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"Did they start a tab?"

January 18, 2016 04:54PM
Hi all,

I have a quick question on bar tabs. When a report asks if the bartender requested payment or started a tab, does simply placing a chit in front of you count as "starting a tab" or do they need to specifically request a credit card?

Thanks!
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January 18, 2016 05:05PM
If they don't ask you to pay as you go, they have started a tab.

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January 18, 2016 05:39PM
Most places nowadays place a copy of your receipt in a snifter in front of you, and update it every time you order something else. That receipt is your tab.

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January 18, 2016 05:53PM
While none of the places we go produce a receipt until we decline further new drinks, yet we are still on a tab because they enter the drinks in the computer as we go along. Methodologies obviously vary, but LisaSTL is correct, if they aren't immediately asking for payment they have 'started a tab'.
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