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What's up with the restaurants who ask you to settle the tab at the bar? I am sure it's happened to you before. Your table isn't ready, so they suggest you to the bar. You don't want to crowd the entryway, so you politely go over and order yourself a beer. Then the hostess calls your name, you are excited, your friends are excited, so you rush towards the hostess....then, of course, the bartender yells out, "you need to settle it at the bar!" This is especially annoying when the hostess looks at you like your table is about to run away. So, she gives you an uncomfortable ("I have others yelling at me for tables. Why aren't you ready, you idiot") look. Then, she looks away from you (and your unfinished beer), looks at your friends who don't have drinks, then says, "Right this way." Most of the time, the hostess would scurry away through the maze of tables, and your friends, now starving, chase her. Of course, I am left behind with a half finished beer, handing a credit card over to the bar tender...who is helping someone else. Can't the restaurant do something about this? How difficult can this be to transfer the tab? Are the bartenders worried that I may run away, and in fact the hostess was a fake one, and I was making my way towards the exit?
Readers have left 3 comments.  1. Guest Userthat is really annoying. 2. Gripes How long did you think you were going to camp out at the bar? Carry some cash and pay for your drink when you get it. You think you would have caught on after the first few times. 3. Quit Yer Bitchin' Plain and simple, the bartender wants a tip for their service. Even if all they did was open a bottle of beer for you. More often than not guests are sent to the bar to wait for tables (not the bartender's fault that your table wasn't ready). You take up space, even temporarily, that regular bar customers could be occupying, more often than not your whole party orders drinks - that your bartender made for you - and then you get to scoot off to a table and your tab gets merged with your table tab and your server gets tipped on the bartender's work? Forget that. Next time you want your tab transferred slide the bartender a tip and say, "Can you transfer this to our table?" If they still say no, *you're not tipping enough*. Every POS system can transfer a check. |
