(1) When the bar is busy, don’t yell your drink out at the bartender, they are not listening to you, they are busy keeping multiple drink orders in their memory and tabulating cost.
(2) When the bartender gets to your order, DO NOT one up them as soon as your drinks are served, order everything you want in that round at once, or be prepared to wait your turn again.
(3) If the bartender is busy and you feel neglected, do not stand on the first rung of the bar stool and intently stare down the bartender while leaning over the bar. This is creepy and will only delay your drink order.
(4) If you are not old enough to consume alcohol, do not scoff at the bartender when you have to pay for water. This is a bar. Nothing is free.
(5) If the bartender is busy DO NOT shrilly whistle at the bartender. This will result in you being the absolute LAST person served just because you’ve annoyed and disrespected the bartender. We are not dogs. We are humans working to make sure you have a good time, please respect that.
(6) If it is hot in the club and you use napkins to wipe away sweat, please be health conscious and DO NOT leave your sweaty napkin on the bar! There is a trashcan not 5 feet away from you, that is the appropriate place to put it.
(7) If the bartender is covering for your favorite/friend/regular bartender, please do not instruct the unknown bartender on how to do their job. If they are behind the bar, usually they are competent enough to serve you.
Side Note: If the new bartender does not know how to make your particular drink, it is completely acceptable to tell the bartender how your prefer it, instead of requesting a new drink after a drink has been mis-poured.
(8) Do not ask the bartender “What’s good?” Or say “I want something sweet with a lot of alcohol that I cannot taste.” This is highly annoying. When the bartender actually makes you something sweet, do not complain about it. That is rude.
(9) All bars cater to the neighborhood you are in. If your normal haunt is in another part of town, do not expect your behavior to be cute or funny.
(10) Yes, Bartenders are there to serve you, but we are also responsible for what we serve you. In a bar the saying: “The customer is always right” DOES NOT apply. The bartender is liable for you if you get hurt or get in an accident. The bartender DOES NOT want to pay a fine for your irresponsibility, we probably couldn’t afford it anyway. So please remember that the bartender is human and please respect the rules.
To Thine Own Self Be True 
maybe starline should stop doing all ages shows. less kids = less stupid. at least i think so.
also, check out this review on yelp
http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-starline-fresno#hrid:TuWxfspHZ7wvjOxrDXJgLQ
“I stopped by the Starline last Thursday, 7/2/09, to find out if the Double Doors show would be all-ages. Had to go in person because their phone number was disconnected.
While there, I had 2 glasses of absinthe. Good stuff. I ordered a third, and SOMEONE SPIKED IT WITH GHB. You know, THE DATE RAPE DRUG THAT KILLS? I’m SCARED TO DEATH to go near the place again for any reason because I don’t know who tried to kill me with that stuff, or why.
Yes, it could have happened at any bar, but it didn’t. It happened THERE. Without them having a working phone number, I had to send messages through their Myspace site to contact the manager to let them know what happened. It took FOUR MESSAGES before anyone contacted me back.
Needless to say, we didn’t make it to see the Double Doors. In fact, I didn’t make it out of my bed for 48 hours and still feel tremendously ill almost a week later. And no, there’s no possible way it was the absinthe – I drink it regularly. All my symptoms point to GHB – terrible, vivid hallucinations, combined with paralysis. I couldn’t move for 24 hours. COULDN’T MOVE AT ALL.
I plan on filing a police report, even though I can’t prove anything because too much time has passed. GHB is undetectable after 48 hours. Prior to being poisoned with it at the Starline Grill in broad daylight, I’d never heard of it.
Someone in Fresno is pretty sick, and they were at the Starline Grill on a Thursday evening, trying to kill a 52-year old woman with two kids, a grandchild and a husband.
I’d be very careful of the place.”
I don’t think it was the ‘kids’ persay, I think it’s a lack of knowledge regarding ediquette at a bar. I think the Starline is amazing in offering something for those under 21 to do, there are not many establishments that allow that. It’s a fine line to walk and it depends on how the staff works it.
As far as the review. I wasn’t at the Grill on Thursday and I don’t know what happened. I’m highly suspicious of someone immediately pointing to GHB. Did this woman leave her drink unattended? Why? Is she implying that an employee did the spiking? I think this woman is jumping to conclusions and if she believed she had been given GHB, why not get it tested? 48 hours is a long time and her allegations are serious.
and forgive my spelling errors… I’m tired 😛
you’re right, it is good to have all age venues, and all age shows. i’m just hard on kids.
i was walking by starline last night and there was just a ton of them loitering all over, not just right in front of the venue. and, some of the morons were around their car blasting the radio – every rose has a thorn. this sort of idiocy isn’t limited to kids, but such was the case.
as for the yelp review, i just thought i’d pass it along because i thought it was interesting. not sure why she’s jumping to ghb. and, i thought it was weird that she went from starline to starline grill in the review. not sure where her incident took place.
I agree with you that it’s hard on kids. A few bad eggs spoil all the fun for those behaving in an appropriate manor. Inside last night was a great night with many people leaving with a smile on their faces. The music was to a particular crowd, but it was like a backyard bbq that invited 100+ guests. I was appreciative of the crowd for dancing their butts off and playing by the rules. Again a few bad ones stick out, but it didn’t ruin the night.
Yeah, the yelp review is odd. Thanks for passing it along. This was the first time I heard about it. And if she says she got ahold of management, I’m sure they will handle it.
Dousche Canoes need not drink with the general public- thanks
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dude- totally spelled that wrong
lol
Wooo! Link from teh Beehive!
Next time you’re tending, I’m totally gonna try and break enough of those rules to see if you’ll serve me a loogey on the rocks.
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