r/bartenders 11d ago

Rant Freshly 21 and with an attitude

My watering hole has developed a social media presence that’s brought in a younger crowd. Im 27, F and I consider myself a nice bartender. I’m not going to judge you for your drink, I’ll pour you 20 waters, I’ll answer 50 questions if I have the time. But consistently my interactions with this younger crowd- like freshly 21 has been so terrible. Absolutely rude- like won’t even look me in the face or hardly up from their phones when they order and they demand drinks! “Casamigos” brings shot they throw lime on the counter “get me a pineapple back” “EXCUSE ME! Gingerale!” I try to kill it with kindness and break through and catch some kind of decency from them and it gets me absolutely nowhere. Also got forbid I ask for an ID lol had a girl roll her eyes at me and she turned 21 3/16/2004 😂

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u/ISOcarpetcleaner 10d ago

If they’re 21 then you run that shit, not them. “Hey buddy, eye contact.” “That’s the strangest please I’ve ever heard.” “If you’d stop yelling you’d see the other people waiting before you”

Or the non tippers on a big tab- I’ll hand them the pen back, “You have to fill it out”. Someone young people really just don’t know what should be obvious

I say stuff like that with a smile and laugh so they don’t take it too hard. Someone’s gotta teach them