Bartender Essays

  • What Are the Basics of Bartending?

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    When it comes to bartending, there are a handful of basics that every beginner bartender will be expected to know. Every bartender that is either applying for a job, or just looking to serve at a local party should posses a solid grasp on the tools they will work with, as well as the technique's that they will be putting into practice to ensure every beverage they serve is top quality. Once you have learned the basics of the trade, you will have a solid foundation on which you can continue learning

  • Bartending

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    for waiters and waitresses and I’m not being tipped out for that, while I’m still making the drinks, which is kind of bogus. I have off and on thoughts about Applebee’s. It could be good one night and bad another.” John holds a second job as a bartender at Banana Joe’s. This is where he makes most of his money and spends the least of his time. “Now Banana Joe’s has a good atmosphere. There’s a lot of young kids looking for a good time and I like to help them out, but you don‘t want to get them

  • Classification Essay: The Types of Drinkers

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    . middle of paper ... ...he air with gusto. Everyone in the bar saw it coming and yet the bartender still let it happen.. I would like to call it boredom on the bartender's behalf due to wanting something to stir up the crowd and get the Freshman out the door and make the scene balanced once again. The next time you walk into a bar and see that all the elements seem to be at balance and the bartender is smiling ear to ear, you'll know that this will be the bar you'll stay at. The Social Drinker

  • Correlation of the Behavior of Female Waitresses at Sports Bars and the Tips Given By Male Customers

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    servers and bartenders are females. Why is this, one might ask. The most obvious reason is that they draw in more male customers to drink beer and eat food. If a male patron were to walk into a sports bar, he would stay longer and spend more money because he would tend to be checking out a server that he considered attractive. Servers usually know this so they tend to expose themselves more and dress accordingly to attract more guys and hopefully to receive larger tips. One bartender interviewed

  • The Importance Of Become A Bartender

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    How to Become a Bartender Oct 16,2013 - by Bartender ProIf you want a fun job where you can make people happy, then learn how to become a bartender. Bartenders mix cocktails and serve drinks to customers. As a bartender, you will make sure the bar is fully stocked and well run. If you’re wondering how to become a bartender, you’ve come to the right place.Contrary to popular belief, you do not need to go to school to become a bartender. Many bartenders learn on the job or

  • What Is The Theme Of A Clean Well-Lighted Place

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    “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” takes place in a café, revealing a simple conversation between a young and an older waiter regarding a regular old client. We learn the characteristics of those waiters through their conversations. One is young, energetic, confident, and very reluctant. While in comparison the other is an old, but wise, experienced, and sympathetic barman. As the story progresses, it reveals the message it is trying to get across its reader. The story is conveying how an old person differs

  • Bartender Job Description Essay

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    Bartender Job Description | How to Become a Bartender HQWhat is a bartender job description? People communicate with bartenders every day but few really know what a bartender even is. A bartender, also known as a barkeeper, bar attendant or mixologist, is a person who serves drinks, mixes cocktails and keeps the bar fully stocked. Bartenders are often well known by local customers who visit the bar regularly.They mix drinks based on orders from customers at the bar. They need to know how to make

  • Why I Want To Be A Bartender Essay

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    friend's brother, Ryan, would come home from the bar and tell us stories about what happened to him that day. I don’t plan on being a bartender my whole life, only throughout high school and college years. I'll be 18 in May of my junior year, and I'll want a summer job between my junior and senior year. In the state of Pennsylvania, you are able to become a bartender at 18 years old (Bartending Blueprints). It's very convenient for me and when I want a job. I probably won't have my driver licenses

  • Who's to Blame?

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    What is a bartender? Merriam Webster states it’s a person who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar. Nowhere in the definition does it say, “Attend to behavior”, or, “Watch for drunken disorder.” “Bartenders are those that fill orders of patrons at a bar itself or are given a beverage order by a waiter or a waitress that he or she will pick up and serve to the patron.” (Benson, Beth). Being a bartender takes patience, and a great deal of responsibility. A job is a job no matter what the job

  • Jacob Bassa

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    Bartenders work behind the bar; making drinks for customers as well as for waiters and waitresses who need to refill a drink order at their tables. Bartenders make alcoholic beverages every day, but they also are required to have a good handle on serving people, especially intoxicated people, handing cash and credit cards, and working with specialty equipment. “Did you know there are more than 1,000 drink recipes?” (I Seek Careers), and some of the best bartenders know them all. They see a lonely

  • Bartending And Drinking Violations

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    Imagine this very common scenario: a man or woman walks into a crowded bar, where the bartender(s) cannot possibly be expected to keep a careful eye on every single patron. He or she pays cash all night for their drinks, preventing the bartender from keeping a concise list of what the patron drank and seeing how drunk he or she may be. The entire time, as he or she is an experienced drunk, is speaking clearly and precise, and walking cleanly enough that you believe him or her to be far less drunk

  • Cocktail Waitress Summary

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    examples support this unbalanced social structure. For example, bartenders often enjoy an alcoholic beverage before or on the job, yet waitresses needed special permission to do the same. Usually waitresses were allowed soda or water until Brady’s closed. Rarely, a bartender decided it was momentarily acceptable for a specific waitress to enjoy a cocktail before or during employment, but she was expected to flood the gracious bartender with praise and gratitude for this rare opportunity. Likewise,

  • ALL YOU ZOMBIES

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    short story. It all starts when the bartender approaches a sad soul setting at the bar. He asks the fellow to tell him what is wrong. Though reluctant to, the gentleman does after being persuaded to by a bottle of wine. The deal was that if his story was worse then the bartenders he could keep the bottle all for himself. This is a paradox because the reader finds out later in the story that both men are one in the same with the held of time travel. The bartender knowing this has nothing to loose because

  • Parasexuality In Bottle Girls

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    explore the ways in which the female bartender and the bottle girl employ parasexuality in their jobs and the way that parasexuality affects the class structure of women working in clubs. Further, the way that, while parasexuality is used to the advantage of women in both those positions, it can also lead to sexual harassment and may complicate the question of what constitutes harassment when sexuality is part of the job.

  • Asis1: Questions And Answers

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    is needed to be one, so I could do it in college or as a first job if I cannot find one when I finish college (assuming I go to college). The average wage for bartenders is about $23 per hour, which is more than triple minimum

  • Dont Blame Me

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    we're discussing is the simple fact if it is a bar's, bartender, or waiters' responsibility for their customers actions once they leave. Some people believe so, like our State of Texas. The question is whose respoonsibility really is it? I actually don't believe that it is no one persons responsibility for how much one person drink, except for the people themselves. The State on the other had believes and enforces thatit is the bar's, bartender, ot waiters' responsibility. Personally, I don't think

  • The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot

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    groomed woman surrounded by marvelous furnishings. As she waits for a lover, her neurotic thoughts become frantic, and her day culminates for a game of chess. The second part of this section shifts to a bar, where two women discuss a third woman. The bartender constantly calls out, “HURRY UP PLEASE IT’S TIME” (the bar is closing). In between the bartender’s announcements, one of the women recounts a conversation with her friend Lil, whose husband has just been discharged from the army. She complains about

  • Hate My Job

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    but the top reasons I really hate working there because of how noisy it is, the smelly areas, and the unfairness to my fellow employees. Firstly, I hate my job because they are really unfair with everything; servers and bartenders always get special treatment. Servers and bartenders get to do whatever they want whenever they want; they get to sit down and talk to friends that comes to visit without a word being said to them by a manager. One of the server’s friends came in to visit her, and she went

  • Creative Writing: The Bar

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    "Anything, surprise us," Jessie stated. I laid $40 on the mirror-like countertop and pushed it towards the bartender. "keep the change," I insisted. She didn't refuse it, nor would I. Within a few minutes we all had various drinks in front of us just calling our names. Drink, after drink, after drink. They just seemed to keep on coming. After a while vodka

  • Personal Narrative Essay: The Monotony Of Our Life

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    entered, the bartender had been busy washing wine glasses in a basin tucked away under the bar. He looked up at Evan and Angela while they seated themselves and said, “There’s no waitress on duty, so if you folks would like anything just let me know.” “Two coffees,” replied Evan, and then he looked down at Liam. “And a milk for the kid if you got it.” “Chocolate,” Liam demanded. “Chocolate milk,” Evan called back to the bartender. “Yeah, I should be able handle that,” the bartender responded. “We