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Subject: Re: Tipping out barbacks
From: vegastud
Posted: Mon Jan 8. 2007, 05:44 UTC
Followup to: "Re: Tipping out barbacks"  by Grizzly Adams  (Mon Jan 8. 2007, 05:04 UTC)
> 
> > somebody would be lucky to see 
> > 5% from me...
> 
> I have never been a barback before, but my conscious would eat me 
> alive if I gave a barback $20 out of the $400 I just made.

i agree, many times i have split with barbacks because if they weren't there, 
i would not have made the money i did.

funny thing is, after i split with a barback through good nights and bad 
nights, the barback tends to understand if a bartender is being a cheapskate 
or is giving them a fair and honest amount of the cut.

i remember when i barbacked.  I would be at the bartenders beck and call, have 
them stocked up all night, pour drinks for them and make them money.  at the 
end of the night he/she would give me that standard BS line, "it was a bad 
night".  throw me $20-30 bucks when i made them at least a hundred and i saw 
them take a few C-note tips, along with their $1-5 per round tips.

i knew i was going to get tipped shitty when the bartender would be counting 
his/her tips and say, "it was a slow night".

yeah, i am there to make money, but i tend to make better money and better 
work relationships when i tip the barbacks more than 15%.

atilano


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