Have you ever went to a bar after a hard days work with your boss on your case all day and you had a fight with your significant other earlier that morning so before you go home you just want to head to your neighborhood water hole before you go home. Yet when you pull up into the parking lot and walk into to the establishment you sit down at the bar and you noticed 2 bartenders; you politely smile at one of them and kindly say “could I have a Madras please”?, only to have one of the pre-tenders snarled at you and say “damn he would come in while I’m eating and order a mixed drink instead of a beer”. Well let me inform you what is really going on here; first of all you must know that you are in the right dude and dudets and not to really trip over the bartender, the first problem normally is shift change amongst the bartenders which has nothing to do with nothing. The second is probably the correct answer in that this bar establishment hired a lazy ass bartender which most become if it’s not a passion instead of just a paycheck. The third is common as well in that they are really a server training to become a bartender hinse the word i.e, pre-tender (meaning just starting out aka, young grasshopper). Yet they commonly are nicer which helps them out when they can’t make a certain drink. Another could be he/she are just a complete as#ho$% and a lot of restaurants/bar establishments hire tons of people like this yet I personally believe its do to the fact that now everything is on the internet as far as hiring employees so you truly don’t have a clear knowledge of who your hiring until it’s too late; I’ve written an article about internet job search and will post it at a later time, its killing our country and adding to the unemployment status across the U.S. Finally you have the simple classic of all bartenders and that my friend is the arrogant bartender. Now this one you’ll find in every bar and it stems from them having too much authority to handle issued at the bar and or the have seniority at their establishment. This bartender will make you wait on all your drinks as well as the servers and will entice you to say something to them in order to create an argument and yes throw around their authority. They really need a hug to say the least yet I will say that none of these issues have to do with the customer themselves and yet the guest is at the heart of all the b.s. I’ve just stated. It is as if you, (the customer) ought to be glad that they (the bartender) are even acknowledging you at their bar! A lot of small businesses miss these kinds of bartenders because they are really good bullsh#tters and have the managers or owners in their back pocket in which most of the time they are stealing their ass off and yet still have an arrogant attitude when it comes to customer service. My advice to anyone who comes across an establishment like this one is simple… LEAVE! Your money is the motive and you shouldn’t have to put up with any of the bar issues I’ve just stated which are only the tip of the iceberg. I love bartending yet the hiring policy has changed and they no longer take the time to screen and personally interview bartenders or any other potential employee for that matter. When your dealing with customer service its a one on one interaction so why would you hire a person with a great sounding application that he/she posted on the internet? This business is still people person oriented and in the past 5 years theirs been a decline in the true art form of bartending that is sorely missed across the U.S. With a downturn economy your local bartender should be the ambassador to all of your mundane issues going on in your life. We didn’t ask for that role yet that is one we take when we hear about your court dates for drug chargers, attempted murder to child support cases. When your kid runs away, when your wife catches you cheating or when you find out your husband is a cross-dresser to name a few. People come to the bar to just vent and its our job not to take sides but to listen. This type of service is deteriating in the true art form of bartending which is rule number one, be a good listener which young bartenders are lost and have no clue about. So the next time you enter a bar or restaurant establishment look around and get a feel of the guest who are already sitting down and if they look happy, then have a seat and sit a spell other wise find a bar that has personality and not plush decor. When it comes down to it the customer has the power to make you or break you so instead of complaining to a manager about the drink, service or t.v. kindly get up thank them and leave; when enough customers take a stand on these crummy bars and bartenders they will get the message and go back to basics and hire personality over principle.
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