> plan A: after the barback makes the drink for the customer and tries
> to make the sale, i pull him/her aside and explain, "you are the
> barback, i am the barfront" "when a customer asks for anything,
> explain that the bartender will be right with them" pretty simple.
>
> plan B: (passive aggresive, i dont recommend, but have done this
> when pissed off) i let the barback take the order, make the drink,
> and when it comes time for him/her to tender the money, i ignore
> them. at our place, we have our own banks and our own 'swipe cards'.
> the barback needs my 'swipe card' to ring up the drink. so i leave
> the barback hanging. let him make a fool of himself. like i said,
> there are better ways to get the point. like plan A.
>
> atilano
that tells me someone is a coward of a person and even more so of being put in
his place. especially the bar-front b.s.