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Subject: Re: How to move from BOH to bartender?
From: luv2dv8
Posted: Fri Mar 22. 2002, 19:19 UTC
Followup to: "How to move from BOH to bartender?"  by Phjorg  (Fri Mar 22. 2002, 11:03 UTC)
I guess you can only be a kitchen bitch for so long before you're ready to 
spead your wings and start dealing with customers!
I found myself in a very similar situation last year when I wanted to move 
from floor staff to bar staff at one of my bars. At the time I was head 
waitress, but the fact of the matter was there was more $$$ to be made as a 
bartender and I had school to pay for.
What you need to do is throw your weight around a bit. Tell a white lie, 
mention to your managers that you were talking to someone who offered you a 
job working as both a bartender and a cook. Tell them that the offer is 
tempting, but you really like where you're employed now. Then ask them if you 
can start taking one or two bar shifts, mornings or slower nights, on top of 
your kitchen schedual. They will probably realise that it's better to have you 
on the bar and in the kitchen than looking for a new job, because the fact of 
the matter is lots of bars would die to have someone who can do both. If you 
picked up kitchen work that quickly, you'll probably become a valuable 
bartender in no time and they'll be more than acomadating with your schedual. 
Make them think that they can have a cook/bartender or nothing at all.... 
guess which on they'll opt for. But be prepared to get schedualed crappy bar 
shifts and still work busy nights in the kitchen until everyone gets used to 
your move.
Hope everything works out for you.....


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