> > well i do understand i wont be working the busiest shift right off
> >
> > the bat, but advice on how to get your name out there as a serious
> >
> > bartender is more of what i was going for...b/c neighborhood pubs do
> >
> > just usually serve beer and restaurants usually have the same
> > mandatory list containing mostly wine/beer...this is what i was
> > trying to avoid. your comment is what i know potential employers will
> >
> > be thinking too, she can't handle the job while in the
> > weeds...there's no experience! i think if i can handle five screaming
> >
> > kids that contiuosly want and need entirely every minute of everyday,
> >
> > i can handle customers that just need to be acknowledge no matter how
> >
> > busy you are.
>
> So, here's a couple questions...on your first day as a nanny, did you
> handle five screaming kids? Did you have prior life experience of
> some kind that would prepare you for handling five kids? Was there
> somebody there to help you?
>
> The answers to those questions, I'm pretty sure, should convey that
> it's not very many people that can handle the job while in the weeds.
> I think if a group of professional bartenders wrote out a list of
> all the things you need to be able to handle while behind a bar, you
> would have a huge laundry list of issues. You are saying that you
> can handle the customers (and that's the particular thing I had when
> I first started too). Add to that the ability to move quickly,
> memorize orders, know TONS of drink recipes, know all of the bottles,
> and lots of other things. Bar schools are a way of learning some
> beginning technical details, but they aren't going to prepare you for
> all of those things. It's not necessarily a bad idea to take it a
> little slower in the beginning to get a feel for all of the demands
> of bartending.
Exactly. Your drive to succeed is admirable, but don't convince yourself that
you're the end-all, be-all of bartenders just yet - you still have a lot to
learn. But, take it in stride and have fun with it, and you'll get there.