Imagine the scenario: You’re standing at the bar. You’ve got your cash in hand or tab already open and you’ve had a few drinks already so you’re not brand new. Do you get served? No, you stand there and watch everyone around you get served.
The scene above was me on Saturday night. I was caught in that dead zone of service and was starting to sober up. After realizing my buzz was gone I got fed up and just walked away. That’s never a good thing. A simple solution would have been to add a third bartender. I would have continued drinking and continued spending money. The image below depicts what should have happened.
You can’t always account for short sighted management, but you can’t let it get in your way of your drinking either. The solution is to observe the bartenders’ habits. Where do they look first, who are the people getting served the fastest? Find that sweet spot at the bar and attack it. If all else fails send your girl to get the booze.
Happy Drinking!
