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Subject: Re: NEED ADVICE FOR A NEW HOT BLONDE BARTENDER
From: Carson
Posted: Tue Jan 8. 2002, 22:01 UTC
Followup to: "Re: NEED ADVICE FOR A NEW HOT BLONDE BARTENDER"  by Cookie  (Tue Jan 8. 2002, 20:07 UTC)
> Just a little conceited aren't we......  

please....i know exactly where she is coming from...I am in the same boat only 
on the flip side of the coin...I am a guy and work at a GAY bar/club...I 
CONSTANTLY get hit on all night and let me just say now that I am completely 
straight.  The fact that I work with my shirt off only complicates matters but 
I get so much in tips i dont even care cause i got bills to pay.  The only 
reason I took the job was because (a) I needed the money, (b) they hired me 
with NO experience (c) I am very open minded.

So to answer the question here is some situations I have had happen so far.

The one that comes up the most is the person wanting your phone number.  In 
this situation just tell them in a nice way that you dont give out your 
number, but you that they can give you theirs, that way you have the control 
and dont have to call them, and you still get a tip.

The next situation is getting blatantly hit on, I have had guys wanting to 
know if i was "for rent" and their is more x-rated requests that I have had 
thrown my way that i won't get into.  

The best thing to do here is to just smile and try to change the subject...I 
know this is extremely hard, but people get a little alcohol in them and go 
off the deep in sometimes.  And if your bar is busy just tell them to hold on 
and start making more drinks and don't go back to them unless they need 
another drink.  Then as soon as you make it, go to someone else.  If it is 
early in the night and slow...there is really nothing you can do.  This 
happens to me alot, especially during the early part of the night and later on 
when i am closing up(i work the back bar and close after last call the main 
bar stays open until close), when i am closing i just tell them i am closing 
up and they usually walk off.

Um...those are really the two biggest situations that go down.  Other than 
that just remember that the bar you work is like a stage.  Your putting on a 
show to get money and sex sells so use it to your advantage and take them for 
what they are worth.  In my case, I tell all these people that go to my bar 
that i am straight, but i still let them think that their is still that little 
chance for them when in fact, there is NO chance at all.  The key is pullin 
this off without them knowing it, making sure they have a good time, and thats 
about it.  

Some people will say that this is wrong or whatever but hey, I dont put these 
people down, they are obviously having fun cause they always come back, and I 
am making money.  And I only do this with people that are assholes and hit on 
me all the time.  I have regular's that I treat with utmost respect and I 
usually have their drink ready before they even ask me....


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