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In bars across America, fewer young bargoers – those born in the late 1990s or early 2000s – opened tabs, chose to close and pay after Each drinkThe New York Times recently reported.
Does the trend bother the barmans? Fox News Digital asked for some for their reflections.
“Is it boring to close the tab after each drink for barmans? And the answer is yes. Unequivocally, it’s boring,” said Derek Brown, bartender and founder of Drink Company, a hotel consulting agency in Washington, DC
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“You have so many things to do as a bartender throughout your quarter of work and closing the tab, if you have to do it throughout the evening when someone controls two, three drinks – it takes time and it’s frustrating and boring.”
Today’s young generation is not the first to annoy the barmans, said Brown.
Young bargoers fruit the barmans by paying drinks one by one rather than opening a tab for the evening. (Istock)
“Each generation has its oddity,” he said.
However, even if it does not seem to be a big problem for customers, closing after each drink is a nuisance for those on the other side of the barEspecially when things are busy, said Brown.
“When someone enters and said: ‘I’m going to take A cocktail, ‘ Great, then someone comes behind and said, “I’m going to close it:” You have to turn around, you have to go to the [point-of-sale machine]And you have to turn around and come back to have drinks, “said Brown.
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“All this while being friendly, keeping a smile, making sure that people are taken care of – it can just be a really, really boring habit between all the other things you have to do. But that is part of the work.”
Some young people say that paying as you go is a better way to manage their money to drink.
“Once you have drunk two glasses, the third comes much faster and easier.”
“It’s the positive side of that, right?” Said Brown. “If you close every time, it’s true. You will be able to watch How much alcohol You drink throughout the evening. “”
Brown has said that “budgetary responsibility” is important from the point of view of consumers.
Some young drinkers think that paying as you go is the best way to manage their money when visiting a bar. (Istock)
“Once you have drunk two glasses, the third comes much faster and easier,” he said.
Others have expressed concerns about the departure their credit cards Behind or in the hands of the bartender.
The bars in a way solved this problem was with a new system in which the card of a customer is slipped once and then is immediately returned.
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“In this case, it’s not that difficult,” said Brown. “You keep your card. You put it in your pocket. This is what we have learned.”
However, nothing prevents a person from paying drinks per drink.
“Someone can continue to ask to open it and close it [all] Evening, “said Brown.” We just have to smile and do our best. “”
Most bartenders can slip cards and make them to customers, but that does not prevent people from paying drinks per drink. (Istock)
Another reason for the drop in bars tabs could only be less young adults, in general, drink.
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A Gallup 2023 survey revealed that 62% of adults under 35 say to drink, a decrease of 10% in the past 20 years.
“It depends on the kind of night I try to have.”
Katie Fittes, a former bartender from Tallahassee and the recent graduate of Florida State University, said that she did not have a general rule when he decided if she was going to open a bar tab.
Katie Fittes worked as a bartender in a popular place near the Florida State University campus. When she went out with friends, she said she didn’t have a general rule when she decided if she was going to open a bar tab. (Chase Douglas)
“It depends on the kind of night I try to have,” she told Fox News Digital.
“If I know that my friends and I are going to stay in the same place for the night, I will leave an open tab. But if I think we are going to bounce back and there is a possibility that I will forget that I left my tab open and that I will leave, I will not leave my tab open.”
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Fittes worked in a popular university bar that did not allow tabs – so most people paid in cash.
Those who paid with a card, however, were subject to a minimum of $ 10.
Card payments can not only slow the bartenders during a busy night, but they can also be expensive for the results of the owner of a bar. (Istock)
Card payments can not only slow the bartenders during a busy night, but they can also be expensive for the results of the owner of a bar.
Credit card costs, which go on an average of 2% to 4% of the transaction, are evaluated each time, according to Doug Kantor with the Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC).
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These scanning costs totaled a record of $ 187.2 billion in 2024, an increase of 70% From the pandemicAccording to the MPC.
This means less money for bars.
