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You are so stupid.
You are a hospitality professional, working in bars and restaurants almost full-time. And you don't suck—you have great banter, you make great cocktails, you're fun at parties. You also walk out on bar tabs.
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This causes problems, you know, because those drinks you didn't pay for aren't free. Your industry colleagues bought them with their tip money so their tills aren't short, and they lose their jobs because you, an industry professional who should fucking know better, make a habit of walking out on bar tabs.
And it happens a lot. How many times have you used the "I'm going out for a smoke" or the "I thought those guys next to me were buying" excuses in the last two years? Five times, 10 times, more? It's only a matter of time until no one cares what the fuck you have to say, no one wants to drink your cocktails, and no one wants to party with you.
The only part of this story that is slightly hilarious is that there are former and current hospitality workers who are reading this right now and thinking, "I totally know exactly who this is."
Don't shit where you eat. You are so stupid.
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Sorry. Didn't mean to fly off the handle like that.
Or maybe it is a career. Where the benefits are a fucked back, a fucked sleep cycle, an extra twenty pounds and bags under your eyes. "But ohh," the slaves who prostrate themselves on the altar of self-righteous suffering say, "the people you'll meet."
Riiiggghht.
The fact that you are covering this person's tabs means that you are either a moron - if you don't know it's illegal to dock employee pay to cover theft - or a coward - if you know but bend over and take it regardless.
And in case you're wondering, I've worked in 'the industry' and I'm not a shitty tipper. Some of my friends constantly tip 20+ percent. I'm not that guy, but I'm not the one tipping 10%, either.
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All that's needed is for a few bartenders to say "are you gonna pay this time?" semi-playfully, but with direct eye contact. That let's him/her know that this shit isn't cool without turning it into a Big Thing.
And @14 that is true - except they will run your card at the end of the night if you leave it there, so you pay whether or not you ever return for your card.
Maybe you and your colleagues are in the wrong industry. When I was working in bars the dude might do that once, maybe twice, and then he wouldn't be getting in the door anywhere in town again. Crazy.
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And if you've worked in "the industry" and can't find a reason to give up 20% (aside from abysmal or offensively bad service) then I've got news... you are, in fact, a shitty tipper.
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