8 Infuriating Customer Types Every Bartender Knows

2. The Chatter-er

Bartender Standing at the bar, wasting valuable bar serving-space is this selfish individual that thinks you have nothing better to do then to chat to this person about their life. Let me remind you, this is a nightclub, not the set of Cheers, I am not here to listen to your problems as I wipe down the bar. You see the people sitting around you, desperately trying to get a place at the bar. I have to serve them, and when they are served I have to put away glasses, keep the bar surface clean, refill garnishes, check fridge stocks, or check stocks in general. Good bartenders shouldn't have time to do nothing, because unless a bar is empty, there is always something to be done. It's also late in the night, you are drunk and I am sober, chances are I'm just trying to get through this conversation to pass time until close so I can go home. This may be a great time, and I was probably nice to you when you ordered a drink from me, but that does not make us friends. I'm not trying to be mean, but is there really no one else at this bar, that you could be speaking to. Instead you are chatting to the one person that is paid to be there. Unless you generally have something funny or interesting to say, please don't disturb me while I'm trying to work. Standard Order - "Oh no, I'm fine" (Lifts up drink that they have been sitting on for the last hour).
 
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