.
      
      Lastly, if all you bartenders in Colorado are sick and tired of only making minimum wage, there is this thing called unionization. It’s been around for a while, maybe you all should look into it.
    - Anonymous
      
      Yeah, I bartend in California where I make $8/hr but I also claim my tips to the IRS. So I routinely get a check for fifty hours of work that ends up being around $20.
    - Newsworthy44
      
      Then you shouldn’t work in California where they steal all you income to give it to the illegals….dude.
    - Anthony Fernandez
      
      learn how to spell moron. the dishwasher knows how, why dont you? oh because they steal all you good illegals. Idiot
    - bigdic11
      
      You are full of sh*t you lying sack of vomit.
  - me28
    
    NOT TRUE. It all depends where you work. The bar I’m at I work 40-50hr… but I only get paid for 10hr a week. I get a $34 check every 2 weeks. Other than tips which we must split up and tip out barbacks thats ALL we make… luckily there are some generous people out there.
- Anonymous
  
  No, it’s because you’re either unable or unwilling to make your own drink. Therefore, a tip is proffered to compensate me for providing that service.
  And instead of causing a scene or cursing, the best wait to handle the situation is just to let your feet do the talking. Spend your money elsewhere.
  Being obnoxious or petulant is just a means of securing your name on the 86 list.
- Newsworthy44
  
  Aree….if you serve 100 drinks and get a buck for each one that’s not bad just for pulling a handle or tipping a bottle and adding a squirt of coke.
  - bartender
    
    You have no idea what a bartender really does, do you? Signed, a bartender
Marci

Often more expensive drinks are made with higher quality ingredients, and take more time. Know what you are ordering… Also if you think that vodka infuses itself, then move on. Watching someone make your drink doesn’t mean that you understand all of the time that went into the prep work you don’t see.
- http://www.facebook.com/betty.yutzy1 Betty Yutzy
  
  often more expensive drinks are made in bars where employee theft and waste add to the bottom line enough to force the owners to overcharge for watered down drinks .
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_4FX2MNK7PW2MY7TNZQQXAMT4YU Jim R

I agree 100% Just because you over-charge for a drink doesn’t mean you deserve anything extra.
Smk_buddy

The whole point with the tip is profit. We tip waiters cause they make very little otherwise… Bars are a rip off by definition. They buy beer for what u could or cheaper then sell it back for 100-200% profit. I see no reason why the face of that should be tiped like someone who gets paid under minimum wage. chargeing as much as the bottle for a mixed drink means ur tips included in that.
- SCMama
  
  Actually, the “tip” is not included, and many bartenders are paid the same as servers (approx $2.25/hr) and having worked in the industry for over a decade, both serving and managing, I can tell you that beer that is ordered is not sold for 100-200% profit. You need to either go back and check your math or check your sources, because that is about as far from the truth as you can get.
  - Anon
    
    Are you kidding me? The amount someone pays for a six pack of beer at a store, and the amount paid for one of the same beers at a bar…we don’t need sources – store price/bar price…store/bar. We’re not stupid. These are marked up quite a bit…please!
    - Guest
      
      This comment displays a fundamental lack of understanding of cost analysis. The way the store must spend the money they take in is vastly different from the way a bar must. It costs more at a bar because it costs more to get the beer in your glass than it does for you to pull it out of the cooler at the store.
    - Brannenjr
      
      The reason for the markup is overhead. Paying employees…keeping the lights on…ordering more stock. And profit. There’s a reason the owners of the bar got into the bar business. Because they wanted to make money. Not because they wanted to get people drunk. Trust me the alcohol you buy at the store is sold at a huge markup to what they get if for too. And its not the bartenders fault if the drinks are marked up in the first place that was either the owners decision or the managements so don’t take it out on the minimum wage or less bartender
    - Andy R.
      
      If the owner marks up the drinks to the point where we’re not tipping the bartender anymore, then the bartender’s going to quit for another bar, the owner’s going to have a hard time keeping employees because nobody tips them, and he’s either going to go out of business (serving the greedy dipshit right) or he’s going to lower his prices to the point where we start tipping the bartender again.
      
      Also, the owner has deliberately hired someone to act as the point of contact between us (the customers) and his business. And that point of contact person is the bartender. So, that is the person to which we are forced to apply our economic and social pressure. It’s not like the owner is going to come sit in the bar each night so that people can come up to him and point out how overpriced the drinks are. The only way the owner is going to become aware of the problem is if he’s notified by the bartender (either vocally, or by the bartender quitting).
      
      Like it or not, tips are the mechanism by which feedback is conveyed to the entire staff of the bar, not just the bartender.
    - Hammer715
      
      The booze is marked up more than beer in the off premise establishments . Beer is not a huge mark up in the stores . The on premise drinking establishments mark it up considerably , mostly for the overhead costs like insurance and utilities and employees .
    - http://twitter.com/LadyTrubbel Tina Trubbel
      
      Then go buy your beer at the store and drink it at home. Buying a drink from a bar, you’re not just paying for the drink. You’re paying for the establishment; lights, rent, liquor license, the band, the bathrooms, etc.
    - http://www.facebook.com/betty.yutzy1 Betty Yutzy
      
      so i guess you don’t have a cover charge on a band night where you live. i also have never seen a bar that has to pay extra rent for bathrooms.
    - http://www.facebook.com/julio.cortez.39 Julio Don Julio Cortez
      
      then buy your beer at a store. you go to the bar for the environment not the drink. pay to play or go away
  - Dustbusterz
    
    that is an out and out lie. you buy your beer for the same price or less than the average customer, around %8.00 for a 12 pack,then sell 1 beer for $4.00 ,thats one hell of a mark up,and you don’t think you sell for huge profits? bull
  - Anonymous
    
    You must not frequent many liquor stores. You can get 16 shots from a fifth of liquor. A fifth of Jim Beam costs about $20; a shot costs anywhere from $4-8, depending on the location. That’s substantially more than 200%. Even something that’s considered fancier, like Grand Mariner, only lowers the profit margin by half of that figure.
    
    Anyway, employers are required to pay the difference of minimum wage * hours – actually pay + tips. If they don’t do that, take it up with the law; not with your customers.
    - Anonymous
      
      It’s Grand Marnier!
  - not good in CT
    
    Bud here in PA Sells for 23.00 for a 30 pack that is under $1.oo per can. The bar turns and charges 3.50. That is over 300% profit. You have to charge that or why be in business.I ran a bar then a club for over 20 years. The bartenders pay at the bar was only $3 an hour while the Club paid double that at $6. Plus tips and bonuses. So SCMarna maybe you should check your facts…
  - not good in CT
    
    Bud here in PA Sells for 23.00 for a 30 pack that is under $1.oo per can. The bar turns and charges 3.50. That is over 300% profit. You have to charge that or why be in business.I ran a bar then a club for over 20 years. The bartenders pay at the bar was only $3 an hour while the Club paid double that at $6. Plus tips and bonuses. So SCMarna maybe you should check your facts…
- Gav
  
  Unfortunately….it isn’t. We don’t get a cent of that.
- Gav
  
  Unfortunately….it isn’t. We don’t get a cent of that.
  - Andy R.
    
    Then maybe you should take it up with your boss. Either he can start giving you compensation proportional to the work you do, or he can lower his prices so that your customers can still afford to give you tips, or you can quit and go work for a bar that isn’t so greedy.
Benderisgreat

If you’re getting me a beer you’re getting a dollar, every time. If it’s a $8 beer in big cities, it’s a 12.5% tip, if it’s a $1 beer, it’s a 100% tip. It’s not my fault you over price the beers. Complain to the owners, not us for not tipping 15%
- Melissa Lipnutz
  
  Simple concept but hard for some…
Gharbin1

Don’t punish the bartenders for the drink costs….that’s management. If you can’t afford the drink, you should probably go to a different bar.
- Thrillbill1999
  
  i can afford a beer though. if you can’t live off of the one dollar i gave you, for the 2 seconds it took you to pop the top off of the $3 bottle (33% tip), then YOU are obviously the person who needs to go somewhere else.
- Anonymous
  
  If you can’t get a job that pays you for your work, you shouldn’t tell others what to do in life.
- Andy R.
  
  Okay, let me just walk over to the management and tell them. What’s that? You say that management isn’t here right now? Okay, that makes sense. I’ll just go to the person that they have hired to be the representative agent of their business, and tell them instead. Hey, look, that person is the bartender!
  
  So if I want the management to hear me, I have to lean on the bartender; there’s nobody else there to lean on.If the bartender can’t afford his lifestyle without my tips, then he has three options:a) Fight for better compensation from his bossb) Fight for his boss to lower prices so I can afford to tip againc) Quit and work for a bar that isn’t trying to gouge both him and me
  - Andy R.
    
    Ugh, looks like the system borked all my formatting. That last paragraph was meant to be:
    
    So if I want the management to hear me, I have to lean on the bartender; there’s nobody else there to lean on.
    
    If the bartender can’t afford his lifestyle without my tips, then he has three options:
    
    a) Fight for better compensation from his boss
    
    b) Fight for his boss to lower prices so I can afford to tip again
    
    c) Quit and work for a bar that isn’t trying to gouge both him and me.
  - Joe E.
    
    GEE, all this hate and discontent!!
Gharbin1

Don’t punish the bartenders for the drink costs….that’s management. If you can’t afford the drink, you should probably go to a different bar.
Asgliajasgadg

That’s not really a thing that’s up to the bartender, though.
Andy R.

Precisely. If the bar is charging $12 for a drink that MAYBE cost them $1.50 to make, they are clearly pulling in enough profit to be paying their bartenders enough to get by without tips. Contrariwise, if a bar expects me to tip their bartenders, they need to lower their prices to the point where I have some cash left over to do so.
- http://www.facebook.com/julio.cortez.39 Julio Don Julio Cortez
  
  then dont drink more than your budget allows, without being indecent enough to tip the person that hosted and served you
Ivoryfox77

Your comment suggests that you believe that the bartender has a choice in how much to charge for your drink. If you feel the prices are too high, you can drink at another establishment. If you want to complain, take the complaint to the manager. He probably doesn’t have any say in the pricing either, but at least he (she) is being paid to deal with this type of thing.
ANNY

That’s messed up, it’s not the bartender’s fault that the drinks are overpriced. Bartenders should always get tipped on the price of the drink. Sorry cheapstakes, but…IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO TIP, YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO GO OUT.
- http://www.facebook.com/william.wolfrath William Wolfrath
  
  If you can’t afford to work for low wages, you shouldn’t work there.
- http://www.facebook.com/betty.yutzy1 Betty Yutzy
  
  so who dictates what bar you should work at ? me or you ?
Sun Toucher

Prices are generally set either by the owner or by management, and nobody forces you to pay them. If you find the prices too high in a bar or restaurant, go somewhere where the rates are more agreeable. Don’t pick establishments that you consider to be overpriced and then use that as justification to short the people who serve you.
Bri

Not to mention are you going to carry around quarters at the bar so you can hit that 15%? When drinks hit $20 then I’ll start tipping $2 per drink.

Sickofpukebreath!

Please don’t tell us secrets, you stink.

Luvbodyink

I don’t care how much a drink costs – 2 bucks or 12, your not getting more than a dollar a drink as a tip – you did the same amount of work.

TJ

not true, it takes a lot less effort to pour a two dollar beer than it does to mix a 12 dollar martini. I’d think that would be obvious.
- Thrillbill1999
  
  lol a LOT more effort? good thing you’re not a teacher. imagine how much effort that might take!

mixologist222222222

Bartenders rely and survive off our patrons tips. When it comes down to it, most make about $2 an hour. After taxes, that equals a check of $0.00. Without tips, we’d be working for free.

Anonymous

Name 5 bartenders across the U.S. that actually pay full taxes on their tips. Most brag about not paying them and I’ve heard the comment “you’re a fool if you’re declaring all of them”. Do you people really think we’re stupid?
- Brannenjr
  
  He wasn’t talking about declaring tips he was talking about state and federal taxes on your wages which when you make 2 dollars an hour zeros out your check every week. Its called tip wage. Look it up
  - Anonymous
    
    It’s also called they’re raking in $200-300 a night in TAX FREE tips. The “0″ wages just show the Feds that they are actually “employed” for other gubment benefits. Please.
  - Thrillbill1999
    
    show me one of your zero-dollar checks.
Anonymous

Name 5 bartenders across the U.S. that actually pay full taxes on their tips. Most brag about not paying them and I’ve heard the comment “you’re a fool if you’re declaring all of them”. Do you people really think we’re stupid?
Cheers sucks!

then go pump gas.
guest

bull crap, then you refuse to work for $2.00 an hour. its not up to the customer to pay your wages. its up to your boss… plain and simple. we give tips as a thank you for good service,an you have no right in the world to demand any tip what so ever. tips are volentary,by the customer, and again, based on the level of service they feel they recieved. if they feel the server did not do a good job, then in their mind you don’t deserve that tip. you need to get that through your head and stop this entitlement thing you got going on. you arenever automatically entitled to any tips.I’m a hell of a big tipper for the right servers, but for the wonrg ones, i will tip you a penny or nothing at all.
Khaendiges

Perhaps you should have finished high school so that you could get a decent job. It’s a service job, they all pay poorly because, let’s face reality, you don’t need a degree in chemistry to mix a f’n drink. A Mr.Boston guide and a pulse will get most of you schlubs hired, why do any of you think that makes you special? You want a tip? Do your job in a way that impresses me and you’ll get one, piss me off and your manager will surely hear about it. Think you’re important to them? Bet you lose that fight, you don’t pay their salary, I do.

Anonymous

Stop flirting with my date and maybe I’ll tip you better.

Guest

If you can’t keep her attention, that’s not really the bartender’s fault, is it?
Anonymous

One commented “he’s really cute” (we were clear across the large room). I told him to mind his business and it’s the first time I only left $1 (for 2 drinks).
Anonymous

One commented “he’s really cute” (we were clear across the large room). I told him to mind his business and it’s the first time I only left $1 (for 2 drinks).
- http://www.facebook.com/justin.siddall1 Justin Siddall
  
  Your comment lacks sufficient scenario development to make sense to the reader. Who commented “he’s really cute” to whom while you were clear across the room from whom and with whom? And if you were across the room from him how did you tell him to mind his own business?
- http://www.facebook.com/justin.siddall1 Justin Siddall
  
  Your comment lacks sufficient scenario development to make sense to the reader. Who commented “he’s really cute” to whom while you were clear across the room from whom and with whom? And if you were across the room from him how did you tell him to mind his own business?
  - Sammy
    
    Exactly what I was thinking Justin!
  - OaklandPristine
    
    He said that when I went to get another round and I told to him to mind his own business to his FACE.
  - OaklandPristine
    
    He said that when I went to get another round and I told to him to mind his own business to his FACE.

Seriously?

Not for anything, but if my drink is only 6.50, and is liquor, ice, and a mixer, you are getting a buck.

Kidfromaromas

Nah, I do not agree. Making and serving a drink is not the equivalent of a meal. The bartender does not deserve %15, unless he does magic tricks and juggles. A waiter or waitress must come around, give the table more salt, pepper, ketchup, ranch, napkins, mustard, and take away super dirty plated, etc. Once the drink is in my hand, I am not gonna ask for “more drink!”

http://twitter.com/noelallard noel allard

Hey guess what?! Unless u live under A rock lately;!! “ the going Rate” for tipping has been 18-20% for 4 quite a while now.. Mr corny 7″ and to kid from mars,,, Stay home and get a TV dinner and homeade kool-aid to spare me your Arrogance!! You go Bob the Bartender!!! People like u Suck–Not the Tip…..
- Waynes
  
  I drink about 8-12 beers a night 5 nights a week! I always tip 1 dollar a drink so you say I sould only tip you 25 -40 cents a drink that would save me 4$ I can buy 2 more beers thanks!
- Dustbusterz
  
  noel allard,there is no going rate for tips, your out of your mind. the going rate is once again, based on the level of service a person feels the server deserves.if the server is excellant,then the rate can be 10%,20% 50% anything the customers feels. If the server sucks ,as many do, then the rate is once again decided by the customer,to be 1 penny or nothing ,its not a set amount, never has been, never will be…..you have no automattice right to tips,that is the new generation waiter or waitress thinkign entitlments… there are no entitlements ever. under any circumstances.Tips are fullu volentary always have been since day one, and always will be. so , want a tip?? do a godd job,and learn to accept what is given by each custoer. Again, I’m a hell of a tipper.. left a $100 tip on a $9.00 eal to a waitress, i felt really cared and really worked for her money.
- Dustbusterz
  
  noel allard,there is no going rate for tips, your out of your mind. the going rate is once again, based on the level of service a person feels the server deserves.if the server is excellant,then the rate can be 10%,20% 50% anything the customers feels. If the server sucks ,as many do, then the rate is once again decided by the customer,to be 1 penny or nothing ,its not a set amount, never has been, never will be…..you have no automattice right to tips,that is the new generation waiter or waitress thinkign entitlments… there are no entitlements ever. under any circumstances.Tips are fullu volentary always have been since day one, and always will be. so , want a tip?? do a godd job,and learn to accept what is given by each custoer. Again, I’m a hell of a tipper.. left a $100 tip on a $9.00 eal to a waitress, i felt really cared and really worked for her money.
- Dustbusterz
  
  noel allard,there is no going rate for tips, your out of your mind. the going rate is once again, based on the level of service a person feels the server deserves.if the server is excellant,then the rate can be 10%,20% 50% anything the customers feels. If the server sucks ,as many do, then the rate is once again decided by the customer,to be 1 penny or nothing ,its not a set amount, never has been, never will be…..you have no automattice right to tips,that is the new generation waiter or waitress thinkign entitlments… there are no entitlements ever. under any circumstances.Tips are fullu volentary always have been since day one, and always will be. so , want a tip?? do a godd job,and learn to accept what is given by each custoer. Again, I’m a hell of a tipper.. left a $100 tip on a $9.00 eal to a waitress, i felt really cared and really worked for her money.
- Dustbusterz
  
  noel allard,there is no going rate for tips, your out of your mind. the going rate is once again, based on the level of service a person feels the server deserves.if the server is excellant,then the rate can be 10%,20% 50% anything the customers feels. If the server sucks ,as many do, then the rate is once again decided by the customer,to be 1 penny or nothing ,its not a set amount, never has been, never will be…..you have no automattice right to tips,that is the new generation waiter or waitress thinkign entitlments… there are no entitlements ever. under any circumstances.Tips are fullu volentary always have been since day one, and always will be. so , want a tip?? do a godd job,and learn to accept what is given by each custoer. Again, I’m a hell of a tipper.. left a $100 tip on a $9.00 eal to a waitress, i felt really cared and really worked for her money.
- Dustbusterz
  
  noel allard,there is no going rate for tips, your out of your mind. the going rate is once again, based on the level of service a person feels the server deserves.if the server is excellant,then the rate can be 10%,20% 50% anything the customers feels. If the server sucks ,as many do, then the rate is once again decided by the customer,to be 1 penny or nothing ,its not a set amount, never has been, never will be…..you have no automattice right to tips,that is the new generation waiter or waitress thinkign entitlments… there are no entitlements ever. under any circumstances.Tips are fullu volentary always have been since day one, and always will be. so , want a tip?? do a godd job,and learn to accept what is given by each custoer. Again, I’m a hell of a tipper.. left a $100 tip on a $9.00 eal to a waitress, i felt really cared and really worked for her money.
- Dustbusterz
  
  noel allard,there is no going rate for tips, your out of your mind. the going rate is once again, based on the level of service a person feels the server deserves.if the server is excellant,then the rate can be 10%,20% 50% anything the customers feels. If the server sucks ,as many do, then the rate is once again decided by the customer,to be 1 penny or nothing ,its not a set amount, never has been, never will be…..you have no automattice right to tips,that is the new generation waiter or waitress thinkign entitlments… there are no entitlements ever. under any circumstances.Tips are fullu volentary always have been since day one, and always will be. so , want a tip?? do a godd job,and learn to accept what is given by each custoer. Again, I’m a hell of a tipper.. left a $100 tip on a $9.00 eal to a waitress, i felt really cared and really worked for her money.
- The Customer is Right
  
  If bartenders only received this fabled “20%” (which you aren’t required to jack; service workers seem to forget that), you would lose a lot of money, especially from people like us that like to lay down a buck or two on a drink. Pick it up, serve drinks (which is your job) and be happy for the opportunity, or go back to school to learn a real job.
  - Ivoryfox77
    
    A “Real Job”? Seriously? It’s obvious that you haven’t a freaking clue as to how much work is involved in tending a busy bar. Try it for a few shifts and your attitude will do a 360.
    - Sbmedlg
      
      I think you meant your attitude will do a 180? A 360 is a complete circle, so his/her attitude would not change if it went back to the beginning!
- The Customer is Right
  
  If bartenders only received this fabled “20%” (which you aren’t required to jack; service workers seem to forget that), you would lose a lot of money, especially from people like us that like to lay down a buck or two on a drink. Pick it up, serve drinks (which is your job) and be happy for the opportunity, or go back to school to learn a real job.
http://twitter.com/noelallard noel allard

Hey guess what?! Unless u live under A rock lately;!! “ the going Rate” for tipping has been 18-20% for 4 quite a while now.. Mr corny 7″ and to kid from mars,,, Stay home and get a TV dinner and homeade kool-aid to spare me your Arrogance!! You go Bob the Bartender!!! People like u Suck–Not the Tip…..

Kidfromaromas

Also, plated is not what I meant. I do not know what I meant by plated, lol.

Piolin25

It is just as much work to pour a Jack Daniels as it is to pour a 18 year old Glenlivet. I tip according to service, not cost. It s a tip not a tax. I may tip upwards of 50% if i consume little much less for a big tab.

Piolin25

It is just as much work to pour a Jack Daniels as it is to pour a 18 year old Glenlivet. I tip according to service, not cost. It s a tip not a tax. I may tip upwards of 50% if i consume little much less for a big tab.

Gav

The problem in this situation is that bartenders must tip out their barbacks a percentage of sales. Thus they end up losing money on higher priced drinks. And in some cases they are taxed based on their sales as well. Please proceed with a comment of how this isn’t your problem.
- Anon
  
  Uh…because paying above for bad service or normal service is not our problem. I guess the clothes that you’re wearing that come from sweat shops – paying nil to their employees is your problem. You are still wearing them…I guess you should be paying the workers to subsidize their paychecks?
- Dustbusterz
  
  its not our problem Gav. We are the customer, we are there to be served, you are paid to serve us, we are not there to pay your wages, that is why you have a boss, tell him you won’t work for $2.00 an hour . he will pay you $8.00 or $10.00 or whatever the two of you can work out in negotiations. Its not our problem. its fully your problem with your boss.
  - Gav
    
    Its not exactly about it being your problem dust. Its about accepted cultures, norms, etc. I don’t expect you to tip $10 on a $50 glass of scotch. However, when you walk in shout at me and wave your arms (like a child), THEN decide what you want (while I stare at you and wait….I thought you were ready?), I run across the bar to get what you order, shake pour shake….”oh wait! I’ll have one more of those!”, back across the bar shake shake shake, “sorry man one more of these” (do you do this at a grocery store too?). Finally I present all that you order and you start digging for cash (why didnt you have this ready while I was making them?), 6 drinks $45, and you leave me $1.50. Really? I agree douchebag, self-absorbed, pretentious, arrogant bartenders who ignore people even during a slow night, deserve next to nothing as far as tips go. But maybe, for the guy who greets you with a smile, after serving 100 rude pushy people, and treats you right, maybe just maybe toss him a few extra bucks. And for the record, I tip for EVERYTHING. The lady at the deli, the baggage clerk at the grocery store, for a WATER from the bartender.
    - Bartender
      
      Your such a freakin’ whiner Gav! Shut the hell up with your entitled persona!
- Andy R.
  
  First of all, the bartender didn’t buy the liquor, the bar did. So the bartender can only possibly gain money by showing up to work, he can’t possibly end the day with any LESS money than he had when he showed up because none of his money is invested in the bar. It’s fallacious to talk about bartenders “losing” money that never existed in the first place.
  
  Second of all, Piolin25 has a point. If I buy a shot of rail vodka and a shot of Belvedere, everything that the bartender does is the same, the only difference is what bottle is in his hand when he’s doing it. Sure, the bar has to charge me more because the Belvedere cost them more up front, but a tip is meant to reflect the quality of service. In this case the quality of service is exactly the same. What exactly has the bartender done, by grabbing a bottle of pricey liquor, that he hasn’t done by grabbing a bottle of cheap liquor? If the answer is “nothing” (and it is) then the difference in the tips should also be nothing.
  
  Thirdly, by definition, the prices the bar sets are not possibly the customer’s problem. The customer has no control over the set price, only the bar management (and very rarely the bartender) have control over that. So, honestly, if the pricing of the drinks is causing a problem for the bartender because it’s affecting the flow of tips, it’s up to the bartender to bring that issue to his manager and it’s up to the manager to respond. You don’t think the manager is going to say, “oh, well, that’s the customer’s problem!” do you?
  
  So that’s three reasons why it isn’t my problem. How about giving me any reason why it is?

Piolin25

It is just as much work to pour a Jack Daniels as it is to pour a 18 year old Glenlivet. I tip according to service, not cost. It s a tip not a tax. I may tip upwards of 50% if i consume little much less for a big tab.

234234

Agree completely re the Jack Daniels/Glenlivet comment. If I order a $6 Jack or Canadian Club a buck or two is OK, but if I order a $30 single malt now I’m supposed to give a $5 tip to the same person who did the same exact amount of work?

234234

Agree completely re the Jack Daniels/Glenlivet comment. If I order a $6 Jack or Canadian Club a buck or two is OK, but if I order a $30 single malt now I’m supposed to give a $5 tip to the same person who did the same exact amount of work?

Mike

So on dollar beer night I only have to tip 20 cents?

234234

Agree completely re the Jack Daniels/Glenlivet comment. If I order a $6 Jack or Canadian Club a buck or two is OK, but if I order a $30 single malt now I’m supposed to give a $5 tip to the same person who did the same exact amount of work?

234234

Agree completely re the Jack Daniels/Glenlivet comment. If I order a $6 Jack or Canadian Club a buck or two is OK, but if I order a $30 single malt now I’m supposed to give a $5 tip to the same person who did the same exact amount of work?

234234

Agree completely re the Jack Daniels/Glenlivet comment. If I order a $6 Jack or Canadian Club a buck or two is OK, but if I order a $30 single malt now I’m supposed to give a $5 tip to the same person who did the same exact amount of work?

Kinerk22

Dam dude chill bob the bartender haha

Punkrawks88

Tip at least 15%? I tip based off of service… not a mandatory fee for doing your job. I know customers can be a pain, but if you’re rude to me, ignore me (even if I make eye contact and smile) or spill my drink as you slide it 6 inches to my hand, you’re just as likely to get a middle finger than a tip.

Santa

Bartenders serve 100 drinks an hour – they deserve to make $100 per hour?

Santa

Bartenders serve 100 drinks an hour – they deserve to make $100 per hour?

mike

so you want over a buck and a half to pour a 12 oz drink, uh youve been drinking more than youre serving

Anonymous

Bartenders are out of their minds if they expect a large tip on a $14 Jack & Ginger drink. Kidding me.

Xxpotpiezxx

Dumb article, try the bar tenders around here ya might as well throw a nade in their face rather than wave money because they won’t notice you the rest of the night pulling that crap.

Xxpotpiezxx

List*

sthebartender

Also, if you ask for a stronger drink…nine time out of ten I pour gin down the straw, so your first gulp is pure gin…I bet my night of tips that you don’t complain again.

Anonymous

See, you get the tip.
Andy R.

And that’s why so many people here are saying bartenders are douchebags. Way to take care of your customer. I hope they stiffed you on the tip completely.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_73CGZV4AV5R2CUZFMBSPPRG5XY apocalypse FU

You do know the writer of this was more likely not a bartender (or just not a very good one) and is basically writing what things he/she had heard by word of mouth. Oh and also, they want to create arguments so that more people will comment on their blog/article. I agree with the comment about a $6.50 jack and coke vs an $18 Glenlivet on the rocks, tip should be the same not more just because the liquor is of a higher brand. You didn’t make the Glenlivet Bartender. Why do bartenders act like they are superstars or celebrities??

Red Dragon

Rule #1 – If bartender isn’t a tampon, they will get a tip.

Theguy25433

That’s BS. I don’t care how much the drink costs, the work that goes into it is what counts. I tip my waiter 20% because they actually come to my table, bring me my food, refill my drink, etc…

All you are doing is pouring a drink. Oh no! The world’s going to end and you’ll go broke if I give you $1.00 for 30 seconds of your life. How about you let me back there, and I’ll make it myself.

Jerk…

http://twitter.com/mrbogey steve bourg

That is freaking brilliant! You are exactly right! If Smart-Guy Bartender in New York bar is charging $12 for a martini, he doesn’t deserve $1.80 just cuz the owners of the bar are getting taxed and rented to death. That’s not OUR problem as customers. The bartender doesn’t deserve more than $1 for his 30 seconds of work! Bravo! Good point! I still like my idea better…….don’t buy the $12 drink……secretly bring your own hooch and buy a $1 orange juice or tonic water!

Nevgreco

Beer contains vitamin Pee. so relax. I drink arnd 4 beers a month

http://twitter.com/Freedomfreak1 Freedomfreak1

I stopped going to bars. It’s too expensive & as far as sthebartender…if you make a thin, overpriced drink, you’ll get a thin tip & I’d take my business elsewhere. Bartenders are a dime a dozen.

Just4keys

And bartenders wonder why most people think they’re aholes.

http://twitter.com/mrbogey steve bourg

Hey Smart-Guy Bartender with the tips: Instead of buying a new york $12 drink, how much should I tip if I bring my own SoCo and order a $1 orange juice? I will never pay $12 — or even $8 for a drink. Oh, and your ‘statistics’ are wrong about spending in fancy bars…….people are not spending 2% less…….the govt BLS does not even know how to measure these spending stats…..they compare sample #s from restaurants year to year (AND stores for retail sales by the way!), so they screw it up because when 5% of the bars/stores go out of business from 1 year to next, then you get a 2% falsely higher per remaining location when actually total sales were 3% DOWN. The federal govt Bureau of Labor Statistics are full of idiots who don’t even care about that fact. As the recession gets worse over the next few years, watch that fact, and doubt all the false #s shouted out on the news.

Mike W Danner

I bartend full time in a hotel bar and as I make my living on what guests leave in the way of tips, The responsibility is mine to create the conditions in which they want to leave me their hard earned money. I do wish that people on the other side of the bar would put themselves in our shoes before criticizing what we do sometimes, cuz it aint as easy as I make it look.

Andy R.

So you deliberately took a job where you knew the base compensation couldn’t support you?

That seems unwise.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_H6MFT4FPSLZLZUE4LFNZAOHBQU Me Too

Buck a drink tip? LOL, absolutely not, that’s WAY too high. A decent bartender can make more than 50 drinks an hour, you really think they should get $50/hr in tips? If they can’t make 50 an hour, even lower tip for being slow. Try 3% tip and rounding up. 15% is for services that take a lot longer per dollar spent. Don’t like it? OK, act that way and you won’t get ANY tip.

Kellytechwriter

and you wont get a drink. and then there is Visine….
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_H6MFT4FPSLZLZUE4LFNZAOHBQU Me Too
  
  Incorrect. I have never tipped a dollar a drink in my life and never will, and have never gone without a drink that I asked for. I don’t know anyone who tips a dollar a drink either. Some people seem to live in a fantasy world if they think they can insist others are going to pay them more than they earned.
  - guest
    
    Come to my bar. I guarantee that will be the first time
    - The Customer is Right
      
      If your bar lets you ignore patrons, well then I’ll make everyone I know, and everyone they know, stays away from your bar. You’re there to serve us. If you don’t do a good enough job to EARN tips, then you are a crappy bartender and deserve to be fired.
- guest
  
  Kellytechwriter,no drink if we give no tip? ho wabout this, No drink, no job for you, cause we can always complain to the boos you work for, enough complaints and your out. simple how that works right??

Lee_cha09

False, sometimes it makes you look stupid standing there for minutes’ you have to wave to them

Pez

Stop waving to me. I can see you, its probably not your turn. Remember when we learned that in grade school? Has anyone ever tried to lean in and say in a polite but elevated tone “excuse me sir/maam…”? Instead its BARTENDER! Do I walk into your place of business and yell “LAWYER!”
- Anonymous
  
  Oh please. That’s like the male flight attendants line of “Sir, the price of your ticket doesn’t include me”. I’ve seen them use it on forms all over the http://www. Again, get over yourselves.

Lee_cha09

False, sometimes it makes you look stupid standing there for minutes’ you have to wave to them

Jim

15% per drink? Whatever. I was a bartender and I certainly did not expect someone to tip me the same amount of money for 3-4 mins worth of work as would a server get for bringing you food and drink for an hour or two at a restaurant. 15%. Take your buck, be happy, and stop whining.

Madhatter

I wish someone tipped me every time I did what I was asked to do. Seriously, if the pay is too low for you, then work elsewhere. Its up to your employer to pay your wage, not me.

TiredOfHayseeds

Madhatter, while that may be the business model in Zaire or Paraguay, try that in the US and you only look like a redneck on his first trip down from the mountainside.
- Thrillbill1999
  
  I think you mean a hillbilly. And what’s wrong with rednecks? Aren’t they the ones who grow the corn that makes the alcohol that Jack Daniels uses to make whiskey that is then poured by bartenders? Not to mention the jobs that are made transporting it.

Madhatter

I wish someone tipped me every time I did what I was asked to do. Seriously, if the pay is too low for you, then work elsewhere. Its up to your employer to pay your wage, not me.

Mike

The title makes it sound like this might be interesting insider information, but instead it’s mostly a lot of whining and common knowledge. I wonder if the bartender wouldn’t be happier getting out of the service industry.

JL Serkes

The #1 quote is insane. I am your customer, therefore treat me with respect, and don’t ignore me. Some of you do this all the time. Stupid. I give great tips for great service.

Jefnvk

Fine, next time I’m in your bar, I’ll tip 15%, regardless of what I order, if that is the standard you think should apply. Including $0.75 happy hour beers.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KL4KPFKYHBAZZGIUDAUDC37F3Q BrendonM

Wow, you have the police on speed dial? So does the rest of America. It’s called 911.

Fishle02

Thank you, thank you, for including number 3. I can’t even count how many times some jackass has badgered me to pour them a giant tumbler of liquor…for single price. I finally started asking them if they realized they were asking me to steal from my employer. IT IS CALLED A POUR COUNT PEOPLE, WE’RE NOT JUST MAKING IT UP AS WE GO ALONG BACK THERE!!

Anonymous

Every western movie made has a shot with the camera view going through the double spring doors and then either a shot of the piano player, a barfly, or a bartender drying a shot glass with an old towel. He then places the towel over his shoulder. I’ve seen everything I just mentioned in today’s contemporary bar such as the piano dualing bar (bar at Times Square) in the NYNY Vegas. Anyone know if they use the same rag for several days or weeks? I guess even the little amount of alcohol in the drinks kills the germs and viruses.

Anonymous

No, it doesn’t. I always order a vodka tonic with no lime mainly for fruit allergy purposes. I now ALWAYS request none of that fruit or olives or whatever after seeing the bartender pick his ear and then try to squeeze that lime in my drink with his bare hands before reminding him. A month later he was complaining he was out of work for 2 weeks because he had H1N1. I’m serious.

Dlluxx

I am surprised that people are not commenting on all the automated systems restaurants have in place these days that track everything and give the bartender little discretion. You may think I am your worst nightmare. I usually have club soda and a coffee. But I am more than happy to tip. Sometimes that seltzer is free and sometimes it has to go into a database. I am watching if you are having a decent night and how you serve other customers. Sometimes you deserve more…sometimes serving drunk partyers is like printing money.

Agile Cyborg

Ditch the arrogant bartender for good and create your own nightclub at home. It’s safer, the liquor’s cheaper and as strong as ya like, and the experience is always more fun.

Cdelaney

Bartenders are losers.

ev

Buck a drink seems ok for opening a bottle of beer. I waited tables for years and all the BS I had to do for a buck…shhesh!!

ev

Buck a drink seems ok for opening a bottle of beer. I waited tables for years and all the BS I had to do for a buck…shhesh!!

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001224409264 Smail Buzzby

14. I hate people and my pathetic life watching losers get wasted and pretending to listen to your stupid stories and problems so that I can clean up your spills and your puke for a few bucks…all because I was too lazy and stupid to learn to do something worthwhile with my life. I have not seen the sunlight in 4 years. Oh God, why didn’t I marry Debbie and have 2.5 kids and take a job with that insurance company all those years ago? Now my liver is shot and my face is all wrinkled and I just realized that the last 25 years of my life have been spent watching other people waste their lives. Or was I wasting my life?
“I spit in every drink I’ve ever served. Looks like it’s suicide for me again.” Mo, the bartender from The Simpsons.

Anonymous

“I don’t want to wake up 10 years from now wondering what happened”. Girlfriend trying to get the guy she wants to marry out of the bar they spend their life at in Shaun Of The Dead.

Whatever

screw you, bartender….a buck a drink is the MAX….more like a buck a round…..don’t like it??…, then go get another job that you feel pays you better

SickOfDumbGuests

At Me Too The guest is not always right, and we in America have lost our manners concerning dinning out and sitting at a bar! I work in the buisness and I never get a garnish, why? Well it is probably been sitting out so if youd like to eat it go right ahead! Commonsenseaintcommon your probably the first person to be kicked out of a bar, obviously you think you should be aloud to do what you like! Imagine 15 drunk people all acting like the moron you are daily, making demands at once, good find that machine! Bobthebartender LMAO you work where? Obviously not in a big demanding area!

Spazzmo

How other than to wave, whistle or wave money at a douchebag bartender who doesn’t acknowledge your presence? If he makes me wait, he can wait for his tip.

Spazzmo

So, if you charge $100 for $8 worth of liquor, you expect more than a buck for the same work? Ain’t going to happen.

Spazzmo

It’s OK for you to demonstrate douchebaggery by getting a kickback from the cab company, but I’m supposed to model decorous behavior? Please.

UrMom

Tip more for 12 drink? Tell you what. When I tip you 1 buck for poring a beer and 1 buck for a martini, it all comes out in the wash..

http://profile.yahoo.com/AA65PN2E7A2VNMRCXDWDQTZYNU Robert

I’m so tired of these arrogant bartenders who think the world evolves around them. DUDE shut the hell up and get my drink!!!! If it’s a good drink I’ll tip you more than you deserve…. if it isn’t I won’t. You are the to serve the customer not to give me any opinions on what may be important to you.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PHV2UWXBMC2ROJAAHG2OEQRWZE mike

Want to earn your 15% tip? Make sure the garnishes are fresh, the glasses are clean, the drinks are correct, don’t treat my wave to get your attention as a personal insult, and be cordial and personal (i.e. smile and say ‘thank you’). Otherwise, forget about a tip or my business again.

http://www.facebook.com/people/John-Foreskinsky/100003491895346 John Foreskinsky

Arrogant bartenders…get my drink and shut your pie hole

Dshpyder1

Here we go…
First, and foremost, a bartender should be attentive and efficient. You are there to serve and then, talk. There are plenty of morons pouring drinks who think they can satisfy people based on their looks or personality. Having said that…
Ordering coffee or tea at bar = Starbucks or your local 7eleven is still open douche bag!
Asking for a drink menu = you suck because you go out once a year.
Take the cash off the top and split the bill with 6 credit cards = no tip on the cash deducted and thanks for the extra work you seemingly smart but, obviously self-absorbed and dimwitted dweebs.
Can I transfer my tab to the dining room = sure, as long as you tip me here.
You’re out of “Brand A!?” = Too bad. Hope you have a plan B.
You should carry “so-and-so.” = Buy the place and we will.
It’s my friend’s birthday = I am not buying him/her a drink. That is your job.
If you are a “secret shopper/spotter.” = I encourage you to have the “choclotini” so I can muddle ex-lax into your drink. Enjoy the rest of your evening on the toilet, worm!
Just the tip of the iceberg…

guest…….

sure put things in the customer’s drinks like exlax, and go to jail for 5 to 7 years for the crime of altering a person’s food or drink wirth the intention of doing them physical harm, lose your bartenders licence,work for McDonal’s if they’ll have you after they hear how you screw up a customer’s foods.

Davesh

Looking forward to the machine that will replace people who b!tsch about how much I should tip them for performing a simple task.

Anonymous

Me too. While they giggle under their breath about “you 9-5 suit and coat people” that pay them.

Davesh

Looking forward to the machine that will replace people who b!tsch about how much I should tip them for performing a simple task.

Davesh

Looking forward to the machine that will replace people who b!tsch about how much I should tip them for performing a simple task.

guest

I dont care if my drink costs more than another because of a brand of liqour, that doesnt mean I am going to tip you more just cause I got top shelf and for you doing the same amount of work. My money is just as hard earned as yours. Be glad I am there spending the money otherwise you wouldnt have a job to start with.

Brannen

Except for the other 250 people who are there spending money and tipping me you would be right. Your ten bucks isn’t going to put us out of business when you stop coming in. Sorry
- guest….
  
  ok lets gigure this out, you just aid the 250 other people who are tipping you while he is not there spending his 10.00. so your getting $250 minumum from these customer(at a $1.00 ) per drink, so what is it your crying about? you just mde more in one night than half the city of normal workers make in 3 days work.Most workers in other industires only make between $50,and $70 dollars a day working and you just made $250 or more shelling out and easy 250 drinks
  and I know you bartenders are not hurting for cash,i drove cab for along while and took many of you guys home after work. Got many of you paying me $20.00 a night in tips plus a $30 to $60 fee to take ya home.
- guest….
  
  ok lets gigure this out, you just aid the 250 other people who are tipping you while he is not there spending his 10.00. so your getting $250 minumum from these customer(at a $1.00 ) per drink, so what is it your crying about? you just mde more in one night than half the city of normal workers make in 3 days work.Most workers in other industires only make between $50,and $70 dollars a day working and you just made $250 or more shelling out and easy 250 drinks
  and I know you bartenders are not hurting for cash,i drove cab for along while and took many of you guys home after work. Got many of you paying me $20.00 a night in tips plus a $30 to $60 fee to take ya home.

TimSPC

“2. Start a tab. If I swipe your card five times this evening, that’s five times as much paperwork I have to do at 4 a.m.”

No it’s not. It’s four more things of paper you have to fill out.

If you have 10 people at the bar and they all order five drinks and nine of them are on tabs and one swipes five times, you’re filing out paperwork for 14 orders, not 50.

Anonymous

I’m sure the survey shows people tip higher when using a credit card vs. paying cash (especially when they pour heavier after seeing that Platinum level rewards card). Please.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HHCJUWRNQVQYZMHT4FBFAHBYZU Ludavico Corde

”You want a drink made ‘strong?’ Then order a double-for double the price.”

Ever hear about taking care of the customer??? To ensure repeat business and loyal patronage??? If you want a tip, you’ll earn it and be polite in the process. Or, learn how to survive on the $2.25 hourly rate they pay your rude arse.

With that attitude of customer service, the Bar or Club you work for will come and go in six months to a year at the most. My city is riddle with failed bars and clubs, currently boarded up.

PEZ

OH MY GOD. Taking care of the customer is giving the customer what they ask for in a timely, and polite manner. Not giving you extra. Do you go to a bank and say “please cash my paycheck and oh do you mind giving me a couple of extra twenties to top it off?” The liquor is PRODUCT. It is there to be sold. You don’t walk into wal-mart, buy a Blu-Ray player and ask for a few extra discs on the house. And you are wrong, bars close down often because of bartenders giving away product. I don’t agree with every complaint on here but this one is at the top of the list along with flagging bartenders down only to ask your friends what they want….BE READY!
PEZ

OH MY GOD. Taking care of the customer is giving the customer what they ask for in a timely, and polite manner. Not giving you extra. Do you go to a bank and say “please cash my paycheck and oh do you mind giving me a couple of extra twenties to top it off?” The liquor is PRODUCT. It is there to be sold. You don’t walk into wal-mart, buy a Blu-Ray player and ask for a few extra discs on the house. And you are wrong, bars close down often because of bartenders giving away product. I don’t agree with every complaint on here but this one is at the top of the list along with flagging bartenders down only to ask your friends what they want….BE READY!
Barchick

we should steal for you! yeah that’s worth it!
- Samuraipie83
  
  they don’t seem to realize that it is stealing. Well let me tell you, none of you are worth losing my job over. I refuse to kiss your feet to get a buck. Get over yourselves.

Hollywoodcole5840

Here is a tip, if you want more of a money tip, be charming, friendly, and don’t act like you are better than the customers. I don’t care how many hostesses, waitresses, or bar flies you slept with, your in the service industry. Be happy with the dollar if that is all you earned.

Ex-bartender for 7 years in clubs, restaurants, and bars

Anonymous

Great advice. He became flat-out condescending. That’s why I started loyalty to another bartender. It’s a large place.

Full Tilt

I’m not a cheapskate and tip well for good service. But telling me “a buck a drink isn’t good enough” is flat greedy and arrogant. Generally I leave a buck a drink for standard service cause it’s easy and convenient. My happening to order top shelf from time to time doesn’t add any extra work on your part than the same drink with house well. If you’re that interested in your 15% I can start carrying rolls of $0.60 to go with my $4 beer that requires all the effort of you grabbing a bottle and opening it for me just to make sure it’s exactly as you want it and not that one dollar bill. Better still, if you want a bigger tip give me good service that might include such things as: Genuinely paying attention to who got to the bar first so I don’t have to yell or whistle to let you know I have been waiting 10 minutes while you chatted to the three patrons you found attractive who just walked up after me, doing the little touches that make a drink better like i don’t know not using garnishes that have sat around for hours to days, not demanding that I leave my credit card with a stranger while I am out drinking and possibly not at my most attentive or disciplined state just because you don’t want to spend extra time later doing such pesky things as “your job,” and generally not acting like you’re the gift to the drinking world – I made the same drink at my house last weekend and it was just as good if not better. I’m here to socialize with friends, because the establishment itself has sports event I want to see / music I want to hear, or most likely hit on the opposite sex. You have nothing to do with it and if I could I would buy my drink from commonsenseaintcommon’s vending machine. I give you a tip because I appreciate your service. Act uppity and I will leave you nothing.

Full Tilt

I’m not a cheapskate and tip well for good service. But telling me “a buck a drink isn’t good enough” is flat greedy and arrogant. Generally I leave a buck a drink for standard service cause it’s easy and convenient. My happening to order top shelf from time to time doesn’t add any extra work on your part than the same drink with house well. If you’re that interested in your 15% I can start carrying rolls of $0.60 to go with my $4 beer that requires all the effort of you grabbing a bottle and opening it for me just to make sure it’s exactly as you want it and not that one dollar bill. Better still, if you want a bigger tip give me good service that might include such things as: Genuinely paying attention to who got to the bar first so I don’t have to yell or whistle to let you know I have been waiting 10 minutes while you chatted to the three patrons you found attractive who just walked up after me, doing the little touches that make a drink better like i don’t know not using garnishes that have sat around for hours to days, not demanding that I leave my credit card with a stranger while I am out drinking and possibly not at my most attentive or disciplined state just because you don’t want to spend extra time later doing such pesky things as “your job,” and generally not acting like you’re the gift to the drinking world – I made the same drink at my house last weekend and it was just as good if not better. I’m here to socialize with friends, because the establishment itself has sports event I want to see / music I want to hear, or most likely hit on the opposite sex. You have nothing to do with it and if I could I would buy my drink from commonsenseaintcommon’s vending machine. I give you a tip because I appreciate your service. Act uppity and I will leave you nothing.

Full Tilt

I’m not a cheapskate and tip well for good service. But telling me “a buck a drink isn’t good enough” is flat greedy and arrogant. Generally I leave a buck a drink for standard service cause it’s easy and convenient. My happening to order top shelf from time to time doesn’t add any extra work on your part than the same drink with house well. If you’re that interested in your 15% I can start carrying rolls of $0.60 to go with my $4 beer that requires all the effort of you grabbing a bottle and opening it for me just to make sure it’s exactly as you want it and not that one dollar bill. Better still, if you want a bigger tip give me good service that might include such things as: Genuinely paying attention to who got to the bar first so I don’t have to yell or whistle to let you know I have been waiting 10 minutes while you chatted to the three patrons you found attractive who just walked up after me, doing the little touches that make a drink better like i don’t know not using garnishes that have sat around for hours to days, not demanding that I leave my credit card with a stranger while I am out drinking and possibly not at my most attentive or disciplined state just because you don’t want to spend extra time later doing such pesky things as “your job,” and generally not acting like you’re the gift to the drinking world – I made the same drink at my house last weekend and it was just as good if not better. I’m here to socialize with friends, because the establishment itself has sports event I want to see / music I want to hear, or most likely hit on the opposite sex. You have nothing to do with it and if I could I would buy my drink from commonsenseaintcommon’s vending machine. I give you a tip because I appreciate your service. Act uppity and I will leave you nothing.

Full Tilt

I’m not a cheapskate and tip well for good service. But telling me “a buck a drink isn’t good enough” is flat greedy and arrogant. Generally I leave a buck a drink for standard service cause it’s easy and convenient. My happening to order top shelf from time to time doesn’t add any extra work on your part than the same drink with house well. If you’re that interested in your 15% I can start carrying rolls of $0.60 to go with my $4 beer that requires all the effort of you grabbing a bottle and opening it for me just to make sure it’s exactly as you want it and not that one dollar bill. Better still, if you want a bigger tip give me good service that might include such things as: Genuinely paying attention to who got to the bar first so I don’t have to yell or whistle to let you know I have been waiting 10 minutes while you chatted to the three patrons you found attractive who just walked up after me, doing the little touches that make a drink better like i don’t know not using garnishes that have sat around for hours to days, not demanding that I leave my credit card with a stranger while I am out drinking and possibly not at my most attentive or disciplined state just because you don’t want to spend extra time later doing such pesky things as “your job,” and generally not acting like you’re the gift to the drinking world – I made the same drink at my house last weekend and it was just as good if not better. I’m here to socialize with friends, because the establishment itself has sports event I want to see / music I want to hear, or most likely hit on the opposite sex. You have nothing to do with it and if I could I would buy my drink from commonsenseaintcommon’s vending machine. I give you a tip because I appreciate your service. Act uppity and I will leave you nothing.

lau

how about if you become a batender there simply is a certain amount of crap you have to put up with

Rich Gook

Bartenders are loser

Anon

Not true…I know some really great bartenders. They also deal with a lot of crappy people,and (at least the ones I know), handle it with a good amount of grace. That being said…I stick to the tip amount being how the service was – not what I’m expected to give. I’m all for tipping, but I won’t be told what I’m going to pay.
Beaulieu36

Play nice. I personally know a bartender that was delt a bad hand growing up and she is the most pleasant young lady that I have come across. Her earnings help her elderly Grandmother (her mom) eat and pay the bills. On a slow day, I will give 20 bucks on a 2 dollar drink because its for my own cause and she is most gracious and appreciative.

Rich Gook

Bartenders are loser

Rich Gook

Bartenders are loser

Pinky

So sick of waiters and bartenders whining about tips.

Wm

The under-appreciated, hard-working, knowledgeable-on-their-art bit, can be a bit of b.s. Yes, you deserve to be paid decently for giving me a good experience (assuming you have), but a lot of jobs require a lot more knowledge, skill, and prep work, but earn a lot less money than tending bar or mixologising.

Rosalinda

Q. for Bartenders: Do “flirty” customers received free, stiffer, or extra drinks?

Rosalinda

Q. for Bartenders: Do “flirty” customers received free, stiffer, or extra drinks?

Samuraipie83

not in my bar
Anonymous

Do flirty bartenders deserve more of a tip in “my”bar? NO. I’d prefer they be more “professionals” as they claim to be.

DrunknRuckus

Seriously?…..”19.  I like a sophisticated palate. You’ll win points with me if you request gin in your martini. “. A martini IS gin! And if you didn’t know something as simple and basic as this, do yourself a favor and get out from behind the bar. And if you ask for a maritni, expecting it to be vodka, get out of the bar all together. You’re already dumb enough, and we don’t need alcohol intensifying that trait!
-DrunknRuckus

Cich919

I have been reading all of these comments for 20 minutes, waiting to see if someone pointed this out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If I got to the end without SOMEONE pointing this out, I wasn’t even going to BOTHER posting my own coment. All of these experienced bartenders commenting on here & NOT ONE noticed or pointed this out previously.

Pinkgirlredwoman

I’ve tended bar & enjoyed seeing people smile with that first, long-awaited sip of a beverage. I’ve also had to deal with jerks. But i’ve noticed many more bartenders treat patrons like they’re doing them an enormous favor by serving them a drink & play all kinds of “passive aggressive” games with their customers! Does this exemplify the elevated status of the so-called, “Mixologist?”

Shadygrove7

Tell the bartender you are with a group and that you are a designated driver. Ask for a pint of tap water. If you must drink alcohol you can spike your water with vodka brought from home while in the bathroom. Bartender complain about there tip, but they go home with hundreds of dollars each night. Bars are a ripoff.

Shadygrove7

Tell the bartender you are with a group and that you are a designated driver. Ask for a pint of tap water. If you must drink alcohol you can spike your water with vodka brought from home while in the bathroom. Bartender complain about there tip, but they go home with hundreds of dollars each night. Bars are a ripoff.

Barchicka

classy. stay home.

http://profile.yahoo.com/R37VJ7F6VI6HVMR6R2S6IRFXPE ScottC

Wrong! Pay five times and I get five tips. Pay one time and I only get 15% of the total.

Bob69

There’s a simple solution to your $1 per drink tip issue. Don’t charge $13 for a mixed drink! That’s absolutely outrageous and you’d probably get better tips if it were cheaper!

Samuraipie83

do you really think we set the drink prices? Giving you more than what you pay for is STEALING.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Steve-Shelton/1529402870 Steve Shelton

How about 1 thing I won’t tell my bartender – if you act like you are doing me a favor by serving me a drink you are getting shorted on your tip.

Mailujonder

Tip? Isn’t paying for your drink enough. I never tip a bartender. They’re there to work aren’t they? Why tip them for doing their job? What’s so hard about pouring a shot in a glass and squirting in a mixer? Or popping the cap off of a beer bottle.

http://www.facebook.com/john.darling.319 John Darling

WHO GIIVVES A FFFFFFFK ABOUT THE FFFFFKN BARTENDERS.. MAYBE YOU WOULD LIke to lose your job and all your tips you FKKKN BBBTTTTCH. ENOUGH of the BARTENDERS SPEAK UP AND COMPLAIN, FKKK THEM IF THEY DONT LIKE their jobs they can quit or lose to the competition. I CATCH YOU ACTING LIKE THAT AT MY BAR AND YOUR FIRED YOU BTTTTCH

http://www.facebook.com/john.darling.319 John Darling

AT some bars the sliced fruit sits out for days until its used.. WHAT DONT YOU KNOW ABOUT LAZY BARTENDERS BEING USELESS BUMS and What dont you know about the DISGUSTING restaurant business in particular… When that kind of thing goes on then the WHOLE RESTAURANT OR BAR Can lose their reputation and business forever to COMPETITIVE BUSINESS FOR SERIOUS MONEY.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_D2TZ7JNEVEBA6VYLZJM5ZCA5MQ Evil Hippie

bars are a total waste of money. barflies make bad lovers. you can smoke whatever at home. you can buy three times more bourbon. a shoot of bourbon is only two tablespoons. that 2 for $7+ with 32 shoots per bottle, do the math, if you can.

Gl

Other kinds of waiters aren’t this full of themselves.

Gl

Other kinds of waiters aren’t this full of themselves.

Hirene

Here’s a tip from a customer. I don’t go to bars because bartenders are rude and hustle for money.

http://profile.yahoo.com/KVK3IPHRXSATUHFVGGK4PCZHOY Papi

shut the hell up and give me a beer, jagoff..

http://www.facebook.com/teddyflyfisher.davis Teddy Flyfisher Davis

Hey…American bar tenders…Don’t come to Thailand thinking you can get away with that kind of attitude or mentality…If so, then you will be going home with either a VERY empty tip jar or you will be closing your bar…Customers here don’t like people behind a bar with attitudes.We would rather pick up and go next door or to one of the other 128 bars on the same street and spend our money…

Anon

15% for each drink that takes 30 seconds to mayyybe two minutes to make (for the harder ones)…please. I’m all for tipping, but TIPS stands for (to insure proper service). Just because you whip a drink I’m paying for out…doesn’t mean your service was great. I’ll tip what you deserve.

Butters

I am sorry but if I tip $1 per drink even on a $12 drink that is enough for the 30 seconds it takes to make and deliver it to me. I usually tip $1 for a $6 drink so it all evens out.

Anonymous

I tended bar for several years in Kodiak AK. (Breakers bar and ships tavern) The louder the customer was, the better for business. I didn’t work for a tip I was paid a wage and all the booze I wanted.

ME

almost 2 dollar tip for every drink YEAH RIGHT!

Germanicus .

If a drink costs 12 dollars there is already a tip built into the price as far as i’m concerned. The bartender gets $1 for pouring the liquor and tossing in a few ice cubes.
I saw you make it sweety, it took 9.2 seconds. same as the $6 drink.

Big Mike

Yeah these “secrets” are crap. You are there to serve me…not the other way around. You should thank me for your business…not the other way around. A mixologist? Please…

Dvdrlgh

Mr. Bartender, if you make my visit a pleasant one and I will give you a decent tip. Give me lousy service and I will still give you something. Either way I WILL tell my friends. It’s up to you.

Dvdrlgh

Mr. Bartender, if you make my visit a pleasant one and I will give you a decent tip. Give me lousy service and I will still give you something. Either way I WILL tell my friends. It’s up to you.

http://www.facebook.com/shannon.baas Shannon Baas

What if you are sitting there for 20 minutes and the bartender helps everyone but you. Had that happen this past week. Oh, we’re busy. Ok, then why did you help everyone else.

Fredo Brown

30% of your “secrets and tips” were regarding tips. Good service equals good tips not telling somebody their cheap. Give me a break.

http://twitter.com/WhiskeySe7en A Lari

There’s nothing worse than a pompous bartender. Make my drink and shut up.

Grouch13

please take a cab should be #1 and a mixlogise is not a bartender it si something you find in a high price tavern

Jeff Berlat

Pouring a $5 drink takes the same skill as a $15 drink. You didn’t use any more skill to make the drink.

Ivoryfox77

My “on-the-job” training required me to know the recipes of over 250 different drinks, their garnishes, the proper glassware, the price (set by the restaurant), and the skill to correctly make these drinks for many customers at one time. I was expected to keep everyone’s drink orders straight – even the ones from the customers that changed their mind 3 times while ordering. I also had to stay polite and attentive to the customers that were too ignorant to see that I was busting my butt to keep everyone served and satisfied and wanted me to stand there listening to his newest joke then act as if it WEREN’T the umteenth time I had heard it. Everyone at the bar expected to be served immediately despite the fact that they could plainly see that I was outnumbered 20-1. Finally, after everyone wanders off to their tables and leaves their buck or two on the bar, acting like they just did me a huge favor, I get to clean up the mess they left behind. Believe it or not, I did this job because I mostly enjoyed it. Fortunately, the majority of my guests were decent people and fun to serve. Sometimes the difference between a poor tip and a good tip could be as little as a couple of bucks. If you can’t afford to show your appreciation for the job your bartender did by leaving a couple of extra bucks perhaps you shouldn’t be going out at all.

No

most overpaid professions in america
doctors and bartenders

Nonyabusiness

A dollar a drink is plenty…especially when bartenders are walking with $200 plus cash on average nights. Want more than a dollar? Then show some hustle and don’t ignore people wanting to order. If you take a beer out of a fridge and open it then $1 tip is too much. If a place charges $12 for a well vodka rocks, then kick the bartender in the nuts! This is coming from a bartender…

Nonyabusiness

A dollar a drink is plenty…especially when bartenders are walking with $200 plus cash on average nights. Want more than a dollar? Then show some hustle and don’t ignore people wanting to order. If you take a beer out of a fridge and open it then $1 tip is too much. If a place charges $12 for a well vodka rocks, then kick the bartender in the nuts! This is coming from a bartender…

Brett

You want 15% for every drink you pour? HAHAHA. Then I want a 15% tip every time I see a patient.

David

bartenders are self absorbed and arrogant A holes so screw them .

Izzy

After fifteen years as a bartender, here is another truth: yes we do occasionally serve “sneezers.”

Jamiethebold

Been there, probably done at least half of those things even though I consider myself a pretty good guest. Good thoughts, and thanks.

Anonymous

It seems a little too easy to piss off a bartender, who chose to be in the business of serving drinkers and drunks, a class not known for their class to begin with.

MassJim

I read the first and already I am angry. Should I also perhaps kiss the ring of the bartender, perhaps I should keep my eyes averted as I back out of the room? Perhaps I should mix my own drink so as not to disturb his highness.

MassJim

I read the first three warnings to the lowly patron and then I read #4 that sales are down. Could it be that paying customers don’t enjoy being treated with disdain?

Anonymous

Or contempt?

Anonymous

Some of these made sense, but those comments that are designed to make the bartenders job easier don’t fly. I am not at a bar to make his job easier, he is to serve me, accept the tip I give him ( I don’t have to give any) and be polite.

Anonymous

Right. As someone who tended bar for about a decade, I could spot the likes of you when you walked though the door. D-bag.

JJVoorhies

With respect to 19, this “bartender” will earn points with me if he realizes that a martini is a gin-based drink. No need to specify gin.

These things are dumb.

Cich919

Out of all these comments, you are only the 2nd person to point out that a martini IS made with gin!

Anonymous

I’m pretty sure bartenders have no problem saying any of this 13 save maybe the comps tab (more a myth than a reality at most bars).

http://www.facebook.com/chicagopoetry Cj Laity

Shut up and give me my overpriced drink, servant.

Samuraipie83

or you could wear it :)
Travman

My chuckle for the day!

Appendixforsale

Best bars to pee? Would beer help to clear up “obstruction” of the urinary function in a non-drinking/non-smoking female?

http://www.facebook.com/mark.fisher.39 Mark Fisher

lame article

http://www.facebook.com/andrew.minty.94 Andrew Minty

Most bartenders seem to be too busy talking to even get you a beer anymore, and I always tip decently. When your empty glass is in the “gutter”, you should have another within 2 minutes, or they should find another job.

Anonymous

Another idiot who has never tended bar.
- Travman
  
  Another idiot who has never learned to post properly.
Anonymous

Another idiot who has never tended bar.

Bill Ovoian

if i order a 12 dollar drink and it takes you all of 10 seconds to make be happy for a dollar tip and i agree with rest this must of been from some manahatten snob bar tender

gettin it sr8

Well, If I have to go to the BAR to order a drink v/s the waiter…. WTF should I tip the bartender 15%?…. then why tip the waiter Cash— then pay my tab with CC–just to have the tip forged on the ticket?

Anonymous

I like to munch the garnish. Especially when a slice of orange has been marinating in a Belgian style wheat beer. Then again, the cherries that sometimes get tossed in a drink – oh my God, the rush of alcohol and sugar at the end of the evening is just fab. I knew a bartender who would toss a handful of cherries into a pitcher of long island ice tea. This was when the choir at church went drinking after choir practice (Episcopalians, you know how WE are about alcohol!) We would fight for the cherries.

Anonymous

I like to munch the garnish. Especially when a slice of orange has been marinating in a Belgian style wheat beer. Then again, the cherries that sometimes get tossed in a drink – oh my God, the rush of alcohol and sugar at the end of the evening is just fab. I knew a bartender who would toss a handful of cherries into a pitcher of long island ice tea. This was when the choir at church went drinking after choir practice (Episcopalians, you know how WE are about alcohol!) We would fight for the cherries.

Graysondavis

Wow, this is so un-original that my bartender friends and myself are wondering, tell us something we don’t know? Mr Obvious must have been on vacation when this story broke. Eeeks

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MIHBFHLRP42R224YALSQPM7YJ4 frenchy

Always be polite to the bartender…. duh !…….

http://profile.yahoo.com/WP2YLPWMKJZJYPGKZGJDA43FPU Gorksmalork

17. 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.   
Pizza boys are called “delivery specialists.”

http://profile.yahoo.com/WP2YLPWMKJZJYPGKZGJDA43FPU Gorksmalork

20.  My knees hurt.  Bar mats prevent slipping, but I really like them for the cushioning. I use sole inserts in my shoes, too.   
Cool story bro. I know a lot of people with less entitled attitudes who bust their humps a lot harder than a bleeping bartender. Some of this article is useful. Most of it is exactly what I expected – “I didn’t go to college or learn a tradeskill, I’ve been doing this for about 5 months and demand to be treated with the global maximum of professional respect.”

http://profile.yahoo.com/WP2YLPWMKJZJYPGKZGJDA43FPU Gorksmalork

”
25.  I do more than mix drinks.  I love being your psychiatrist-matchmaker-entertainer-friend. Otherwise, I wouldn’t tend bar.   ”

Sorry for so many comments but I”m just loving critiquing the #*($ out of this list. I’ve known a few bartenders in my day. The older, classier dudes (and I’m a straight guy saying this) might be able to hook you up with some decent advice. Most of them are just straight dbags, self-entitled as all get out and the women tend to be caught inbetween actually going to college or delving into an attempt at porn stardom, with all the attitude of a AAA celebrity to match up with it.

Bartenders are like most of us out there – not that smart, not that nice, and convinced they’re the reason the stars stay in the sky.

Southerncottontuscaloosa

this is pointless

Chris

As a bartender, I can tell you number 12 is false.

http://profile.yahoo.com/OJJPVRLGBFJSC53AZ5FSDIAUII GaryH

Jerks like this won’t get my tip money.

guest

I’m not gonna hit “next” 27 times. Show it all on one page or goodbye.

http://profile.yahoo.com/WYS6WUIU4JR2CFXOYBQRPMNFSE Jerry

Think tending bar isn’t a real career?  Yes.

http://profile.yahoo.com/WYS6WUIU4JR2CFXOYBQRPMNFSE Jerry

Think tending bar isn’t a real career?  Yes.

Sqrtzalot

So why does it hurt when I pee?

Anonymous

So set ‘em up Joe, I’ve got a little story you ought to know. Give me one for my baby, and one more for the road.

Anonymous

So set ‘em up Joe, I’ve got a little story you ought to know. Give me one for my baby, and one more for the road.

http://profile.yahoo.com/O6NHGIV2RRT2UECB6H4RA73KIE jas s

the 14th thing..from some..but not all..is that you have a winning lotto ticket

http://profile.yahoo.com/O6NHGIV2RRT2UECB6H4RA73KIE jas s

the 14th thing..from some..but not all..is that you have a winning lotto ticket

Gibsonnn

bartending a wasted life,almost bad as barflys sitting and drinking stupid juice

Averywinters27

Mixologist sounds stupid.

Averywinters27

Mixologist sounds stupid.

http://www.facebook.com/people/George-Garrett/100003583367601 George Garrett

These rules are set up by self appointed experts, not the customer with the money. If the bartender acts like a boob and expects a big tip, he’s playing in the wrong league. The difference between an S8.00 martini and a S12.00 martini has more to do with the pretentiousness location than any inconvenience to the bartender.

http://www.facebook.com/people/George-Garrett/100003583367601 George Garrett

These rules are set up by self appointed experts, not the customer with the money. If the bartender acts like a boob and expects a big tip, he’s playing in the wrong league. The difference between an S8.00 martini and a S12.00 martini has more to do with the pretentiousness location than any inconvenience to the bartender.

Anonymous

# 7 can be grossly lopsided. If the establishment, especially a hotel or airport, Charges $12 for a drink that, in reality outside a hotel and airport, would cost $4, that is BS to give the 15-20% tip. No offense bartender, but snapping the lid off of my $8 miller lite is still worth a buck, barely. Bartenders don’t make 2.13 or whatever an hour like a waiter would,so $1 for 5 seconds of work has always baffled me even. Mix a long island, yeah, took some effort, you get compensated. Reach down 2 feet, pull out a beer and pop the top? Wow. Amazing. Don’t get me wrong, I frequent a bar every week, and I tip very well. But, as with most people, we are kinda bullied into it for the reason that if you tip what they consider “low” for their 5 seconds of work, you will be shunned and wait a really long time for drinks. Kinda petty, sorry, but they have the power.

guest writer

swaren,they (bartender’s have the power? )no, I know your wrong here, he works for someone, he gets paid by someone, he can be reported to someone,enough of those reports,and he is history. you are the customer, he is expected(and paid) to serve you in a timely manor. If he fails to do this, and you don’t report him,your doing the entire establishment a disservice.

Chihawk6

Don’t tell me what to tip. 15% of 12 dollars is a buck eighty but keep in mind 15% of a 3 dollar beer is 45 cents.

1Ronald

#1. (Top of the List) National Institutes of Health has determined that alcohol causes cancer. After this had been a known fact several years prior. But, politicing aside, no one will slay that giant mammoth multi-billion dollar a year alcohol industry. They want your money and don’t give a hoot about what happens to you down the road. And, oh yes, alcohol is supposed to be good for your heart. The operation was a success, but the patient died.

Me

Tipping should be based on server performance and not the cost of the consumable product. Just becuase you pour top shelp that is double the price of the same drink with lesser priced contents you shouldn’t think you are etitled to twice the tip.

Tomsmith

One of the worst written articles I’ve read. Read one about valets not too long ago that was almost as bad. I have an idea…do your job to the best of your ability, and we will tip you.