10 Things Not to Do in a Bar - Liquor.com
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- Don’t be that guy (or girl). Watch this video to learn the dos and don’ts of bar behavior from the experts: the people who actually work behind that bar. Need an extra reminder? Check out this handy slideshow: liquor.com/slideshows/10-thing...
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Drink at home, got it.
fire2box Lmao
fire2box great words of wisdom 👌🏼 I’ll pay $7 for a six pack and drink at home not $3 for 1 beer plus tip.
This. Bartenders are so judgemental.
Hell yea
Always. I use my tip savings to buy more booze!
To the one guy who said "don't tell your bartender you hate tequila or gin or something" no. Just no, I 100% want customers to tell me things like that, how am I supposed to give them a good drink they'll enjoy if they don't give me any idea what their likes/dislikes are.
He said dont use the word hate if youd pay attention you'd know that
@@brittonhartford8874 yes say strongly dislike gin instead
@@brittonhartford8874 thats so stupid lol does alcoholic beverages have feelings too?
@@dramamine755 it’s not about being passive but more about not closing doors. If you say you hate tequila but their is an absolute amazing tequila but you unwilling to try it and all they have it shitty vodka…. Wouldn’t you rather just wing it and try a good tequila over a shitty shot of vodka? Tequila is usually a hit or miss and when it hits it usually hits amazing, especially with a lime.
@@AlexanderNathan2346 idk bro all liquors and spirits taste like shit lol i just drink to get drunk
"Don't drink Beer in Cocktail Bar."
"Don't drink Bourbon in a Tequila Bar ."
Someone put it on the menu. That means, that that someone gives people the opportunity to order it.
case closed.
Yes if it's on the menu it is there to be ordered where the fuck do they get off saying someone can't order what's on the menu?
right? Like if im in a bar i'm not gonna not order what I want cause its the wrong kind of bar, if its on the menu you should be ready to make it.
They aren't saying you can't order it. They're saying it's a poor idea to order it because it's not what they specialize in and it's probably been sitting around in a while.
Also, drinking involves a sort of culture. So the culture of a bar specializing in one kind of alcohol may be different than a different bar specializing in a different type; they are not saying to absolutely never do it, but on top of it possibly not being the greatest social taboos come into play. At the end of the day, if you don't care if your bartender or others in the bar think you are weird for ordering like that, then it doesn't matter order what you want.
Janinho897 these are examples of bartenders who don't know what they are doing, and are in the wrong field. They had some good points, but were way off base with the beer and cocktail comments. If a bartender gets offended or makes you feel bad for your drink order, it is time to pack it up, and change jobs.
I think the point of this video was to make you hate bartenders and to tip less.
+Nemo Smith I GET IT......
I know right? So obnoxious.
no this video was meant to subtlety inform the casual patrons on simple but in some cases misunderstood bar etiquette....you seem like someone who might want to watch this again....food for thought
I watched it again. My tip just got 5% less! Good job fool!
please just stay at your local tgi Fridays, you will be welcome there yoy inconsiderate sad sad little person
Is this a whine bar?
Sounds like something Linda Belcher from Bob's Burgers would say
Ha good one
LOL
That was such a fucking dad thing to say
Are you a dad?
This is more whining than i expected.
What did you expect ? I'd like to see these ass fucks out at night.." I'd give them a beer and a shot cuz that's what I drink" .
..ASSCLOWNS !
The Vice video on how to treat bartenders is even worse. This one isn't bad at all compared to that.
They were asked to complain, to talk about bad costumers.
I bet those costumers were still treated nice
you missed the point. I work as a bartender and if someone came to me and asked for something yummy or what would you recommend and its busy. I would just give them what I would drink. If its busy i dont have the time to help them decide what they want. If it wasnt I would try but most of the time they dont like it because they really dont know what flavours they like. I made someone a cosmo because they wanted something sweet. Came back and said they dont like it because theres lime in it and they didnt like lime. They asked i want something sweet and thats not my fault. Btw the drink tasted how a cosmo should be. This is why bartenders dont like people asking whats nice etc because most the time its not what the person wants.
Thats not how this video is phrased though.
I enjoy the fact that I live in Japan where the culture of customer service never died and tipping is actually discouraged because people make decent wages and see their jobs as their craft rather than a punishment. Cocktail culture is still alive here and I don't have to tip or kiss someone's ass to get the drink I want. Truly magical.
No one gives 2 fucks. Stay tf in Japan and stfu
The same with Norway, if you give them a tip they will almost give you a weird look 😂
if you think tipping is kissing someones ass then youre a very narrow minded person
In most of Word, americans are just werid
They have some of the best bar service drinks too.
About hitting on the bartender, tell that to my wife... Many, and i mean many moons ago, she was once my bartender 😀 and it makes my heart soar again just thinking about hearing her say "the regular, I'm guessing?" I hated the drink that she had known as "my regular", but it was what she recommended.
Theres s bartender I really like by my house. Sometimes she will go on break and come sit next to me. I love that, but i dont think shes into me just being nice lol
This is crazy. I mean in Sweden were I live, the bartender works for you. Service is when the customer is pleased, and the things "Not to do" is being rude. It´s not rude to ask a bartender for a tip of a drink. Rude is when you´re hitting on the bar tender. Is´t anyone with me on this?
+Tim Johansson I'm from Brazil, and if I'm not sure of what to drink, I'll at least ask what the house sells most, or what the bartender does best. And people are normally pretty prepared to make suggestions to you, and sometimes they expect it, because they have something special to offer. In my business, which is quite different, but has the same logic(serving a customer), if people ask me for a suggestion, even if my dead busy I'll try to give the best one.
No you're wrong
I agree
For real, these guys are in NYC, so they're charging like $20 or $30 a drink, and they can't be bothered to give you a little advice for that $5 tip they want?
+1 Min landsfrände, det skall vara bartenders jobb att tillgodose vårat behov inte tvärtemot
I love the comments on this video. It does seem in general in our society that whenever a particular job in the service industry begins to receive tips, those workers start to feel they are a higher tier of service worker than say cashiers, that they are entitled. I mean just because restaurant owners do not pay their workers a proper wage, somehow we the people need to make it right for those workers. What a screwed up system. I think the system is somewhat more logical for food servers, but bartenders demand a tip not just when they make a quality cocktail, but also when they poor a simple pint of beer or glass of wine. Or even when you buy a bottle for your table, as in Andre Roberson's case. Then the bartender calls him trash on social media. We are just... off balance.
CalebBrianBooth we don't have tipping in India....at all, it's an absurd concept to me, I am already paying for the drink to the bar why do I need to pay extra to the bartender? it's the bar owner's job to pay his workers' salary not mine...
If you dont want to tip, stay at home, or pick a place where tips aren't expected. That's how you choose to tip or not tip.
If you expect a 20% tip, your service better be above what is expected. When service is okay = bare minimum, expect 15%, maybe 10% (mainly talking restaurants) .
If I'm at a bar where I can open a tab, I open one. I'll let the bar tender know when I want refills as I order my first drink (if I'm sitting at the bar). If I'm at a table, I let the waiter know. Haven't had a bartender or waiter not keep the drinks coming as requested, and I always tipped over 20% because I appreciate it. I recall being at a bar out of town and telling the waiter to bring us refills when our glasses reached 1/4 until I said otherwise. Waiter was all on top of it, and people around us thought we were regulars, and didn't believe that we were visiting. I tipped around 28%.
If it's a bar where you have to fight the crowd at the bar for every round and pay as you go, I'll make it average out to 20%.
I've never asked for a free or "strong" drink, because that's a dick move. Never hit on the bartender or waitress because that's a dick move, too, and creepy.
I don't understand this "if you're in a tequila bar, don't drink bourbon". If they wanted their customers to drink tequila ONLY, then they wouldn't offer any bourbon to begin with. Also sometimes people go to bars they don't want to because they're in a group. I hate tequila (ok, maybe just dislike) and if I happen to be in a tequila bar that offers bourbon, I'll have the bourbon please.
jibeneyto I mean it's not that they don't want you to drink bourbon, go for it if you really want, but you're just gonna look like kind of a weirdo lol. It would be like ordering a cheeseburger at an Italian restaurant. Just because it's on the menu doesn't mean you should order it haha
who cares what other people think, order what you want
I'm s bartender and read that comment as in maybe don't expect the best tequila drink in a bourbon bar? Because bourbon and tequila mixers and adds are very different? Like don't expect to be blown away? If that's not it then whatever.. because booze is booze, and a customer is your rent
jibeneyto I've heard of wine bars and raw bars, but never a tequila bar. Googled "tequila bar Phoenix" and there were a lot of "taco and tequila " restaurants and cantinas, but no bars devoted specifically to tequila. There's a tequila museum (museo del tequila) in Mexico City that has a bar and walks you through the history of tequila comparable to Sierra Nevada's brewery in Mills River, NC. However, "tequila bar" is just a broad term that basically means "cantina".
jibeneyto so true, was going to say the exact same thing, once was out with a birthday party and with a group went to a champagne bar, and didn't really like any of what they were offering. They had all these champagnes that were mixed with fruit juices and some other stuff, nothing appealed to me. So I ordered a nice scotch, the waitress, basically looked at me and said nice choice. She went on to say she doesn't understand this place and why people are ordering all these mixed Champagne drinks. She poured me a great pour.
10 things not to do in a bar: "TIP US MOOOORE. POURING YOUR BEER IS SOOOO DIFFICULT"
Video should be called "bartenders bitch for 5 minutes"
Those bartenders are right in many points. But some of them call them self obviously such names like "baverage consultants". And if someone ask for a drink that the bartender can choose, they get the guest a beer and a shot? Why? Isn't exactely the point when a guest wants some advise form a "beverage consulter"?
And if he brings a beer and a shot just because he's busy, he's just a bad consulter. He should care about his costumer and should be busy because he wants to choose a drink the guest might never had before, or one that he personaly likes most....
+Martin Hartmann It's depends on the situation. If the bar is slammed with customers it's gets very hectic.
Bartender need to remember the:
1) What you ordered
2) The ingredients of your drinks/shake/mix
3) The price of your order
All with everybody calling for your attention.
Non-stop for hours!
Yes, you're right though. If the bar isn't as busy it's the Bartenders job to entertain the guest.
Don't expect great service when the bar is slammed. Order something easy to make. Make everyone happy.
Marty McFly your spelling is atrocious mate
nah dude, she's an actual beverage consultant. she designed cocktails for companies and brands and owns a company that does so. she isn't just some hipster front-of-house bartender
Personally, I like to tip 20% because i like to get more complicated/fancy drinks, and the bartenders at my bar are more than willing to let me experiment (if they aren't too busy of course). They always get my drink right(or exactly how I asked) and I appreciate that.
"Beverage Consultant" LOL
If I order a Manhattan or something and the bartender has to muddle the bitters with the sugar cube, add the ice, stir it up, and accent with a garnish, then yeah, I'm in it for the experience and I can get behind tipping 20%. But a bottle of beer? (Tsssssk!) Or filling a pint glass? Come on.
+alexander þórólfsson Well, as Steve Buscemi said in the opening scene of Reservoir Dogs, "Learn to fuckin' type," because if the crux of your income depends on handouts in one of a handful of jobs that society "has deemed tip-worthy," then you're not much more than a beggar. That's to say nothing of the kitchen staff at these bars and restaurants, who work just as hard, and often harder for an hourly wage with zero gratuities added to it. I was one of them.
well said
James Ash so your a jealous, mouth breather who doesn't have charisma to tend bar and make real money, back to the kitchen troll to burn someone's fries
Your typing skills are atrocious. I'm sensing you're the one making the fries because school obviously didn't agree with you.
patriotbarrow actually it is quite understandable if you have a least a third grade reading level.... back to kitchen the mutt
I mean sure, definitely leave a decent tip if the drink you want takes an extended amount of time and practice to make, but why on earth should I tip 20% for you to simply open a bottle and hand it to me?
Well said
because the service was prompt, you were well attended, never have to worry about your bottle going empty and bartenders in the usa make $2.17 an hour while working sometimes 12 or more hours a day into long nights to make sure you have a place to socialize and enjoy yourself outside of your home....have some respect
I show my respect by not being a jackass in the bar and by paying for my beer promptly and getting out of the way so someone else can order theirs, and if I get food I'll tip for that. If the man pours a pint I'll tip too.
damien oboyle i never met a bartender that made waitress wage, im not tipping you for opening a fucking beer bottle, bartenders are dumb and worthless, and laugh so hard when they say their job is hard
Gregory Everson 😂 okay hotshot, and what do you do for a living that's so much harder and more meaningful? I know you're not going to have the balls to reply to me but I'll ask anyways.
Don't order a Manhattan in a beer bar? That's like saying "don't piss off the cook by going to Red Lobster and order chicken from the menu because you're in a Seafood food restaurant"... It's on the menu and that's what you do....
It's still going to be a shit manhattan. Vermouth expires dingus, and a dive bar isn't going to care if it has.
BTW, Red Lobster sucks.
Also, bartenders either may not know how to make a Manhattan, or might be rusty at it.
Onyourknees Beforeme I work in a beer bar but I don’t mind when people order cocktails cause they’re more expensive. Lol. Never thought any more about it really. Our whiskey selection is actually quite good and decently priced. Idk why people wouldn’t order it.
Think about what just happened at the story she told at 3:40 .
I know that Peanut Butter is an unusual ingredient for a cocktail, but all he did, was to fucking ASK you if you had some behind the bar. It's not like he went up to you and said "Give me a drink with Vodka, milk and peanut butter....oh what, how comes that you don't have that?" he asked for it. answer his question and everybody's fine, and you don't have to pretend like all of your customer are douchebags.
If I owned 151 in New York I'd want this video taken down.
This vid makes everyone hate the bartender lol
I'll tip at the end of night or when I'm finished driving (if) the service was good etc. Tipping after every drink... no way!
Google User they said nothing about tipping after every drink in this video, though...
Sergio Sanchez who cares? The whole video is about how their life sucks as a bartender fuck em I say.
Haha after you're finished driving...
Let me guess... you’re probably one of the many douchebags who has committed one of these offenses in a bar?
I've been a bartender since 1988 and I love it when people wave money at me and know what you want or I'll give you what I like to move, or make, or sell.
"beverage consultant" talk about polishing a turd
So you don't clean, you don't give advice on what drinks you make best while at the same time you only want me ordering the drinks that you are known for, you somehow want to be paid without actually having to make eye contact with my money, you don't want me to order what I want but you want me to order what you want me to have but under no circumstances should I ask you what you want me to have, don't tell you what I dislike. Wow, I think I found out why yall encounter so many bad tippers.
MegaParker1981 you explained this video perfectly
Exactly why everyone questions their profession. How would you expect high wage with wanting to output minimum work..... realistically? Not paying for their personality just a menial task that we're willing to overpay for in public.
@Dolce Luxe
I'm a bartender at a very busy cocktail Bar. U can just ignore the asshole.......
As a bartender myself. I'm so immuned to actions like that. I think its quite funny allowing the guy to keep waving his dollar only to realize no one is acknowledging his existence.
honestly, the drink makers at starbucks have a more hectic job. There's damn near always a line at the "popular" locations, they are working with scalding liquids, it's loud as hell at times with the steam frothers, blenders, etc and then the custom orders. And bar tenders expect 20% tip on pouring a budwiser off a tap or removing a bottle cap?
There are less drinks at Starbucks though.
Lmao. Starbucks you order off a menu. A bartender is expected to make that drink you had last time, from that other bartender that isn’t on the menu and you can’t remember the ingredients. We can make it.
I'm surprised there's as many haters as some of the other "Things Not to Do in a Bar" videos. I mean, tipping, not making a huge mess, and not assuming this bar will have peanut butter cocktails? All seems pretty reasonable to me.
That said, I'm not going to feel bad about ordering a Manhattan in a tequila bar. And 1:49- I don't think asking the bartenders about specials they've crafted is out of line at all.
On tipping: I would assume at a busy bar, the bartenders are working non-stop. Whether it be popping a cap off a beer, or making a cocktail, let's say the average time it takes to serve 1 drink is 1 minute (generous amount of time). $1 a drink means $60 an hr. A GREAT LIVING WAGE.
Thanks for providing me with a brief list of bars not to visit.
Omg it’s so hard making a drink
Not as bad as the Vice bartenders. These guys actually said things that made sense. One of the bartenders in the Vice video literally said "Don't smile at me"
Man, I'm so glad I live in Australia. In Australia people go to bars to drink and socialise, not to hit on the bar staff or big note themselves. Also, in Australia, a bar is a fucking bar! You order beer, wine and spirits anywhere and feel no shame at how classy or upmarket the bar is.
Aussies don't want to fuck around at the bar, they just want to get their drink and head back to their mates for a good time...and to keep drinking. Especially if the bar is busy, you just want to get your drinks and get out of there.
this video only applies to the snooty parts of NYC
Yup my first time at the bar, i said "yeah i don't know what the etiquette is. here's the tip" as i pushed up the tip and I pretty much was laughed out of the entire establishment. There's no way to learn these things without fucking up; like there are no 10 commandments of how to be a good customer written at the front door or anything.
A girl ordered a virgin Cosmopolitan with me!! I gave her a martini glass with cranberry juice with orange zest, she proclaimed it was a best drink she had for a long time.
The tipping problem is a problem only in certain countries.
there is NO tipping in mine. NOBODY tips nothing. Ever. That's sad.
"Don't insult the Bartender's choice of profession", agreed and understood, but am I allowed to insult the bartender if they call
themselves a "Beverage Consultant"?
I used to be a bartender in my home country, and I was more than happy when I used to get $1 tip per day. For some reason I find those bartenders really picky and not happy about their jobs. I used to have customers waving at me with their money and I did not make a big deal about it, everybody gets drunk. Once I received credit cards and cash into my face because customers were fighting on who was going to pay the bill, this time I told them that it was rude and inappropriate, but except that I loved my job.
As a person who works around the food industry and around a few different bar tenders and someone who generally goes to bars, I can say that most bartenders aren't this pretentious and an actually good bartender who care about their craft and are typically friendly people will actually make you a drink they think you'll like based on your favorite spirits when you ask them for a dealers choice. As for tipping, bar tenders and servers don't always realize that when you actually prepare the food, the work is harder and arguably the backbone of any restaurant or pub and most of the time they don't get any part of the tip or if they get a cut it's a very low amount. So they should be grateful for any tip they get. Also tipping someone for popping a top off a bottle beer is ridiculous.
So now I think bartenders are jerks... I think you guys missed the mark with this video...
Nah, they're not. I'm an antisocial dick who mostly has bartenders/ former bartenders for friends and I've never met a single one who is this much of a stuck up hipster
How about instead of tipping we just pay our servers a reasonable wage in the first place instead of putting the burden on paying customers? Why are we the assholes for not wanting to tip but your employer is cool when they don't pay you well in the first place? I'll tip for as long as it's expected of me and the server is under a tipped wage, but damn this needs to go already.
+Ryan Breaker You do realize that the wages paid to the employee comes from the customer as well, right? I mean, it's not like the money for payroll just magically appears in the owner's bank account.
You eliminate tipping and increase wages to compensate, you'll just see the cost of your food and drinks go up by the 15% you're not tipping.
That said, I'm all in favor of moving to a non-tipping environment but you have to be realistic about this tuff.
+Just A Dude so increasing 15% to compensate for wages instead of an optional 20% that the customer isn't forced to pay but bar tenders rely on to live is somehow dumb or evil? that's the impression i get from most Americans they don't know how to think our give a fuck about other people's well being
jfb rko
Dude, did you not bother to read the last fucking paragraph I wrote?
I believe a higher, non-tipped wage is better, but the OP was acting like the funds for it weren't coming from the same place as the tips at the end of the day.
I live in a non-tipping enviroment and I can safely say it sucks.
tipping isn't just "ugh, this person isn't getting paid enough", it is a way to give good servers more money like they deserve and bad servers less. this is why you seem some waiters/waitresses wlaking out of restaraunts with 300$ on a Friday and some others complaining on the internet about how they didn't make money that night
"Don't be a bad tipper" Sure, I won't tip instead.
meh if you'er going to go somewhere where you know you're being served by people working for tips and you're either 1. going to tip shitty or 2. not going to tip at all you should just stay home.
Jacob Graham maybe the proprietor of the business should pay there staff a living wage. Why is it my responsibility?
Chowder Stevens stay home then you cheap fuck
Fuck tipping man, have their boss pay there workers not the fucking customers
jorge saenz YEAH! fuck tipping! who needs to pay their employees, not the customers who pay it anyways dip shit. It's part of the bill like or not. Stop being a toxic sludge when to go out and tip dirt bag
What does a beverage consultant do?
Kiddowesth whine
Cocktail creation. Wine, beer, and cocktail pairings. Seasonal menus. Rotating programs. Inventory. P & Ls. Pricing. Maintaining margins. Organizing specials, eg Johnny Walker cocktail events, special cask beer tapping, etc.
Mainly help venues put together menus
I actually learned something today. I didn‘t know that bartenders are only paid via tipping in the US. Here in Switzerland they actually get paid and drinks are fucking expensive. If you tip bartenders around here you‘re gonna get looked at funny.
How do you know if you're in a beer bar or a cocktail bar? I order both most times.
+pinkfreud62 Generally speaking, it's pretty obvious. Think of it more as "regular bar" vs "cocktail lounge" rather than "beer bar" vs "cocktail bar" and the difference should be clearer.
I love those lines, "I like your money, but I'll like you a lot less if you wave it." and "We'll get to you in the order that you came in." HAH! Obviously these idiots have never been to Austin to see what passes for professionalism. In Austin, you will be served in the order that the bartender has deemed, for no particular reason, appropriate. Although, it helps if you are standing right in front of them (so they don't have to walk the excruciating 10 feet to the end of the bar), you have drugs, know someone who has drugs or have big boobs (or all four).
I believe going to get a drink at their bar would be pretty patronizing and kind of awkward, especially if i was on my own.
Well, I am a bartender’s best friend. I know exactly what the bartenders have to go through and let me tell you. It is not an easy job. These bartenders really have to work fast. Yes it is so true. I went to a bar last weekend haha!! And one of the other customers sitting to my left saw I was waiting for the bartender for another drink and he asked me if I was waiting for the bartender and I said yes. He said all you have to do is tell the bartender “get your ass over here!” You know what I did I turned to him and told him I would never do something like that to the bartender. All I had to do was just sit their and smile every time I was done with a drink and she could see that I was ready for another. She came over my way and told me she was so glad I did not listen to that other guy that she puts up with a lot of crap as it is. Also I dissagree of drinking at home. Now the thing is that you are not a bartender. That is why you have professionals making your drinks. Drinking at home is also not fun. You don’t know the mixes like a bartender would. That is why they have bars to go and hang and drink. Leave it to the profesionals who can do that kind of things.
Yes, and I'd only add that there's a difference between service and servitude. A lot of guests have no idea. They sometimes need to be reminded-firmly.
I would hate to have these people to make my drink
No idea why I'm here I don't even drink.
This is the nicest group of people you could have possibly chosen.
"Always hit on your bartender" lmao
nobody hit on you tonia. no one
KrazyKillers40 what do you mean; 1. she’s a good looking gal 2. people (men in particular) have a creepy obsession with bartenders 3. men will literally hit on/harass anyone
+Sydonia you're clearly not a guy because what you just said is wrong. The only time this makes sense is if the dudes are hammered
So if you have a $2 beer, a 40 cent tip would be appropriate. Lies - bartenders get paid, and tips are usually 50 percent of income, they don't report their cash tips - only the tips on credit cards. They don't notice you and keep track of everyone who comes to the bar in order, sometimes they never get to you at all - take an order, go make the drinks while they ignore you and never look up, go back and serve the drinks, take the money, go to the register and ignore you, go give the change and get their tip, then run away to the other end of the bar and skip you altogether, and gee, I didn't know the bartender was supposed to personally like my drink request - because I guess you should make it more convenient for them
Im going to do all of these now :)
In the uk it’s customary to hold a dollar bill (or rather a pound note) while standing at a bar to show that they are ready to order
As a bartender, you should know recommendations with each one of the four base spirits if someone asks. Like it or not, you're part of the customer service experience, you should be able to show professionalism and courteous behaviour.
No hitting on the bar staff? Bartending is an acting job. Behind the bar, you're confident and single. If it gets beyond playful, then yes, drop it. Never give a phone number, you know, the obvious stuff. Playful flirting is perfectly acceptable, man or woman to man or woman.
If someone is ordering an off-menu item, it's typically something quite common that just isn't there on the menu. If you know it, may as well make it and charge the extra for service.
If you can't do any of this, don't complain about not getting a tip. This is all over-sensitive bs.
There are three rules in my bar
Dont puke in my sink.
Dont rip out our doors again.
Dont come behind the bar, if i dont know you.
I get it ive been drunk before...
But these guys were asked about bad costumers and they work in a different kind of bar ...
Just been to a Scottish distillery this afternoon, which was identical to your process in every way.
Seems like Liquor.com wanted to make a video to cover our bartender's ass, but NO this ain't a valid video at all. Doing a good job is every bartender's job and we're entitled to serve "pleasure". Just because a bartender is doing something neat and extra twist, doesn't mean you could expect extra money to come, that's not professional and it shows most bartenders are just here for some money whilst studying or some shit. Be nice to people who's hitting on you, means your doing a sexy job, and it's our job to clean the bar, not the customer. Unless they commit something crazy, everything is included in the price of drinks (Most bars charge 300~400% anyway.). Stop being overly proud because people seem to like you a bit more than chefs or FOH staffs, in the end of the day we're just mixing booze and serving for them to feel good. If customers give tips? Fucking bow at them because that's somewhat the most respect the customers will show of your effort. Be grateful, be humble, and work with soul.
Ranting bartenders... This video just make this service profession a bad name.
shitty commenters allow for ranting bartenders.
agree !!!
Nope its good for exposing what disrespectful assholes are behind the counters these days. Tired of being friendly as hell to rude service workers.
Yep this is not a very nice video for me since i am a bartender, dont relate at all..
beautiful. Thanks! I did ONE of those listed and I am not proud. I will be better :)
So much effort in making a whisky neat
All the drinks I've ordered at a bar come to $5, shots, beer, and simple cocktails and $1 is 20% so... I'll continue to tip $1. If you're not getting paid enough then find a new job.
No one expects u to tip more than 20.....
these guys sound like jerks
I went to a bar for my birthday. It was a special occasion so I ordered a special occasion drink... the barkeep greeted me as I sat down and asked what I will be having, so I asked for a whiskey sour, my favorite cocktail. She looked at me a little strange then proceeded to go about making it. She grabbed a bottle of whiskey and a glass, then with a puzzled look on her face she pulls her phone out of her back pocket and began looking up the recipe from the internet. Her back was turned to me and partially blocked my vision from what she was doing but I saw her reach for something of odd colored substance and began pouring it into the glass along with the whiskey and ice. A moment later she presents to me what could have been the most ungodly concoction I had ever seen. Before I could even speak she says to me "try this and if you don't like it I can make you something else." I gave it a quick taste seeing as how she made an effort to please and was mortified at how overpowering of a sour this drink had delivered to my taste glands. I asked "What did you put in this?" She responded with "It's 2 parts whiskey and I didn't have whatever kind of sour mix the recipe called for so I used margaritas mix instead." I was at a loss for words simply at the fact that whatever forum she visited told her to use sour mix in this particular cocktail. "That's not how you make a whiskey sour." I told her. The pleasant bartender I met at the beginning suddenly had a moodswing and started to become irritated with me I could tell, probably because she thought I was that asshole customer trying to make her job difficult. She snatches the glass away from me and dumps it underneath the counter. Frustrated she says to me "well you're the only person to ever come in here and ask for something like that so I wasn't sure how to make it." I told her "It's easy, you just need 2oz of whiskey, 3/4oz simple syrup, 3/4oz lemon juice and some egg white to thicken the mixture".
She seemed irritated by this point. "Oh well I don't have any egg white here hun, sorry..." By this point I didn't want to inconvenience the broad any further. "It's alright, just bring me a jack and coke then."
Bottom line is don't order a cocktail at a bar unless you know for a fact that they specialize in cocktails.
All I want is a pbr. Yep pbr. But make sure its cold. ICE COOOOOLDDD.
Look as a bartender, order whatever the hell you want and feel free to hit on me.
Tipping is old and dumb. If an establishment has any interest in providing the best experience for their customers - so good they want to come back - they wouldn't force such an awkward situation. People come in for the experience and best products, and you charge the right price for it, and it stops there.
sisbrawny you must not work in the everyday service industry
Cody Rice its just that tipping is a privilege not a given
subaru sumeragi Exactly. I'm not against tipping if that's what a person wants to do on their own will. It's the expectation and feeling of obligation to tip that's the problem.
These so called _service industry_ people are becoming my least favorite, because they act like they have to worst life, and it's everyone's job to get them through life. Besides things like bartender, most _servers_ (waiters and such) have very minimal skill requirements. It's low pay because it's an easy job. There's no special training or education required to take orders and clean tables or carry someone's bags. It's bottom shelf stuff, and the pay ratios makes sense relative to other jobs that demand more specific, difficult skills that require harder effort to obtain. Basically, if one wants better pay checks, they need to get educated and/or trained in something and apply that to a better job.
Bartenders do require special skills and knowledge, but not too much. In that case, it's the employer's responsibility to appropriately compensate them, not the patrons - nor is it their responsibility in any other case.
sisbrawny its not an easy job theres more to it than just mixing drink or talking to people. not sure if this is appropriate but there is this manga and anime called bartender this should be an example of what a bartender is not some flashy or doing types of trick. especially where they don't know whats vodka , the difference between brandy and cognac. all in all it should never be about the money even though it is in todays era. Basically Metaphysics, be satisfied on what you work or (bartender is not a career its a way of life )
subaru sumeragi I said bartending is a skilled job. Which in that case, it's the employer's responsibility to appropriately compensate them, not the patron's.
My local cocktail bar has a bartenders choice on the menu. And they are happy to have the freedom to be creative and show you something new. That guy said his opinion doesn’t matter, but you are in most situations the expert.
Ok, 20%, but you still haven't answered my question: do i tip as I go or at the end? (For those low to medium end type of places I go to).
"You can't hate it"
Yes, I can. Who is that guy to say what I can and can't hate?
Tip well, but don't ask us what to drink because....that's not your job?
It's actually not their job to give you recommendations tho.
Nobody said it was your job.
Then why is OP complaining?
Ask what to drink with more than just "yummy" as a descriptor. Say if you want something really sweet or fruity or what type of liquor you want and go from there. "yummy" is incredibly unhelpful
Very well done video. If I may respectfully disagree with one point: in this age of plastic, where no one throws a $20 or even a card down often assuming a tab is being run like they’re sitting at a table (putting the bartender in the awkward position of asking you for it) adding unnecessary steps that didn’t used to exist that cost the house and the bartender money and in an age where no one starts a pile of cash for the bartender to conveniently “work from” I think we should “reward” a cash payer and expedite their order. They’re saving you steps by being ready to pay with cash, that type of person most likely will order something simple and they probably know how to tip. we should encourage thats. Assuming they’re not waving money obnoxiously of course....
I’m a bartender and I agree these ppl are whiny, BUT the ideas are fair, like the house specialty is the safest bet, or don’t make a mess (as in rip up coasters/receipts and stick gum on things) and don’t expect free alcohol (I’m not getting fired for missing inventory). Personally, I have no problem cleaning, am happy to narrow down drink choices to find their best options, will make whatever they want if they have the general idea/recipe and think tip should be what they feel comfortable with
You can keep your cocktails. I prefer a good pint of beer. That's it.
mick griffiths whoa watch out cool guy coming through!
There are beer bars with just as much server knowledge required. There are over a hundred beer styles. Pouring beer correctly requires a degree of skill.and knowledge. Selecting the right glassware requires style knowledge, making recommendations ditto. Etc. Being a beer drinker isnt an excuse not to tip your bartender, fyi.
mick griffiths guess they forgot that beer has been around since B.C., or maybe the better explanation is they have zero clue what they are talking about. These are the bartenders that make real bartenders cringe and curse at, they are hated with a passion.
Its time to do away with tipping. This is a ridiculous out of date practise. Pay people a proper wage. Have a service charge added on if necessary. Don't expect me the customer to be the compensation/human resource manager for your business. Best thing people can do is simply stop tipping.
fair enough but dont bitch and moan when the prices go up amd you get shitty service because they cut staff.
As a server/ bartender I can tell you for sure that if it weren't for the incentive of tips nobody would give a shit at all. That's what gives people the motivation to make sure that your waters stay filled and your food comes out right, etc. nobody would care otherwise. Yeah that's wrong and people should care about their jobs on principle, but that's just not the way it would be. If you want good service, you're gonna have to be willing to throw a few extra bucks our way. If that's not okay with you, cook for yourself or go somewhere where tips aren't expected.
Houstonfan95 highly doubt you did double the work I do, but regardless, the same logic applies. You were the one who took the job at Subway knowing you weren't gonna get tips. You could've gotten a better job, so why are you complaining about it
Houstonfan95 and by the way, I'm not saying that attitude's right by any means, but that's just the way it is, and its never gonna change
Houstonfan95 You don't have to go to school or get a license. You just need a liquor service permit which takes like an hour and costs 30 bucks to get haha
A friend of mine threw up in the bar table. Bartender was horrified. Lmao
So glad I'm in the UK, not having to survive off tips
"I't's a career"?...So is a McDonald's cashier.
false. a mcdonalds chasier is a part time gig. If there is a school for it, (mixology school) then it gets to be called a career. Mcdonalds manager, sure. Owner, sure. A cashier is a job.
So why don't enterprises pay to employees?
+Ömür Sarıaslan Is not that employees don't get an hourly wage, it's that credit card tips have to be declared and paychecks come out being extremely short. A person earning $13 per hour but making credit card tips can end up having a $300 check on payday even though they've put in many hours. Thus, bartenders and any other person who works in the service sector, actually do depend on the tips to make a living. Hope is clear.
Can someone please explain the whole tipping situation in USA? I live in Europe and in my experience, the whole tipping situation is completely different and tipping 1-2 $ on a drink is completely acceptable. Thanks in advance.
I LOVE KYLE - I would love to have a drink at his bar
What on earth? A dollar isn't enough of a tip? If they get tipped a dollar a drink at the right bar they're walking out with $200 in tips in their pocket easy. WAY more money than waiters and waitresses who work their tails off too. Greedy.
Dennis Higgs yeah but NYC is a very expensive city where people have to spend more money than others to live, if you go to NYC expect to pay more and tip more than you would at home
Jennifer Hamder Jesus christ you're a douchebag aren't you?
So you'd rather risk someone being unable to pay for their apartments rent because NYC is fucking expensive than shell out 3 dollars for some bloody good service?
Jennifer Hamder Maybe it's the parents fault for giving birth to you there and you're unable to move because yu're spending all your money just to survive?
Lol not on Tuesday
Jake tongue I do tip and usually quite a bit, but i have to say here it's not the problem of the customer if you can't get by at the end of the month. If you work at a job that requires barely any skill/education you just can't expect a good paycheck. And you can't expect me to just give you more money than necessary just because you are not earning enough.
If that would be the case i would have to tip every person that works in a low paying service job i encounter, including: the cashier at the fast food restaurant/gas station/supermarket/cinema, the woman who cleans toilets in the office i work in, the bus driver, mailman ... i guess you get the point.
Take tips for what they are, a bonus. Be happy if you get a tip but don't feel like you deserve extra cash just for doing the job you chose.
Again i'm fine with tipping but people aren't assholes simply cause they don't do so.
Maybe the guy who just ordered a 3$ beer didn't tip, so what. Maybe he gets paid shit just like you although he is a construction worker who works a lot harder for his money than every bartender out there. Does that mean he is still a cheap asshole cause he didn't tip?
It's "customary to tip 20% now"... uhm, I tip what I want, not what's "customary"!!! All these comments about how customers "should tip, and if they don't then they're assholes" is the reason why I don't want to tip and I couldn't care less if you call me an asshole! If you have passion for the JOB then you wouldn't care if you get tipped or not, otherwise you're the asshole! I guess by the logic of many service workers, any person working with people should get tipped... from bus drivers to cashiers to doctors!
+The Point and Click Guy Thanks for trying to tell me what I care about... LOL
Good try, but no, I don't care if people call me an asshole if I don't want to tip. That clearly wasn't the point I was trying to make... try understanding the whole comment, rather than ignoring most of it and choosing bits and pieces, before you reply to it next time!
It's not that people who don't tip are assholes, it's that the bartender or waiter or whoever LIVES off of tips. And this is really only in America, where bartenders don't get decent and/or fair wages. You don't have to tip, but it'd be kinda nice to help them be able to buy groceries every once in a while.
You're an awful person. Enjoy your bad karma
+Kala K You're saying I'm an "awful person and should get bad karma" based on a comment you read on TH-cam?!? Oh the hypocrisy of your statement... and the sad thing is that you don't even see it!!!
Be careful what you wish upon others while you talk about karma!
Do you genuinely not realize that servers get paid TWO DOLLARS AN HOUR??? Do you not know they have to tip out to bidders and food runners and bartenders REGARDLESS if you tip or not? Do you genuinely not realize that not tipping your server is the same as stealing?? You're not paying for a service you received. So yes, stealing makes you a horrible person. Enjoy your bad karma.
Props to the Colorist of this video. Beautiful work.
Anyone who’s worked in busy bars will tell you how much you learn to dislike patrons 😂, the amount of time bartenders spend complaining about customers actions throughout the night at knock offs (after the shift) is funny.. you are essentially seeing the worst in people being in a bar where people are there to get fucked up.
As a bartender, you’ve just got to stay positive, happy and even have a good sense of humour, even in the face of rude customers. You realise humans in general are not perfect creatures, we all have a rude annoying dark side. It’s just part of being human. Humour is the best way to deal with rude customers, other customers will see this and treat you with more respect as well, which makes your life easier. And to be honest, even the rude customers respect you more.
Tipping is a privilege and that privilege should be earned. PERIOD
After watching this vid it seems barkeepers are glorified vending machines.
The most disappointing point to me was when they complained about people not knowing what to drink. You're supposed to be the expert - unless the customer has tried every one of your cocktails before, how can he choose without some consultation?
Suyamu Because, with all due respect.
I could have twenty other people I need to serve, and my brain is frazzled enough as it is. I don't KNOW what you like you could be allergic to fish or a vegetarian, you may not like whiskey, you could be a lightweight I DON'T KNOW if you're that desperate for a recommendation ask someone else and not make the person jugglig twenty complicated orders in his head have to ecipher what drink you want from "what do you like?" Because I like cider and rum and coke. Do you like that? I don't know are you allergic to it? I don't know because I don't know you.
You are right. I think the point of the complaint is that if you want a recommendation you should give the server something to work with. As in "i usually drink light domestic beers, what's something similar that i might like" or "i like white russians, can you make something similar" then they have a flavor profile or ingredient list to work with, not just guessing what you might like.
Because most people give no details on what type of drink they want. They just say “what should I get” which is really vague
hey, I've got some apples, would you like to buy them?" "Yes, thank you!" Ron Swanson
I've done the total opposite of everything they said not to do and no one has ever so much as batted an eye at me. I've done the whole "oh there was this one bartender who made this amazing concoction" and often times they'll try their best to replicate it worst case scenario is they say I have no idea what you're talking about. I live in Vegas #vegastrong and there's all manner of bars here i've walked into dives were the only thing they serve is bud and a shot of something and ordered martinis I've walked into piano bars where they pride themselves on their whiskey/bourbon selection and ordered vodka I only ever leave a tip if I feel you've earned it or had an enjoyable experience with my bartender i've gotten drunk at the hard rock on the strip and took my shirt off and the bartender didn't do or say nothing the manager had to come and kick me out I go to the bar by myself and order for 10 other people no one has ever said or done anything. Basically what I'm trying to say is I think these bartenders are just assholes. there are no do's and don'ts at least in my experience as long as you don't try and pick a fight or get naked no one cares what you do or if you tip or not. Oh and there were plenty of times where I said to the bartender just give me something or I'll leave the choice up to you and almost always they bring back something great
Lazy, stuck-up, and vapid tools like this make me really appreciate my favourite bartenders.
The comment section is a list of people who have never worked at a bar
"The bartenders only get their money from tips" is this supposed to mean that the bartenders do not get any salary in the US? How does this work? I am seriously curious.
Serious question for a bartender. How much should I tip if I order a single bottle of domestic beer, at the bar?
You chose a profession where you deal with drunks. Cry me a river.
Bartender whine! So sick of it! If it's so hard for you change job? Dont do that, dont do this! bah!
I come from a no-tipping country.
only thing I can understand is ”don’t order cocktails in a beer bar” and ”don’t ask for free stuff”
Dr Bitchcraft I don’t give a fuck where U come from this is America and we tip here buddy! If you don’t then that’s why people talk badly about foreigners
I’m glad I live in the UK where it isn’t standard practice to tip a bartender.
You should have worked harder in school and got a good job if you don't want to clean someone's mess.
you can go to bar tending school
Mark Wilson Not everyone is mentally/emotionally prepared to "work hard" in school. You were prob one of those kids that finished their test in 20 mins & got an A. While I was up all night stressing barely scraping a C-.