re: moving to baton rouge

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Ruth Chris. You can clear around 75k a year

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Eh. I don't think so. The waitstaff makes ~$60k working full time, and they make more than the bartenders. I lived with 2 Ruth's employees, one a server and one a bartender.

That said, I agree it is a great place to work. I do our location requires full time from all employees though.

I worked in the service industry in BR for several years (including one of the most popular bars in town), and I believe you that sometimes you walked out with hundreds (500+). In my experience, though, service industry people vastly overestimate what they make overall because they only think about the good nights when they estimate their annual income. Although you did specify that you only did that well during the fall, which makes more sense.

My buddy still in the service industry will tell me he makes $60k, but I know what he walks with in tips on average and it isn't anywhere near an amount that would average out to that.

Honestly, I'd be more inclined to believe Fred's bartenders were pulling in 400+ per night before Reggie's because Fred's attracts the industry crowd and some older people. Maybe Reggie's is more popular than I remember, though.

He's a dude...
Then tell him to bartend at cougar cafe

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And you can believe what you want but u know what I made as well as what my coworkers made

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And you can believe to think my story is bullshite. No one in there is tipping $5 on rounds of two drinks all night. Like greatlakes said, the overall crowd tips like shite. Hell, half the people in there can't even buy alcohol at the bar. I told like 10 people no who asked me to buy drinks.

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Promise you they weren't floored. Like I said, we each have several people who tip us 20+ each time they come in.

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Hmm. Dude you just said these people come in and they get free shite with the 'tip' they give you. You think they're tipping $20 when you don't give them free shite and charge them full price for drinks? Lol no. I just don't take the whole I have big tipper regulars thing serious when all you're doing is stealing from the place and taking money for it.

And I understand the whole stealing thing at reggies. Hell I spent many nights in there and when it was sports and saw it happen. Had friends working there and Fred's that did all the same shite. The owner must be sitting on a pile of money and don't give a shite or he is stupid as hell.

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Or skimming the register. Ring up a beer and a well mixed drink instead of 2 blue motorcycles and pocket the difference. Or sell the underage kid a wristband for 20 bucks. Working in tigerland had is perks.

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Jesus dude

Don't hate the player, hate the game. Tigerland is its own animal. But don't jesus dude me. You said yourself you had friends at sport back in the day slinging you free shite. The game hasn't changed. And if you think that's bad. You don't even want to know what the door guys take on a busy game day.

1500 through the door at 20 a person. The guy who holds the money also holds the clicker saying how many people are let in.

Do you think that person is honest?

Ill give you a hint... Not a single one is.

Try working Fred's main bar and see how much you make. My baws consistently pulled that and more every Friday and Saturday

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But don't jesus dude me

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You're stealing from the register. I'll Jesus anyone who does that shite.

I understand hooking up regulars and friends. Bar owners expect that and most I imagine encourage it. The regulars aspect of the hooking up, not friends. But you're completely overstepping the already long leash you have.

I had a best friend doing that to my dad's business for God knows how long and for who knows how much money. It's pretty scummy and goes way beyond the expected leakage in a cash dominated business like a bar.

And the door guy stealing doesn't make it any better

Your point?

Like a previous poster said, plenty service industry people exaggerate how much they make, especially in bars like the ones mentioned here and post college hangouts.

These people like to talk about the great nights. I understand you do get some crazy nights where it's pour drinks as fast as you can add tips are non stop. Coincidentally these nights are usually followed by them blowing their cash money at some other bar where their service industry buddies work. What they don't talk about is the more than often nights where they don't make dick and walk out of work averaging minimum wage for the hours they worked.

If you took all the service people's word as gospel in BR, no one would ever try to get a career going and people would become career bartenders.