Comments on: I’m Not a Bartender, I’m a Bar-Back http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/im-not-a-bartender-im-a-bar-back/ Everything About Money You Were Too Polite To Ask Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:14:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: chic noir http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/im-not-a-bartender-im-a-bar-back/#comment-34450 chic noir Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:56:22 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=22970#comment-34450 @klemay - No no no. Just don't tell me to smile when I'm not your wife,sister,daughter of girlfriend. @klemay – No no no. Just don’t tell me to smile when I’m not your wife,sister,daughter of girlfriend.

]]> By: chic noir http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/im-not-a-bartender-im-a-bar-back/#comment-34449 chic noir Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:55:27 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=22970#comment-34449 @rrot - This is something most men never hear particularly men of the large and tall variety. @rrot – This is something most men never hear particularly men of the large and tall variety.

]]> By: Peter Middleton@facebook http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/im-not-a-bartender-im-a-bar-back/#comment-34358 Peter Middleton@facebook Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:45:46 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=22970#comment-34358 Welcome to the industry. Seems like a solid representation of working in bars. I will say that working in a bar not attached to a restaurant is quite nice. You DO get to tell customers to fuck off if they are being completely inept but you will experience more of these customers. The pay is also better but generally the hours worse. I feel constantly berated to smile which is a strange thing because my cheeks are tired from always smiling. I especially enjoy when a customer mentions I should smile after having been incredibly rude or leaving a bad tip. Being hit on and tipped poorly is also something I will never understand. Welcome to the industry. Seems like a solid representation of working in bars. I will say that working in a bar not attached to a restaurant is quite nice. You DO get to tell customers to fuck off if they are being completely inept but you will experience more of these customers. The pay is also better but generally the hours worse. I feel constantly berated to smile which is a strange thing because my cheeks are tired from always smiling. I especially enjoy when a customer mentions I should smile after having been incredibly rude or leaving a bad tip. Being hit on and tipped poorly is also something I will never understand.

]]> By: Sutton http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/im-not-a-bartender-im-a-bar-back/#comment-34352 Sutton Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:26:43 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=22970#comment-34352 Are you sure they don't call you "FNG"? Just wondering. Are you sure they don’t call you “FNG”? Just wondering.

]]> By: klemay http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/im-not-a-bartender-im-a-bar-back/#comment-34231 klemay Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:57:09 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=22970#comment-34231 @rrot #killallmen @rrot #killallmen

]]> By: rrot http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/im-not-a-bartender-im-a-bar-back/#comment-33995 rrot Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:11:23 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=22970#comment-33995 @chic noir What does it show when someone says it to a man? The same thing, no respect. But, yeah, feminism is everything. Except maybe when it's not. @chic noir What does it show when someone says it to a man? The same thing, no respect. But, yeah, feminism is everything. Except maybe when it’s not.

]]> By: petejayhawk http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/im-not-a-bartender-im-a-bar-back/#comment-33993 petejayhawk Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:05:52 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=22970#comment-33993 @Splendorofmorgan Jesus, what is this, the Consumerist comments? You don't do that for the same reason you don't do that when your server is slow bringing you or forgets to bring you the check the first time you ask for it. There's a social contract that most of us abide by and doing what you suggest is just an asshole thing to do; just fucking chill out for a few minutes, you won't die. @Splendorofmorgan Jesus, what is this, the Consumerist comments? You don’t do that for the same reason you don’t do that when your server is slow bringing you or forgets to bring you the check the first time you ask for it. There’s a social contract that most of us abide by and doing what you suggest is just an asshole thing to do; just fucking chill out for a few minutes, you won’t die.

]]> By: Kimberly Alison@twitter http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/im-not-a-bartender-im-a-bar-back/#comment-33911 Kimberly Alison@twitter Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:36:33 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=22970#comment-33911 LOVE this. I sometimes barback at work and customers get annoyed with me when they ask for a drink and I point to a bartender. In my city, it's illegal for someone who doesn't have an alcohol serving license to pour drinks. LOVE this. I sometimes barback at work and customers get annoyed with me when they ask for a drink and I point to a bartender. In my city, it’s illegal for someone who doesn’t have an alcohol serving license to pour drinks.

]]> By: Splendorofmorgan http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/im-not-a-bartender-im-a-bar-back/#comment-33880 Splendorofmorgan Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:20:00 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=22970#comment-33880 "It’s hard to be disdainful towards little old ladies with an eye for the Hibernian." Ah, great line. God bless the barbacks. People who tell other people to smile can go stub a toe. If I were at a bar and the bartender refused to give me a check because of their computer system, why wouldn't I just....leave? Throw down an estimate of cash for what I owed and walk out the door? “It’s hard to be disdainful towards little old ladies with an eye for the Hibernian.” Ah, great line. God bless the barbacks.

People who tell other people to smile can go stub a toe.

If I were at a bar and the bartender refused to give me a check because of their computer system, why wouldn’t I just….leave? Throw down an estimate of cash for what I owed and walk out the door?

]]> By: stuffisthings http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/im-not-a-bartender-im-a-bar-back/#comment-33875 stuffisthings Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:59:46 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=22970#comment-33875 THANK YOU. I really really hate when idiots at the bar keep trying to order from the barback. THANK YOU. I really really hate when idiots at the bar keep trying to order from the barback.

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