| Bartending can be the highest paying food service | | | | with the person in the know. I cannot list how much |
| career out there. Me, being the positive person I am, I | | | | free stuff I have been given... from designer clothes, |
| try to always find the benefits and lessons in | | | | roses, Laker tickets, free merchandise at other |
| everything, so this is, in my opinion,a list the best | | | | establishments, to several Ben Franklin's at a time, It is |
| benefits of bartending. I personally, make more money | | | | unbelievable! |
| than anyone else, including the other bartenders & | | | | The opportunities I have attracted are incredible. From |
| managers. | | | | job offers, investment opportunities, free stuff from |
| The Benefits: Freedom... Forget about working the 9 to | | | | liquor companies, to a movie audition....one man offered |
| 5. I have freedom to sleep in and get up whenever I | | | | to pay for my car when it was damaged! Travel |
| want. My shifts are generally four to six hours MAX. | | | | Anywhere... I could easily travel the world without a |
| So I make twice the cash in half the time of most | | | | shortage of work. Ever wanted to go to Europe for a |
| people out there. Flexibility... I could get a full-time gig at | | | | year but thought you could not afford it? Want to go |
| a nightclub, casino,restaurant, bar, or sports venue. Or | | | | live in an exotic travel destination? Caribbean? |
| hire out my services part-time for weddings, yacht | | | | Jamaica? Australia? Cruise ship? Bartending is a good |
| parties, banquets, etc. The ridiculous amount of flexibility | | | | skill to learn. Skills... I may not want to be a bartender |
| in bartending gives me time to work on my internet | | | | forever, but the skills I have developed will benefit me |
| business. I can arrange to have my shift covered | | | | down the road forever. Not only physically, but the |
| anytime, there is always someone willing to make | | | | human behavior knowledge that I have learned is |
| some extra cash. Connections...Celebrities, business | | | | priceless. |
| owners, and movers & shakers! I am in a position of to | | | | The situations I have been in while bartending have |
| make someone's night, and when I do, people want to | | | | boosted my confidence, problem solving ability, |
| help me out in crazy ways- anyway they can. Which | | | | personality and salesmanship,communication |
| reminds me... Free Stuff... Everyone wants to be the | | | | skills,etc...All these are necessary steps to becoming |
| bartender's friend, everyone likes to be "connected" | | | | successful in all facets of life. |