The protocol is primary evidence of stated house policy, not proven profitability or a current operating standard. Its 0.08 staff BAC threshold is not safe-work guidance. Comps, labor, service and financial statements need independent current verification before reuse.
Original synthesis from complete supplied-page reading and visual review; attributed source claims remain qualified.
Wondrich emphasizes reciprocity and listening without entitlement. Petraske's managerless comp protocol records an honor-system business philosophy and categories of discretionary hospitality.
PDF 246–252; numbered body print page = PDF page −4
Regulars and the comp protocol
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No access / Whiskey Excerpts Database (USWA)
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Evidence
Wondrich emphasizes reciprocity and listening without entitlement. Petraske's managerless comp protocol records an honor-system business philosophy and categories of discretionary hospitality.
Location and context
PDF 246–252; numbered body print page = PDF page −4.
Source No access; synthesis Regarding Cocktails — measured service, recipe families and attributed memories; citation
Regarding Cocktails — 20 Regulars and the comp protocol.
The book combines several narrators. Attribute recipes and essays to their printed contributor; the source-level author credit does not erase that provenance.
Annotation
The protocol is primary evidence of stated house policy, not proven profitability or a current operating standard. Its 0.08 staff BAC threshold is not safe-work guidance. Comps, labor, service and financial statements need independent current verification before reuse.
Verification checklist
No direct quotation, scientific validation, current operating instruction or public placement is claimed.