A night out on the town sounds like fun to keep from a boring weekend, or is a great way to wind down from a long and stressful week. Whatever may be the reason, going out is always a fun time. Planning ahead should always be a number one priority when alcohol will be present, especially if driving will be involved. Driving under the influence is a serious crime, and should not be taken lightly. Unfortunately, DUI accidents still does happen quite often. As an adult, this is one of the many responsibilities to consider when deciding to drive after having a few alcohol drinks. Unfortunately, if these drinks were purchased and consumed at bar or restaurant that serves alcohol, the bartenders may be liable to any accidents that may occur after …show more content…
However, there are many factors that can make this a very difficult decision to determine. A bartender cannot know if a customer has not eaten or their alcohol tolerance level, or if they came from another alcohol vendor (Mukner, 2013). Without the knowledge of this information, the liability should not be held against the bartender. A bartender cannot interrogate each of their patrons asking, how much they drank before entering? how long ago have you eaten? how much do you weigh? To try and figure out when to stop serving their patron. This in itself is not good customer service. Bartenders however, are required to follow current rules and guidelines, such as how much alcohol to serve a patron per hour, depending on what they eat while in the establishment, depending on the patron’s size, age, gender. However, what happens when the patron has already “pre-game it” before arriving, or has already came from another bar. Also, how does the bartender know if the patron is even driving after. All of these different factors make it very difficult to determine if a bartender really knows if a patron is …show more content…
A Bartender cannot remember each patron and as well keep count of every single drink that every single patron has drank. Its understandable if it was a regular, however a bartender sees hundreds of faces all day, it should not be their job to remember every single one. Also, who is to say that the drinks a patron is buying is for them only. It is quite common for a friend or someone else to buy drinks for another. When this happens, there is a drink unaccounted for because the bartender does not know who the patron bought it for. Another unaccounted drinks is if a patron buy drinks from different bartenders throughout the night. With all these different factors that can provide a challenge to keep track of every patron’s alcohol consumption, why should the bartenders be liable for the irresponsibly act from the patron.
Going out to have a good time is a privilege and if alcohol is going to be part of the night, responsible decision should be made prior to a patron’s first drink. Bartending is a job that serves to adult. This is a service that has many different factors that can determining if a customer has drank too much, a bartender should not be liable for over serving to
The bars in this nation don't pay attention to how many drinks the person has had or if they can or can't drive home or even ask them if they are driving. They are normally alone, watching everyone around them, holding their keys, however to top it all off, drunk. It is the most terrible time being somebody who is unfortunately sober to be the assigned driver for the night. It is dependably a charming background to invest hour upon hour beating back the beverages in a bar. Why restrain the good times? Why pick somebody to be an assigned driver and make his or there night hopeless and boring? For what reason not take the “fun” onto the street?
A man or a woman suffers, they have a distinct physical desire to consume alcohol beyond their capacity to control it, regardless of all rules of common sense. The symtoms of being an alcoholic is having rituals and being irritated/annoyed when these rituals are disturbed or commented on. This could be drinks before/during/after meals or after work. Dropping hobbies and activities the person used to enjoy; losing interest in them. A person who abuses alcohol may have many of these signs and symtoms- but they do not have the withdrawal symtoms like an alcoholic does, nor the same degree of compulsion to drink. Then comes along, binge drinking. When a woman consumes over six units and a man consumes more than eight units of alcohol in one sitting. Sipping wine, beer, or spirits three or four times per week increases the risk of binge drinking. Men who drink 22 or more units of alcohol a week have a 20% higher rate of admissions into acute care hospitals than non-drinkers. Healthy young adults who regularly binge drink may have a higher risk of heart disease later in life. "Underage drinking should not be a normal part of growing up. It's a serious and persistent public health problem that puts our young people and our communities in danger. Even though drinking is often glamorized, the truth is that
Social host liability laws are enacted to hold hosts accountable for any alcohol related injuries that were the result of the host serving alcohol to minors (under the age of 21 for this discussion) or adults. Presently, the State of Setonia has no formalized common-law duty addressing social host liability. In light case recently heard in the Setonia Court where a clearly intoxicated driver struck a pedestrian after departing a social gathering, it was questioned if Setonia should seek to formulate a common-law duty for social host to prevent guests from departing a social gathering and driving while intoxicated, impaired, or under the influence of alcohol. Two court decisions, with markedly opposed decisions, from Delaware (Shea v. Matassa, 2007) and North Carolina (Hart v. Ivey, 1992), were reviewed in anticipation of the potential formulation of a common-law duty of a social host to prevent guests from departing a social gathering and driving while intoxicated, impaired or under the influence of alcohol.
Next, by lowering the drinking age, it would reduce college binge drinking by promoting safer drinking habits. “The problem here is obvious. If a 21-year-old woman overindulges at the bar, the bartender, friends, or even other patrons can encourage her to stop. If she becomes ill or injured, someone is there to help” (Hall). Drinking legally in public can be beneficial in saving lives and an overall sense of safety for young adults. A bartender is responsible for each person they serve and for their safety. If you had too much to drink at a party would your friends assume the responsibility of your well being? Ordinarily, a bartender will execute everything in their
Not even 1 p.m. and the place already had nearly three dozen patrons. Most of them businessmen who were in their twenties and early thirties having stopped in on their lunch break to have a quick steak or partake in the twenty-five cent wing special the place had during lunch hours. Glasses of water stood before many of them. The more risky had a bottle of beer that they hoped they could sneak without their prick bosses ever finding out. It was a little taste of freedom before they had to schlep their sorry asses back to their pathetic jobs where they were wasting their lives in some cubical.
They could have been drinking elsewhere before they came in and drinks a bartender gave them was enough to cause them to become overly intoxicated, even if it was only a shot or two. The bartender may not have used their judgment to the best of their own ability and resulted in, unfortunately, over-serving a guest. For the sake of the bartender and the their other customers (who may not want to be around someone intoxicated and consider the night ruined as a result), as well as the guest who has been drinking in excess, it's important to know when someone needs 'shut off' as the bartender and place where they work can be held accountable for the person's actions. A bartender should also know if the person came in with others (and if they are intoxicated or not) or if they could get transportation for the guest, if they should find the guest the means to get home or, in more extreme cases, if law enforcement needs to be involved with the guest, depending on their behavior As no two scenarios are the same and many factors play into them, to differentiate them from one another, a person must know how to see and apply what is going on to each individual case. A person who is slightly tipsy wouldn't need the same treatment as someone who cannot walk straight ; a customer who is falling asleep on the bar would be handled differently than someone with glassy eyes, but is fine
Many people have worked as a bartender one way or the other. Some during summer break or as a second job to pay off school loans. Anyone can be a bartender. But bartending is more than just mixing liquor and twirling bottles to show off. Bartenders are also unknowing therapists as customers have a tendency to talk to their bartenders about their day, relating problems and conflicts in work, families and relationships. They get to meet different types of people who may just need someone to listen to them and
I believe alcohol should never be present in a business setting. When a person, who is looking to obtain a job, goes to a social networking event, they should not be concerned about consuming the alcohol present at the event. When people are around new people for the first time and trying to connect with them, alcohol can make people appear less inelegant. This could scare off future employers from talking to a person at the social events. A company does not want to hire a person who cannot handle himself or herself at an event, where a person is trying to impress people. An example of this is, a company such as a third party marketing company, who represent another company, does not want to hire people who are not about to represent their own brand and make themselves look bad. A company wants an employee who can represents themselves with the highest class at all times and also represents the company they are working for in the future.
This is a tricky subject, but my thoughts are No. I don’t think bartenders should be held responsible. Adults are responsible for their own actions. Bars cannot be expected to know every customer’s limit pertaining to alcohol and take the blame for drunken misdoings. Thus, individuals usually come to bars to drink alcohol it’s the bartender’s job to serve them. Under some circumstances, yes a patron should be cut off. But to hold an establishment or it’s bartender responsible is ridiculous.
In fact, for many people recovering from an alcohol addiction, going back to work as a bartender can serve as an important personal challenge. Being surrounded by alcohol and drinking will certainly test their self-control, and many people will relish in the chance to prove to themselves that they are more than capable of
He traveled the world and wrote the first known bartender book, How to Mix Drinks, in 1862. 5.Most professions are either physical or mental. Bartending is both. 6.Bartending is not typically an entry-level position. Most positions are filled from within.
There are many different reasons why people would drink. Some for enjoyment, others for social events. In the great world of bars, there are a myriad selection of visitors one would encounter. After making an analytical and critical study on the different types of drinkers. I have discovered that there are an infinite types of drinkers, although there is a vast number of types of drinkers. I was able to divide them into four divisions, the social drinker, the sneaky drinker, the rebel drinker, last but not least the addictive drinker.
The debate over the alcohol industry goes far beyond the United States, it is a global war. In Ireland there have been bills put in place to reduce the amount of alcohol consumption. One law was to lower the drink-driving limits from two to one drinks. This caused an uproar where more than 10,000 people marched. By lowering the limit this would shut down the business of small pub owners that are not close to public transportation (McGee, 2017). It’s not fair to put people out of business for others bad
“Every day, on average, 4 Canadians are killed and 175 are injured in impairment-related crashes” (Canada’s Stats on Drinking and Driving, 2015). With Safe Glass in effect in bars around Canada, this number can be reduced dramatically. Safe Glass is looking to change the way people look at safety in bars, while saving Canadians every day. This product uses technology that tracks the amount of alcohol each customer in the bar has consumed. This makes it easy for the bar tender to cut someone off or find them a safe way home when they have drank too much. Safe Glass also keeps track of the contents of every customers drink. This technology stops all chances of people spiking drinks, which is a major problem in bars today.
To begin, being a bartender will have you putting in the late night work hours. Being a night owl is an understatement in this career. Many bars close in the early morning, and leave the bartender to clean up the trash and spilled drinks left behind. The last concern a barkeep would have is spending two hours cleaning after babysitting drunk customers all night. The bartender is