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This Opinion article is part of a Narcity Media series . The views expressed are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Narcity Media.

I landed my first restaurant job at the tender age of 15, and have spent nine long years learning the ins and outs of the service industry.

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Animée et vivante, la ville de Montréal regorge de restaurants et de bars presque à chaque coin de rue. Dès que la nuit tombe, la métropole tout illuminée se transforme et bientôt l'on peut apercevoir des files de personnes impatientes de rentrer à leur adresse préférée . Dans ces lieux, elles pourront décompresser, s'amuser et, pourquoi pas, même flirter jusqu'au petit matin.

Malgré la panoplie de clients et de clientes qui entrent et sortent des établissements de la ville, l'industrie des bars reste tout de même bien mystérieuse. Narcity s'est entretenu avec un barman et une barmaid de deux des bars les plus populaires de Montréal, soit Rosemarie de l'Appartement 200 et Olivier du Name's On The Way, afin de démystifier les mythes et la réalité de ce métier aussi festif qu'éreintant. Existe-t-il une différence de travail pour les femmes vis-à-vis des hommes?

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Sometimes a fun night out with friends can lead to having too much to drink in the eyes of the bartender serving you, which can prompt them to "cut" you off.

A viral TikTok reveals that bar employees have secret ways to keep a drunken customer from having another alcoholic drink , and one method is quite brilliant.

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A bartender on TikTok is teaching people a lesson on what "no ice" in a cocktail really means, and it's quickly turned into a bartenders-versus-customers debate on the platform.

Nashville TikToker Jemima June posted a video of a back-and-forth with a customer who ordered an alcoholic drink and it seems like people can't handle her attitude in the clip.

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Bartenders on TikTok are roasting customers who order "surprise me" drinks at the bar, after one bartender really captured the problem with the whole practise.

Influencer Benji Spears, who works at the well-known gay bar Micky's West Hollywood in Los Angeles, recently tore into "surprise me" orders on TikTok, and his video skit about it has piled up over 5 million views and a bunch of comments.

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