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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 6 comments. 1. Guest User that 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. 4. ...You gotta be fucking kidding You fucking idiots. The reason bartenders dont just "transfer the tab to the table" is because do you know how difficult that would be if every single fucking patron wanted to do that. They are too busy with other idiots such as yourself. The bar is like a seperate table in the retaurant. If they were to transfer tables they usually need a managers card and the table number (which you don't know) and time. Fucking pay and tip *gasp, I know* in cash. Period. Stop your bitching and go die you selfish bastards. Even though the person who is bitching sounds most likley like a female (bitch). 5. swesson whatever the reason is, i think it is still annoying. sorry bartenders. I mean, come on, offering this convenience only helps the restaurant. (after all, you are asking your customer to stick around, instead of telling them to drink at a "separate restaurant.")
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nicer establishments certainly do offer this service. Duh.
Hell, if you call it a separate restaurant 6. Guest User The reason bartenders dont just "transfer the tab to the table" is because do you know how difficult that would be if every single fucking patron wanted to do that. — ...You gotta be fucking kidding Somebody call the waaaaaambulance!!! This is not rocket science. Restaurants are a service-oriented business. People don't go to a particular restaurant solely for the food -- good service is something people remember for a long time. So if doing this makes the customer that much happier, then it's in the restaurant's best interest. And if the manager is micro-managing to the extent that they need to approve every time this happens, then they're doing something wrong and ought to trust their servers more. |
