The girl at the bar: the profession of a bartender
Girls-bartenders are still perceivedvisitors with surprise. This is most likely due to the fact that female representatives rarely meet in this area. This is explained by the complexity of the work, both moral and physical.
After all, the work of a bartender is not only basic,the visible part of everything, that is, the mixing of drinks, and the standing on the legs during the whole shift, listening not always to adequate clients and a lot of things that the ordinary visitor of the bar does not notice. Most often bartenders are young people, students who want to earn money in their free time.
Only select and indifferent to thisskill people stay here for a long time. If you suddenly see a bartender at the age of 30, then you know - you are very lucky and it is unlikely that such a person is not a master of his craft.
Girls are bartenders, often if they come forbar stand, they become true Asses in this craft. Since they are preconceived in advance, men consider this sphere their own and do not want to share their deserved territory. Such competition can be called a natural selection, which is for the best - there are only talented and efficient women.
To bartenders, both girls and guys, a number of requirements are presented, among which:
- Good memory and attentiveness
- Sociability
- Adequate, clear and competent speech
- Artistry
- Stress resistance
- Patience
- Physical Stamina
What you need to become a barman
Good memory is necessary for memorizing ingredients anda large number of drinks. Memory and mindfulness is also necessary when communicating with customers. After all, a regular customer will be pleased if the barman remembers his favorite drink or the ratio of ingredients in the cocktail. Also often clients share personal information, attentiveness to such details can help to maintain the conversation, because the barman is not just a "vending machine", but in a sense a psychologist.
Sociability It is necessary, as barmen communicate with differentcategories of people who, by the way, are not always pleasant and nice, some consider servicing personnel of lower rank. For a female bartender, this may present a particular problem, since most of the clients of a bar or club drink and may be intrusive in their communication, often use obscene language. You need to be ready for this and try to solve any problem with the help of a sense of humor and charm, at the very least - guardians of the institution.
Adequate, clear and competent speech is connected with the same necessity of correctcommunication. When choosing employees, many managers pay special attention to this point, since the barman is the face of the institution. Also on this indicator it is possible to determine many characteristics of the future employee, starting from the level of education and ending with the propensity to steal.
The barman can be a highlight of the establishment, and the artistic bartender - a true find for any bar. Often, even a special bartender show, where you can show your vivid qualities, and also earn big tips.
The need for a high level of resistance to stress is connected with communication with a large number of people, because this can be both a plus of this work, and a minus.
Patience in work bartender needed. His test of strength begins with the very basics of knowing this profession, because we rarely specially learn for this mastery of the skills of this craft, so it will take a difficult path from the barman's assistant to the real master of this business. The barman is considered a professional not earlier than a year after the beginning of work, then you can already improve your skills and participate in various competitions. A female bartender must also be ready for discrimination, both from clients and colleagues. Here, only patience and a high level of ownership of your business will help to cope with this.
Physical Stamina is often a weak spot for girls-bartenders. Change the bartender is about 10 hours, all this time you need to spend on your feet, which in itself is difficult. Often you need to wear kegs with beer or boxes of drinks, but this issue can always be solved with management and colleagues.
The profession of a bartender is attractive for its merits, and it is easy to cope with shortcomings, which women-bartenders successfully prove that have reached real heights in this matter and they are not few.
Author: Katerina Sergeenko
