Open bar: Bartender says 'remember me at the end'

[JEDI]

Free drinks all nite
I'm at the bar and ordered 'Jack and coke'.
Then ordered a 2nd one.

For the 3rd one he puts it in a LARGE glass, like 20oz.
And with a huge amount of Jack Daniels.

I usually tip $1 per drink but with that big drink, I was going to give him $10.

Then he says 'remember me in the end' which rubbed me the wrong way.

I tipped him $5, as if he bought me 5 drinks which he basically did

 

[Perknose]

For the 3rd one he puts it in a LARGE glass, like 20oz.
And with a huge amount of Jack Daniels.

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Then he says 'remember me in the end' which rubbed me the wrong way.

Sigh.

The fact that you go to an open bar and repeatedly order "Jack and coke" pretty much says it all.

 

[JEDI]

Sigh.

The fact that you go to an open bar and repeatedly order "Jack and coke" pretty much says it all.

And what would u have ordered?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Open bar I tip heavy the first trip. Then you get taken care of well for the rest of the night.

 

[Perknose]

And what would u have ordered?

Well, not a wretchedly mediocre, high school level mixed drink, for starters.

What? They didn't have any wine coolers for you?

More than all that, though, is what impelled me to post at all. It was your tone deaf excuse for not tipping the bartender more. I know you don't see its self-revealing lameness or you wouldn't have posted your OP to begin with, so I won't be engaging you further here.

Hey! These are just my opinions, is all.

 

[olds]

Sigh.

The fact that you go to an open bar and repeatedly order "Jack and coke" pretty much says it all.

LOL. I was thinking the same thing as I read his post.

 

[CA19100]

Yeah, how dare he order a drink he likes!

 

[crashtech]

Bartenders are often nice to people that don't warrant it. It's just a job hazard.

 

[disappoint]

Don't feel bad OP. I once ordered 3 grape Nehis and a Shirley Temple. By the end of the night I was so wasted I forgot to tip the barkeep anything at all. If that's not enough to convince you of what a bad person I am I also drank someone's blood when I was 8 years old. Still not convinced? I also cannibalized his corpse. Hey I was only 8 years old and doing what they told me at church. You might say I was impelled by my peers. What compelled them to do it? The power of Christ or the power of suggestion maybe, who knows?

The moral of the story is: if you convince yourself I'm a bad guy you can think of yourself as better than I am by comparison. This is especially useful if you don't have much else going for you. The power of ego compels you, but you can tell yourself it was the power of someone's lameness instead.

 

[IronWing]

Don't feel bad OP. I once ordered 3 grape Nehis and a Shirley Temple.

Here's the deal with us teetotalers: bartenders know we don't tip for shit. You can see it in their eyes when you place that first order for a diet Pepsi. You might as well order two because it is going to be a long time before the bartender makes it back down your way.

 

[DigDog]

am i the only one to read the gay subtext in this ?

 

[disappoint]

am i the only one to read the gay subtext in this ?

Yes.

You have egg on your face, you animal. Now stop staring at my drawers.

 

[smackababy]

Open bar I tip heavy the first trip. Then you get taken care of well for the rest of the night.

This is the secret. Let him know you're going to take care of him, and he takes care of you.

 

[Ruptga]

am i the only one to read the gay subtext in this ?

nope

 

[CA19100]

am i the only one to read the gay subtext in this ?

 

[WelshBloke]

You guys tip at a free bar?

Weird!

 

[highland145]

You guys tip at a free bar?

Weird!

Shit, we tip for everything. Flip me off riding down the road....here's a buck.

 

[highland145]

Here's the deal with us teetotalers: bartenders know we don't tip for shit. You can see it in their eyes when you place that first order for a diet Pepsi. You might as well order two because it is going to be a long time before the bartender makes it back down your way.

QFT. Some years back, I was the DD on New Years. Copious amounts of water. The bartender didn't appreciate my public service, making sure 5 other drunks got home.

 

[WelshBloke]

Shit, we tip for everything. Flip me off riding down the road....here's a buck.

But if I'm paying the barman it's not free!

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Shit, we tip for everything. Flip me off riding down the road....here's a buck.

I sense a new business opportunity. What route do you take to work in the morning?

 

[highland145]

But if I'm paying the barman it's not free!

The point being that the bar man ain't making jack already. $10/hr to put up with drunks? Eff that.

 

[highland145]

I sense a new business opportunity. What route do you take to work in the morning?

The M4 and my name is WelshBloke.

 

[WelshBloke]

The point being that the bar man ain't making jack already. $10/hr to put up with drunks? Eff that.

Well he can ah heck off and I'll pour my own pint then, beers free anyway.

 

[sandorski]

am i the only one to read the gay subtext in this ?

That's cause the OP didn't say whether he fellated him or not.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

This is the secret. Let him know you're going to take care of him, and he takes care of you.

Back in my bar days it was like the wild wild west around here. There was very little alcohol regulation beyond a minimum age and or course drunk driving. The bars were free to aggressively market and use promos to attract customers and a fair amount tried really cheap happy hours with good food and a few went to open bar for like an hour or so to get people in the door. So those places were REALLY crowded and it was hard to get noticed. Tipping heavy early was essential. Get on good terms with the barman and you go to the head of the line every trip back. The cheapskates stood there waving at the guy for half an hour and he'd walk right by without even noticing because he was off to take care of another good tipper. A good tipper could get unlimited drinks, a guy that stiffed the first time might only get one or two.

Alas, those were the days. The nanny state atmosphere here ruined things pretty quickly and having promos that encouraged people to drink a lot in a short period of time were outlawed. So open bars at anything other than weddings and crazy happy hour pricing went the way of the dodo bird. Now the promos are more like "$3 drafts all night!!" Big whoop.