What are the expressions at bar about credit card payment?
I went to a bar the other day and when I tried to pay for the drink by my credit card, the bartender asked me something to the effect whether I wanted to have my credit card open for further payment or close my credit card for that payment only. I did not fully catch what she said, but I heard some words like “…under the tab(?) or close…?” What
are the most common phrases bartenders use in this sort of situation and how I should respond in such situation.
She asked if you wanted to apply a drink to an open tab and not to close one. Invariably, she listened with an open tab. When you give someone your card, they are stuck. This tab is broken. You can open it or you cancel it.
When a bar had a $15 minimum and I was upset, I ran an additional tab with no choice but to just go to it. This is what was happening.
While I can’t find the etymology with a brief Google search, to “run a tab” means to incur repeat costs before paying. If you’re running a tab, don’t exchange money on each individual drink that you order, you settle up after. How do restaurant chains do business but also for bar chains? The Bible has its own words. Does it have its own self-promise? How do I say “open a tab” is the start of “running a tab”. Presumably, “closing a tab” is the other end of the “running a tab” process, where one settles a bill, as it were.
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