> Before I started tending bar I took a Bar Code class and got
> certified. I think it's a federally sponsored program. Pretty much
> the same thing as TIPS... It went over BAC/BAL, third party liability
> laws, watching customers, cutting people off, etc. I recieved a card
> in the mail saying that I was Bar Code certified and I think that in
> some states bar owners get a small discount on their insurance if
> their bartenders are certified with one of these programs...
I'm a bartender in NY and except for a hospitality law class in college I.ve
never heard of either of the classes mentioned above. I would love to know all
the laws pertaining to the industry but finding them in laymans terms is
difficult. Would like to see a mandatory liscensing policy for anyone serving
alcohol>