I work in a bar that does not allow us to drink at all, but many do allow it. Some bars will encourage their staff to do shots the customer buys because otherwise the bar is losing money because the bartender doesn't do a shot the customer is willing to pay for.

There are places with a slower pace of life, and I think it is what some people are trying to refer to. I work in the building where I am the only non foreign nanny. Often one nanny from Asia talks highly of how the pace of life is so much slower back home, where usually only one or two people in a household work, and…

I graduated a year ago, and in that year worked insane hours as a bartender and a nanny (two jobs I don't recommend holding together because the hours are opposite and you'll never sleep). I'm about to spend two months in eastern europe. I was able to do this because my lease was ending so I won't have to pay NYC rent…

That's why I work in NYC in bar/restaurant that doesn't open till 4 on Sundays except for football. It never happens to me here.

I don't think her public persona is a front. If it is she is even a greater actress than we thought as well as great at coming up with jokes on the spot sometimes. You see so many actors try to be sweet and funny in interviews and they don't pull it off nearly as well. Why does it have to be a front? Why couldn't the…

Give it up for NYC coffee cart guys. They somehow are always cheerful even though they have to be up at the crack of dawn and be in those carts in the worst weather. People like that restore my faith in humanity. I also know that I don't take sugar in my tea "because I'm so sweet already".

lol. It's not, but I don't really think of it as a site for people looking to sleep around.

I really dislike how this article talks about fetlife. I don't know anyone who uses it who thinks of it as a sex site. It is a website for people with fetishes. It really isn't a hook up site though. People use it to join discussion groups on fetishes or to find local parties and groups in their area, and reconnect…

A lot of times people will. But what I'm saying is you never know the circumstances behind the scenes. My manager is a relative of the owner and basically will do nothing for you but give the customer an "are you crazy look". Also she hides out in the kitchen where we are not allowed to go. I literally am not allowed…

Oh and your user name is amazing! Buffy forever!

Now I'm confused. It's good for us. We get all our tips that night to take home regardless of if it is from a credit card or cash tip. Now when someone leaves us a really big cash tip we have the option of lying on how much tips we made, but it doesn't make that much difference for us.

I'm so sorry this happens to you. At my restaurant we do get stiffed on tips predominantly by black and foreign people, especially when they are in large groups or are younger. I still try to give excellent service, especially to the nice people. We try to give everyone great service even when we expect we are going…

I taught my boyfriend to stack his plates and utensils to make it easier to bus the table. It also is nice because it is an easy signal that you are done.

The good thing is when you are bartending and someone does this at a packed bar you just ignore them and always get all the other people first. If I have a hoard of people who need my attention to make them drinks I get to pick who's next and you can bet it is not the person who stiffed me. You leave me a great first…

My place we get all our tips that night. The computer calculates how much we owe the house from cash sales after it takes out all the credit card tips we made when we close out.

Omg I bartend and cocktail waitress and people will not move their phones. If the keg kicks and sprays beer all over your phone I'm not paying for it. If a little of your drink spills as I'm desperately trying to find a place for it on your phone riddled table I'm not paying for it. You make a choice to put your phone…

Again none of this is the waiters fault. It is the kitchens fault. You are also fully within your right to ask for a manager and have your meal comped and leave. Cursing at a waiter is not ever going to help your case. Calmly asking for a manager is always a better recourse.

If the kitchen is that bad the waiter also might be afraid to say anything to the kitchen without at least a customer complaint first. The kitchen could take it out on the waiter by messing up more of their food or making their tables wait to spite the waiter. Just remember the waiter only has so much control over the…

I have complicated feelings about this. My parents were married in their backyard with a potluck and all their musician friends played all night because almost everybody was a musician. I do circus hula hooping professionally and was recently asked to travel to Philly and perform at a friend of a friend's wedding…

At the bar where I work we generally have one sweet cocktail on happy hour a day, and there are always a few guys who want to order them. Sometimes they will ask for them in a regular highball glass instead of a martini glass so that it will look less girly.