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25 Things You'll Only Understand If You Worked At A Bar

Working at a bar isn't a job — it's a rite of passage.

1. Being nice to everyone...even to the pests.

2. People still having no clue what to order by the time you ask them what they'd like.

3. Your legs being dead at the end of every shift.

4. Customers who think they've cracked an amazing secret code for more alcohol when they ask for "no ice."

5. Waking up with bruises and not knowing where they're from.

6. Ignoring the guy who pushed in front of everyone on purpose.

7. Your mates visiting you and wanting mates' rates.

8. Creeps Asking for Your Number.

9. Perfecting your 15-minute break routine so you can sprint to the bar next door to get a full meal in – and some drinks.

10. Being made to wear a promotional shirt.

11. Dealing with the bathrooms.

12. Citrus finding the smallest tiniest cut you might have.

13. Hating the bar when it's too quiet.

14. Hating the bar when it's too busy.

15. Hating sunlight because you can't sleep.

16. Hating holiday occasions you once loved.

17. Saying goodbye to weekends.

18. Hearing the same five songs over and over and over.

19. The look someone gives you after telling them their tab's run out.

20. People who ask for a drink they once had but have since forgotten the name of.

21. Helping people charge their phones and then them expecting you to babysit it.

22. Getting nicknamed random stuff and having to nod politely.

23. When a customer points to the menu and asks, "Is this drink any good?"

24. Wanting to close up but a new group has just walked in.

25. Having to do the dreaded "clopen."

To all the former and current bar staff out there – a big thank-you and cheers from Bacardi.

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