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Tipping a Bartender

Posted on 3/6/25 at 8:14 pm
Posted by IlikeyouBetty
Bossier City, LA
Member since Nov 2010
1513 posts
Posted on 3/6/25 at 8:14 pm
Say I go into a diveish bar and get happy hour beers. My bill is $13 after 5 draft beers. I kind of feel bad tipping 20%, so I give like $10, because I’m there for an hour or so. Is this normal or do you religiously do 20%. I go by feel, but that’s just me.
Posted by Joshjrn
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
29864 posts
Posted on 3/6/25 at 8:15 pm to
$1/beer is considered standard.
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
46125 posts
Posted on 3/6/25 at 8:15 pm to
Give just da tip
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
56728 posts
Posted on 3/6/25 at 8:16 pm to
I feel like bartenders deserve more than waiters and the like. You can live without food but you can't go without beer
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
70197 posts
Posted on 3/6/25 at 8:16 pm to
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$1/beer is considered standard.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
70197 posts
Posted on 3/6/25 at 8:17 pm to
5 pints of draft in an hour is a little much, but I like the $13 price tag. She's probably ringing up freebees for a bigger tip. Which is stealing from her employer.
Posted by castorinho
13623 posts
Member since Nov 2010
84382 posts
Posted on 3/6/25 at 8:18 pm to
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$13 after 5 draft beers


Posted by IlikeyouBetty
Bossier City, LA
Member since Nov 2010
1513 posts
Posted on 3/6/25 at 8:19 pm to
I gotta fit it in brother. Please don’t judge.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
70197 posts
Posted on 3/6/25 at 8:20 pm to
Are you the talkative drunk that distracts her from her other duties or do you bury your head in your phone and drink your beer and listen to the juke box replays of White Snake and peek up at a baseball game on TV you don't even care about?
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
153657 posts
Posted on 3/6/25 at 8:20 pm to
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happy hour beers

Posted by thegreatboudini
Member since Oct 2008
6907 posts
Posted on 3/6/25 at 8:22 pm to
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5 draft beers


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I’m there for an hour


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$13


Posted by tigerbutt
Deep South
Member since Jun 2006
25385 posts
Posted on 3/6/25 at 8:22 pm to
I double my tab for the tip. Biggest bar tab I had was over $350 so my tab ended up being well over $700. That was at Good times bar in Denham. (Not even a strip joint).
Posted by Hickok
Htown
Member since Jan 2013
2928 posts
Posted on 3/6/25 at 8:29 pm to
$1 beer tip, but 5 beers for $13 just slide over a $20 and call it a day.
This post was edited on 3/6/25 at 8:30 pm
Posted by IlikeyouBetty
Bossier City, LA
Member since Nov 2010
1513 posts
Posted on 3/6/25 at 8:34 pm to
I said diveish bar, but really a dive bar. Super cold beer though.
Posted by rowbear1922
Houston, TX
Member since Oct 2008
15573 posts
Posted on 3/6/25 at 8:36 pm to
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5 draft beers


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there for an hour


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so. Is this normal


No, no it’s not. Seek help.
Posted by IlikeyouBetty
Bossier City, LA
Member since Nov 2010
1513 posts
Posted on 3/6/25 at 8:38 pm to
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there for an hour


I said or so. Could’ve been 2 hours.
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
56251 posts
Posted on 3/6/25 at 8:39 pm to
If it's a bar I frequent that is also typically busy, I tip the shite out the staff so that I'm high on the priority list if they're slammed.

I think a dollar a beer, maybe two dollars per a liquor-mixer or three part drink is fine, and any true and well executed cocktail should be tipped 15-20%.

ETA: Sometimes I will also just open the tab and let them auto-grat the 20% for the whole bill because I don't want to deal with closing out when I'm hammered and run the risk of being way too generous.
This post was edited on 3/6/25 at 8:41 pm
Posted by LaPlace Mafia
Bossier City
Member since Dec 2013
291 posts
Posted on 3/6/25 at 8:39 pm to
Bar I drink at in Shreveport is $2.00 draft all the time.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
69057 posts
Posted on 3/6/25 at 8:40 pm to
Pay cash every round and tip $2 per.

I ain't having a bar tab.
Posted by LaPlace Mafia
Bossier City
Member since Dec 2013
291 posts
Posted on 3/6/25 at 8:41 pm to
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This post was edited on 3/6/25 at 8:43 pm
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