> > Several times on this board I have seen posts that say managers laugh
> >
> > at an applicant who lists bartending school on the app. Just
> > wondering why is that? Incidently, I have never attended a school,
> >
> > just curious.
>
> Like everyone else has said, Its all in the students attitude. I attended
> bartending school just to pretty much get the basics of the biz. I got alot
> out of it but I wish the showed us how to stock the bar, or keep inventory, or
> keep the back clean and where everything should go instead of showing us how
> to layer a B52....which I have yet to see done in a busy bar. So I am about
> ready to accept a Food & Beverage Manager position at a ski resort and lucky
> what I REALLY needed to know I got from experience, not school. When I
> "graduated" bartending school I was nervous as hell and still am (especially
> since I will now be the boss), but if you have enough confidence and not TOO
> much you'll be fine. So while I do recommed someone that doesnt know much
> about the hospitaly scene to check out a school, I dont think that for 3 or 4
> hundred dollars you shell into it, that is a necessity. Good Luck either
> way!
Erin