How hard is it to bartend?

GoingUp

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Ive been also considering trying to get a job as a bartender. I have no previous experience and I'd still need to learn about how to make a lot of different drinks. Are most bars or resturants willing to train on the job? What could you make a night in tips?
 

screw3d

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I'm guessing you'll need one hell of a patience to deals with a bunch of drunk jerks?
 

GoingUp

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Originally posted by: screw3d
I'm guessing you'll need one hell of a patience to deals with a bunch of drunk jerks?

for some decent $$$ ill put up with it
 

loup garou

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:music:
I learned a Red Snapper, Kamikazi, Long Island Iced Tea
Black Russian, Fuzzy Navel, and a Sex on the Beach!
Bloody Mary, Margarita, SLOE! GIN! FIZZ!
Learn to make 'em all on the rocks with a twist
There's a school to attend that I highly recommend
You call 1 800 BARTEND!
:music:
 

spidey07

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Its not hard.

It is however difficult to be good at it. You need lots of practice. At a crowded place you can make a lot of dough in tips.
 
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Originally posted by: spidey07
Its not hard.

It is however difficult to be good at it. You need lots of practice. At a crowded place you can make a lot of dough in tips.

What he said. I always found it a fun job. Drunk chicks are one of America's most precious natural resources.
 

MustangSVT

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depending on the quality.

there are bartenders that dont know to make any drinks..

and there are bartenders who know what they are doing.
 

miri

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Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
Ive been also considering trying to get a job as a bartender. I have no previous experience and I'd still need to learn about how to make a lot of different drinks. Are most bars or resturants willing to train on the job? What could you make a night in tips?

If you have no experience bartending there is no chance you will get a job starting as a bartender in a decent establishment. Unless your female and really hot. You have to start off as a barback or a waiter. Bartending is a senior position that a lot of waiters and barbacks move into. You just cant come off the street with 0 bartending experience and expect to get a job infront of all the waiters and barbacks that work there that are waiting for bartending positions to open up.
 

spidey07

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And a little tip for everybody.

tip your bartender extremely well and you'll drink for free the rest of the night.
 

Poulsonator

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"I see America drinking the fabulous cocktails I make.
America's getting stinking on something I stir or shake.

The Sex on the Beach, the schnapps made from peach,
The Velvet Hammer, the Alabama Slammer.

I make things with juice and froth,
The Pink Squirrel, the Three-Toed Sloth.

I make drinks so sweet and snazzy,
The Iced Tea, the Kamikaze.

The Orgasm, the Death Spasm,
The Singapore Sling, the Ding-a-Ling.

America, you're just devoted,
to every flavor I've got.

But if you want to get loaded,
Why don't you just order a shot!"
 

miri

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Originally posted by: BigJ
Very difficult to be a good bartender.

Pretty easy just to get certified.

Certified? What is that. Is that that 2 week thing you see on tv commericals? Ive never met a bartender that went to one of those.
 

miri

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Originally posted by: spidey07
you need a license.

The establisment needs a license to sell alcohol. Bartenders do not need to be licensed, at least not in my state, Virginia.
 

JoPh

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invest in bartending school. ive always wanted to go just for fun. dont drink a lot. but i enjoy making drinks. its fun.

i make a wicked cosmo.
 

phreakah

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Originally posted by: JoPh
invest in bartending school. ive always wanted to go just for fun. dont drink a lot. but i enjoy making drinks. its fun.

i make a wicked cosmo.

any idea how much the average bartending school costs?
 

JoPh

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Originally posted by: phreakah
Originally posted by: JoPh
invest in bartending school. ive always wanted to go just for fun. dont drink a lot. but i enjoy making drinks. its fun.

i make a wicked cosmo.

any idea how much the average bartending school costs?


no idea. never looked into prices.
 

mdchesne

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For your noob experience: http://www.webtender.com/
you have no previous experience? forget it then. you'd just be a bumbling bartended (the worst kind). like putting a noob as the pilot of the only BF2 helicopter left.

have you ever mixed a drink before? ever even drank? Know the terminology? whats a granny? whats a black and tan? Whats a mother-in-law? Here, without googling, tell me how to pour a white russian. or a dry matrini. or an easy one: scotch on the rocks. you know what rocks are? How do you shake? Whats a highball glass? how is the salt on the margarita glass put on? Whats Sour Mix? How do you compare a jigger to an ounce, and an ounce to a shot?
 

mitmot

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Originally posted by: mdchesne
you have no previous experience? forget it then. you'd just be a bumbling bartended (the worst kind). like putting a noob as the pilot of the only BF2 helicopter left.

have you ever mixed a drink before? ever even drank? Know the terminology? whats a granny? whats a black and tan? Whats a mother-on-law? Here, without googling, tell me how to pour a white russian. or a dry matrini. or an easy one: scotch on the rocks. you know what rocks are? How do you shake? Whats a highball glass? how is the salt on the margarita glass put on? Whats Sour Mix? How do you compare a jigger to an ounce, and an ounce to a shot?

*raises white flag*