| u're looking for a new profession or even just for | | | | cannot give. So do not think that bartending will |
| a summer job, then there are many things to be | | | | be a job that will not require you to talk with and |
| considered. Take bartending for example. | | | | listen to people. |
| Bartending sounds and seems like it would be one | | | | I'm using bartending only as an example. My point |
| of the easiest and least stressful jobs there is. | | | | is to get you to realize that any profession carries |
| What could really be that difficult about | | | | a weight and a responsibility beneath what is |
| memorizing a few drinks and then making them | | | | expected. Most professions require a level of |
| for customers? | | | | communication and relationship with people. You |
| Bartending, like any other profession, is much | | | | shouldn't sign up for any job, including bartending, |
| more than it might first seem. No job is as easy | | | | without having an accurate picture of what the |
| as it seems from the outside. It takes really doing | | | | job will actually require of you. Consider carefully |
| a job to understand the depth of the job's | | | | the level of interaction you want to have with |
| complexity and challenges. One of the biggest | | | | people and then choose a job accordingly. If |
| things that people bartending do not realize is how | | | | people tend to stress you out or frustrate you |
| much social interaction is involved. | | | | than it may not be a good idea to get a job that |
| Picture the bar at any restaurant you enjoy | | | | requires a lot of interaction. |
| spending time in. What does it look like? What | | | | Even bartending, which seems like it could be |
| kinds of people sit at the bar? Getting this picture | | | | easy and stress free, is actually filled with |
| in your head should help to give you a more clear | | | | interactions with people of all kinds. It requires a |
| picture of bartending. Imagine being surrounded by | | | | bartender who is able to work fast and under |
| people, usually there alone, that want to talk with | | | | stress while maintaining kindness to customers. |
| you as you are trying to work. Many times | | | | Things are not always as they seem. Know that |
| people at bars try to tell their life story to the | | | | about any profession as you jump in. And then |
| person bartending. They want attention and | | | | proceed to bartending or any other job with |
| conversation that the person bartending often | | | | caution and with confidence. |