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[IMORTL]

Bartender "PET PEEVES" Survey


TOP 50 LIST of Bartender Peeves:
1. People who over indulge.
2. "Hey Cuz/ Babe/ Doll/ Dude/ Kid..."
3. Whistling to get your attention.
4. Snapping of fingers.
5. Waving money or a credit card.
6. Bartenders who do not clean up after themselves.
7. Salesmen who show up at rush hour.
8. Sloppy bartenders.
9. Customers who say you short-shotted them.
10. Regulars who think they are owners.

11. People who get mad when you check ID.
12. People who bang bottles or ashtrays to get your attention.
13. Telling you how to make a drink.
14. People ordering water.
15. Up-grading the drink when someone else is buying.
16. Telephone calls looking for husband/wife.
17. Telephone calls looking for anybody.
18. The "I'll take care of you, if you take care of me" line.
19. Bartenders who give drinks away and think they're great bartenders.
20. Men who leer at you all night and ask you out 100 times.
21. Women who leer at you all night and ask you out 100 times.
22. Customers who want to keep things behind the bar.
23. Lousy tippers.
24. Eating out of the fruit tray.
25. Wanting a price list on beer and all drinks.
26. Ordering Margaritas with salt and then drinking out of a straw.
27. Beer label peelers.
28. Butts in glasses.
29. "What's for free?"
30. "Prices are too high."
31. "When do you buy?" -- NEVER!
32. Giving you wadded money.
33. Waiters/waitresses who can't call drinks.
34. Ordering one drink at a time, when there are six people in your party.
35. When someone says, "Remember me?"
36. XXXXy bartenders, or Mr. Mixologists who know it all, when they are a customer.
37. "What do you have on tap?" and then ask for something else.
38. Bar flies who wait until someone buys them a drink.
39. Paying in exact small change.
40. Friends of the owner who don't tip.
41. "A beer" -- What kind please?
42. "Do you make a good ____?"
43. When people call you Tom Cruise when you flair (flip bottles).
44. When people tell you to smile when you're ten deep.
45. Customers who treat you like a servant.
46. Careless smokers who burn the bar and people.
47. Paying with Pennies ...!
48. Customers asking you "What do you do for a living?"
49. Pays for one drink with a credit card.
50. Not tipping -- STIFFS!!!
:looser:

[0313]

Damn I am glad I quit doing that. People suck.

[Geepfreak]

As a Bartender for over 5 years, I would have to agree with about 90% of the listed. The worst being the regular that says they KNOW the owner......

Look,,, when you go to the bar, be a patron, tip well and lay off the I KNOW EVERYTHING and EVERYONE. But most of all,,,,,,,, have a good time!
:cheers:

[cjwalkeriii]

I still work in a bar... ughhh anyhow, yeah, I agree 90% of those are true. BE nice patient, and good things come to those who wait. We remeber who the nice people are... and oh yeah, i don't care if you know our owner, if anything, i'll ignore you...lol

[Grifter144]

i for the most part have had to or dealt with one of these situations during my 9 months as a door guy/security(bouncer/ seasonally dependant)..kinda funny seing em all listed out....i had a bunch of cute bartenders and the men always seemed to think they owed them something..made the job really interesting..if yer ever down in savannah hit up The Warehouse ("coldest cheapest beer in town") its a good place where all the locals seem to think they own it..LOL
Maier

[Rev Den]

Patron pet peeves.
1. Waitstaff, bartenders, that think you OWE them a tip.
2. Poor service
3. Incorrect orders
4. Waitstaff that cannot speak or understand english
5. Talking on the phone, BEFORE assisting patrons in the bar

The list goes on...

I think it is safe to say I spend more time in Resturants/bars than most folkes here, every meal...four and a half days a week...every week. If they don't like dealing with customers...they should find new employment, there are excellent opertunities in the housekeeping industry.

Rev

[XJJPR]

Patron pet peeves.
1. Waitstaff, bartenders, that think you OWE them a tip.
2. Poor service
3. Incorrect orders
4. Waitstaff that cannot speak or understand english
5. Talking on the phone, BEFORE assisting patrons in the bar

The list goes on...

If they don't like dealing with customers...they should find new employment, there are excellent opertunities in the housekeeping industry.

Rev

6. waitstaff who don't care to pay attention to who they are serving. have some conversation, not "what do you want" as the first words from their mouth! the good ones know how to do this right!!!!

:D


hinkley

[Storydude]

45. Customers who treat you like a servant.

What exactly are you then? You "Serve" drinks for a fee.

[RichP]

As long as they tip. Worked in a club on the jersey shore that was open 10pm to 0700. We got the ones who still wanted to party after the other clubs closed. But it was great after we closed, picking up rolls of bills from the floor, usually from drunks outta the casinos, drunks tipping with a $100 bill when they thought it was a $1... or a $50 when they thought it was a $5.. they can call me anything they want.

[Geepfreak]

I worked in one club that had these "regulars" that thought it was fun to do the money shower, they would order about 100$ in drinks then throw your tip in air, they thought it was cool because they were showing off they had money, we hated it, usually ended being maybe 20 bucks, and picking that crap off the sticky floor sucked.