> Bartending is a great part-time job to earn extra cash while going to
> school. The money is just too easy. There are all kinds of parties
> and events that you're invited to because you meet everyone. The
> girls would love to meet you for a drink when you get off. It's so
> fun that school suffers eventually and is put on hold. There's no
> motivation to return right now. After leaving the bar at midnight or
> later, who wants to study? Who wants to wake up and go to class?
> Four, five years later you're getting a little older and the thought
> of becoming an old bartender is depressing. But the lifestyle still
> has a hold on you. You're not trained to do anything else to make
> more money. You toy with the idea of returning to school, but then
> you wonder, what for? What job even sounds appealing to me at this
> point? You feel trapped in the bar like that guy in the Billy Joel
> song and you wonder, "How can I ever get out of this place?"
Yes, as a matter of fact. I kept returning to school, and I am
probably going to quit tending bar next June after thrity years. It isn't such
a bad ride to be an old bartender, but looking back, I would have returned to
school with more intent.
Fillup.