It’s not a good idea to keep glasses of wine next to your laptop and recording equipment.
Hello again! Another month, some more easy tips for you and another bottle of inexpensive Spanish wine from my corner store. I don’t know why I started this tradition, but I’m into it. It’s working for me.
Anyway, we had a lot of important discussions this month about issues that we face almost daily at our bars. I talked to Celia Camacho about what to do when guests hit on you, Enoch Tonatiuh about the challenges of working at new bars, Mark Goodwin from The Pin Project about our complex relationship with alcohol, and I shared some of my own experiences dealing with annoying customers at my bar. As usual, I wanted to hit some of the main points with this recap episode, so you can have a few new tools to help you at your bar or restaurant.
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What do you do when customers hit on you? It’s a common occurrence for bartenders, particularly female bartenders, and in the context of service and hospitality it can be a very tricky situation. It is often the kind of attention that is unwanted and inappropriate, but it is also very nuanced and complex. There is a lot of emotion involved, ideas about consent, thoughtfulness and understanding. It’s an opportunity to teach someone what is right or wrong, and it’s also a situation that could potentially end very badly.