They are to blame to a degree as evidenced by the comments made here. A checker at the grocery store will not sell booze to a drunken customer. It is nothing less than a sin to give free drinks to someone who is ready to leave. The bottom line is to keep them there, with free drinks, cute bartenders, WHATEVER it takes. It may not be their fault but NO batender was ever a friend to my household. Sorry but too many nights some car came pulling in at 4am to dump my drunk husband off in the dooryard after they cleaned out his wallet and INTENTIONAllY set out to do so. I'm pretty fixed on bartenders who know exactly what they are doing. Bartenders who whos big mouths drive wives to their knees.