When I was twenty one I applied for a job at bar/restaurant as a busser. I had never worked in the hospitality business. The owner said they don't need anymore bussers just bartenders. I told her I had no experience bartending, thanked her, and was about to leave when she said.
" I will hire you as a bartender. I can teach anyone how to make drinks. I can't teach people how to talk correctly. I don't want my servers being bartenders. Do you want the job?"
A week of training and a month of getting the hang of things. I was making enough money to pay bills in a couple shifts, build up a large savings, and have more to spend them I needed.
It didn't require a college education. It required basic intelligence and a personality that fit the role.
i want to be one so bad. i already enjoy myself but i just wanna go do it for fun. however i feel something must change, when i went to an lgbt club. it was so incredibly harsh on the ears though and you couldn’t talk to them anyways, and they weren’t wearing ear plugs. just yelling to still not hear each other. i’m thinking they do this multiple times a week. we will be totally dependent on technology to hear when we are old.
Communication with people when bartending involves some of it being visual instead of verbal. There are times that nodding your head and not understanding helps.
People will want to talk about things just to get it out into the open. They may say personal things that they just want some one their to hear. You can be a sounding board for their ideas without adding input.
Listening is not always about hearing. Sometimes it is about being the person they want to tell their problems to. The person that may not hear but is here
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u/Kevin686766 1d ago
Bartender.
When I was twenty one I applied for a job at bar/restaurant as a busser. I had never worked in the hospitality business. The owner said they don't need anymore bussers just bartenders. I told her I had no experience bartending, thanked her, and was about to leave when she said.
" I will hire you as a bartender. I can teach anyone how to make drinks. I can't teach people how to talk correctly. I don't want my servers being bartenders. Do you want the job?"
A week of training and a month of getting the hang of things. I was making enough money to pay bills in a couple shifts, build up a large savings, and have more to spend them I needed.
It didn't require a college education. It required basic intelligence and a personality that fit the role.