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Subject: Re: Bartending Schools! READ THIS!
From: DonLouie
Posted: Tue Jul 26. 2011, 19:28 UTC
Followup to: "Re: Bartending Schools! READ THIS! "  by Jeremiah  (Wed Jul 20. 2011, 20:39 UTC)
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!


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