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arrogant or overbearing even to the poorest or hum
blest man who lays a nickel on your bar, so long as
he behaves himself. As you would not permit a cus
tomer to offend you be careful you do not offend
him. If he drinks too much bear in mind that you
have sold him those drinks and that you are to a
certain extent responsible for his condition, and
treat him accordingly.
Above all things, be fair to every one and remem
ber that if you do not learn to treat your customer.s
as they think they ought to be treated, there are
many other places where they can find just as good
liquor and better treatment. If you had a monopoly
of the business, you could, if you were that kind of
a man, do exactly as you liked, but as it is, consider
that it is not very far to the next saloon, and one
disgruntled or offended customer, no matter what
kind of a man he is, has some friends whom he can
influence.
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