Bar-staff / club-staff..... Do they hate us all?

H2UMrsRobinson

As a rule alcohol turns most people into r-soles, ergo you work in a bar you're going to be serving r-soles most of the time. You kinda know this going into bar-work, if you don't you're an r-sole yourself.

I've worked a couple of bar jobs in the past, and I'd much rather a busy pub full of pricks than a dead pub serving only 5 customers every hour. It makes the shift go quicker the busier you are.

As a customer i gotta ask, why when I wait patiently at the bar do I get ignored whilst those who shout and gesticulate get served before me - if bar-staff don't appreciate this kind of behaviour why am I not rewarded for my quiet patience. I've also noticed that not many people buy the bar-staff a drink these days. Is it an Irish thing or just an Age thing. On the odd occasion I've done it the bar-person has looked genuinely surprised.

P.S - I genuinely love Margarita's, the whole lemon, salty combo just sets my taste buds alight. If it's on the menu I'll order it so my apologies in advance - most bar-staff I've come across seem happy enough preparing cocktails, i guess if it's busy though it can be a pain - but if you have a cocktail menu, then people will order them I'm afraid. They have a feel-good-factor about them that make people order them. People ordering cocktails are generally in a good mood. I never heard of anyone drowning their sorrows in Woo-Woos !

congo_90

ash23 wrote: »

Depends on where you work, experience, hours etc etc.
For the sake of pocketing a few euro from a drunk customer even a minimum wage is worth more than that.
You're no more likely to be ripped off in a bar than in a supermarket. People just don't like to admit who much they've actually spent on drink in my experience. They forget about that round they bought and think they should have more money and they blame the bartender.

crooked barstaff are more likely to dip the till. There are ways of doing it. Its easier than doing the customer outta their change. I myself am a barmaan ive never delibrately gave the wrong change. A customer in my experience is more likely to try do you outta change. Theres ways of tolerating most drunks. Most are ok. When its good its good. Ill serve what the customer wants as best i can but please treat me the way you want to be treated! Apologies for poor grammsr etc im on a phone!

Melted

I hated being a barman im afraid i dont have the patience to deal with drunk people, knowing this i always try to be civil when queing at the bar, i was surprised when i was in in a particular nite club however i ordered the drink, the last drink of the night but unknown to me the prices went up at a certain time bar woman made the drink ploped it infront of me and asked for 12 euro!! :eek:

I explained i dident have the cash and wouldent be able to take it she got all bitchy with me saying i was all drunk and called over the door staff to kick me out.

Geansai Rua

It's now 5am, I'm finishing work!

Yes we do just hate the human race in general...

There's an awful amount of arseholes out there

Galwayguy35

The pub trade is dying a slow death outside of the cities. People are changing their drinking habits and will continue to do so as the recession grinds on over the next few years.
I much prefer to buy booze at the off license and enjoy a few drinks at my friends houses and lots of people are now doing the same.
So bar staff won't have to hate us for much longer.

Paudee

mikemac1 wrote: »

No, I did not water down your pint

Why do people say this?
How would I do it anyway? Inject water under pressure somehow into the pipes?
Sounds awful complicated

So stop telling me I watered down your pint
It's a myth, it doesn't happen

Probably because you're drinking Bud

I've done it a few times. Worked in a busy city bar with little/no security, ocassionally i'd refuse to serve somebody only to have them get ratty.

Little bit of Guinness into the bottom of a pint glass, fill with water there's your Heineken you drunk prick.

OneArt

I worked in an Irish pub (expat central in most countries that are not Ireland) and the worst was when Americans came in on quiet shifts and wanted to know your whole life's story. Any other nationality would just sit there happily (or miserably) and drink away.

I don't think I'd have the patience to work serving customers anymore. A friend of mine who manages a pub asked if I'd like a part time job there and I told him I'd probably end up throwing a wine bottle at someone.

ash23

I still work in customer service in a different sector but it's all over the phone so at least I can roll my eyes and make rude gestures to the phone while listening to the drivel.

IrishAm

OneArt wrote: »

I worked in an Irish pub (expat central in most countries that are not Ireland) and the worst was when Americans came in on quiet shifts and wanted to know your whole life's story. Any other nationality would just sit there happily (or miserably) and drink away.

Worked in one for 18 months myself. It was a novelty for a week, but it got old very fast.

The problem wasn't those who wanted to talk to you during the quiet shifts, that helped pass time. The problem is when the bar is three deep and people wanna talk nonsense about Ireland to the Irish barman. That's when it becomes irritable.

American customers in general, tend to be annoying;

-Everyone at the bar eating at lunchtime, walk in and ask if you serve food.

-Offer them a menu, they ask what food you serve whilst you're handing it to them.

-Ask them would they like a drink, they ask you what you have.

-Verbalise all draft beers(all 30 of them) and drink specials, they order a Bud Lite.

Moneys good and you meet some cool people, but

mikemac1

Time of the smoking ban we got benches for outside
We got these external gas heaters which were brilliant, gave off great heat.
We got umbrellas from the Heineken Ireland rep and some flower displays and bits and pieces
One of the best beer gardens in town

And people would come in to me and complain about smokers in the beer garden
And then get angry with me when I didn't do anything about it.

What do you want me to do??

Smoking ban put people outside and now you want them banned from the beer garden?
I don't smoke myself but that's just a silly complaint

ash23

I was working New Years 2002 when the euro changeover came into being. Oh what fun that was!!
We had a fairly good set up we thought.
The bars were only taking euro and everything was priced in euro and punts.
We have two tills set up beside the door where we were exchanging punts for euro. There were signs everywhere saying the bar were only taking euro, please exchange your punts by the door etc. I mean, the signs were EVERYWHERE.
But noooooo, you still got people asking how much in pounds, trying to pay in pounds, giving out about having to exchange their money, complaining that the prices were crazy high despite us pointing out that we were talking euro.

Ah that was one hell of a weekend I must say. I don't think I've ever worked a more stressful weekend. I'm so glad I was out of bars by the time of the smoking ban!!!