‘It’s Just Pressing Buttons’

As someone who has played video games for most of my life, I have heard a lot of things revolving around the subject of how games take no level of skill. Which spiked ever higher once ESPN began their e-Sports channel. The most memorable of these moments were as I stood behind the bar and […]

To Tip or Not to Tip

After a recent holiday to the North American, maple-flavoured country that is Canada. The birth place of both Wolverine and Deadpool. While there the conversation of tips appeared on more than one occasion and to the ears of those across the Atlantic the idea of a bartender only rarely being tipped seemed to be almost […]

Small Village Pubs

First thing to realise is that a local pub in a small English village is a vastly different place compared to a pub on the corner of some town’s high street. Yes, there are similarities, because a pub is still a pub. However, there are less bachelorette parties and more mud covered dogs, with their […]

We Don’t Need a Reason to not Serve a Drink

It’s about time I write another post about bartending, this one will simply be about the misconception that we need a reason to stop serving someone. Saying that, 99% of all times someone is refused service in a pub is due to whether someone is too drunk, or they’ve been abusive to staff etc. But […]

The ‘Subtle’ Art of Flirtation

To start with, I am aware that 95% of all flirtation bartenders receive are a poorly planned attempt at getting a free drink. That leaves the 5% that are genuine, and there are few things less appealing than being chatted up by someone who’s on their ninth drink of the night and clearly usually only […]

A Racist, A Homophobe and A Nazi Supporter Walks Into a Bar

He ordered a drink and everyone seemed to like him, so I thought this retired and talkative Irishman was going to be some nice company on a quiet Monday night shift. I was wrong, he spent two and a half hours explaining his life story and showing every piece of discrimination that seemed to dwell […]

Assaulted into Model Mode

So, this story happened last night, in fact as I write this I am waiting to make my official statement to the police. Obviously, all names will be changed to whatever I choose when a name becomes relevant. Thursday nights are usually a quiet one, I have a theory about it being the quietest night […]

No ID on the First Night Out

I’m not sure what it is about turning 18 that makes people think they will never be asked for ID ever again. This story was a couple of weeks ago now, it was a Friday night, an unusually quiet Friday night at that. But at around 9:30 there was a sudden surge of customers, all […]