BRIGHT COLORS

People need to improve their creativity. The bar work at now encourages it and i love it. one of the new bartenders i just hired makes an awesome georgia peach(AKA MYRUS JAMES). im not gunna disclosure her secret recipe, but its made with southern comfort. And let me tell you, i do not like a sweet bourbon but i could drink this all day long. experiment a little bit. Your job is about making fun drinks differently than anyone else. you want people ordering your drinks, not because they are made super strong, but because they are unique and only you can make them, no matter how hard your coworkers or other bartenders may try.

I cannot stress how much your drinks must not only be unique but they need to look different...AKA make me that BLUE DRINK! that looks awesome. if its a bright color, everyone will order it. Midori and blue curacao are your friends. Even just a splash can at an awesome color to a classic drink without making it worse, but making it better! dont be scared. live a lil!

do you burn your bridges?

because life pulls you in many directions, you never know when it comes time for you to leave your current place of employment. if you respect whee you work, AT LEAST a two weeks notice in writing, is the only way to go out strong. man up, grow a pair and realize, that especially in the service industry, turnover is high---but finding dedicated employees is about as impossible as can be. you never know where life is going to take you, and you never want to burn any bridges. always give those two weeks notices; if your in management, at least a month. you always wanna leave with the same respect that you earned. you deserve it.

Training to be the best

Well all know that training employees is one of the most important steps in creating a hardworking and goo employee. If an employeeis not trained properly, how would you expect them to be your best? And how do you efffectively train peope, make them train with the right people. No matter how quickly you want to push people through training, do not let one of your adequate vs your best servers train your newbes. The newbes will then pick up bad habits and in turn create new ones of their own. if you are in a bar in a restaurant, make them train in all aspects of the restaurant, not just one. Barteners are supposed to be your 'elite' servers. So server training, FOH and BOH training is a must. you must learn to appreciate how all aspects of a restaurant works before you become attached.

Also, make sure that you have trainers that know what they are talking about. have a server trainer's class that covers all of which should be covered. This will get your elites involved in what the newbes need to learn. This should include tests, food education, win education, speciailty drink education, etc. when your server trainers unerstand what is expected of them to teach, they will be better teachers and in turn produce more effecient trainees.