You're right, but I see mallowcups point. As a bartender, it was "my job" to make them feel like the best looking, wittiest, funniest, coolest guys around. And if I knew there would be a good tip in it for me, then I encouraged them even more. Not something I'm proud of. But I wish they would realize that the bartender's "friendship" is not real. I was in the grocery store once with a fellow bartender, and this really annoying bar guy was following us around. She turned to him and said "Does it look like I'm getting paid to talk to you right now?" It was mean of her, but pretty much summed it up.