Thursday, July 26, 2012

The task of being a bartender

Anyone can pour a beer.....right? Anyone can mix a rum and coke...how hard can that be?




If it was that simple everyone would do it...and be broke. Being a bartender takes much more than just mixing, pouring and serving you drinks.

Walk into any bar and ask for a "Dirty Monkey" and you will see how difficult being a bartender is. It's the drinks that are rarely asked for, no one has heard of that separates the professional bartenders from the "just until something better comes along." I'm not saying that the professional bartenders are always going to know what a Dirty Monkey is but the good ones will look at you and say, "okay, you've stumped me...how do you make it." This is not a job you can "fake it till you make it" as there is nothing worse than ordering a drink and having something other than what you ordered served to you.

If you are one of these clients, you know the type (Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally), if you order an "uncommon" drink do yourself (and your bartender) a favor and confirm the ingredients in the drink.

Now for the hardest part of a bartender's job....listening to you.....do I dare say the word "complain" about your life, your job, your spouse or the guy at the end of the bar. More people "talk" to bartender's than Psychiatrists....one reason is they are cheaper. If you are one of these people who bend the ear of your bartender......remember to TIP THEM WELL, it's still cheaper than professional help.

The next time you find yourself in a bar take 10 minutes of your time there and watch how hard your bartender works, how much your bartender remembers of their customers and how difficult the job actually is.

Appreciation is appreciated by everyone. Show some to your bartender the next time you see them.

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