Working as a career server

ProMathlete · 2018-04-10T20:10:44+00:00

When you're lying on your deathbed and someone asks you about your life do you want to say "I served people food and drinks"?

If yes then that's cool. I think it's a great job to have because there's a lot to learn from it but someday you may want to move on and just be open to that.

We only have one life, make it mean something.

Ricklogical · 2018-04-10T19:46:05+00:00

It's a fantastic networking position with constant social interaction with a high variety of interesting patrons and other employees.

You would probably enjoy it. I have a friend that sucked at every job he touched. He's been running a bar in my home town for over a decade. He knows literally everyone in the town. All the people who run or own everything, all the dead beats and fools, and all the criminals and enforcement officers.

It can be incredible depending on where you end up. It's a job worth moving around and developing yourself within. If you are honorable and great at your job, word gets around, it's not too difficult to go from an average bar to a great bar if you do what you need to be an appealing figure.

I think it's a great idea, I'd love to see some proof of people making anything more than 75k annual though. Just seems unworldly even for a bar manager, unless you own the bar.

chootey · 2018-04-10T23:12:48+00:00

I'm a bartender right now. Did some serving before too.

Do it, but have something else going on in your life to work towards. It's a fun job, you meet lots of people, you work on your social skills, stay on your feet...but, it is not fulfilling. Ideally, you want to be doing something where you can continue to improve, continue to move up and challenge yourself, and actually accomplish things.

It's fun in the moment, but you never get anywhere or do anything. On your deathbed, you'll look back and there won't be much that stands out about all the time you spent working in a restaurant.

I look at my coworkers and there's a clear line. For the people that have other jobs or are going to school or are artists, it's a fun way to make extra money. The people that bartend/serve as a career really have nothing else going on. It becomes their life, and their lives aren't very interesting.

Title	Working as a career server
Author	Ramo029
Upvotes	1
Comments	10
Date	April 10, 2018 7:22 PM UTC (8 years ago)
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