Bar Games, Jokes & Silly Stuff!: Make Huge Tips!, #4

By Scott Young

The 1 Book That Every Bartender Should Have! And For Anyone Who Wants To Entertain Friends At a Party.
"If You Don't Entertain Your Guests, Someone Else Will."
Jammed Packed With Popular "Interactive Fun" For Professional Bartenders & Servers Around The World.
Create Better Experiences For Guests And Make Huge Tips!
Step by step Guide on How To Entertain Your Guests And Create Memories in any Situation.
Funny Stuff, Presentation Style, Bar Bets, Games, Magic & More.

After reading this, If You Can't Make Enough Tips on your next shift to pay for this book, bartending isn't the job for you.

Scott Young Says: The best of the best of what I've learned and taught for over 30 years.
I look for as many ways as possible to get my guests involved in the games and fun I create.
Often, these things only take a few moments… 5 to 10 seconds and it can be the highlight of someones night.

About The Author:
Scott Young - Bartender | Trainer | Author | Featured Speaker & Video Producer
- Author of 28 Bar Industry Books, Study Guides & Work-Books

- 30+ Year Bar Industry Career 
- Made Over 800,000 Drinks.
- Taught Seminars in 16 Countries, 27 US States & Every Province in Canada. 
- Featured in Over 400 TV & Radio Interviews, Magazines & Newspaper Articles
- Created 25 Training Course DVD's Sold in Over 100 Countries. 
- Considered by many to be the pioneer of standardized training for Practical Working Flair Bartending.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Digital.NBRTraining.Com
• Release date: Jul 26, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201765217

Scott Young

- 30+ Year Bar Industry Career  - Made over 800,000 Drinks. - Taught Seminars in 16 Countries, 27 US States & Every Province in Canada.  - Created 25 Training Course DVD's Sold in Over 100 Countries.  - Considered by many to be the pioneer of standardized training for Practical Working Flair Bartending. - Author of 28 Bar Industry Books, Study Guides & Work-Books - Featured in Over 400 TV & Radio Interviews, Magazines & Newspaper Articles - He is still learning

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Learn How to Make More Money in The Hospitality Industry

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We Are All Service Givers and "Memory Makers.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Learn How to Make More Money in The Hospitality Industry

Keep An Open Mind

1: Include Your Guests In The Fun

Create Photo And Video Opportunities

Offer To Take Pictures Of Your Guests

Shake This Up For Me?

Kamikaze Headbands

Tequila Poppers or Slammers

Slide A Drink Down The Bar

Celebrity Guest Bartender

Get People to Cheers Each Other and Tell Them Where the Custom Came From

Create a New Custom Drink for Someone  and Name It After Them

Fake Tattoos – With Your Bar’s Name/Logo

Gone To Pee, Leave My Drink Alone Card

Making an Extra Dry Martini

Movie Trivia

Crying Napkin

Pyramids of Shooters

Drink Stacking

Waterfall Stack and Pour

Snap Open a Beer with a Long Opener

Bottle Cap Catch Game

Bottle Cap Jump Shot

Drop Shot Domino Shooter Train

Red Bull Palm Pour

Have Guest Pour While You’re Balancing The Glass

Rainbow Shots – 1 Shaker tin – 5 Different Coloured Shots

2: Shooters With Fire

Flaming Blue Lamborghini

Flaming Sambuca (1)

Flaming Sambuca (2)

Flaming Sambuca (3)

Flaming Coffee

3: Sexy Stuff

Upside Down Shooters

Body Shots

Blow Job Shooters

This Beer Really Likes You

Let People Dance on The Bar

4: Funny Stuff :)

Tell a Bar Joke

You Know You’re Too Drunk When....

Riddles & Brain Teasers – Answers Below

Get the Customer To Tell You A Joke

Learn How To Tell A Joke Well And Make People Laugh

Funny Lines

Funny Questions To Ask Your Guest

Famous Quotes

Fun Bar Facts To Amaze Your Guests

Strange But True Facts

Strangest Laws Still On The Books

Strange Laws in USA

Strange Laws Around The World

Strange Driving Laws From Around The World

Irish Drinking Toasts

5: Bar Bets, Games & Magic

1) Straw Game

2) Follow the Leader

Games to Keep At Your Bar

Always Have A Few Newspapers or City Guide

Bar Magic

Floating Cocktail Trick

Make a Disappearing Drink

6: Props & Toys

Make A Napkin Rose

Make Balloon Animals

Get a Mascot

Strobe Lights or Multi-Coloured Light Boxes

Flashy Glasses

Train Whistle or Referee’s Whistle

Bubble Machine Gun

Laser Pointer

Costumes

How To Memorize Your Favorite Bar Games, Jokes, Riddles & Toasts etc.

Make a Nightly Checklist – Your Goals For Tonight

Message From Scott

Just Make Up Your Mind At The Very Outset That Your Work Is Going to Stand For Quality, That You Are Going to Stamp a Superior Quality Upon Everything That Goes Out Of Your Hands, That Whatever You Do Shall Bear the Hallmark of Excellence.

- Orison Swett Marden

Keep An Open Mind

I have always tried to be very non-combative about the way I teach. I can’t come into your country, your city, your bar and TELL you what’s going to work with YOUR customers. You are professional, working service givers, and experts on your area and we respect that. But what I can do, is tell you about all sorts of things that are working in other bars around the world. It’s totally up to you whether you want to try any of them or not.

We, all the people who contributed to this series, really want you to succeed. This entire series is about giving you ideas on how to be a better All Around service giver. We’re here to help you make more money, for yourself and for your bar.

There are things that suggest that you’ll think to yourself..... Yeah....that’s not going to work for me ☺. No problem. We don’t expect you to agree with everything we say or write.

Just remember. Everything we’ve written has come from hard won experience.

Basically, we’ve screwed up so many times, we’ve figured out some better ways to do things. Not perfect, that’s too much to expect, but with excellence ☺ So, keep an open mind, be willing to experiment a bit and you may find that you have more fun and make more money.

If You Always Do What You’ve Always Done, You’ll Get What You’ve Always Gotten.-Anthony Robbins - Make Some Changes And See What Happens

1: Include Your Guests In The Fun

Encourage Them To Play with You :)

For Everything You Do In Life, There’s A Way Of Doing It In A Way That’s Fun. Your guests are your Audience – Get them involved in your fun!!

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MAKE YOUR BAR THE PLACE TO BE

(Because something interesting is always happening).

Be smart and take a few moments to SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT. That’s Time Well Spent! Just be sure that they’re the right moments. When you single someone out for some special attention, you can really make his or her night!

Too many servers, and owners and managers as well, seem to forget that the customers we serve and profit from are real people just like you and me. A smile, a handshake, hold this, catch this or a come-again-soon can go a long way. Everybody likes to feel important.

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If we can consistently make at least some kind of effort to connect with every customer we serve, we’re going to make customers for life. And they will tell their friends about you and bring them the next time.

"Nobody Succeeds Beyond his or her Wildest Expectations

Unless he or She Begins With Some Wild Expectations". – Ralph Charell

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We call these things Style of Service Flair.

There’s no risk, just a big upside of fun factor. :) I look for as many ways as possible to get my guests involved in the games and fun I create.

Often, these things only take a few moments... 5 to 10 seconds. Some take a little longer so it’s a constant challenge to assess the crowd and decide which of your hundreds of things you are able to do to actually use in that situation.

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This is Time Well Spent not Time Wasted.

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A skeptic may say, Well Scott, when you’re really busy, 10 seconds for every customer will really add up and slow you down. Won’t that piss off your guests that have to wait? That’s a good question. I have a few answers... No, not if you use those 10 seconds well. When I play with or interact with my guests using any of the below games etc...

Do you think that the person I’m playing with is the only person who sees it? No, everyone around the bar gets to watch the fun and so even if they have to wait a little bit longer, they are being entertained while they’re waiting so in my experience, most people don’t mind at all. They love it.

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You just have to always be