yeah, maybe they will compensate me, i have to pay for to start orientation later this week. i usually hate when people start threads on stuff they can research but i was trying to get around paying. so since i started it, can i bartend with it?
Yea just get experience at a restaurant. Bar tending school is one of the greatest scams ever. I've been a bartender and all I did was work somewhere for a while and wait until there was an opening.
If that's something you want to do down the road, get the Harvard bar tending guide... I think that's what it's called and start studying up on your mixology. Takes a while to learn most of the popular drinks. It's a simple book but has great tips. Turnaround in a restaurant is insane so after 6 months you will be a veteran at most places. That's when you'd have a shot at a bar tending job if management likes you.
these were great responses thank you. i think i've been open recently on my job situation. well i'm openly embracing this job. i've been thinking long and hard about business consulting and i want to specialize in the restaurant industry. my first job out of college was in a lending training program at sterling bank, catering to small business. my number one rule from banking: never give someone a restaurant loan to someone who has never run a restaurant. seriously, not restaurant lending rule, overall rule. i've mentioned my brother on here as well, he is a very successful transaction attorney. well my brother is eleven years older, we don't talk much, just age difference. well i found out after the fund raising stage that he put together a million dollars of friend's money to franchise a frat brother's restaurant. i do not have faith in this but i've obviously kept this to myself, family politics, who am to question my much older very well to do brother. but down the line i'm looking at helping him. i will be working at a national chain, hell applebee's, no need to be secretive. i scored well on their personality test so the lower level manager let it slip that i'm prime material for their management training program.
The restaurant business is what has fed me my whole life and I can say it is tough. Working for a chain is a good way to see successful organization but the key is to find a niche. Good luck to your brother and good luck to you. The key is to always stay positive, you're never behind as long as you're smiling in the customers eyes.
