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HINTS TO

BARKEEPERS.

Keep the top of your counter dry.

Answer

all questions

if you can. lncivilit:,r

may

make

you lose

a

good patron.

The barkeeper

who gets the money is tl1(:

man who is neat, clean and obliging.

Never offer a half-rinsed

glass for either beer

-

or liquors.

See that lemon peel served on the side i

'5

free from specks.

Don't slight your attention

toward

a

patron

who calls for a glass of beer. He is entitle ,1

to the same courtesy

as

the man who orde :

s

.

a fancy drink.

Politeness

has made many a customer, and is

always desirable.

Don't be abusive,

but In a polite wa)· per–

suade that order must prevail.

Be careful to place the change in front of the

person paying for the drink.

If you are out of sorts,

patron like the flavor of a

don't look at '\·our

lemon.

Serve your customers

In turn.

Some people

butt in and want to be served before their turr1

Don't talk politics or religion o,•er the

bar.

Your patron may be of a different turn of minu.

Don't try to palm off

the one called for.

Say

if you never had it.

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by

Google

some other liquor for

you are just out;.

even

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