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stachemz t1_jb1i42u wrote

Reply to comment by AcrobaticSource3 in TIFU by not checking how much drinks cost at a hostess bar by guutarajouzu

Yeah basically. Imagine a bar staffed with escorts (like - actual escorts, not the kind you sleep with after). Their job is to be pretty to look at and to make sure you enjoy yourself. In the process, they help the bar sell more drinks and make more money. I'm not 100% on how their pay goes - I'm American, my only experience is through media.

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Loko8765 t1_jb1ms0o wrote

No personal experience here, but I would expect she pockets something like half the price of each $25 shot as her pay. The other half is pure profit for the house, less the cent or so of water (it probably costs more to wash the glass than to fill it up).

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guutarajouzu OP t1_jb4f6mq wrote

Yup, exactly this. I think she'd get half of ieach drink and the drinks are certainly watered-down or just water and syrup

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