Comments on: Was This Article Written by a Bartender… http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/15/was-this-article-written-by-a-bartender/ Just another geek in the geek kingdom Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:46:49 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jon H http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/15/was-this-article-written-by-a-bartender/comment-page-1/#comment-2210 Jon H Sat, 19 May 2007 23:53:34 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1777#comment-2210 The problem is that the article is in <i>ESQUIRE</i>. Good lord, man, just look at the ads if you want to get an idea of the supposed lifestyle you're supposed to pursue if you read that. Most of the shit in there is little more than fantasyland for 90% of the readers, if not more. If the article had run in a free weekly paper like the Chicago Reader, it might be believable. But fucking Esquire? The author could as well have suggested leaving Rolexes and 5 carat diamond cufflinks as tips. The problem is that the article is in ESQUIRE.

Good lord, man, just look at the ads if you want to get an idea of the supposed lifestyle you’re supposed to pursue if you read that. Most of the shit in there is little more than fantasyland for 90% of the readers, if not more.

If the article had run in a free weekly paper like the Chicago Reader, it might be believable. But fucking Esquire? The author could as well have suggested leaving Rolexes and 5 carat diamond cufflinks as tips.

]]> By: sangfroid826 http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/15/was-this-article-written-by-a-bartender/comment-page-1/#comment-2209 sangfroid826 Sat, 19 May 2007 05:49:13 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1777#comment-2209 The initial $2 tip and subsequent $1 for every additional drink was a standard I appreciated in my 7 years behind a bar on the west coast. The initial $2 tip and subsequent $1 for every additional drink was a standard I appreciated in my 7 years behind a bar on the west coast.

]]> By: Bartender http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/15/was-this-article-written-by-a-bartender/comment-page-1/#comment-2208 Bartender Wed, 16 May 2007 22:33:41 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1777#comment-2208 If anyone in this thread ever visits Pittsburgh, please come to Matrix (nightclub). I assure you our patrons don't tip anything like $2 per drink. I'd say $1 per drink, on 70% of drinks is more the norm, with the occasional and wonderful outlandish tips by the guy who is trying to impress the girl with his fat (cash) wad. If anyone in this thread ever visits Pittsburgh, please come to Matrix (nightclub). I assure you our patrons don’t tip anything like $2 per drink. I’d say $1 per drink, on 70% of drinks is more the norm, with the occasional and wonderful outlandish tips by the guy who is trying to impress the girl with his fat (cash) wad.

]]> By: Nicholas Beaudrot http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/15/was-this-article-written-by-a-bartender/comment-page-1/#comment-2207 Nicholas Beaudrot Wed, 16 May 2007 01:45:52 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1777#comment-2207 I feel like $1 is acceptable, but viewed as the minimum. I try to tip $3 for every 2 drinks or thereabouts. I feel like $1 is acceptable, but viewed as the minimum. I try to tip $3 for every 2 drinks or thereabouts.

]]> By: Glen http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/15/was-this-article-written-by-a-bartender/comment-page-1/#comment-2206 Glen Tue, 15 May 2007 22:04:46 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1777#comment-2206 Okay, my embedded link didn't work. Here's the link: http://agoraphilia.blogspot.com/2007/05/tipping-point.html Okay, my embedded link didn’t work. Here’s the link:
http://agoraphilia.blogspot.com/2007/05/tipping-point.html

]]> By: Glen http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/15/was-this-article-written-by-a-bartender/comment-page-1/#comment-2205 Glen Tue, 15 May 2007 22:04:01 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1777#comment-2205 Reaction <a>here. The problem, in short, is the absence of an inflation adjustment.</a> Reaction here. The problem, in short, is the absence of an inflation adjustment.

]]> By: Cain http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/15/was-this-article-written-by-a-bartender/comment-page-1/#comment-2204 Cain Tue, 15 May 2007 22:02:48 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1777#comment-2204 I'm usually a $1 tipper, but like Nick I'll usually try to open bigger. However, this goes out the window at places where a simple rail mixed drink costs over $7. Then you're lucky if you get the change. I’m usually a $1 tipper, but like Nick I’ll usually try to open bigger.

However, this goes out the window at places where a simple rail mixed drink costs over $7. Then you’re lucky if you get the change.

]]> By: Michael B Sullivan http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/15/was-this-article-written-by-a-bartender/comment-page-1/#comment-2203 Michael B Sullivan Tue, 15 May 2007 21:44:33 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1777#comment-2203 I usually try to alternate between $2 and $1 tips, aiming for $1.50 average. Except for bartenders who treat me really nicely, who get $2 or higher per drink. One of the bartenders at the place I go most often has started giving me one drink free most nights, so I'm guessing she doesn't hate me. I had a girlfriend who was quite a partier and had been a waitress for some years. She tipped insanely highly -- she'd average about a 40% tip, and every once in a while would just lay about a 100% tip on people. I usually try to alternate between $2 and $1 tips, aiming for $1.50 average. Except for bartenders who treat me really nicely, who get $2 or higher per drink. One of the bartenders at the place I go most often has started giving me one drink free most nights, so I’m guessing she doesn’t hate me.

I had a girlfriend who was quite a partier and had been a waitress for some years. She tipped insanely highly — she’d average about a 40% tip, and every once in a while would just lay about a 100% tip on people.

]]> By: Nick http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/15/was-this-article-written-by-a-bartender/comment-page-1/#comment-2202 Nick Tue, 15 May 2007 20:47:46 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1777#comment-2202 I tend to open with a $2 tip, and then tip $1 for the rest of the evening. I don't think any of the local bartenders hate me. I tend to open with a $2 tip, and then tip $1 for the rest of the evening. I don’t think any of the local bartenders hate me.

]]> By: Jacob Grier http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/15/was-this-article-written-by-a-bartender/comment-page-1/#comment-2201 Jacob Grier Tue, 15 May 2007 20:15:05 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1777#comment-2201 Oh, and that should say "regulars OR people..." Guess who's already visited a bartender today? Oh, and that should say “regulars OR people…”

Guess who’s already visited a bartender today?

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