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Subject: Re: Challenges?
From: doneil
Posted: Wed Sep 27. 2006, 17:38 UTC
Followup to: "Challenges?"  by Adam  (Wed Sep 27. 2006, 16:39 UTC)
> I'm just curious to see whether it's a common trait or not.

For me it is. I'm constantly doing something new to keep myself amused 
(bartending, writing, part time lab job doing molecular pathology (no joke)). 
My last two bartending jobs I quit because they lacked that challange that 
keeps me going. My wife thinks I'm crazy, but she also realizes that whenenver 
I try something new I'll give 100% and usually be good enough at it to pay the 
bills. But challange is the only thing I ever look for in a job. 

Bartending for me is a challange in two ways. One getting people to experience 
new drinks, not the same old thing and getting the owners to try to be modern 
and not falling bakc to their comfort zone.

When a new bottle of booze comes out, I'm pretty compulsive and for some 
reason I need to own or try it. Except vodka's.

As for whether this is a common trait in the F&B world, I don't think so. Most 
of the people I've worked with look for the easiest way to make the most 
money. New bars / restaurants represent that opportunity because they usually 
have a spike is customer count for the first six months to a year. Then 
something new comes along.

-- 
Darcy S. O'Neil 
The Art of Drink
http://www.theartofdrink.com


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