Tonight marked my first official night behind the bar at the new place. Of course within an hour of clocking in and setting up the bar, I broke a wine glass in my ice. It wasn't that big of a deal. It was slow and I had plenty of time to burn (melt) and refill my well with new ice. I was just glad to get something like that out of the way early on in my shift.
On my first official night behind my other bar, I opened a bottle of champagne and it exploded all over the bar and the girl training me. At the time, I was mortified. I had opened a million bottles of champagne during my bartending career and never once had I ever sprayed a bar or another person. After pulling a stunt like that on my first night, one would have thought I had never bartended a night in my life. Even worse, I thought the bar would tell me "thanks, but no thanks" and un-hire me. Luckily for me, I got to keep the job. Now that I look back that night, I laugh and realize that the girl training me actually deserved to wear that bottle of champagne. She was such a bitch and unnecessarily rude to me. But that's a whole other story...
Overall my first night went rather smoothly. It's only going to get easier from here.
3 comments:
ugh i hate bitchy co-workers.
how do you deal as bartender in such close quarters?
i have another question...
what kind of picture should you send if they ask for your resume and photo...obviously it's a looks based job but too dressy or just casual...
not sure
has this happened to you?
Dealing with bitchy co-workers is just like dealing with bitchy customers. You just have to grin and bear it sometimes.
As for resume photos, I hate it when places ask me for a photo. My resume should be just fine to get me in the door for the interview. I figure they will get a good look at me in person. But if they require a photo, I would recommend a nice headshot.
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