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It’s always good to know the person behind the bar. You get served quicker, you get recommended drinks and sometimes they make them stronger at no extra charge. To build up such a relationship with a bartender, Simon and I have the routine down pat.

We’d make our way around the pub or a club, getting drinks from as many different bartenders as possible. Once we meet ones who we consider friendly and who give good service, we’d go back to them for more.

One thing that we notice is that male bartenders tend to be the most friendly and unassuming. They are therefore the easiest to become familiar with. The worst bartenders are more often than not female, especially the pretty ones. I can understand that they’ve probably been hit on and had to deal with jerks the whole night, but they chose the job so the least that they can do is deal with it and not show attitude.

The most annoying would be when I’d wait patiently at the bar, seeing other people being served before me even though I was there first, and yet still being polite and holding a smile, and have a surly looking, pouty-face, sook of a bartender come up to me with an exasperated look, making it seem like she’s doing me a huge favour.

Then there are those who has selective friendliness – you’d see them all friendly to a bunch of people next to you, and then turn to face you with the most anal-retentive look. All within a turn of her face which is quite amazing to watch.

I mean, you are behind the bar to serve drinks. You’re not there to judge how good looking I am, or how rich or classy I seem. That’s a job for the door bitch and if she had let me in, then I don’t see why I should cop an attitude from you.

That is why we absolutely love female bartenders who are the opposite of the above. The ones who we don’t mind tipping now and again are the ones who always smile and look happy to see us, who asks us what we’ve been up to, and who knows what we want without us saying it.

It’s a two way street of course. Having been a waiter, I believe that you have to be a good customer first before you deserve good service. But the staff turnover in the industry is high so, like going after a woman, one shouldn’t waste time on a bartender who doesn’t reciprocate. ;)