My secret technique for not tipping bartenders and getting good service.

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Here's my secret:

Everytime I get change for a drink while sitting at the bar I put a dollar in a pile right in front of me, so they think it is their tip, but it is close enough to my drink that they are too courteous to reach and grab for it.

They figure I will leave it all when I leave and give me great service... but I don't, as I am leaving I grab the pile and usually leave $2 for 6-8 drinks.

Mr Adolph bin Streisand (Mr_Adolph_bin_Streisand), Saturday, 12 November 2005 22:16 (eighteen years ago) link

And then go home and don't get a blowjob.

I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 12 November 2005 22:18 (eighteen years ago) link

what, there are blowjobs available at these bars now?

kingfish cold slither (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 12 November 2005 22:53 (eighteen years ago) link

How to Make a Blow Job Shooter and Drink One
From your Cocktails / Beer Guide

Here's an easy recipe for making and drinking a Blow Job.

Difficulty Level: Easy Time Required: 5 minutes

Here's How:

1. Get a Pony or slender Shot glass.
2. Pour in 1/3 oz. Kahlua.
3. Layer 1/3 oz. of Baileys.
4. Layer 1/3 oz. Vodka.
5. Top with Whipped Cream and a Maraschino Cherry.
6. Serve to imbiber.
7. Imbiber must not use hands to drink this shot.
8. Place mouth over shot and with lips lift shot up to drink.
9. Put glass back on bar and show no hands were used.


Tips:

1. Use the highest quality ingredients you can.
2. The higher the whipped cream, the more difficult this is.
3. Leave the stem on the cherry for more difficulty.

Jaq (Jaq), Saturday, 12 November 2005 22:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Kingfish: no, Adolph is the poor sex-deprived soul who couldn't get a blowjob from his wife on his birthday the other day. As Jaq points out, he'll have better luck asking the bartender for one... but I think he should tip more than $2.

I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 12 November 2005 23:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Bartenders are known to have secret techniques for stirring your drink with their dick too, Adolph.

M. White (Miguelito), Saturday, 12 November 2005 23:20 (eighteen years ago) link

take your daughter's 18 year old friend with you. and make her pay.

D.I.Y. U.N.K.L.E. (dave225.3), Saturday, 12 November 2005 23:34 (eighteen years ago) link

make her pay

e.g. fuck her in the ass later

Are You Nomar? (miloaukerman), Saturday, 12 November 2005 23:47 (eighteen years ago) link

fuck non-tippers.

M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Sunday, 13 November 2005 00:39 (eighteen years ago) link

You sir, and here I address the thread-starter, are an unpleasant human being.

Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 13 November 2005 00:49 (eighteen years ago) link

I imagine that after 6-8 drinks at the bar, the risk of forgetting the pile of cash, your wallet and possibly your keys at the bar might also increase.

Jena (JenaP), Sunday, 13 November 2005 00:52 (eighteen years ago) link

America can be confusing.

danski (danski), Sunday, 13 November 2005 00:57 (eighteen years ago) link

so wrong

tehresa (tehresa), Sunday, 13 November 2005 01:01 (eighteen years ago) link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetty_Green

jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Sunday, 13 November 2005 01:04 (eighteen years ago) link

how are you supposed to ever go back to this bar once you've done this? what a stupid idea.

J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Sunday, 13 November 2005 01:05 (eighteen years ago) link

My secret technique for not tipping bartenders and getting good service: be in Australia. HA HA.

Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 13 November 2005 01:06 (eighteen years ago) link

but how do you reach your drink from australia?

fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Sunday, 13 November 2005 01:15 (eighteen years ago) link

Biggest bunch of assholes anywhere on the web, i love it!


Hey, what about this system at a bar that you frequent? Everyone has "their bar" and mine just happens to be walking distance and a lil 'trendy and faggoty' but i've tipped good in the past and i get free drinks now.

this theory is only good for one time stops, not a bar you go back to.

Mon Star2 (hydraulis2), Sunday, 13 November 2005 01:21 (eighteen years ago) link

m@tt otm.

joseph (joseph), Sunday, 13 November 2005 01:32 (eighteen years ago) link

matt's only kind of OTM. The idea that, since you work in the service industry, you deserve 20% / buck-a-drink is not right. In the 1920s, when this social habit was established in NY (dunno about other cities), it was a matter of fun and challenge: are you worth it? Prove it! It's now become the norm, whether or not bartenders know drinks / give a fuck, etc. "But they oly earn $6 / hour" you cry. Yeah, so do people at White Castle. And they have the same skills as a whole lot of other bare-service people. I will always tip the required amount (out of fear of social stigma), but a whole lof of people that serve me drinks are White-Castle-Service-in-Better-clothes. (maybe better clothes).

paulhw (paulhw), Sunday, 13 November 2005 02:31 (eighteen years ago) link

But they oly earn $6 / hour" you cry.

not always true. if you work as a waiter or bartender, your boss is allowed to pay you much less than the minimum wage. if you want more you have to make it in tips.

stockholm cindy is in your extended network (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 13 November 2005 02:41 (eighteen years ago) link

i tip well as a way of apologizing to the waiter/bartender for all the shit he has to put up with from the other customers.

stockholm cindy is in your extended network (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 13 November 2005 02:44 (eighteen years ago) link

Biggest bunch of assholes anywhere on the web, i love it!

I rilly enjoy the work of anonymous googlist arseholes, I think they must be the coolest people in the world.

Le Marquis de Salade (noodle vague), Sunday, 13 November 2005 02:46 (eighteen years ago) link

If you think bartending doesn't require more skill than running the counter at a White Castle, you should try it sometime.

And as Cindy says, legally they only have to be paid $2.13 an hour. Some places pay barstaff minimum wage, some don't. (Service bar is a different situation as well, if it's a restaurant) And presumably some pay much better depending on the clientele, but not that I've encountered.

Are You Nomar? (miloaukerman), Sunday, 13 November 2005 02:49 (eighteen years ago) link

I hope, and I mean this in the kindest way possible, that a bartender someday drives an icepick through the threadstarter's eyeball.

Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Sunday, 13 November 2005 03:10 (eighteen years ago) link

I really think everybody should work at a tip-oriented job once in their life. You have no idea how much we go through. You really couldn't possibly imagine it. I don't know a single person who worked for any significant amount of time as a bartender, waiter, etc, without beginning to tip a lot more.

Mickey (modestmickey), Sunday, 13 November 2005 03:30 (eighteen years ago) link

Ok. yeah. i've worked at a bar. i should've predicted the "if you only knew" vote.
and yet, i've worked for $6 an hour as a dishwasher (no tips, obv) and have never called on fellow dishwasher to come back, find me, and give me cash. wankers.
also: beyond "stylists" is there anyone who actually believes it's hard to work a bar? (I've done it, actually, and it taxed me..)
hawhaw

paulhw (paulhw), Sunday, 13 November 2005 03:39 (eighteen years ago) link

beyond "stylists" is there anyone who actually believes it's hard to work a bar?

You mean like barbers? I had a short-lived barback job earlier this yeah, and it was fucking grueling. Of course, the barback is everybody's little bitch, and this was at a club that would get fucking slammed til 4 AM. There was one night where on two separate occasions customers puked directly on the bar and guess who got to clean it up? I used bleach to clean it, and one of the bartenders was like, "I don't think you should be using toxic chemicals to clean that up." Oh yeah, some warm water will take care of any nasty pathogens on this surface that we're serving food and drinks off of.

You sir, and here I address the thread-starter, are an unpleasant human being.

I think that's spelled T-R-O-L-L.

viborgu, Sunday, 13 November 2005 04:06 (eighteen years ago) link

paulhw, well, I know it's definitely not the subject of this thread, but I was thinking more about serving than bartending.

Mickey (modestmickey), Sunday, 13 November 2005 04:11 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm generally a decent tipper (20%+), but I actually gave a waiter about an 8% tip last night. I'll give a full tip even when waiter is MIA, messes up orders, etc. But this waiter was actively rude, and that's where I've got to draw the line.

Super Cub (Debito), Sunday, 13 November 2005 04:12 (eighteen years ago) link

Hey, this guy's stealing my bit.

Original Lonely Guy (Baked Bean Teeth), Sunday, 13 November 2005 04:26 (eighteen years ago) link

Fuck this bar shit, man - WTF happened with your daughter's friend!?!?

David R. (popshots75`), Sunday, 13 November 2005 07:34 (eighteen years ago) link

I hope, and I mean this in the kindest way possible, that a bartender someday drives an icepick through the threadstarter's eyeball.

I hope, and I mean this in the kindest way possible, that you realise it's just an internet comedy character

DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 13 November 2005 15:20 (eighteen years ago) link

Then this won't hurt a bit!

Dr. Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Sunday, 13 November 2005 18:39 (eighteen years ago) link

http://bbs.fuckedcompany.com/

:emo:

Phillip Kaplan (Baked Bean Teeth), Sunday, 13 November 2005 18:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Bartending is fucknig hard work.

I worked at a bars as a cook for years, and sometimes had to sub-in on like an oddly busy Sunday nite when there was only one bartender on. I was completely clusterfucked and ovewhelmed...

Put it this way, everybody can come up with any kind of fancy-ass theories about tipping they want to, why you should, why the fact that your obliged to now is bullshit, how much money bartenders make, why you shouldn't have to subsidize successful bars who essentially don't pay their employees a liveable wage and expect you to do that for them, how overpriced beer and drinks are at bars anyway, blah blah blah....BUT THIS IS CRUCIAL:

YOU HAVE A CHOICE IN LIFE ABOUT WHAT KIND OF PERSON YOU ARE GOING TO BE:

A GOOD TIPPER (NOT OVERTIPPER, BUT A REASONABLE 20 PERCENTER)

OR

A BAD TIPPER

This will define the kind of person you are in life, in my experience. seriously. Have some fucking class, get over it, and tip.

M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Sunday, 13 November 2005 19:09 (eighteen years ago) link

believe me the few extra bucks you spend over your life in tipping is worth it, because you will be a good tipper, and people will know it, and you will know it.

M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Sunday, 13 November 2005 19:10 (eighteen years ago) link

By the same token:

If you are tipping between 15 and 20 percent and any waiter/bartender whatever as some fancy place makes you feel like it's not enough and your being shabby in some way - fuck them - that's perfectly reasonable and you have absolutely no reason to tip more than that, unless you decide you feel like it for whatever reason....

M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Sunday, 13 November 2005 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Mr Adolph bin Streisand (Mr_Adolph_bin_Streisand), Monday, 14 November 2005 01:41 (eighteen years ago) link

i hear that rachael ray is such a notoriously shitty tipper, whenever she brings $40 a day to a restaurant, nobody on the waitstaff wants to serve her.

imagine going through life being THAT person.

stockholm cindy is in your extended network (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 14 November 2005 01:52 (eighteen years ago) link

One more upside of tipping well: it impresses your date/friends/etc..

Are You Nomar? (miloaukerman), Monday, 14 November 2005 02:08 (eighteen years ago) link

http://guidance.gospelcom.net/img/guilt.jpg

JUJUBEANCOBIAN (dr g), Monday, 14 November 2005 02:10 (eighteen years ago) link

It's not just enough to tip 20% sometimes.

Case in point: today I had two elderly ladies who shared a house salad and a soup. That's a fucking 5 dollar meal. And then they sat at the table for over an hour.

Maybe people don't realize this, but restaurants are divided into sections. I had a three table section today, so if you are eating sitting at my table for over an hour, you are COSTING me money, because I could have other people there who will actually tip.

And 20% of 5 dollars? Fucking please.

Mickey (modestmickey), Monday, 14 November 2005 03:08 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm in a bad mood. I only made $65 today and I worked 10 hours.

Here's another tip for restaurant goers - there's a little thing called tipout. The restaurant takes a certain percentage of the money we make to pay the bartenders, dishwashers, busboys, etc. So, if you leave without tipping, or tip around 5%, we've actually lost money serving you. We had to pay for the joy of serving you. What kind of fucked up system is that?

Mickey (modestmickey), Monday, 14 November 2005 03:10 (eighteen years ago) link

So, if you leave without tipping, or tip around 5%, we've actually lost money serving you. We had to pay for the joy of serving you. What kind of fucked up system is that?

-- Mickey (mi...), November 14th, 2005 2:10 PM. (later)

Mention to the restaurant owner to start selling the meals and beverages you prepare there for a good deal more than the basic ingredients cost. The extra moneys received can be used to pay for staff, and even turn over what's known in the business as 'profit'.

I have never heard of this 'tipout' though. It sounds like what a 'ho' gives to her 'pimp'.

Sasha (sgh), Monday, 14 November 2005 03:27 (eighteen years ago) link

tipout is fairly standard. it works that way in bars too... you have to split tips with the barback(s).

stockholm cindy is in your extended network (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 14 November 2005 03:36 (eighteen years ago) link

Pretty much every restaurant has tipout. Some more than others. My restaurant is especially high because we tipout to the hostesses, bartender, busser, QA (person who examines all food before sending it out, puts final touches on it), and the silverware roller. Today I had several tables that ended up tipping me absolutely nothing because of tipout.

Sasha, the business model is perfect for the restaurant owner. They pay a lot less since us servers pay so many of their employees, and they get a lot more customers because the food is so cheap.

You have no idea how many ghetto motherfuckers come into a restaurant like mine, order a 13 oz steak, the biggest margarita we have, and a fucking slice of cake, and then leave you a dollar and fifty cent tip. For the owner of the restaurant -- that works fine. For me, it doesn't.

Mickey (modestmickey), Monday, 14 November 2005 03:39 (eighteen years ago) link

I mean, jesus people, just tip a decent amount. The extra five bucks likely means very little to you, but can potentially mean a lot for the server.

Mickey (modestmickey), Monday, 14 November 2005 03:40 (eighteen years ago) link

"ghetto motherfuckers"

amon (eman), Monday, 14 November 2005 03:51 (eighteen years ago) link

Work in a chain restaurant

No, thanks. I like making money.

JUJUBEANCOBIAN (dr g), Monday, 14 November 2005 04:12 (eighteen years ago) link

Work in a chain restaurant and tell me you don't see these people. They always bring in at least 3 kids, they order ridiculously expensive things, complain about the most nitpicky of details, usually complaining to the manager that they deserve free food, and then tip 5% at the max.

that's not just the ghetto motherfuckers, it's EVERYONE who goes to chain restaurants. not very sophisticated diners.

stockholm cindy is in your extended network (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 14 November 2005 04:15 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh, no no no. Elderly soup sharing ladies aren't "ghetto motherfuckers."

The guy who asked if he could pay for his ribs with food stamps is.

Mickey (modestmickey), Monday, 14 November 2005 04:15 (eighteen years ago) link

it sucks that in a lot of places the only jobs you can get are in shit restaurants like applebee's. you can say "get a better job," but you probably would have to move to a better city too.

stockholm cindy is in your extended network (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 14 November 2005 04:19 (eighteen years ago) link

Here is a profile of several customers in my restaurant, so you can get a general idea of what I'm talking about.

"Yo. Hey, yo, boss. You bringing out any bread? Oh, it cost a dollar fifty? Naw, I'm not interested." -- ghetto motherfucker.

"It cost fifty cent for cheese on the salad? No, I don't want it." -- ghetto motherfucker.

"Yeah, that's all I'm ordering. Oh, my son? No he's not hungry." -- ghetto motherfucker.

"I don't like these fries. Can I get another side? [after 9/10th of the fries are ate]" -- ghetto motherfucker.

"Yo, does the queso dip come with that cheese sauce too?" -- ghetto motherfucker.

"Five waters for us. Kids drinks are free, right? Get him a coke." -- ghetto motherfucker.

"It says here, 'Sandwiches come with fries, red beans and rice, or cole slaw.' So why are you only giving me one side? It says right here I get three. What? Let me see your manager." -- ghetto motherfucker.

I hope that clears it up!

Mickey (modestmickey), Monday, 14 November 2005 04:21 (eighteen years ago) link

i guess the UK wage system is very different but here you tip well for GOOD service, not for the basic fact of being served. cutomers very rarely tip in bars here.

are you giving the ghetto mofos good service?

jed_ (jed), Monday, 14 November 2005 04:22 (eighteen years ago) link

I used to get a lot of people who made their own lemonade. Five waters, a big bowl of lemons and the entire sugar caddy. This was in a place with a $25 PPA (fairly high around here).

Are You Nomar? (miloaukerman), Monday, 14 November 2005 04:23 (eighteen years ago) link

A few others:

"Can I get the Tripple Threat?" (Tripple Treat...)

and my all time favorite.

"Hey, yo, man. I think there's no alcohol in my virgin margarita. I can't taste it."

Mickey (modestmickey), Monday, 14 November 2005 04:23 (eighteen years ago) link

jed, it depends. As a general rule, I always give them the best service I can. If it's extremely busy and I clearly can't get absolutely everything done that has to be done (fill all drinks, clean dirty plates off tables, etc), then I'll definitely focus on the tables that may actually tip me instead. At a certain point, if they are rude enough, no, I don't give them any service. I just leave them to eat, leave their drinks empty, and eventually bring a bill. That's rare though. I've only done it a couple times.

Mickey (modestmickey), Monday, 14 November 2005 04:24 (eighteen years ago) link

Triple Threat is a much better name, though.

Are You Nomar? (miloaukerman), Monday, 14 November 2005 04:25 (eighteen years ago) link

Speaking of stupid shit I hear...

"Actually, nevermind. I want to change my order, I need to eat healthy. I'm going to have the Tripple Treat."

You know what it is? Three fried chicken tenders, three fried mozarella sticks, and three beef nachos. I was at a loss for words.

Mickey (modestmickey), Monday, 14 November 2005 04:28 (eighteen years ago) link

after reading those examples, Mickey, i don't blame you for getting pissed.

xp HAHA that's a tripple threat alright.

jed_ (jed), Monday, 14 November 2005 04:30 (eighteen years ago) link

"ghetto restaurant"

theoritical prius (dr g), Monday, 14 November 2005 04:30 (eighteen years ago) link

jeanne tripplethreat

stockholm cindy is in your extended network (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 14 November 2005 04:32 (eighteen years ago) link

I told this woman that if she didn't like her drink, I'd get her a different one.

She ordered a lemonade and drank the entire thing, plus a second one. Then she wanted a coffee. She was outraged that I charged for two drinks and demanded to see the manager.

Mickey (modestmickey), Monday, 14 November 2005 04:34 (eighteen years ago) link

"Yeah, that's all I'm ordering. Oh, my son? No he's not hungry." -- ghetto motherfucker.

this is the only really offensive one (but who knows, maybe the kid WASN'T hungry!)

stockholm cindy is in your extended network (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 14 November 2005 04:34 (eighteen years ago) link

Jody, tell that to me when you see the dude eating a full rack of ribs and the kid sadly eyeing his plate of a handful of french fries.

Mickey (modestmickey), Monday, 14 November 2005 04:37 (eighteen years ago) link

Why do you work there if you hate it so much?

dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 14 November 2005 04:37 (eighteen years ago) link

"ghetto motherfuckers" be eatin' ribs

theoritical prius (dr g), Monday, 14 November 2005 04:38 (eighteen years ago) link

I actually like the job. It's the kind of place where you can get away with a lot. I eat food there every day without paying for it, sit around and watch TV when it's slow, take breaks any time I want, etc. The people who work there are great too. I hang out with them outside of work all the time. I get all the hours I want, and I'm able to work a lot of hours and fit it around my school schedule.

I just hate a certain portion of our clientele that makes the job hell at times.

Mickey (modestmickey), Monday, 14 November 2005 04:39 (eighteen years ago) link

The other night, I got up to leave and went to the register at a restaurant where I try to tip nicely. The cashier was putting up chairs on the other side of the room and called out, "Sorry, Plains. We've already closed the till!"

So I threw a good chunk into the tip jar and left. THAT'S where sensible tipping will get you in this country.

Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 14 November 2005 07:57 (eighteen years ago) link

Jody, tell that to me when you see the dude eating a full rack of ribs and the kid sadly eyeing his plate of a handful of french fries.

someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets.

stockholm cindy is in your extended network (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 14 November 2005 08:06 (eighteen years ago) link

This thread is really confusing... In the US people tip for every drink? In here the minimum wages are something you have to oblige to, and I don't think bar and restaurant staff members are the worst paid workers there are. So if there's this sort of social obligation to tip in the US, is it because people unconsciously or consciously feel guilty for capitalism gone too far, so they try to ease that guilt a bit by tipping? Fascinating.

Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 14 November 2005 10:19 (eighteen years ago) link

Mickey, your job is a walk in the park compared to what I did for two years— delivering pizza for one of the large chains. Trust me, the restaurant is at least your turf, try actually going to one of those ghetto motherfuckers' homes. That is, if you survive the trip there. I have been ran off the road, broken down, killed my transmission ($2800 worth of repairs that time), been chased by dogs, chased by people in apartment complexes, threatened (different people, same complexes), etc. A delivery driver literally faces death every time they leave the restaurant, no matter how careful they are. Not to mention the fact that everybody decides to order when the weather's bad and the roads are even more dangerous.
$65 in 10 hours? How much of your own money did you have to spend in gas and car maintenance to refill those patrons' drinks? Not a dime. Try driving over 100 miles a night within the same five-mile radius, that's about $10-15 right there, not to mention brakes, tires, oil changes, and whatever car problem du jour you're going to have to pay for out of your own pocket. Luckily I was never in a serious accident, because I didn't have commercial driver's insurance (it's prohibitively expensive) and I would have been SOL.
Oh yeah, you get 15-20%. I never got that luxury. On occasion, you'd get a customer with some class who'd give a good tip—maybe $5 for a $20 order, but those customers were few and far between. On weekends the local strip clubs would order, if I got that delivery I could expect about $7-9 (in perfume-scented ones, of course), but $1-2 was normally par, whether the order was $10 or $50.
Did I mention the fact that I got robbed while on delivery? You never feel so alone in your life as you do when you've got a gun pointed at you at 10:30pm in front of some self-storage facility located down an isolated back road. At least I wasn't jumped and then beaten for five minutes like one of my former co-workers. So you lose your entire night's tips, at least you're still alive, right?
Keep complaining, Mickey, you don't know how good you have it.
And Adolph, I could lecture you all night trying to raise your awareness, but I'd rather deck you.

naus (Robert T), Monday, 14 November 2005 10:23 (eighteen years ago) link

I don't like the idea of bartenders denying me service because I'm not willing to pay them $1 a drink. So I do what I have to do.

Mr Adolph bin Streisand (Mr_Adolph_bin_Streisand), Monday, 14 November 2005 13:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Adolph is saving all his money to buy edible panties for his daughter's friend.

Nathalie is in Da Base II Dark (stevie nixed), Monday, 14 November 2005 14:06 (eighteen years ago) link

BTW... The barstaff changes enough that it is months before I see the same one twice... assuming they noticed my 'pile trick' in the first place

Mr Adolph bin Streisand (Mr_Adolph_bin_Streisand), Monday, 14 November 2005 14:18 (eighteen years ago) link

i don't tip bartenders, because i'm british.

Theorry Henry (Enrique), Monday, 14 November 2005 14:19 (eighteen years ago) link

your 'pile trick' may have something to do with why your wife doesn't wanna blow you

Banana Nutrament (ghostface), Monday, 14 November 2005 14:26 (eighteen years ago) link

I was chatting to some American's in a pub a few weeks ago who did not want to be seen to be ignorant about our ways. I said Do Not Tip in pubs, and they looked very very confused. I then explained that barstaff get paid an okay amount and pouring drinks is their joib. They still did not get it. In the end I had to say "They will be offended if you tip them", which whilst not true they understood as a cultural thing.

Pete (Pete), Monday, 14 November 2005 14:26 (eighteen years ago) link

How many punters does a barperson serve in an hour? In a busy bar, assuming they're not making nothing but cocktails, it'll be 20-50, right? And each of these people tips minimum $1?

Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 14 November 2005 14:37 (eighteen years ago) link

not necessarily, and the bar isn't going to be busy all of the time. bartenders i know make wildly varying amounts for different shifts. you might take home $700 on a friday night, but $80 on a tuesday.

lauren (laurenp), Monday, 14 November 2005 14:46 (eighteen years ago) link

that would make them rich, comapred with what uk barkeeps get.

Theorry Henry (Enrique), Monday, 14 November 2005 14:50 (eighteen years ago) link

I was chatting to some American's in a pub a few weeks ago who did not want to be seen to be ignorant about our ways. I said Do Not Tip in pubs, and they looked very very confused. I then explained that barstaff get paid an okay amount and pouring drinks is their joib. They still did not get it. In the end I had to say "They will be offended if you tip them", which whilst not true they understood as a cultural thing.

WHy would you stop someone doing something that is kinder than what would usually occur?

Nicht, Monday, 14 November 2005 15:21 (eighteen years ago) link

It always feels weird and wrong for me when I'm in another country (where tipping isn't the norm) and I don't tip for a drink.

(so I often end up tipping anyway)

peter in montreal (spaces are allowed), Monday, 14 November 2005 15:31 (eighteen years ago) link

MODZ! HARMFUL SCRIPT POSTED!!!

Mr Adolph bin Streisand (Mr_Adolph_bin_Streisand), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 03:06 (eighteen years ago) link

POKER SPAM1@!@

Jdubz (ex machina), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 03:08 (eighteen years ago) link

Stats for tonight:

9 works of work
39 dollars of tips
7 people I considered murdering

people, tip your fucking servers.

Mickey (modestmickey), Saturday, 19 November 2005 06:26 (eighteen years ago) link

9 hours of work. I'm so furious I can't even type coherently. or something.

Mickey (modestmickey), Saturday, 19 November 2005 06:27 (eighteen years ago) link

Number of people who decided to tip me absolutely nothing, despite having inarguably good service: 3
Number of tables who decided to sit there for hours: 2
Tables in my section: 3
Number of tables who gave me under 10 percent tip: 2-3
Number of people I hate: everyone

Mickey (modestmickey), Saturday, 19 November 2005 06:31 (eighteen years ago) link

Start a blog.

Mugur Simionov (dr g), Saturday, 19 November 2005 06:33 (eighteen years ago) link

A blog about Wolf Eyes?

Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Saturday, 19 November 2005 06:39 (eighteen years ago) link

did I miss something?

Mickey (modestmickey), Saturday, 19 November 2005 06:40 (eighteen years ago) link

What does Wolf Eyes have to do with this again?

Mugur Simionov (dr g), Saturday, 19 November 2005 06:53 (eighteen years ago) link

AIDS Wolf what?

Mickey (modestmickey), Saturday, 19 November 2005 06:55 (eighteen years ago) link

Which Chili's do you work at?

Mugur Simionov (dr g), Saturday, 19 November 2005 06:58 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.cheddarsnc.com

Mickey (modestmickey), Saturday, 19 November 2005 07:01 (eighteen years ago) link

I'll take the Triple Treat.

Mugur Simionov (dr g), Saturday, 19 November 2005 07:03 (eighteen years ago) link

one year passes...
brits, we get it, yr cheap bastards. it's kool.

M@tt He1g3s0n: oh u mad cuz im stylin on u (Matt Helgeson), Saturday, 20 January 2007 18:40 (seventeen years ago) link


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