How much should I tip a bartender?

How much should I tip a bartender?

Service Industry (Various Positions) gives expert video advice on: How much should I tip a bartender?

When you think about tipping, try to think about the macro perspective and not the micro perspective. It's all a collaborative effort. A bartender is nothing without a good barback. The barbacks are nothing without the bussers, and the cocktail waitresses are nothing without the bartenders. Although you're giving me two dollars, that isn't my two dollars. While you're tipping across the bar, you're not just tipping the person you're talking with. Every server has a busser, and the servers have to tip off the busser. So the bigger the tips are, the bigger everybody else's paycheck is. So if you're the guy who tips twenty percent or above, then odds are that you'll get first service. You'll be recognized.