That. There is a queue but it's conceptual and entirely contained within the barman's/barmaid's head, it should not be a physical thing.
A truly dying art unfortunately. I always prided myself on my staffs' abilities to manage the 'queue' appropriately...in fact, it was included in day 1 training for any new staff...no mobile phones behind the bar, there's never nothing to do, and always watch for the order folks arrive at the bar, oh, and acknowledge everyone (in your zone on very busy 'scrum' nights - cos city centre venues and all that) so they know they've been seen.
If was a system that didn't exist would you invent it?
If was a system that didn't exist would you invent it?
It depends what you think a pub should be, I guess.
If it's a place where you go with your pre-existing group of friends to sit at a table together then no.
If it's a place where you can go either alone or with just one or two other people so you can sit or stand at the bar and chat with the other weirdos who choose not to sit at tables then yes, you would have to invent some kind of system that allowed people to be served from anywhere along the bar.
