Be nice to them or else there’s no drinks!
Every job comes with its own unique stresses but bar work is definitely different due to the inebriated state of the customers, basically people get rat-arsed drunk and can be very obnoxious.
A recent piece that I did outlining the ‘15 painful things that only people who work in bars will understand‘ encouraged a wide outpouring of emotion from some of the sound JOE readers that work behind the taps.
Take note if you happen to have any of these habits when you’re in the local.
Typing this has made me thirsty, pints?
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