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BettyWhitesBigTits t1_j6bkjfl wrote

Ive been a bartender in LGBTQ establishments for 30+ years in Boston and other places. I will catch shit for this but it needs to be said. The reason for the complete lack of Lesbian spaces is because Lesbians ruin them.

Lesbians in general do not drink like men. They may order one drink and sip on it for the evening. They are also shitty tippers. They might tip a quarter on a drink if you're lucky. How is a bar or bar staff supposed to stay alive under those terms?

Lesbians also fight way more than gay men so there is the hassle of dealing with the police, the licensing board and insurance. Ever wonder why club cafe uses plastic cups........?

Back in the day there used to be more pickup trucks in Randolph Country Club than a Ford dealership. At the end of the night the "ladies" would be beating the crap out of each other before making up and moving in with each other the next day.

I haven't worked in a place that caters to women in many many years. Its not just a Boston thing. Its a nationwide thing.

The 21 Lesbian bars left in the USA

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tacknosaddle t1_j6bvuvn wrote

>They are also shitty tippers.

It was a lesbian friend in the service industry who first told me the line, "The difference between a lesbian and a canoe is that sometimes a canoe tips."

She hated going out to eat or for drinks with a group of lesbian women because she was either mortified at how badly they tipped or felt obligated to go to the bathroom and surreptitiously slip a cash tip to the server to bring the total to an appropriate amount (which could kick her share up considerably).

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Born_Ad_4826 t1_j6fr6op wrote

Intersectional oppression = low pay = bad tips.

It’s not poor morals/manners…librarians and art teachers, while lovely human beings, are also terrible tippers (source: worked as a waitress at a restaurant that served mostly conventions. The librarian/art teacher conventions were much nicer than the dentists/cardiac surgeons, but they tipped like crap.

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BettyWhitesBigTits t1_j6k454j wrote

> Intersectional oppression

Yes, because every lesbian is low paid and oppressed.

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tacknosaddle t1_j6gavvb wrote

I waited tables long enough to also have people who were very nice and just gushed to me about how great the service was leave a 10% tip or less. Fortunately they would generally be one table out of an entire shift so it didn't really sting too bad overall. I'd imagine that it would be a lot worse dealing with a convention crowd where it happens across most tables.

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