Bartenders in here?

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I was a Bartender/Mixologist. I was a senior in High School. Granted it was 35 years ago. We had draft beer and mixed drinks. I actually did enjoy the job (what of it I remember).

Just curious if anybody else here has held the Proud title of Bartender/Mixologist?

Randisist · Answer

I was a Bartender/Mixologist. I was a senior in High School. Granted it was 35 years ago. We had draft beer and mixed drinks. I actually did enjoy the job (what of it I remember).

Just curious if anybody else here has held the Proud title of Bartender/Mixologist?

bill702 · Answer

I did for a little bit at Harrahs, but it was usually just in the back of the house dealing with the cocktail waitresses. That&#x27;s when I first realized I hate dealing with dizzy b*tches and went to school. When I would fill in for the front of the house I realized drunks are worse to deal with when they lost a lot of money then dizzy b*tches, but the money was ridiculous.

SALTY · Answer

I was a bartender in middle school myself but gave up the title in high school to sit on the other side of the bar in the barstools.

TheGoldenGoose · Answer

Did it for about a year when I was in my early 20's. It was a good gig. Lock the place up at 1am and play pool in the back room and party until sunrise. Make a sandwich to bring home and call it a day. The good old days.

Randisist · Answer

Little history lesson... Texas drinking age... Lowered to 18 in 1973...I turned 18 and graduated high school in 1979...Raised to 19 in 1981...Raised to 21 in 1986...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._history_of_alcohol_minimum_purchase_age_by_stateI tended bar the last half of my high school year... How about it Pinocchio...  Does it seem plausible now?

Randisist · Answer

Senior Year of High School...

CMJohnson1 · Answer

Do it now...pain in the butt at times, but generally worth it

SALTY · Answer

I knew it was plausible but it still sounds funny to me to hear bartending in high school.

Randisist · Answer

It was just a job. Nobody I went to high school with knew. I knew if I told anybody I would end up with my "friends" showing up wanting to drink. I only worked 2 or 3 evenings a week, during the week when the regular wanted time off.

SALTY · Answer

I worked part time at most 2 nights a week as a doorman/security guy in my mid 20's.

I found out after I was hired that the security guys cleaned the bathrooms and changed trash bags through the night. 8 bucks an hour for at most 12-13 hours a week was not worth the trash and female tampon receptacles was not worth it just for that factor.

Oh, the plus was I recieved $1 drinks or beer when I was not working so I got my

worth there.

But after breaking up my 2nd fight in less than 2 month. The 2nd was a group fight midway through rap concert night where one crew had beef with another crew. I was putting myself in harms way like you wouldn't believe over one rapper disrespecting one of the other 7 or so acts that were there to perform. Crazy stuff going down quick and there I am wearing a black security shirt and got in the middle of it but I was not struck once

And the next week I cashed a whopping $44 check

I just don't think getting cheap drinks was worth catching a shank or getting shot trying to defend a local rapper.

BusinessTime · Answer

Bartender in Vegas. Clear 100,000 a year at a local bar. Work 30 hours a week. I'll pass on the corporate rat race. As long as you go home every night and skip the booze and gambling you're doing better than most.

NoWorries21 · Answer

Great gig and if I could right job I would do it now. But I am out on the fruity drinks. I bartended end of college and just out and had a ball. We were only ones around with license to serve till 2 am so we got late nighters plus all local bartenders and servers when they got off. Thats where the good money was as they do the same thing and get it. My last day everyone kinda said goodbyes as I was moving and my regulars were very generous.

speak2truth · Answer

ANYONE who calls himself a mixologist should immediately surrender his bar card.

gprixwvu · Answer

A little background, I worked in bars/restaurants all through college and did everything from dish washer to bartender at the Olive Garden.

I owned a local sports bar for 4 years, 2004-2008 in NJ.

When times were good, it was great....when things slowed down, it sucked real bad

Overall, great learning experience and I often think about doing it again someday, but now with a family I realize its a young man's game and even at the age of 32 I'm retired from the night time biz.

People think the bar/restaurant buisness is so glamorous and sexy because the cash doesn't stop rolling in, but what they don't realize is they only see then end product; that particualar night they're there. They don't realize all the work and preparation that it takes to get to that point.

I own a power tool biz now and it's definatley not as sexy or glamorous, but much more profitable. I'm home most nights by 6 and can enjoy my weekends with my boys for the most part.

I would reccomend at least working in some capacity in the bar/restaurant buisness at some point, just so that you can see what actually goes into it and meet all the crazy people that pull it off. Once, you've been in the biz, you know that it takes a certain type of person to work in the service biz. Plus, you'll learn a lot and have some great stories....I know I do hahahaha

baronman · Answer

SALTY, IM STILL BARTENDING ON CALL AT ANAHEIM HILTON HOTEL BEST JOB EVER MEET PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD,IF ITS HOSTED ITS GREAT AN MAKE ALOT $$$.JUST OVERPOUR A LITTLE .IF ITS CASH PEOPLE ARE CHEAP &amp; YOU GOT TO WATCH YOUR PC ON EVERY EVENT ,LOT $$ IS UNDER THE TABLE (SCREW UNCLE SAM,HE SCREWS US) GIVE YOU EXAMPLE YEARS AGO DID HOSTED IRS PARTY THEY DRANK FREE ALL NIGHT &amp; FREE BUFFETT ON YOUR &amp; MINE TAX $$ TOLD THEM  THATS WHERE MY TAXS GO THEY LAUGHED . THEY WERE GOOD TIPPERS THOUGH. ALSO DID US GOVT DENTAL HOSTED BAR &amp; BUFFET THEY WERE CELBRATING GETTING 300 MILLION DENTAL CONTRACT ALSO SELL REAL ESTATE DOWNTOWN HUNTINGTON BEACH  YET IT IS YOUNG PERSONS GIG UNLESS YOU KNOW SOMEONE THEY PREFER YOUNG GIRLS WITH BIG BOOBS UNDER 30 I HAVE ALOT GREAT STORIES LIKE MOST BARTENDERS HAVE WAITED OVER YEARS KEN NORTON,DON NEWCOMB(DODGER GREATIN 60S)REGGIE JACKSON,MARILUE HENER(TAXI SHOW) CONCERTS ALIC COOPER,SAMMY HAGGARD,EARTH WIND &amp; FIRE WISH I WAS YOUNGER ALL OVER AGAIN CARE FREE SINGLE,DRINK MORE ETC.

Skipbone · Answer

JEEZUS STOP YELLING.

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