There is a breed of assholes out there that somehow manage to play this trick on bartenders and at least I fall for it all the time. They tip on every drink but then the second they get their free drink they stop tipping its like being some sort of a tip tease. Well that may work but hey not only is it rude to not tip on a buy back it fucks it up in case you were going to get another buy back later. Did these idiots ever think beyond the ONE buy back? Cause if you continue to tip good , well there may even be a free shot or another drink in it for ya. But the losers that then just take their drinks and run ...walk home sober. You may still get fucked up but it will cost you more money. Remember its always the good tipper that goes home with more money in their pocket and fucked up.

DM

The Only reason I put a French man here to represent all tourist is that there was one last night and I kid you not with GOD as my witness he had a black hat and a stripped shirt on. And like most tourist he was cheap and left no tip. now I can't understand why in this day in age people still come to the US and not tip.SO do they expect us to believe that they are the only person from their "town" that has ever come across to big ol America? and no where in any guide book or web site does it state "it's customary to tip in America" Well from now on when I travel overseas I will definitively look up what some of the customs are in those places and make sure I don't do them , like NOT TIP.

DM

What is it with people who feel they have to whisper when ordering their drinks? I mean there are other people around them talking and music playing, so why whisper? You are not in a library and if you are in a bar that is so quite that you feel you need to whisper then maybe you need to find a better bar to hang out at. If you make a bartender ask you two and three times what the fuck it was that you said, then the bartender will need to make up the time lost asking you to repeat yourself by cutting down on the amount of time pouring actual liquor into your drink. Keep that in mind next time you feel like talking like a shy little wallflower. SPEAK LOUDLY when you order your drinks .......... but not too loud cause thats a whole other subject we don't have time to get into right now.

DM

The bars are always full of bullshit artists, that goes without saying. One of the worst of the bullshit artists is the "I am looking in my wallet for your tip" artist. This particular species likes to get his drink then look into his wallet waiting for you (the bartender) to turn away to take care of another customer or do something where you wont be looking at directly at him. He will then proceed to run like a little school girl who walked in on her teacher kissing the janitor. It's bad enough when you don't tip but do you really have to act like you are going to give a tip and then run away like a little baby? I would prob have more respect (not really) for someone who just out right does not tip. The idiots who think this trick works also think that they get alcohol in their drinks the rest of the night too. They then wonder why the bartender rather make all her/his singles and fives face the same way then take care of them again. I guess when you see a bartender doing his BS acting (arranging bills) its cause you did your BS acting (looking in your wallet for a tip).

DM

Who are these women (really girls) who seem to be attracted to guys (sorry but mostly musicians) who can never pay for anything? They pay at the door, at the coat check and at the bar. I have seen these girls also pay for meals and in allot of the cases the girl actually gives the man (really boy) the money, to make him feel like a man who actually has money and so he can look like he pays for it. Do these girls think they look like any less of an idiot by giving the boy the money to play the part of the financier? When you actually give the money in front of the door person or bartender and then the guy (loser) hands it over to the person collecting the money it is one of the most idiotic acts ever...EVERYONE involved can see and knows that the guy didn't pay for it so why not just pay for it directly? Now the girls who actually carry these fools equipment to their cars thats a total other subject.

MS

What's up with small bands that act like they are such rock stars and seem to think that they are playing some huge venue when in fact they are just playing some small club where prob no one has ever heard of them and then when these bands do have some sort of following they think that they are like the rolling stones playing at Madison Square Garden or some place similar. You can never ask these guys for IDs or a "Band Stamp" cause YOU are supposed to know who they are already for some reason cause in their minds its the first night the venue is open and they are the only band that has ever played there. Here is a rule of thumb actually become a rock star before you start acting like one then you might actually get treated like a rock star and not some dumb ass musician.

AM

Not tipping on a buy back or a free drink is not just plain wrong it should be against the law and is most definatively a sin. It's assholes that don't tip on buy backs that ruin it for everyone else, cause when a bartender doesn't get tipped on a buy back, they then wonder why bother at all with buy backs or free drinks. Does it not make any sense that if you are supposed to tip on a drink you pay for, you should then show some appreciation for a free one? This is like some sort of alien philosophy to some people. If you just saved the price of a drink ($4 - $8) then tip $2 you would have still tipped $1 why not throw an extra buck to say thanks for saving me money.... you cheap fuck. Don't be a sinner and sacrifice that dollar to the bartender gods, otherwise you will get crappy drinks and slow service and that's a guaranteed.

Now the only exception to the rule is if you get a free drink you didn't ask for. In that case its OK not to tip because he no one ever said they should pay for something they didn't ask for, but then it would still be a nice gesture to leave something :).

DM