Jobs at home – Legit work

We as the public usually only see the bright side to a restaurant job.  Media never seems to portray the ugly side of anything.  Many jobs are portrayed on television totally different from what they really are in true life and then the public start to believe that is the way life should be.

An excellent example of a false media portrayal of job function is a bartender.  A bartender is a skilled employee who mixes drinks at a bar but there are just as many other important employees who also make up the big picture in a business. Their interactions with the public depend on what type of establishment they work in.

An elegant type restaurant employs a bartender who will probably not have much contact with the customers. A casual type setting employs a bartender that may interact fully with the customers.  Restaurants and clubs have different focuses, one being food and one being drinks.  If a bartender does deal with the public directly he/she can make great tips by giving his/her best customer service which is required when working in the service industry.

The way media portrays a bartender makes them a type of person who can give legal, religious and psychiatric advice to their customers.  If this were really true they wouldn’t be tending bar, they’d be in a different profession. There are courses to enrol in to learn how to be a bartender to help them find a job in that field. It can be fun but can also be a very busy job that requires excellent customer service skills.  Men and women both make great bartenders.

A bartender is a good job if that is what you want to do.  It won’t make you into a superhero or make you who everyone wants to depend on for sound advice.  The media lures us in by portraying characters and their every day lives as way too perfect and gratifying.