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Subject: Re: The REAL Bartenders
From: Spellbinder
Posted: Fri Jun 2. 2006, 10:20 UTC
Followup to: "Re: The REAL Bartenders"  by natter  (Fri Jun 2. 2006, 07:59 UTC)
> > I think in the eyes of your fellow tenders you will still be a 
> > 'rookie' until you have tacked on some experience to your belt.  Its 
> > just the way it is, i dont think anyone here has ever worked with 
> > somebody straight out of bartending school that could hold there own 
> > in a high volume place.  No big deal though cause those who have the 
> > skill will learn by being thrown to the wolves quite quickly. Those 
> > who dont will be let go.  
> > It doesnt make you an less of a bartender just cause you went to 
> > school, but in the eyes of your peers you will be 'second rate' until 
> > you learn the little things that make a great bartender. . .which 
> > comes with experience.  
> 
> Ifwe are talking about someone who only went to bartending school, 
> then I agree. I once had a boss who said that when looking at apps 
> that he considered bartending school about 2 weeks experience. I took 
> this post as saying someone who was working but took the route of 
> school rather than barback, at which point I think the distinction is 
> arbitrary. But if you are talking about someone who has ONLY gone to 
> school and has no practical experience, then I would say, no you are 
> not a REAL bartender.

I just thought I would mention...I recently went to bartending school for the 
sake of refreshing myself on little details and filling out some of the 
knowledge I hadn't gained from my former 2 years.  I can say from experience 
that the school was nice for trivial information, and I can credit them with 
being useful in forcing a beginner to learn recipes....but frankly, it doesn't 
give you a shred of real ability with anything other than memorizing recipes 
and possibly being a parrot for useless knowledge (or knowledge that's too 
advanced to be useful without much more experience.

-- 
Cody


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