In my college bartending days, I learned to file as Bar Manager rather than Bartender. Back then, the IRS assumed that the Bar Manager didn’t accept tips.
BTW Back in the ’60’s and before that, when bartending was considered a profession, the bartender was paid a considerably higher wage than they are now ! A good bartender could make $8 – $10 per hour wage plus tips. In a good restaurant or bar, he could average $125 – $150 per night in tips. That’s when drinks were less than a $1 in most places for a standard highball and beer was .25 to .50 cents !
I know I’m going to take a lot of flak for the following statement, but it’s true….As more and more places hired women as bartenders, because they didn’t have to pay them as much as the male bartenders, the total wages for the food and beverage industry dropped and the quality of the service did, likewise. Being a bartender, a waiter was no longer considered a well paying profession but a low paying unskilled job.
In my college bartending days, I learned to file as Bar Manager rather than Bartender. Back then, the IRS assumed that the Bar Manager didn’t accept tips.
BTW Back in the ’60’s and before that, when bartending was considered a profession, the bartender was paid a considerably higher wage than they are now ! A good bartender could make $8 – $10 per hour wage plus tips. In a good restaurant or bar, he could average $125 – $150 per night in tips. That’s when drinks were less than a $1 in most places for a standard highball and beer was .25 to .50 cents !
I know I’m going to take a lot of flak for the following statement, but it’s true….As more and more places hired women as bartenders, because they didn’t have to pay them as much as the male bartenders, the total wages for the food and beverage industry dropped and the quality of the service did, likewise. Being a bartender, a waiter was no longer considered a well paying profession but a low paying unskilled job.