So my current vanilla job as a server was ok while it lasted, but the place was mostly a summer resort that was planning to stay open during the winter for the first time... buuuut 3 weeks into that little experiment, they realize it’s not working and the restaurant is only open on weekends now anyway, with me getting about 20 hours and making maybe $50-60 in a 12-hour shift... so not worth it and definitely not enough to keep me afloat. So I was preparing to go audition at a club about an hour away tomorrow night and just go back to dancing. But I was also applying for bartending jobs, as I went to bartending school a few months ago and have been upset that I couldn’t put it to use. Unfortunately, the bartending school I went to is in the city an hour away, so the only job listings they post on their website are for the same city, and the bartending jobs around here are about as worthless as my current serving job... I got an interview the other day at a really nice hotel up in the city, the guy said that I would have to start as a server to learn the menu and system and work up to bartender but that I would make $80-120 a shift regularly, even as just a server. I know it’s not “stripper money” but it’s still way better than making half of that in a double shift, like I’m doing now, and I’m sure the bartenders make more. But he was hesitant about hiring me because I have such a long drive, and he didn’t want to hire me only to have me leave a couple months later when I decided the drive wasn’t worth the money, so I figured it was a lost cause and wasn't holding my breath. I got a message from him today asking if I was still interested in the job.
I really do want a bartending job, and since I’ve had no luck in my town, the city an hour away is really my only bet, and I’m thinking the bartender at this hotel probably makes really good money... on the other hand, he’s right that I really don’t want to drive all the way there and back 5 days a week - especially since “working up to bartender” could mean a few weeks to... never, if they later decide they don’t need any other bartenders. So I could be stuck driving all that way for a stupid serving position forever. If I danced, it’s the same drive, but I’d only have to make it 2-3 days a week, depending on when I worked and how much I made, and I’d definitely be making more than I would at the other job...
I don’t know what to do... I spent a lot of money on bartending school and have been dying for a job in it, but this isn’t exactly a real bartending position right off the bat (if it was, I'd take it), and I don’t want to waste my time on something that may never happen and then end up doing as the guy feared and quitting after a few months because I don’t think the commute is worth it... but I’d feel kinda stupid giving up the only real offer on a job that could lead to bartending that I’ve gotten in 6 months to go dance instead, especially since I've been telling everyone how I'm trying to get a bartending gig. I’d rather bartend than dance but in this situation, I feel like it might actually make more sense time/money-wise to dance instead of doing the “legit” bartending job... But I’d still feel dumb giving it up. Blah! What would you do? I need to figure out by tomorrow whether to call him back and accept or call him back and deny and then go audition at the club...



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