Message 8104 of 39188 in General Discussion

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> Due to my lack of experience, I've made a few mistakes already at my 
> part-time gig. My boss has been understanding on some points, not as 
> much on others. So my question(s) would be what is the first thing 
> that you do when you go on duty? I had always thought the first thing 
> would be check your supplies, get bar set up and so forth. But I was 
> told the first thing I should do is check the CO2 tanks and replace 
> as needed. Since I'm only there twice a week, I would have thought 
> the regular bartender would have done this, but it was me that got 
> chewed out for it. There are other thing that I'm learning as I go 
> along, so hopefully by the time all is said and done, I'll be ready 
> for just about anything. Are there any other good rules of thumb I 
> should know of? At any rate, any advice would be greatly appreciated. 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Rick 

Rick,

 As a person who has worked in the industry for a while and am presently 
running the show in my current "gig", one thing that you will have to get good 
at is impressing people. Start with your boss. Next time he comes to you with 
a sudgestion, complaint or lesson just look at him and say "no problem, i can 
do that" and make it a goal to never screw that up again. Excuses dont work. 
Sorry to say but this industry can be a little hard on rookies. So...make some 
friends. Work hard. Have fun and impress the boss. If the first thing he needs 
you to do is check the co2 then that is the first thing you do.

Buck