A growing number of out-of-work New Yorkers are turning to bartending, according to school directors. Enrollment in the American Bartending School in Manhattan climbed 53 percent from last October to 84 pupils, the most for the month in five years, director Joe Bruno said in an interview. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aAUbEhO7AJH0&refer=home
That's retarded, have these idiots even bothered to check what is going on to the bar & restaurant industry?
Being a bartender is a job that most people on elitetrader or at a financial institution would never get. You need to have a good look, a good personality and encourage the crowd to drink. You have to be able to push the drinks and keep them coming back night after night. A bartender also has to actually work performing manual tasks such as cleaning up after everyone. Its a responsible job not for the lazy...not for the social outcasts...not for those who are easily overwhelmed. You have to be business minded and able to manage the operations while the owner is gone. The bartender is usually the one in charge and there is no other on-site management. I cant see very many on this site ever getting such a job.
LOL why, so you might finally be able to afford it? Just j/k but you have to consider that it's even worse in the rest of USA.