The bigger irony is bartenders that still drink, shows how long youve really been bartending. When is the last time you saw one of these old guys behind the bar drinking a beer. There is a reason. All you kids at tales are so funny. The biggest thing is youll all move on to something else eventually. I was here before, here during, and ill still be here bartending long long after any of these guys in the video will.
LOL. Yup. Chad from Dallas with his damn mumford and sons rancher hat and flower print fully buttoned up shirt with the velvet blazer talking about the cos-play and preening of other bartenders...
As someone who works at a bar where your money comes from treating regulars well rude bartenders really irk me. Do they not understand that treating a customer with a baseline level of respect will result in better tips?
Cocktologist...I lost it at that one. I think I'll start calling myself (medical field) a "natural selection interventionists," if I ever hear a bartender address themselves as that. 🤣🤣🤣
I am 34 and have worked behind every kind of bar that you can imagine since I was 18. Personally, I can see where these guys are coming from, except... I appreciate the idea of "showy" bartending because it works in the right environment. I also respect traditional bartending because it appeals to drinkers that don't like all the fuss and nonsense. Basically, learn your craft and be adaptable. Tailor your service to the CUSTOMER. That is the LITERAL definition of "customer service". Forget about how amazing you are and think about how you would want to be served in that environment. Don't get me wrong. You WILL serve aresholes. Just don't feel as if you're better than the person who is literally paying your wages. You're not. If you disagree... find another job my friend. You're not a true bartender.
From someone who isn't a bartender, I have 0 issue with someone taking some pride in their work and I appreciate the showmanship. Also people who dress well in general. It's the difference between "I'm a bartender" and "I needed to pay bills"
There's a huge difference between a waitor and a chef. So I can see why some people wanna be called 'mixologists' or some shit like that, to highlight that they are creating new recipes - and not just serving beer.
I've never related to this more. I work as a bartender in a small town in Iowa, we recently hired a "mixologist" from a slightly larger (yet still small) town in Iowa. You're a bartender dude. I've had people call me a mixologist, I reply "thanks, but I'm just a bartender"
Seriously, this is RU-vid, talking about bartending that should only interest people that are 21+. Muting curse words is lame and unnecessary. This is adult content for adults.
I mean, it's a valid question to some degree. The platform itself may prefer less swearing etc, even though yeah, I was surprised that a bartender out of any profession would ask :P
if the video is flagged as mature, they make less ad revenue. so even though this is youtube, and they could say fuck all day long...... money talks and they want to make as much money as possible. making censored mature content for mature audiences fucking sucks. but they arent making this content for us, they are making it for money
I spend a fraction of my time learning some "flair" at home that I haven't even used while working and zero time on appearance really bc I wear a uniform but even if I go to a casual bar someday I'd just wear what I would wear when I go out. Well...when I try to look nice. On a date perhaps. Bc you are handling people's drinks...you can't look like a schlub. Aside from that I spend 99 % of my time learning new drinks and tinkering with them till they're good. I don't think there's any thing wrong with any of that. You're at work. You're learning skills and putting effort in to add to someone's experience and ultimately make better tips. The goal of anything in life is to grow right? I also read books from people that have been doing it forever and are very successful with a ton of classic recipes...Some of them should be left to die probably but a lot of them are canon. Sooo....don't really see a problem there either. The hipster thing...yeah. Some are douches in a different wrapper but you're full of shit if you say you don't have a style or put thought into your look. I have a beard bc I think I'm better looking with it and I have a non masculine chin. Big whoop.
I do get some of the points here but this is pretty pretentious. Some people take pride in their work, and view food and drink more like art than just food or drink. It is the difference between someone who truly loves what they do, and has the creative spark to go above and beyond and someone who is there just for a paycheck. Yes, at the end of the day you are giving someone booze, but there are people who appreciate the quality of the product they use and want to showcase it in a creative way. It is no different than a chef experimenting with exotic ingredients just for the fun of it. For example, I like manhattans. If i find a really delicious small batch rye whisky, I may seak out the small batch and artisanal vermouth, and bitters. This is not because I want to be fancy or some shit, but because I genuinely love the craft and want to experiment with new things. Take some pride in your work and maybe you won't be so jaded.
@@XxxTheFireEmblemxxX Well if seeking out a good product is such a bad idea, people would just stick to Smirnoff and Budweiser instead of trying something like Wyborowa or Lagunitas.
I love how this is the longest video in the playlist. I wear arm garters. I hate the feeling of my sleeves sliding up and down when I move and shake. Deal with it.
I don't think it's so much about things like that, that assist a BT in doing their job, I think they're talking more about the wank factor. That there are really shitty bartenders out there that do shit like that to appear important or sophisticated, but lack the essentials of just being a decent bar tender and having a detailed understanding of different kinds of alcohol and how to serve them, and hide behind stupid shit to mask it, and all the while delivering terrible customer service. One of the women lays it down straight "we serve people booze". I mean, it's not that it doesn't take some level of skill, but seriously....it ain't rocket science either LOL!
My sister used to bartend and she left when she found out that her boss and coworkers were saying extremely rude things about her behind her back. If you're gonna say something about someone and if it's not something you'd say to their face you shouldn't say it at all.
I feel like I need to donate to that one dude with the sickeningly thick 5 o'clock shadow. My god, this man must spend hundreds a month on razors. What a fucking beard. I'd pay him money to grow it for a year. And I'm straight.
Most of these comments were focused on aesthetic and visual aspects of a bartender. Very few mentioned quality of drinks being produced. If someone has a waxed mustache, overalls, tattoos, Fancy equipment or whatever... Who gives a shit as long as they make a good drink?
All of these people need to grow up and get real jobs. They are coming off as narcissistic as the people they are making fun of. You serve drinks, get over yourselves.
I agree with some of the things they say like the star-tenders. I can’t stand those, I’ve worked with bartenders like that. They are so annoying. With the fashion I’m 50/50, where I work I have to wear black pleated slacks, rolled sleeve button up, and black vest. That’s just the uniform I am required to wear. Believe me, I’d love to go to work in a t-shirt and skinny jeans but I can’t. But if you have the freedom to wear what you want in your bar and if everyone is wearing a shirt and jeans while you’re wearing a dress shirt, bow tie and suspenders I’d look at you weird too honestly.
this is a really poorly put together interview segment. Give them each more time to explain what they mean, this inter-cutting thing really doesn't work when you're trying to convey information thats not readily available to the public.
Who cares what the bartender is wearing or how their facial hair is styled? If they're kind and welcoming, I'm happy to be there. God these people are pretentious
But, a mixologist really is different. They're certified for one, at the least a level 1 bar smarts, and they make they're own syrups and bitters for their cocktails. If I'm making tinctures and shit, I feel more like a chemist than a bartender.
@@caseyadeyemi8817 Mixologist is literally a word that someone came up with because they were embarassed to call themselves a bartender, it's purely ego. and this is someone who has worked in and owned cocktail bars for the last 17 years, in many parts of the world. I'm a bartender dude, just a very fucking good one. (excuse my own ego there)
I have been wearing garters on my arms for 30 years. I also bartend in a strip club. One of the entertainers put them on me about a week after I started and I have been wearing them ever since.
Probably because people like me didn't know what arm garters were and went on Googling the term afterwards. Google is smart, but not smart enough to know the item is what the video is disapproving.
"If it takes you longer to make and explain the drink than It takes for me to drink four of them, it's probably not a bar I want to hang out in." -Anthony Bourdain
This is why its so hard to make a career out of bartending, because as soon as you try and take it seriously people look down at you and laugh because you are trying to be serious with coming up with creative drinks, or dressing a different way in general. It sucks
Not exactly depends how serious or intense they are. Good bartenders respect other good bartenders. I’ve seen ones with crazy ego they’ll tell Barback they won’t learn there name until after 30 days
Everything related to food and drink has gotten so pretentious and hipstery it's maddening. But that's the kind of people these guys want to cater to. The "I'm too good for" crowd. The "But is it organic" group.There are assholes on both sides of the table any more and nether has a fraction of the class or sophistication they need to back up their egos.
As someone who is not a bartender but has a nice home bar and likes to make a wide variety of cocktails, my pet peeve is any bartender who thinks the customer doesn't know their stuff simply because they are on the other side of the bar. These types are usually mediocre in their craft. If you've done it professionally for a while but I can make a better drink than you, there's a good chance you suck at it.
...... what the fuck is this? Sorry I just don't get it? Do they not just pour the pint or make the cocktail and give it to you? Thats what they do in Ireland anyway haha 😂
"When I go to the dentist, I go to the dentist. I just go to a good dentist. You don't have a special name for a dentist that's actually good..." Wow, that line was great. I see this trend at work and some of my hobbies. Programmers saying they're "software engineers" cause they feel they're smarter. Breakdancers calling themselves "bboys" because they feel they're a cut above the rest. Ego.
yeah but those orthdontists, oral surgeons, and the rest specialties you mentioned, actually do very different things that you are not even allowed to practice if youre not certified because someones health would be in danger. These so called "mixologists" and "cocktologist" and whatever do the same shit that every other bartender does, mix different liquors with other ingredients, but they actually do it slower. They cant last a whole shift on a busy bar a friday night, not even with a barback and a second bartender helping them. So instead of being called a shitty bartender, they prefer to be called a "mixologist", of course. Whats next, firemixology? "I do firemixology, my drinks all have lame ass fire on them."
Funny thing about being a bartender . most of the mixologist or whatever who can do all these artasin cocktails are good at what they do and its a specific knowledge they have but throw them into a dive bar that's 5 deep on a Friday night where people are ordering shots and regular mix drinks and they would not be able to hang . or vice versa. Not all of course cus some have worked both settings but a lot I have meet have always been craft cocktail specialist who take 3 minutes to make a drink . on the other hand you have busy club or dive bartenders who can make 20 regular drinks in that time .
clint brunke YEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!! I've seen it and had to deal with "professional" bartenders in my dive bars. They never last an entire shift. Fetal is a real position and they are always in it about midway through rush. I will throw them in a stool and let them whimper while I finish out the shift. It's better for every one that way.
clint brunke And I would never pretend to be able to perform mixology on the same level they can. I mean, I can make a mean craft cocktail, but I don't want to have to do that day in and day out. I prefer the mad rush and mayhem of a crazy dive bar at rush. I will pour an entire bottle of booze into the right amount of shot glasses for a group of regulars who love me and my bar any day of the week before I have to muddle an entire bag of lemons for the perfect group of lemon drops (which often happens to me as well) for a group of pretentious mid-range women on Blues Night. Just my preference.
Why someone could not be interrested in what he does and what alchool & ingredients he uses.... if cooking can be taken seriously then why mixing cannot be ? anyway there's different point of view on the job or the career of bartending (Sorry if I made mistakes writing.. i'm french Canadian)
You missed the point. They talking dissing being interested in perfecting your craft. They are dissing the ego and inflated sense of self-importance that these people adopt.
@@nope5657 You also forgot that they are dissing people who aren't casuals and interested in the low end life of bars. Most of the stuff they seem to go off on seems to come from the business side of things. The wardrobe and etc. Things that were established back when men wore suits and women were mothers.
First off: How is self promotion hurt the bar? Secondly: A Mixologist is a Bartender, but they are a bartender that cares enough about the drinks they serve to make sure they are better prepared and mixed to give the customer a great experience. I am a Bartender and a Mixologist. When I'm working at a club I can sling your simple drinks faster than most. Yet when I walk into the Speak Easy, that speed mentality changes to a classic custom cocktail frame of mind. These bartenders are grouping everyone that serve drinks from behind a bar into one category. This is the mistake they make and it shows their own short comings. Carrying on with the dentist topic; You might go to the dentist to get your teeth cleaned, but if you need something done like a wisdom tooth removed then you would need an oral surgeon. Now all oral surgeons are dentist, but not all dentists are oral surgeons. The short of this skit is, these people getting interviewed don't want to learn the trade any further than a Rum and Coke, and want to tear down those of us that work to make drinks worth drinking. With that said one point they don't say out loud but is the under tone of this interview: If your working in a standard bar, be a bartender not a Mixologist. Save your Mixology for the cocktail lounge where it belongs.
Hahahaha .. dressing nice n serving creativity cocktail r call bartender or mixologist ( if u creat the cocktail in your bar) n there is just awe full looking women /guy behind the bar serving jack n coke n pouring beer r call “ just working to pay their bill “ or “ I just want your money n tip”
You can make a flaming long Island with 49 different layers, that's great, you still fucked up my Laphroaig neat. It's literally whisky in a glencairn... No ice, no water, whisky and a glass.
If I'm at some bar where 95% of the guest are drinking bottle beer and a shot I can let this slide, but if I'm at a cocktail bar and you have to google how to make a baybreeze then you shouldn't be in the position you are making the kind of money you do.
Tool4APC2012 There are hundreds and hundreds of drinks and perhaps (or obviously) they don't get that one a lot. Maybe one shouldn't pay 10 times as much for a drink they can make at home if they're going to get pissed at a person for using the tools they have available to make them happy when they have hundreds of other customers they're trying to do the same for of which many are rude and judgmental. I suppose you'd prefer them to wing it or lie and say we just ran out of pineapple?
Iv been a bar manager in the uk for two years now and I hate when bartenders from other bars come in as it always seems like a put down and why do bartenders looks like 1930s barbers these days please be yourself 😂😂
As a customer, in the city that I live in, the bartenders look bored and some look young. You got to pry them away from their cell phones, ( similar to gas stations cashiers) because he or she becomes so shy, or they pretend to be. I f the customer is another race ( skin color) the customer service lately has gone done. I thought at first it was because they were friends, but when they talk you can tell they don't know each other. A lady bartender seemed nice at first as she says hello, but once conversation kicks in she gets rather aloof. This can be when it's busy or slow. Some bars , like the pool halls Lack good food. so you end up leaving for that reason.
Why are bars so loud? Can't have even a shouted conversation. Hmm. Concrete floor, metal ceiling, and brick walls "papered" in big screen TV sets. Noise reflects like a pinball table. Damn. (Yes, I'm old enough to have played pinball, and too much time in loud bars in my youth probably damaged my hearing a bit). Point remains. It's called "accoustics".
Also, if no one ever heard of this, sound affects your sense of taste. Loud noises on planes can drastically lower your satisfaction or sense of taste when eating. The same can be said about the bar. I tasted the same cocktail by the same bartender at different levels of annoyance given the groups they bring in and when you are in a quiet environment, you have it easier when trying to taste what is served.
First in line are flair bartenders. I don't want to see you juggling bottles and wasting liquor by slinging it all over the bar mats. And for you "mixologists" it shouldn't take more than a minute to make a decent cocktail. And finally, bartenders with an attitude. It doesn't take much of an IQ to tend bar so get over yourself. If you hate doing it find some other line of work.
You don’t even know the industry. You think Gordon Ramsey is just some hack. Creating a good cocktail is and art just like being a chef. Get over yourself and your shitty 9-5
