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Re: What's a BARBACK?
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| From: | Adam
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| Posted: |
Wed May 31. 2006, 10:02 UTC
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| Followup to: | "What's a BARBACK?" by SFboy (Wed May 31. 2006, 01:56 UTC)
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If you want it summed up in one phrase, it's this: "The shitkicker."
That being said, having worked (and trained) some pisspoor barbacks, I've also
worked with some really switched on and intelligent barbacks. There was this
one guy I would happily have traded the other three bartenders for, and just
let the two of us handle the crowd. His work ethic and dedication was
seriously that noticable.
I know a bartender (now back here in Bris, but was in London) who took his
barback with him to every bar he worked at in the UK. They had such a
relationship that all the tender had to do was point, motion, or grunt and the
barback knew exactly what he wanted.
It's the bottom rung to start at (aside from glassie / busser), but as Bippo
said once
> You can tell if a bartender has been a barback before, they know how
> to move around their barbacks, other tenders, and what to throw at
> their barback for replacement as they need it.
[Bippo] Re: help appreciated!
Any Webtender will tell you having decent barbacks with a brain between their
ears makes the night a whole lot easier.
Adam
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