He's a few tricks of bartending. By the way, I'm never spun or twirled bottles or learned to breath fire. Those things are great for entertaining but I was more interested in making money.

Here are a few "tricks" I picked up over the years.

• if you are working in a place that still allows smoking tape a lighter to the opposite side of your opener
• keep your liqueurs chilled.
• Ask your customer if they want another drink (and KNOW the name of their drink), when their glass is still 1/3 full.
• Never give change back in big bills only, allows have at least a dollar in change and some singles to allow for a healthy tip!
• When a couple approaches your bar, make sure you make direct eye contact and address the member of your same sex first. It is very important!

These are just a few tricks of bartending that will help you make more money. I found that the whole bottle throwing thing ended up taking too much time. It's a real financial set back when you drop a bottle while twirling it and end up paying the bar for the entire bottle.

I made more money by concentrating on serving more customers with just the subtle trick of bartending

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I'm constantly amazed how FEW servers actually take the time to try some simple idea that will greatly increase their income while working the same shifts!

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Today's Short Tip on Tips! (new one everyday!) Try to avoid handling money and change in front of your customers. Some customers are repulsed by their server handling dirty money and serving them too. Use tip trays or folio booklets to deliver change to your customers.

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