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Harry Gordon Johnson - The greatest accomplishment of a bartender lies in his ability to exactly suit his customer. · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Dot com. Welcome to the Daily Quote, a
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  podcast designed to kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm your host Andrew Mcgibbon for December 5th.
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  Today is National Bartender Day, honoring the people who mix
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  drinks and listen. Our tenders are known not just
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  for their mixology skills, but also for being pseudo
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  psychologists. In other words, they're good
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  listeners. Which brings us to today's quote
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  from bartending expert Harry Gordon Johnson, who once wrote
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  the greatest accomplishment of the bartender lies in his
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  ability to exactly suit his customer.
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  Johnson understood it's not about flashy tricks.
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  It's about reading people, knowing when to chat and when to
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  stay quiet. Good bartenders don't just pour
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  drinks. They match the moment, strong
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  when you need strength, light when you need ease.
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  They suit you Exactly. I actually used to be a
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  bartender and I learned this lesson pretty quick.
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  I have been working weeknights because I like having weekends
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  off, but I decided to switch shifts and started working the
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  weekends. One of the other bartenders
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  warned me about this jerk who always sits at the end of the
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  bar. He spends hundreds of dollars
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  every Friday night and doesn't tip at all, while sure enough,
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  at the end of the night, a big huge bill with a big 0 written
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  into the tip line. So after a couple weeks of this,
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  one Friday I served him his drink and I stuck around for a
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  bit. He spoke about his family and
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  friends and some trouble his kids got into recently.
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  For the rest of the night, when I wasn't busy with other
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  customers and he wasn't chatting with someone else, I'd step over
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  there and be a good conversationalist.
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  Well, at the end of the night, after ordering a lot of drinks
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  for himself and others at the bar, there was a huge tab with a
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  20% tip included. Wow, lesson learned.
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  My job wasn't just making and serving good drinks, it was much
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  more than that for the people who needed that.
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  Some people who come into a bar by themselves and sit at the
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  actual bar are looking for more than a drink.
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  Others, that's all they want. And it was my job to exactly
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  suit my customer. So next time you go for a drink,
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  see how the bartender adapts to your personality.
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  Maybe they're matching your mood before you say a word, reading
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  your needs, suiting you. Exactly.
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  Johnson was right. That's the art, that's the
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  accomplishment, and that's going to do it for today.
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  Amanda McGivern signing off for now, but I'll be back tomorrow.
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  Same pod time, same pod station with another daily quote.