Ummm...that's not bartending. That's juggling.

Impressive juggling, to be sure, but not bartending.

*music

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I am pretty sick of the television-directorial trend of frequently cutting away from the point of interest so they can show you the reaction of these vapid, know-nothing observers. I don't know if it's for audience emotional-cue or host ego-stroking, but it makes whatever interesting elements there to begin with completely unwatchable for me.
I don't watch TV, I get almost all my exposure through the net, but if I were to gauge it by the sampling I get I'd almost guess that was 90% of the programming. Watch people watching other people. WTF.

Somehow it figures that Russia would have a televised best "bartender" competition =o/

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He's not that good a bartender... took him nearly 4 minutes to make those 3 drinks and 1 of them wasn't even the right amount!!! Needs to work on his efficiency

it's all in how strong it is and how it tastes

I realize you're being facetious, so don't take this as criticism (I completely agree with the sentiment: flair bartending doesn't really impress me as a useful thing for a bar.)

Your comment got me thinking and I find it really interesting in the different views people have regarding speed when it comes to service in bars or restaurants.

I've seen plenty of Germans send a beer back to the bar for taking less than a minute. From their point of view a beer can't be properly poured in that time. Counter to that, many North Americans would consider a few minutes wait for their drink to be bad service.

Likewise, many of my Canadian and American friends would consider a restaurant to have bad service if you have to signal the waiter to come to your table, or if things take longer than they are used to, while waiters in places like the Czech Republic, Cyprus or Greece will almost never come to your table without a signal and most people expect to spend a few hours at the restaurant.

I think it's fascinating how our environment changes our views on this and how many little problems can be caused by ignored cultural differences.>> ^Gilsun:

He's not that good a bartender... took him nearly 4 minutes to make those 3 drinks and 1 of them wasn't even the right amount!!! Needs to work on his efficiency

^Good comment Skeeve!

Following a similar logic, whatever beat they're playing in this video wouldn't be considered music from my point of view LOL!

Can he make an Old-fashioned?

I once had the "pleasure" of attending an event which supposedly warranted this kind of performance for the audience. I ordered a gin tonic and would have preferred a quick walk back to the music desk where i was originating from.

The dude took so long he was still juggling when the track went out.

The gin-tonics afterwards were nice though.
I'm sure the tips were nice, too.

If you're thirsty, he's the world's worst bartender

@Skeeve

It's a decent thought process.

A lot of people would blame the servers for things not coming when they're supposed to, but they actually have almost nothing to do with anything.

Think of going to a restaurant. You sit, you order drinks, then it goes one of two ways: You order an appetizer while you decide what to eat, or you order an appetizer WITH your meal, but expect it to be out first (that is, of course, if you order an appetizer).

The server goes and essentially relays your order to the kitchen staff, and after that, it's completely out of their hands.

As a cook, I can tell you that Apps are supposed to be out in 7-10 minutes, and meals 10-15 (at least, at my restaurant) but shit happens. If there's 4 of you, and you divide your order up over different sections, it only takes one person to fuck up and cause your food not to go out on time.

Say you order Chicken Wings, your friend orders a pasta, another friend orders a hamburger, and your last friend orders a salad. That's an order for the person working the Deep Fryers, Grill, Saute station, and Pantry section. 4 different people come together to make one tables order of food, but if it's not up in time, and the entire thing is delayed..

..you blame your server.

Worst part about that, is they're the ones working off tips, while the kitchen staff is making full wage in the back.

>> ^artician:

I am pretty sick of the television-directorial trend of frequently cutting away from the point of interest so they can show you the reaction of these vapid, know-nothing observers. I don't know if it's for audience emotional-cue or host ego-stroking, but it makes whatever interesting elements there to begin with completely unwatchable for me.
I don't watch TV, I get almost all my exposure through the net, but if I were to gauge it by the sampling I get I'd almost guess that was 90% of the programming. Watch people watching other people. WTF.


Completely agree. It drives me crazy! I hate the cutaways to the judges and crowd.

Of course this is a good thing for a bar, he's not going to do this performance for every order. The pissed-up patrons would love it and I bet Mr Shtifanov has a queue forming for his Shtifanov, if you know what I'm saying.

(His penis).

I watched this until they started butchering Smells Like Teen Spirit.

>> ^Esoog:

>> ^artician:
I am pretty sick of the television-directorial trend of frequently cutting away from the point of interest so they can show you the reaction of these vapid, know-nothing observers. I don't know if it's for audience emotional-cue or host ego-stroking, but it makes whatever interesting elements there to begin with completely unwatchable for me.
I don't watch TV, I get almost all my exposure through the net, but if I were to gauge it by the sampling I get I'd almost guess that was 90% of the programming. Watch people watching other people. WTF.

Completely agree. It drives me crazy! I hate the cutaways to the judges and crowd.


On the other hand the viewing audience will get bored of the image if they showed a 3 minute non-interrupted shot of the act. Little variety is needed to save people from getting bored. But I hear you guys on that they're doing it way too excessively.

yeah, yeah, yeah.... he's not getting more than a $1 tip.
I don't need that Benihana shit.

ummm, i asked for a beer

Much like the cotton candy guy in the top ten - stop it and gimmie what I ordered. Seriously if I'm thirsty I don't want to sit through a 3 minute performance before I get my food/drink. We really need to slap these minimum wage servants back to reality. I don't wanna see the monkey do tricks - I can hold down a job, family and house at once, nice work on juggling a bottle.

"Um, excuse me, but would you please quick fucking around and just make my drink?"

The drinks cost $20 and take 3 minutes to make.

What worst from my perspective as a cook as well, is how the servers then run back to the kitchen and begin to scream like banshee's at the grill guy/or expo(usually same position in a lot of restaurants), about how their app didn't come out on time and they didn't get their tip.

>> ^Shepppard:

@Skeeve
It's a decent thought process.
A lot of people would blame the servers for things not coming when they're supposed to, but they actually have almost nothing to do with anything.
Think of going to a restaurant. You sit, you order drinks, then it goes one of two ways: You order an appetizer while you decide what to eat, or you order an appetizer WITH your meal, but expect it to be out first (that is, of course, if you order an appetizer).
The server goes and essentially relays your order to the kitchen staff, and after that, it's completely out of their hands.
As a cook, I can tell you that Apps are supposed to be out in 7-10 minutes, and meals 10-15 (at least, at my restaurant) but shit happens. If there's 4 of you, and you divide your order up over different sections, it only takes one person to fuck up and cause your food not to go out on time.
Say you order Chicken Wings, your friend orders a pasta, another friend orders a hamburger, and your last friend orders a salad. That's an order for the person working the Deep Fryers, Grill, Saute station, and Pantry section. 4 different people come together to make one tables order of food, but if it's not up in time, and the entire thing is delayed..
..you blame your server.
Worst part about that, is they're the ones working off tips, while the kitchen staff is making full wage in the back.

It is surprising how many bartenders have no idea how to make a decent old fashioned. If you haven't had one, do yourself a favor and get one. Delicious.

I didn't find the existence of the cuts to the judges annoying, but they cut away to expressions of awe when he was doing the LEAST IMPRESSIVE THINGS.

Moves like Jagermeister?

Yeah! I could totally do a better job!

I can do all that while rolling a spliff