Message 10305 of 22774 in Behind the Bar

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You said this was a new restaurant, right? If so, it won't be like this 
forever, probably not for much longer than three months, so just do the best 
you can, and probably get ready for the nights where you hardly need two 
bartenders. I used to open restaurants, training bartenders, and it was ALWAYS 
like this for the first month to three months. Also, the money WILL get 
better, even as it slows down, for a few reasons. The servers will start 
tipping out better (eventually) for various reasons I won't go into, you'll 
develop regulars, which I'm sure you don't have many right now, and there's 
always a certain percentage of "newbie" type customers who also flood into new 
restaurants, and they generally tip like crap - the same people who bring down 
the tip average on Mothers Day, Valentines day etc.

If you can tough it out, gain some quick senority - you'll be making better 
money, with less bartenders and probably a few less guests than you do right 
now.
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Cheers! - Josh @ BarSim
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