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Subject: Re: Long Island Ice Tea
From: Hambone
Posted: Sat Nov 18. 2006, 19:39 UTC
Followup to: "Re: Long Island Ice Tea"  by Mister2  (Sat Nov 18. 2006, 10:12 UTC)
> > A Top Shelf LIIT is retarded.  Don't ever make and especially ever 
> > 
> > order one (they're damned expensive).  The thing with a long island 
> > 
> > ice tea is that there is so many ingredients that they end tasting 
> > 
> > the same no matter what brand of liquor goes in them.  And besides, 
> > 
> > the reason for using top shelf ingredients is so you can enjoy the 
> > 
> > taste of the alcohol more (at least where I come from), so it doesnt 
> > 
> > make much sense to make a drink that combines 5 different liquors.  
> > 
> > In most cases, the reason for drinking an LIIT is to get drunk 
> > quickly so if you can tastes a difference between a regular and top 
> > 
> > shelf LIIT, it aint gonna matter after you've had the first one 
> > anyway.  Stick to the bottom shelf version.  The top shelf is for 
> > posers.
> 
> While I'd fully agree with not ordering a top shelf LIIT, I fail to 
> see why you shouldn't make one if it's ordered from you, for several 
> reasons:
> 
> A - More money in the till
> B - Happier customer
> C - (for tipping cultures) A possibly greater tip
> 
> Who are we to judge our customers' tastes?  If they want to spend 
> $250 per shot to pour Louis XIII down the sink, it's their money - 
> accomodate them!  We're not here to judge, we're here to pour and 
> make people happy.  The only possible reason NOT to pour a top shelf 
> LIIT is if the bar you work at doesn't have a way to charge for it, 
> no Top Shelf LIIT button.  That would be valid.


You're missing my point.  I wasn't talking about it from a bartenders point of 
view (even though I am one).  I was talking about the top shelf LIIT in 
general, not whether or not I could make more money from making one.  Besides, 
I'm so against it, I would rather see someone order a regular one instead of 
the top shelf, in case I ended up talking to them and finding out what other 
cringe worthy activities they were into.  Someone else mentioned this before 
but I think the worst part about being a tender is pretending to be interested 
in your customers lame story.


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