I am not a bartender but have a question about a specific bartending action.
I am male (married and wearing ring). The last couple months I have weekly
visited a nice sports bar/grill for two (and only two) Happy Hour drinks
(beer). Obviously there is an attractive younger female behind the bar. She
too is married (wears ring - but one one busy night I did notice she was not
wearing it). She is very "sweet", often referring to the male patrons as
"sweet", "babe", etc. And often when she would place the beer on the bar she
would say "There you go my dear". So she is somewhat flirtatious. But what
she also does when she places the beer/drink on the bar is to NOT take the
cash money immediately. Sometimes she might even pass by and say "I will be
back for that in a moment".
Is this just flirting? Being classy (I can see not immediately grabbing the
money showing elements of class)? Some sort of "stealing" scheme? As I said
I began to frequent this place, and always ordered the same two $3 happy hour
beers and left a total of $4. She knows that. Sometimes I wonder if they are
only accounting for one drink and pocketing the rest.
Side Note: I have since stopped visiting this place because I beginning to get
the wrong thoughts in my head (I would never take action - but found if I was
looking forward to going to the bar because she was there it is not a good
sign). This is probably a whole other topic about flirting with the customers.