SOP — Pre-Shift Sheet¶

Required by Handbook §6 — Responsible Alcohol Service. Located in the MGMT office. Must be signed before a POS terminal is assigned. Alcohol service must never become routine.

What the employee reviews and signs, every shift¶

BAC Chart — approximate blood alcohol content by weight/gender/standard drinks over time ('possibly' / 'impaired' / 'legally' intoxicated).
Critical alcohol service policy — the ground rules: no under-21 service or entry, ID anyone who looks under 30, two standard drinks max at a time, ring before you bring (SDE on POS), cutoff = Cutoff Water Bottle + food + safe ride + Refusal of Service Report, Angel Shot response.
Shift information — today's events/promos, any 86'd items, guests currently banned or cut off, pour-test status (bartenders: cannot work with a pour test lapsed >1 week).

Manager/Shift Leader duties¶

Post the day's Pre-Shift Sheet before the first shift begins.
Collect signatures before assigning POS terminals — no signature, no terminal.
File completed sheets; retain per document-retention practice (they are evidence of TABC safe-harbor diligence).

Sheet contents (template)¶

VOODOO HUT — PRE-SHIFT SHEET            Date: ______  Shift: ______  MOD: ______

[ ] BAC chart reviewed (posted above)
[ ] Two-drink / SDE / ring-before-you-bring
[ ] Cutoff procedure & Refusal of Service Report
[ ] Angel Shot response
[ ] Today's events/promos: ______________________________________________
[ ] 86'd items: __________________________________________________________
[ ] Active cutoffs/bans: __________________________________________________
[ ] Pour test current (bartenders)          Last pass date: ______________

  Employee            Position         POS #        Signature       Time
  ────────────────    ────────────     ──────       ────────────    ─────

Digitization (phase 2 — see DISTRIBUTION_PLAN)¶

Tablet form at the MGMT office → n8n webhook → Postgres (preshift_signoff), POS assignment recorded, daily digest to Teams. Paper remains the fallback.