One of the problems about bartending school students is that they tend to
"know it all" if/when they actually land a job. The school doesnt put you in
"real life situations."
This is what happens. Someone who works in an office decides, "hey....I wanna
be a bartender because it looks cool."
They sign up, finish a course (which I believe 95% of people can do), and land
a job. They think they know everything.
Now what? They go to work and now there is food service, cash handling, there
are servers with questions, drinks that they "didnt learn" in school, ways to
deal with management, irate customers, and the list goes on and on. God
forbid that the bar doesnt get full, or even 3 or 4 deep!
In this case, these are the ones that irritate me the most. I respect people
that got their job because they WORKED their way up. Not because they are a
pretty face or because they "bought" their job.
If you start off as a server, a busser, a barback, etc, you learn real life
experiences at the bar and when its your turn to bat, its a little "easier."
Dont get me wrong, there are some bartenders that cant even free pour a
standard shot to save their life, but for the most part, a good bartender will
learn and will always want to learn because its our trade!