It always confuses me when I find myself in a club that can't hire decent bartenders.
It's not exactly a difficult concept - there's only three rules:

1. You have your section. Keep track of the queue in the few yards of bar that belong to you.
2. Anyone who responds to your "Yes mate, what can I get you?" with either "errr....." or by turning to their mates and saying "right boys, what d'you want?" moves to the back of the queue again
3. Regulars who always drink the same (bottled) drinks, who can be relied upon to have the right money in their hand, have the privilege of occasional non-verbal queue-jumping (eye contact, nod, grab their bottle while you're serving someone else, take their money).

Those were my rules, and I always got by OK with them.
(bblgoose, Sat 12 Feb 2011, 9:32, 3 replies)

Absolutely.
Why oh why couldn't you have been the batman that fatefull night?!
( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Sat 12 Feb 2011, 9:38, closed)

Haha! Predictive text!
I'm going to let that one stay! Sounds much better than barman!
( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Sat 12 Feb 2011, 9:39, closed)

Because he was out fighting crime
in his mask and cape.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Sat 12 Feb 2011, 9:40, closed)

Haha!
I'm quick, but you're quicker!
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Sat 12 Feb 2011, 9:41, closed)

Ah....
You've obviously seen my website:-(
( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Sat 12 Feb 2011, 9:43, closed)

Totally with you here
Bar staff are your customers' umbilical cord, hire competent ones.
(lolwhites, Sat 12 Feb 2011, 11:20, closed)

Ah, so it is an unwritten rule then.
I'm a #3 and wondered if it was the case.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Sat 12 Feb 2011, 18:53, closed)

Ditto

( snee held his breath since, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 13:35, closed)

And...
A bit of multitasking often results in "and one for yourself"!
( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 13:57, closed)