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bartending (pg. 3)
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| quote: | Originally posted by lücid
i finished one a few months ago but wasn't 100% happy with it, so i kinda scrapped that idea. i might still put it up just because people have been asking me for new mixes... but i dunno, i just haven't really had the ambition to work on music stuff lately.
i need to do something that will get me out of the house and away from computers! |
You can call me, we'll go shopping and or drinking! |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by lücid
i need to do something that will get me out of the house and away from computers! |
Camping! See? I already dreamt about it for you. I must have known you would make this thread. |
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| lücid |
guise, i need something that's going to make me money... not make me spend more money i don't have.
and working the corner isn't an option. :( |
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| KiNeTiC ENeRgY |
| quote: | Originally posted by lücid
guise, i need something that's going to make me money... not make me spend more money i don't have.
and working the corner isn't an option. :( |
Heh, DJ'ing won't do it, thats for sure. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by lücid
guise, i need something that's going to make me money... not make me spend more money i don't have.
and working the corner isn't an option. :( |
Pffft, you'll never get anywhere with that attitude. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: |
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| hectorc |
| Bartending is good for cash on hand. Best days to bartend are usually the weekends from midnight to 5am or so, unless you can find a gig at a country club. I had a friend do it for a few years. The job itself is not too bad. The thing that made it tolerable was the people working with her, and the money. The downside to all of it was her missing out on social events with family and friends. Others calling off last minute and her filling in were killer at times. Be ready to anticipate something like that in the long run. |
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| biznology |
| quote: | Originally posted by hectorc
Bartending is good for cash on hand. Best days to bartend are usually the weekends from midnight to 5am or so, unless you can find a gig at a country club. I had a friend do it for a few years. The job itself is not too bad. The thing that made it tolerable was the people working with her, and the money. The downside to all of it was her missing out on social events with family and friends. Others calling off last minute and her filling in were killer at times. Be ready to anticipate something like that in the long run. |
yeah bartending sounds great, but you have to realize that you will only make lots of money if you work all the days you are grateful to have off currently. thurs-sun/mon late nights.
then again this is always the main tradeoff...having money or time to be social, never both. even the richest s in the world do not have time to just off and do nothing for two days, only poor people have that option| |
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| lücid |
| quote: | Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY
Heh, DJ'ing won't do it, thats for sure. |
oh, hell no. i've played out a bunch of times (always for free drinks or very cheap pay or nothing at all) but it's always been more of a hobby to me than anything else. too much bull, politics, fake attitudes, etc involved with getting gigs and doing it as a career... not for me, no thanks. |
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| chimera66 |
| my best friend and i took bartending classes in college and just bartened for fun at her boyfriend's frat or my house parties (which were serious business)...it's fun and if you were charging people you could do pretty well. |
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| Palladium |
| make rjt get a job |
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| Theresa |
Bartending can be fun for a while, but I found that it started to become draining. The late hours, the ty shifts, the stupid drunk idiots... however the money was pretty damn good.
In Ontario you have to get your license, and then you can take an optional course teaching you how to make a variety of drinks. If you are going to work in a fast paced bar with a lot of different type of drinks being ordered, I would really suggest taking the course. It sucks when the first couple of nights you're working you have to go through a book to figure out how to make a series of drinks for people - especially since speed is a key factor in how much you get in tips.
If you don't have a high tolerance for cat calls, rude comments, drunk belligerence, puke, fights, etc.etc. I wouldn't suggest working in your average bar. If you can find a place at a resort, or a nice restaurant, you wont have to deal with as much of this, however you're still going to deal with the politics of working with waitresses, and most likely having to share your tips.
If you can get fast, and you work in an average bar with a lot of customers, the money can be awesome... $150+ in one night.
I would choose bartending over waitressing any day. |
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