Working in a bar

Josie83 wrote: Okay so I know Kim someitmes works in a bar, but I'm quite new to it all. I've only done a couple of hsifts there, sometimes I'm a waitress in the restaurant and sometimes I get put behind the bar.

You'd think that because it was a hotel that there wouldn't be any young ruffians in - well maybe that's true but we get rich businessmen who are away from their wives and they are gross! (Some of them)

They just stay in the bar from the minute they get in and get drunker and drunker and the things that they say Honestly, some of them need a slap around the chops! Someone asked me how much it would cost me to work for him in his room after the bar shut! Honestly, what do you say to THAT!

The less Jason knows about this the better, I think . . . xx

kit_kats_mom replied: Just call them cheeky monkeys. LOL

I've worked in bars and you just need to work out some snappy comebacks & use them over and over. Since most of them are travellers, they will never know. LOL

Also, just act like they are teasing and that keeps it from getting too serious. They may be drunk but that doesn't give them the right to insult you. jerks

TeagansMom609 replied: I was a bartender for a couple years. I loved it but you do have to put up with ALOT of crap. At one bar I made about $1,000 a week in tips, not including my pay check. I figured, hey you can say what ever you want to me for that kinda money. LOL There were a couple times I had to flag people for being a little too vulgar. When Shawn and I first met I was a bartender, then when I stopped because I was pregnant he said he would never "let" me do it again. He hated it. I miss the money...shhhh!

ammommy replied: I miss the money, too. One thing that I remember is that I could get away with saying almost anything if I said it with a smile. The guys were so drunk that they didn't remember. It helped that I had a manager who would back me up when things got out of hand.
If you know that a man is married and he asks about going to his room, just tell him something like "I don't know. Why don't we call your wife and ask what she thinks a fair price would be." That will shut them up fast.

kimberley replied: haaaaaa after every kid i have, i say i am never going back to the bar because the guys are disgusting and the hours are hard on me... but then i work 5hrs and come home with over $200 cash and i just can't make that kind of money anywhere else. relationships and bartending do NOT go together. Jamie has wanted to punch out half the regulars at the bar on several occasions. the less he knows and the less he is there... the better. the reality for me is that, yes these men hit on me and are all vulgar losers, but i am there to make $$ to provide for my family and if that means i laugh off the disgusting comments, so be it. the good thing about bartending over waitressing is that there is at least 4 feet of bar between you and the customers

and for the guy who asked what it would cost to have you, tell him he can't afford it by the looks of the tips he leaves you like i said before, you just gotta have fun with it and not take it to heart.

mckayleesmom replied: If a guy asked me to come back to his room I would say "why, so I can disapoint myself?"

I used that line on an ex one time...LOL....

moped replied: I worked at the fron desk of many large hotels for about 10 years and LET ME TELL YOU......those rich businessmen are terrible. I won't even tell you what they would come strolling in with late at night!!!!!

UGH

A&A'smommy replied:
LOL my husband did too I use to go up there with him and the guys would think I was just working there lol and hit on me RIGHT in front of Jeremiah... he was proud lol

3'smom replied: I worked in a bar and yes you can get away with some smarty line back to the perv. It is really disgusting when you see how the hubby's act when they are away from the wives and a little tipsy.

gr33n3y3z replied: Good one Kimberley

Josie83 replied: Thanks everyone! Glad to know that its not just me. I haven't realy been taking it too seriously, it just shocks me sometimes. Honestly! some cheeky comebacks are probably a good idea When he asked me how much it would cost him to have me in his room I just ignored him and pretended I didn't hear him! Lol! im what you're saying about Jamie is like Jason . . . he didn't really want me doing this job anyway but because its in a reputable hotel he didn't seem to mind too much. Lol! I've got another shift tomorrow night so I'll let you know how it goes! xx

redchief replied:
Hmmm... how about this:

You: If you have to ask you can't afford it.

When he says, oh I can afford it (or try me or some other drunken come back) say, So you CAN afford it. Good because the price of your drinks just quadrupled.