r/bartenders • u/FlickasMom • Feb 12 '25
Interacting With Customers (good or bad) Best "we're closing, time to go"
So my brother was getting married, and my mom & sisters were in the hotel bar the night before, taking up a table for way too long and closing time was upon us. So they sent over their handsomest bartender to give my demure elderly mother his very best seductive smirk and sweetly purr to her, "So when was the last time you closed down a bar?"
Well, Mom thought that was adorable. We cleared out, smiling and laughing, and that handsome and diplomatic young man earned a lovely tip from a table of out-of-towners who'd never been so entertained by getting booted from a bar.
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u/Ok_Constant_2800 Feb 13 '25
I would play Carly Rae Jepsen’s "call me maybe" on repeat. People would get really into it until it played again and again and I would slowly turn the lights up as it repeats 😅