If you've never worked as a bartender it can be hard to appreciate what waiting on people is like. Here's a hint, it's not nearly as easy as you think, especially here in Naples. Multi-tasking is the name of the game, and depending on what time of day you walk in, the bartender that tosses you a napkin and asks you "So what are you having?" might already be in the middle of 10 different things and have four times as many people waiting for him or her to make them something.

Here's a couple of things you can do that will enhance your experience at a bar and also make your bartender take special care of you and your guests in the future...

When you're asked "What would you like?", you must respond within two seconds with one of the following statements:

1. “I’ll have a ____________, please”

-or-

2. "I'm not sure, I need a minute".

Both of these answers are equally acceptable.

What is not acceptable would be squinting at the options behind the bar, racking your brain for the name of the drink you had the other day that you loved, mulling the decision over, then saying something to the effect of "Hmmm, I don't know, maybe a Stella, oh no wait, maybe a vodka.........cranb-- oh wait..."

This is frowned upon greatly for many reasons, the main one being the following: While you’re in deep thought about what you want, two people at the bar just took the last sip of their drink and want another, and six people sitting at tables just placed a drink order with their server. In other words there are other people around you who know what they want and need the bartender’s attention.

These people are just as important as you (sorry). So make a decision, you had all day to think about this.

Writer’s note: Writing this just made me think of approximately 92,000 other things that drinkers/diners should really know while sitting at a bar. More are to follow in coming days…