Message 8653 of 39188 in General Discussion

Share on Facebook |  Save to del.icio.us

> 3. Did they give me any free drinks?
> 
> #3 is the most important.  If the bartender is "hooking me up" then I 
> actually will tip him 

Not surpisingly I have seen 3 different bartenders go down just because of 
that scam. Two of them had criminal charges laid.

Stealing stock from the business, handing it across to a customer, and 
pocketing the money handed back is pretty clearly one of the worst things an 
employee could do.

Many bars have a free drink policy that largely relies on honesty and 
fairness. Giving the tender the perogative to hand out occasional freebies 
does not mean that should be used just to leverage 'tips' any more than it 
means they can keep their mate at the end of the bar drinking for free each 
night.

If you run a kickback like that, you may even lose a tender the job, EVEN if 
they weren't consciously working you like that. The Mgt. can have surveillance 
come in, folk that are trained to watch for things like "free drink, free 
drink, large tip" and draw the obvious conclusion. You could even be 
implicated!

If I give you a 'gift', and you then give me a 'gift' of money - it doesn't 
mean you haven't just made a purchase. The tax dept will explain that one to 
you PDQ. If the item I 'gave' you wasn't actually mine to give away in that 
way, you are potentially a receiver of stolen goods!

So, no mate, bad and wrong.

.dan.