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Tipping Bartenders
I work in a dance and drink hustle club where we get a commission off drinks. The bartenders come around and ask the customer to buy us a drink since we cannot ask and I usually tip the bartender a dollar each drink plus extra at the end of the night. Normally the customers tip them pretty well and sometimes buy them drinks as well. Well recently I have had a new customer come in who spends alot of money on me for drinks but for some reason he is very cheap when it comes to tipping thee bartender. So now this certain bartender hounds me all night to make sure he leaves her a tip at the end of the night and bugs me to get him to buy her drinks. Well I really dont feel comfortable asking him for tips for someone else or to buy them drinks, I cant even ask for myself. But if he doesnt tip her well the next time shes going to be pissed at me. Any suggestions on how to handle this?
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It is not your job to do that ! She can't ask him herself ?
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Yeah, just say something like "I can't say that, it would sound rude if I did" or something like that, basically "forget it, it's tacky anyway."
At my club there are waitresses and the bar, if the waitresses are busy and I'm supposed to be selling drinks I'll say "I'd be happy to go up to the bar, would you like anything also?" I go up, get all their change and then say "would you mind if I tipped the bartender a dollar or two?" Usually they're like "oh, sure."
I had one guy that was like "we were waiting awhile for the waitress, so NO." >:P
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Its just bad at the club I work at because alot of the bartenders are greedy and they pressure you to get tips for them. And if your customer isnt tipping them or buying them drinks then they dont wait on you as much.Same thing with the waitressess.
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I also work in clubs where the dancers make money from selling drinks. I agree that it is not the dancer's job to get the customers to tip the bartenders, but if there is a bartender I like and I know the customer very well, I will occasionally ask if it's okay for me to tip her. The customer will almost always say yes and guys like to see girls tipping girls. I don't ask too often though, because I don't want to be pushy. Plus I will only do this if I know the customer well. I would not do it to a customer I just met. ;)
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Girl.... the other day my bartender had the nerve to ask me for 4 dollars to cash out 40 $$$$. I bartended for 6 years, and I have never asked anyone for a tip. I don't even drink when I am at work. I hustle dances!!! If I do drink...which is a VERY rare occasion, I always tip. But I look at it this way.... If it wasn't for my regulars this guy would make a lot less money in the day. It's not your job to ask people to tip her, and it will affect your money if you seem pushy about it. Let her know that since u tip her you aren't going to ask him to also.
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The complicated politics of tipping/hustling drinks. Sheesh. That sucks, ya'll. Personally, I'd rather not be asked to buy a girl a drink, since it really feels like a cold scam with nothing to be gained (except supporting the club, maybe). But I'll always tip a bartender at least 20% whenever ordering from the bar. If a dancer asks me to buy her a drink and I don't know the rules of the club, I'll always oblige to be polite, but it really puts a damper on things from that point forward, you know?
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When I worked at a club where the bar cashed out my funny money, I always tipped the bartender about 10% of whatever funny money I needed them to cash. Those bartenders rocked the house though and were super cool, always helpful, so it was worth it for me.
The last several clubs, funny money is cashed in a cage or the front door. I just throw the cashier a couple of bucks for tip.
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I would follow what the other girls have said. It's kind of rude to "pressure" someone to tip. On the other hand, if the customer is a big drinker/spender...maybe tipping the bartender/waitress a little more at the end of the night to "make-up" for the difference...they're still waiting on you...when they could be waiting somewhere else...
I never tipped the girls at the front for cashing in my funny money. The rule at our club was that you HAD to turn in ALL of your funny money at the end of the night...and they only cashed out even numbers ($120, $140, $980, etc). If you turned in $990, then you HAD to give the extra $10 to someone...and they would stand there and look at you while you figured out who to give it to. So...I always counted out my money to make sure it wasn't "odd"...sold off any funny money that I could...or just stashed it to turn it in on a slower day or another day when I needed the extra money to be "even".
Some rules are just pathetically stupid.