> > 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