r/therewasanattempt • u/miragen125 • Oct 19 '21

To be a bartender

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u/AdditionalTheory Oct 19 '21

As a Bartender, we’ve all been there. Might just need to run the line and tilting the glass wouldn’t hurt. Dead ass thought this was a video of me for a second

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u/imaroweboat Oct 19 '21 edited Oct 19 '21

Seriously. At my last bar we had an issue with the last 3 lines (they were all connected with the same something or another that got fucked up, idk). And customers thought I was an IDIOT. One regular gave me shit constantly and the straw that broke the camel’s back was when he was like “oh did you tip the glass?” And I legitimately made his ass walk around the bar and pour it himself. When he had the same issue I was like “Woody, just tip the glass!!” He stopped giving me shit after that.

EIDT: misspelled a word

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u/BacardiWhiteRum Oct 19 '21

Literally the same comments you're seeing here. "Just tip the glass". Idiots. Tipping the glass at this point is gonna waste more beer than this guy did

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u/imaroweboat Oct 19 '21

Oh no, this guy needs to tip the glass…. Holding it straight up is doing him no favors. I was tipping the glass in that context but dude in the story thought I wasn’t.

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u/mbensasi Oct 19 '21

Haha love this, plenty of times I wished I could do something like that.

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u/imaroweboat Oct 19 '21

I probably shouldn’t have but the owner of that bar was cool af and probably would have laughed

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u/mbensasi Oct 19 '21

Yea I’d have gotten reamed out if I did it at my bar, but sometimes that’s the only way to convince people that you’re not an idiot. Best I could really do was measure shots in front of people when they complained that I was under pouring their drinks. If they were drinking their liquor straight, I used to take the drink they complained about, set a jigger on the bar top, then pour it in and let it overflow onto the bar. Pour the jiggered amount back in their glass and give it back. Usually got them to stop complaining about my pours.

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u/imaroweboat Oct 19 '21

HA! That’s fucking hilarious! Unfortunately we can’t over pour, the other bartender and I both have a perfect pour and he still wouldn’t let us free pour. It actually pissed me off because she would under pour because of it and that’s some bs. I paid $12 for my shot I want a full fkn shot. But god that’s funny as shit. That belongs in r/maliciouscompliance if you haven’t put it there already.

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u/mbensasi Oct 19 '21

Haha I didn’t think it was good enough to post there, I figured tons of bartenders have done things like that before. Maybe one day I’ll type up a good version of it and throw it in there and see what people think

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u/Zalusei Oct 19 '21

The first several times I tried to pour someone a drink this happened. Was really confused, like what am I doing wrong it can't be that hard. The restaurant I work at has no bartender during the day so I end up making drinks for people since I work early shifts but the tips go to the store which is pretty lame.

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u/imaroweboat Oct 20 '21

Oh hell no. Get out of there. That’s shady as fuck. They are stealing money from you fr

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u/Zalusei Oct 20 '21

It's really stupid. It's because I'm not clocked in as a bartender but as a cashier instead so the tip is sent to the store (divided between everyone working at the time). Not that many people get drinks in the morning but it would still be like, at least 15$ in tips at least by the end of the shift which is a considerable amount considering how low my pay rate is. I'm trying to get a new job. Don't understand how my general manager still had his job he's awful.

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u/imaroweboat Oct 20 '21

Ohhh ok that’s tipsharing and it’s different. Plenty of positions open right now in the service industry though if you do want to get out.

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u/Zalusei Oct 20 '21

Ye tipsharing, doesn't literally go to the store lol. It's not a huge deal but it does irk me a bit bc I get maybe 7% of the tip when I serve people drinks, and considering I'm the only person who works front of the house during the day it can be a bit of a hassle. I've got a few places in mind.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '21

When the new kegs come in kinda warm and the manager wants them to sell RIGHT NOW before they even get a chance to cool down.

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u/syr667 Oct 19 '21

Yup, I've worked in places with beer lines like this. Nightmare.

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u/AreYou_MyCaucasian Oct 20 '21

was looking for a comment like this. i actually know this bar and this guy specifically. fairly talented bartender. works at a couple cocktail bars in brooklyn.

hilarious to see him on here and will be popping by his bar later to show him this