STEALING FROM THE BAR

According to an article in "The Electric Newpaper", over $30 million dollars a year is stolen by bar staff. It may not seem like much when you take into consideration that the bar industry takes in about $3 billion a year but some bar staff have been able to keep themselves pretty happy with these dishonest techniques. Some of the techniques discussed in this article include;

• One for you one for me. - a customer orders two drinks but the bartender rings in one and pockets the money for the other.
• Groundhog bill - reusing the same bill over and over and pocketing the cash. For instance, a customer pays their bill and you ring it in normally. That bill is now recorded as paid. The server keeps the bill and hands it to their next customer who would have a similar charge and keeps the cash.
• Short pouring - The owner expects to get a certain amount of drinks out of a bottle or keg. If the bartender short pours he is able to get more than the expected number of drinks and pockets the money made from the extra ones.
• BYOB - The bartender brings in his own bottle of booze and keeps the cash from any drinks he makes with it.

There are hundreds of other ways to steal from the bar. I know, I've seen them, but why would you risk it? If you're a good bartender/server you probably make good money in tips anyway. Don't get greedy. Some people say "My boss cheats me out of money so it's only fair that I recoupe my money". Bullshit, if you think you're boss is stealing from you or is other wise dishonest, leave. If you choose to stay there then you choose to be cheated. On the same note, if you're a bar owner/manager and you treat your employees like shit, expect to be cheated you bastard.

Do you know of any other ways to cheat the bar? Have you seen some dishonest coworkers in action? Are you the pilfering thief? Let us know by clicking the comment button below and putting your two cents in.