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Subject: Re: Q on gaining experience...
From: Cupajo
Posted: Thu Mar 21. 2002, 13:02 UTC
Followup to: "Q on gaining experience..."  by veriria  (Thu Mar 21. 2002, 07:48 UTC)
Sounds to me like he is just trying to increase his stable of waitresses.  
What he told you is dead wrong.  How can you learn to be a bartender of you 
spend all your time out in the dining room?  I would kindly explain to this 
guy that you would rather have a job behind the bar and if he is unwilling to 
provide that, look elsewhere.

> Ok, if you didn't know, i'm 20 years old, but I am seriously looking 
> at becoming a bartender.  I don't have the money, and I don't think I 
> really want to actually go to a bartending school.  I've read through 
> past posts here about bartending schools vs. becoming a barback or a 
> cocktail waiter/ress, so I know pretty much whats going on with 
> that.
> 
> Anyways, I recently found out that in Indiana (of course thats where 
> I live) you only have to be 19 to serve alcohol; I had thought it was 
> 21 so I had pretty much abandoned the thought until I turned 21.  Ok, 
> anyways, I had a first interview for a restaurant/sports bar that was 
> fairly new and was hiring.  I wrote on the application that I wanted 
> to be a barback, and explained that I thought it would be a good way 
> to gain experience in bartending - mainly because I see a lot of 
> people here say its one of the best ways to go about it.  Well, this 
> guy (who was also the owner) started saying that he NEVER had a 
> bartender who started out as a barback turn into an even mediocre 
> bartender...He said the best bartenders he had started out as 
> waitresses ... It just kind of seemed like he was trying to get me to 
> become a food runner or a waitress instead of a barback, because I 
> see so many people on this forum say being a barback gives you good 
> experience of how the bar is run, etc. stuff like that ...
> 
> Ok well I guess my question is, lol, does anyone else think like 
> this?  This is the first guy I've ever encountered to say that being 
> a barback isn't a good way to start out on the road to becoming a 
> bartender...
> 
> I dunno, I just had to gripe ^_^
> 
> Cheers~


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