I say it all the time, the job has very very very little to do with making drinks
2025-12-30 03:00:26
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abs🧿 :
As a barlady , although bartending comes with its hardships, I’m not sure I could ever leave, I work my big girl job & im still stuck behind the bar some nights. I’ve bonded with more people behind that bar than on social media/ outside ect , I love bartending , and yes I have left, I resigned and came back 3 months later because that’s how much I missed it
2026-03-16 16:50:58
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SS :
I bartended for 12 years at everything from dive bars to 5 star steak houses. echoing the other bartenders here, it is that deep, depending, of course, on you and where you worked. I can read people like a book. best education I had
2026-01-14 02:52:49
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kaira 🩵 :
yes bartending is hard but this is so dramatic 💀
2025-12-30 15:20:45
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Kait🐙 :
I bartend in nightlife and restaurants and it’s never this deep😭😭
2026-01-19 09:05:34
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Tiffany DeVries :
I mean I keep going back to it... so... apparently. It's a choice.
"I go for the money, I stay for the people" is spot on.
2026-01-25 06:32:03
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Enchanted_Heels :
I think you worded this great, that’s exactly how I got behind bar cause someone quit and I just happen to have the same schedule they needed filled. I’m trying to find a new job cause bartending is not for me. I’m not a people person so being behind bar is emotionally exhausting for me. The money can be great but it’s not worth the amount of stress you have to deal with. Can’t wait to get out ✌️
2025-12-31 04:37:13
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Jade Cunniffe :
This was amazingly put! Thank you 👏🏽
2026-02-06 02:46:55
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Kam :
I never had to fight to get a bar spot
2026-02-24 05:06:33
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🌸Araceli.Saucedo🌸 :
NO “BUT “OR “SO” JUST THIS IS A BIG YESS!❤
2026-01-08 15:13:38
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Alyse :
I wouldn’t want it any other way, alway will be best decision of my life!
2026-02-02 14:37:40
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Gianna :
the "its not that deep" but I'm crying on my couch 🤷🏽♀️🩷🩷
2026-02-07 17:40:20
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xniiic0l3 :
I've made some life long friends behind the bar. we may not talk every day anymore, but if they call or I call them, we'll always have each other's backs.
No one in my circle understands why I stay.
2025-12-31 17:11:50
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Robert E. Yarber :
Bartending is like the only thing in life I do well. It’s taken me from Albany, Oregon to Norway 🇳🇴 and in between I’ve tended bar in 4 other states and 5 other countries. You can really take it as far as you want to if you try.
2026-05-11 21:16:00
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M4lorki3 :
I would always do bartending it’s the best job I’ve ever had. The people you meet, the stories you hear and everything else in between make the job worth it
2026-01-28 22:55:00
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💕👑💕SaDonnaJo👑💕👑💖 :
I got put in the bar when someone quit an got handed a recipe book a was told sink or swim an I been doing it for 4 years now
2026-02-05 23:41:23
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The industry Perspective :
Well said no notes 💯
2026-01-29 23:07:05
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lennnnnnnna :
lmao
2026-02-02 08:06:13
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Eunice ✨ :
Yes
2026-02-11 19:33:50
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Julie Taylor :
The people who are commenting saying it’s not that deep don’t get it. I’ve been doing this almost 15 years, and I was a lucky one who got into bartending the day after I turned 21 cause I had an in, but high volume, for this long, it’s exactly this serious.
2025-12-30 21:16:33
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Pullaway :
This is my truth & it made me tear up!!!
2026-01-10 02:34:48
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faith :
It’s not that deep. And I’ve actually been handed and thrown into every bartending job I’ve had at several bars. Never “worked my way up”
2026-03-02 15:26:41
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Kai̐̈ley👻 :
I'm a bartender and you had chatgpt write a paragraph making it seem harrowing
2026-01-04 00:59:57
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Alayna Massey :
Everyone commenting it’s not that deep. Maybe not for you but I feel it depends what kind of bar you work at dive/sports bars get crazy fancy bars slow and relaxed. Not everyone has the same feelings but I resonate with this post thank you 🫶🏼
2026-01-20 18:18:55
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