Message 9962 of 22774 in Behind the Bar

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> A lot of people talk about taking multiple orders during busier times 
> of the day/night.  My question would be how many drinks can you hold 
> in your head at one time? Say you get slammed, can you take all the 
> orders that are in front of you at once?

That's even harder to answer.

I have three people sitting in front of me. One wants a Vodka Collins with 
Gin.. the other wants a Strawberry Daiquiri, and the third wants a Dry Apple 
Martini with extra olives..

While I make the Strawberry Daiquiri, I try to come up with a polite, 
non-condescending way to ask the Vodka Collins with Gin lady what she REALLY 
wants (it turns out, she want a TOM Collins, not a Vodka Collins with a shot 
of Gin added), or to tell the Dry  Apple Martini lady that an Apple Martini 
CAN'T be made dry, as the apple is SWEET, I have two more guest that KNOW what 
they want that place an order.

Nope.. I don't try to carry EVER more than three filled glasses at a time. I 
have NO qualms about making one, or two drinks, delivering them, then making 
the third. The way I make it look 'smooth' is that I ask the others more 
detailed questions while I'm working.

The reason I don't like to carry a lot of glasses is that I really don't like 
to sit around all day with a wet shirt! Carrying stemware means carrying it by 
the stem. Should I carry wine glasses by the balloon, I run the risk of 
'warming' my drinks. Beer, in frozen glasses, are slippery enough. 

We seldom have trays behind the bar to use to put drinks onto, and the volume 
we have to serve doesn't translate into rushing any more than I do.

-- 
Pride is tasteless, size less and colorless, but it's the hardest damn thing 
to swallow.
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