In Their Shoes: student bartenders
Charlie Specht
Issue date: 5/1/09 Section: Features
Danahy said the recent bar raids by the Cattaraugus Country Sheriff's Department have caused business to slow down but said in recent weeks more and more students are filing into the Burton's doors.
"It slowed down a little bit with everything that happened, but it's picking back up," she said. "It always happens."
Shares said stress can increase along with business but said perspective is key when she's got a room full of thirsty customers who want to be served.
"Sometimes it gets stressful, and it gets really busy, but you have to remember it's bartending," she said. "It's not brain surgery."
At the end of a night, Shares said the real payoff doesn't only come in U.S. dollars.
"Sometimes I just sit back and see the sloppiness in front of me," she said. "I look at the other bartender at the end of the night and just laugh because everyone's just swaying and bobbing. We see the interactions between people like who's going home with whom, who's in a fight. You see a lot bartending."
Danahy said that view is something she doesn't want to give up after graduation.
"I have people come up to me and say, 'I could never do that.' I love working here," she said. "I could bartend forever."
e-mail:spechtcj@sbu.edu
"It slowed down a little bit with everything that happened, but it's picking back up," she said. "It always happens."
Shares said stress can increase along with business but said perspective is key when she's got a room full of thirsty customers who want to be served.
"Sometimes it gets stressful, and it gets really busy, but you have to remember it's bartending," she said. "It's not brain surgery."
At the end of a night, Shares said the real payoff doesn't only come in U.S. dollars.
"Sometimes I just sit back and see the sloppiness in front of me," she said. "I look at the other bartender at the end of the night and just laugh because everyone's just swaying and bobbing. We see the interactions between people like who's going home with whom, who's in a fight. You see a lot bartending."
Danahy said that view is something she doesn't want to give up after graduation.
"I have people come up to me and say, 'I could never do that.' I love working here," she said. "I could bartend forever."
e-mail:spechtcj@sbu.edu
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