A while back, we wrote about the best ways to get the bartender's attention and avoid all that awkward leaning between couples and jingling your fistful of Sacajawea dollars. Reader and publican "Nicole" takes today's Noble Prize for her two cents on the simple linear nature of getting served.

"Remember this: If you have just made it to the counter of a busy bar, you are still behind all the others at the bar. I work left to right, when someone gets their drinks and goes, another takes their place. This person is now last in line of everyone standing at the bar. I move right, then right again, and right again until I get back to them. Stop waving your money at me and shouting 'I'M NEXT.' You're not. But I will get to you. "

We know! We know. But it's really hard to be patient when you're sober.