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    Quick question, been lurking for a while....

    Hey everybody! I've been checkin out your site for a while, but have'nt really had anything to contribute to the forum so, yeah I'm a lurker.
    Anywho I've got a question that maybe you gals can help me out with.
    A club near my home is hiring for dancers and cocktail waitresses, I want to apply for the waitress position. Here's my problem....I'm 26 years old and have never, ever mixed a drink. Not in my home, not at a party, hell I dont know exactly what I'm drinking when I order a drink at the bar. I'm that clueless!
    But I have waitressed before, so my question is this: Do I have to know about the drinks or do I have to know how to take orders? Will clubs even hire a girl that doesn't have any experience? I mean, yeah I gather from reading your site that they will hire an unexperienced dancer provided she's cute and can move, but what about a girl to fetch the drinks?
    I'm not bad lookin, overweight or a bitch, I'm really outgoing and friendly, and I like to talk to nearly everybody. That is what helped me to be a good waitress, but my confidence is nil on this because I have no experience!
    Any advice from ANYBODY would be appreciated!
    Great site by the way, very addictive!
    Last edited by Curry; 06-13-2007 at 10:22 PM. Reason: maybe I should have put this into "coming out"?

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    Default Re: Quick question, been lurking for a while....

    It really depends on the club. They may hire and train you, or they may want some experience. Personality goes a long way tho, so if they like you, they will be more willing to train.

    It also depends on how upscale the club is. Is it just a beer drinkers club, r do they have a lot of bottle service?

    You need to learn your liquors to be able to upsell. What if a guy orders a vodka soda. You need to say What kind of vodka would you like, Graygoose or belvedere? Generally, if they just order a vodka, and you ask bartender for vodka, you will get generic vodka, so you need to upsell to the graygoose, and then tell the bartender, Graygoose and soda.

    You also need knowledge of champainges ( damn i gotta learn how to spell that)

    You need to be able to upsell, and to do that you have to know what is good to recommend. Remember, the better you upsell, the higher price they pay means better tip for you.

    You need to learn what goes in drinks. What if a guy orders a cuba libre? That's a rum and coke. Cape cod is vodka cran. You need to learn the names and what the drinks are.

    I would suggest getting some knowledge before the interviw. Search online, read common drink recipes, learn different liquors. every waitress interview I've had they have asked me questions like:
    Name 5 types of vodka
    Name 3 types of rum
    Name 1 kind of burbon
    You also need to learn the order of the gun, because of call order. The bartender will make your drinks according to the order of the liquor on the gun.

    Usually the call order is
    Vodka, gin, rum, burbon, scotch, teqilla. So you order yoru drinks in that order. Soda either goes first or last depending on the club, and beer is usually last, right before wines and champaines.

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    Default Re: Quick question, been lurking for a while....

    I've waitressed forever, even cocktailed and I didnt need to know how to mix drinks, I just needed to learn what kind of beer and liqour the place offered. I didnt even need to know what was in a drink for the most part because the bartender knows. But I suppose it depends on the place. You should be all set but if you think they'll want you to know all that there are lots of bartending books out there that have millions of drinks and what goes in them.


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    Default Re: Quick question, been lurking for a while....

    What area are you in? Getting hired somewhere low key will not be as difficult as getting hired somewhere in Vegas. You can always start somewhere to get experience then move up to a better club. I got hired as a waitress/shotgirl with zero experience. They may start you on dayshift when it's slower.

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