at a bar do you tip $1 or $2 on a $7 drink? (charge, places)

[RadeonHD4250]

$1 per, then after the bill comes, I will add or deduct based on overall service. Simple.

[Kefir King]

I am not a bar person anymore, but the last several years that I WAS, I frequented a Village Bar at Happy Hour. Well pours were quite cheap , like $3.50 for a generous gin and tonic and the bartenders blew back every third drink...usually. I kept a mental note of how many "freebies" I got and my tip on leaving would be the sum total of what I would have paid for the freebies...maybe a couple more bucks for a particularly limp wristed gin pour. Good bare pecs also got a little more.

[RadeonHD4250]

Originally Posted by Kefir King

I am not a bar person anymore, but the last several years that I WAS, I frequented a Village Bar at Happy Hour. Well pours were quite cheap , like $3.50 for a generous gin and tonic and the bartenders blew back every third drink...usually. I kept a mental note of how many "freebies" I got and my tip on leaving would be the sum total of what I would have paid for the freebies...maybe a couple more bucks for a particularly limp wristed gin pour. Good bare pecs also got a little more.

My favorite!

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[stormgal]

Originally Posted by Kefir King

I am not a bar person anymore, but the last several years that I WAS, I frequented a Village Bar at Happy Hour. Well pours were quite cheap , like $3.50 for a generous gin and tonic and the bartenders blew back every third drink...usually. I kept a mental note of how many "freebies" I got and my tip on leaving would be the sum total of what I would have paid for the freebies...maybe a couple more bucks for a particularly limp wristed gin pour. Good bare pecs also got a little more.

Out of curiosity, how much does a bartender make lets say working two nights a week, in midtown, or west village etc?

[Kefir King]

I have heard bartenders brag about getting $600 in tips for an evening's work. (West Village...gay.) Perhaps gay people are better tippers...don't know.
Now my drinking is at home in front of a Netflix...no tip but the sales tax pisses me off. Every drink is EXACTLY how I want it.


Bartending is slavery, I could never do it, but perhaps bartenders exaggerate their pay? The ones who make the big money work like dogs all the while smiling through their pain.

[Harry88]

Originally Posted by Kefir King

I have heard bartenders brag about getting $600 in tips for an evening's work. (West Village...gay.) Perhaps gay people are better tippers...don't know.
Now my drinking is at home in front of a Netflix...no tip but the sales tax pisses me off. Every drink is EXACTLY how I want it.


Bartending is slavery, I could never do it, but perhaps bartenders exaggerate their pay? The ones who make the big money work like dogs all the while smiling through their pain.

that bartender went to the bathroom stalls more than once that night.

[livingsinglenyc]

Originally Posted by stormgal

Out of curiosity, how much does a bartender make lets say working two nights a week, in midtown, or west village etc?

Its really hard to say a number. It depends upon the type of bar, location, night of the week, the type pf crowd it draws. I have a friend who'd bartend at a hole in the wall bar in the village. If it was empty she wouldn't even make $100 for a 12 hour shift. I have another friend who will work a lounge/club and make $500 for a 6 hour shift.

[Ruready4Bklyn]

Originally Posted by livingsinglenyc

Its really hard to say a number. It depends upon the type of bar, location, night of the week, the type pf crowd it draws. I have a friend who'd bartend at a hole in the wall bar in the village. If it was empty she wouldn't even make $100 for a 12 hour shift. I have another friend who will work a lounge/club and make $500 for a 6 hour shift.

Some bartenders I knew that worked and paid through college after they graduated stayed bartenders because they said they still made more than me at a corporate job and would rather not be corporate slaves or something like that

[stormgal]

Do you guys tip for water? I tip $1 for water. I feel that what you're paying for is the service of them bringing the stupid drink to you, not for the purchased drink itself.

[RageX]

I avoid places that charge $7 a drink.