Rant: Bartender Training
This past week, I've been asked by at least five people to teach them to bartender. I'd say half of them would never be able to cut it.
Alot of people say that bartending is easy, fast, big money. I would tend to agree with them. If you have that personality to deal with the ins and outs of the business.
I made over $350 on tuesday, working from 9pm-2am.
That is $70+ an hour. Who other than lawyers or chief executives make that kind of money.
However, bartending is not easy.
It requires you to be able to do a ridiculous amount of math in your head. It requires you to be able to serve every guest with the respect and a smile, regardless of how terribly the prick before them treated you. It requires you to be on your feet all the time (try working an 18 hour shift and tell me this is easy). It requires you to be able to handle the weeds (when you're 3 deep at the bar, your service tickets are backing up, the barback just broke a glass in your ice well, you're out of well vodka, captain morgan, and jagermeister, and the special is about to end).
To anyone who says being a bartender is easy, yes, you're right. Mixing drinks and serving them is not hard. Popping the top off of two Miller Lites takes not training.
To anyone who says being a great bartender is easy, I say fuck you. And I mean it, Fuck You! Until you've been surrounded by 100+ guests, all demanding your attention, all demanding alcohol, all drunk, and all beligerant and you've made it out with a cool head, you cannot call yourself a Great Bartender
Alot of people say that bartending is easy, fast, big money. I would tend to agree with them. If you have that personality to deal with the ins and outs of the business.
I made over $350 on tuesday, working from 9pm-2am.
That is $70+ an hour. Who other than lawyers or chief executives make that kind of money.
However, bartending is not easy.
It requires you to be able to do a ridiculous amount of math in your head. It requires you to be able to serve every guest with the respect and a smile, regardless of how terribly the prick before them treated you. It requires you to be on your feet all the time (try working an 18 hour shift and tell me this is easy). It requires you to be able to handle the weeds (when you're 3 deep at the bar, your service tickets are backing up, the barback just broke a glass in your ice well, you're out of well vodka, captain morgan, and jagermeister, and the special is about to end).
To anyone who says being a bartender is easy, yes, you're right. Mixing drinks and serving them is not hard. Popping the top off of two Miller Lites takes not training.
To anyone who says being a great bartender is easy, I say fuck you. And I mean it, Fuck You! Until you've been surrounded by 100+ guests, all demanding your attention, all demanding alcohol, all drunk, and all beligerant and you've made it out with a cool head, you cannot call yourself a Great Bartender
Labels: assholes, customers, drunk, fuck, kill, rant, vent, you
posted by Bartender Savant at 5:18 AM
2 Comments:
oooo...you sound hot. serious moxie
I just finished bartending school and cannot wait to go make some cash, and to enjoy some percocets or vicodens on the job!!! I s that common for bartenders to abuse??
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