She actually asked me, How do you make a Cape Cod, My fellow bartender, working right beside me.Now of course I told her, I even told her without sarcasm. I held my tongue and I have never mention this to anyone, in fact I don’t even remember which girl it was, ( there are about 50 of us that work in a concert venue),
Today I am thinking about my profession, Bartending, and adding up my skills, my worth, what makes me better or worse than other bartenders. I don’t like the direction my mind takes me, as I start to notice that there are so many women bartenders. First of all, stop what you’re thinking. I know that there are woman and men bartenders better than me, and I accept my place in the world WHATEVER rung of the ladder I land on. That said, The food and beverage industry took a huge hit in ’08 and is only now starting to recover. Every place cut back on employees and a lot people struggled for shifts and many more were just let go. The market was flooded with eager service staff willing to do anything just to earn a living.
This left managers in a great position of power. They could choose from hundreds of applicants for every position that came up. Well, the trend, as I see it is that many of these managers staffed their bars and restaurants with pretty faces in leu of skilled and experienced professionals. I don’t blame these pretty faces one bit, I take advantage of all my opportunities as well, and I would do exactly the same.
Now that the job Market is looking up, Please, Please, Please go back to your modeling,jobs, singing jobs, real estate or whatever you were doing before and let the people who are really bartenders go back to work.
Sorry to all the girls that are true bartenders, I respect you all, and none of this rant is meant for you. My story could have easily been about some young stud asking how to make a Screwdriver.
Daniel Fendy