Guys, girls, whoever bartends..how is it? I can remember how to make drinks, and I think I would like to do it. Anyone else have any experience in this? If so, feel free to tell me about it.
Guys, girls, whoever bartends..how is it? I can remember how to make drinks, and I think I would like to do it. Anyone else have any experience in this? If so, feel free to tell me about it.
I did it for a few years before dancing, and then when i stopped dancing i moved to the bar at the club i worked at.
I used to love bartending, but it really amazed me how stupid drunk guys are!
I also used to really miss dancing when i was working on the bar... a good song would come on and i'd just want to get up on stage and dance!
I did it for a while...it's actually more depressing than dancing sometimes because you're behind the bar and you can't get away from drunk men wanting attention from a young lady. Tips vary from bar to bar, or town to town.
There are some other threads on the topic on here........
I love bartending...but, somehow...with my old age...it's just not as fun. It's actually kinda depressing to be looking at these guys that are just making fools out of themselves in the name of machismo. Very sad.
If you are going to bartend, make sure you really get into a bar that has heavy foot traffic. I always made really good money, but MM is right. It gets really annoying that you cannot just walk away from the really drunk stupid guys. Of course, they treat you better as a bartender...somehow you deserve more respect than what they would ever give to a dancer.![]()
I have to agree with Venus. Guys do seem to treat you better most of the time. I prefered bartending to waitressing in a bar. I like haveing the bar between me and the drunks. If I want to get grabbed and groped, I'll stay dancing! I do like bartending though. I definetly would go for a high volume club. I worked in a kind of neighborhood bar for about 2 1/2 years and it's no different from working in a strip club. The gossip and drama were endless!!




The bartenders at my club are snobby. The down to earth one's quit. I overheard the one bartender bragging to a customer about her goods are worth way more than a dollar and if her thong was ever to be tipped i...t would have to atleast be a 5.(We dancers go around the bar after our set for tips usually a dollar or two)She also jokes about how her and the other bartenders lapdances are worth 300 dollars. Oh yea and another bartender was trying to mess with me and ask if she could request my songs. I firmly said no, and she never bothered me again.
I love love love bartending. When I was younger, it was great to work at the really hot, hopping clubs, yk? tons of money, lots of flirting, prestige....
Now, I bartend at a quiet, non-smoking, aimed at the non-college-students (one of a very very few in my town), blues & jazz nightclub. The money isn't great, but I keep my fingers in it (I work very part-time) just to have something to do other than dancing. And the people there are great, and I get to hear amazing music. (Deborah Coleman, anyone??)
I really am thinking I might like to bartend but I'm not sure how to start. In New Orleans there are bars everywhere and it's easy to find someone to teach you but I'm not sure in Tampa how easy that would be.





I love bartending, but in my experience it's hard for me, a guy, to get a good gig. They're always looking for the sweet young thing with the big tits....and while I can understand that, it's annoying. I did work at a gay bar in Tampa, though, and I made killer money... usually about twice what I made dj'ing at 2001 or Secrets. My wife tends bar and waitresses, and almost always makes more $$ when she is waitressing. As most folks said, it really depends on the bar.
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Damn....It's been over 30 years ago since my bartending experience. It was at a neighborhood bar in Houston's near west side. A blue-collar place. I kept a running comentary and made them all laugh, and it was a small-town atmosphere. The money was good, and on occasion I pulled a gig at one of the petroleum industry conferences in town. It helped me in finding employment later in the oil and gas business after I graduated from college.
As I said, the bar was nice, but unfortunately was bought by a guy who turned it into a strip club. He talked my brother and I both into staying on as bartenders/bouncers. We stayed a few months and I remember how depressed everyone was two days before Christmas, and wondering if these guys didn't have families to go to.
A few days later a customer came in acting like he owned the joint. He was insulting just about everyone, getting loud, and harassing the dancers. We watched and talked about running him but a lot of the dancers said we shouldn't.
It finally got out of hand when he hit one of the dancers. I mean a full, roundhouse punch. My brother grabbed him and attempted to throw him out the door, which unfortunately opened in, not out. He broke the guy's nose. Then he threw him out on the parking lot. Fortunately, the dancer was okay, although a bit shaken.
The following day the owner advised us that he would see to it that we were being terminated because of the way his brother was treated. I never did tend bar again, never went to another strip club. My brother continued until he graduated, and for a few years after. We laughed about that incident for years.
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mr christopher, do you still work in tampa?
I cocktail (waitress in a bar) now for the majority of my work (read:NOT the majority of my $$!) Of course it won't compare to the tips one can make dancing but it is still good cash. Hell, sometimes I will even tell some of my customers at the waitressing job that I will FINALLY be dancing again and when they can come see me. I would say try to get into cocktailing and then work up to being a bartender in that bar if that's what you want to do. Realize though that waitresses often make more money because they have more customers than can fit around the bar. (Unless there are not waitresses there of course, which is how some bars are set up.) Good Luck!
I, too am looking into becoming a bartender because it seems like if you have experience you can easily get a job anywhere in the world doing it. I have none though, so I was thinking about trying out this school www.bostonbartenders.com
I know that it's not neccessary but I think that it would give me the confidence I need to get a job. Pretty much the whole thing is spent behind the bar practicing making rounds of drinks, they let you keep going to the classes until you feel comfortable with your ability, they teach bar management skills and they have lifetime job placement. Anyone know somebody who has tried it or have any thoughts?
I've heard bartending school is a waste of time. The easiest way to get in is to just start applying at places. Call some bars in your area and ask them what they think of hiring people who have gone to bartending school versus those that haven't. Let us know what you find out...
I suppose attending one of those schools teaches you how to use the equipment and tools of the profession. If that is all that is.
My experience in bars and clubs have taught me something about how to mix certain drinks, and all that. But you learn this by watching other people do it.
I have seen some of the "internet" schools, but they are just a little more than those other on-line schools covering what, stuff like medicine, law, engineering, electronics, and so on.
I really have doubts about them.
I suppose that the bartending schools is more like an auctioneering school. They are sort a substitute for some time of experience and covers the basic background before you get into the real environment.
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Ok, i'm thinking about taking bartending classes now. I never bartended in my life.
Do bartenders at SC's or maybe gogo, have to pay house fees as well??





Depends on the club. Most around here take dancers and train them as well as hiring those with experience. This way they are assured of having girls who know the biz and how to act accordingly. They pay the girls a small salary ($25.00 for a 6 to 8hr shift) and you work for tips.Originally Posted by Vyanka
We do have one club around here that I know of that makes you pay a one time fee of $125. That is considered your "well". If you call out at last minute, the girl who comes in to replace you is paid from your well. It has to be kept at $125 at all times.
When I bartended we had to split all of our tips with other bartenders, good & bad... some bartenders are really fast & sweet so get tipped well and then have to split them with the lazy ones.... but if one gets a HUGE tip then it helps the others that they get some.
Also the barback got 30% of our tips....
Bartending was fun but I hated how tired I always was.... not to mention bitchy waitress no offense to any on this board but some nights I wanted to take a few out.
I also never went to bartending school & my boss wouldn't hire anyone that did... he said they tend to be kinda dumb
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