Douchebag(s) of the Week

[artcurmudgeon]

I used to live in KC and did work the renn faire for several years....there are douchebags of all shapes and sizes there, sadly if I wanted to find bigger and better douche'iness(is that a word?!?), I would just cross the border into Kansas...

Now I am much happier on the other side of the state in St Louis.

Of course if you want the highlight of redneck hick douchebags, go to Springfield, which of course segways into BRANSON!!!!

[Thud-n-Blunder]

I come from Kansas City, and on behalf of the large majority of decent, halfway-decent, and well-just-OK people here, I apologize for the behavior of these thieving oafs.

[Miss Maple Leaf]

Quoth scruff

Around here, you never tip barmen. however, you pay up front, every time.

You pay up front around here as well, except you also tip the bartender. The only times I've ever seen tabs open were when the person drinking was friends with the bartender (an important relationship to develop indeed. )

[Kagato]

Quoth Miss Maple Leaf

You pay up front around here as well, except you also tip the bartender. The only times I've ever seen tabs open were when the person drinking was friends with the bartender (an important relationship to develop indeed. )

Only time I've ever seen bartabs open here is during special events like a work function, wedding or something like that and in those cases the manager usually keeps a copy of the credit card (using one of the manual machines) until the tab has been settled (so that if they stiff the place on the bill the bar still gets paid obviously)

Side note: Most of the places I've worked for in the past always have bar tabs limited to house wines, beers and soft drinks. If you want a fancy cocktail or spirits you can damn well pay for it yourself =p

[Jester]

Because we are a restaurant/bar, we often keep tabs open; like you would expect in a restaurant, you pay at the end.

We are also not hugely high volume (most of the time) like some of the tourist joints on Duval Street, where you pay as you go or give the bartender your credit card to hold your tab open.

When we are insanely busy (big sporting events, special events, Fantasy Fest), things are a bit different. You either pay as you go, OR we take a credit card for your tab, OR we keep the tab open without a credit card, but only if you are a friend or regular that we know. But that is SOP in crazy shifts just as the open tab things is SOP otherwise.

[Greenday]

Quoth scruff

Around here, you never tip barmen. however, you pay up front, every time.

Tipping aside, here it can go one of two ways. You can pay as you go, but generally if you are going to be sitting at the bar for a while, it's much easier to add drinks to a tab and pay it all at once when you are ready to go. So it's really just a matter of preference.