as far as your statement. I worked at a bar that sometimes had as few as 30 customers a night, and we didn't do anything flair-wise, we had 15 great cocktails but our main sell was Tecate for $2 + a shot of Old Overholt whiskey for $3. My take home for a year's worth of work between hourly and tips was $40,000.

So I can TOTALLY see that being stretched across vastly different incomes, in vastly different populations, adding up to six figures.

Have I met a bartender that hadn't at best gotten their shit together and learned how to plan for ONE BIG THING every year while living a decent life? No, but again, I'm talking about Nebraska bartenders. If you're at some frequented Vanderpump Rules spot or something in the middle of a significantly larger money typhoon, I can see how the money piles up. FAST.

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