Two tipping scenarios that have been bugging me

[talentdeficit]

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td,

"but if regulars and friends wanted to get free drinks the next time, i expected to get tipped approximately the value of what i gave them."

Why not just steal straight from the till then?

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eld,

i'm not saying i'm not appreciative of smaller tips, but there is a lot of pressure on bar staff to hook up the right people. your freeloading friends and douchebags who think they deserve free stuff just because they've been around forever are not the right people. hooking up big tippers makes sense not only for the bartenders but also the managers and owners, because bartenders are whores and will leave for busier, hotter bars first chance they get.

if you tip like 50% of the value of what i give you, you're still going to get free drinks, but i'm not letting your entire tab slide like i would if you're tipping 100%.