The US of A - bar heaven
March 10th 2010 00:29
America, the land of the free... and the totally over-educated barman. Anyone who travels alone spends alot of time at the bar. It's my place of choice for eating dinner. Who wants to sit at a table solo, when you can have a chat with Dr Joe?
That's the thing. In the US of A, there are more PHDs running bars than anywhere in the world. My extensive empirical research suggests that the barman is usually the smartest person in the venue (apart from me, of course.)
Take Joe, the bar manager from Soleil on 17th St NW in Washington DC. On his way to becoming a psychiatrist while working the bar and running the intern program at a DC museum.
It's a real skill, bantering with the customers, keeping the drinks flowing, making people want to come back. And so far, every barman I've met in the USA is out of the same mold.
So next time you go out, be nice to the barman. He'll probably be your boss one day.
That's the thing. In the US of A, there are more PHDs running bars than anywhere in the world. My extensive empirical research suggests that the barman is usually the smartest person in the venue (apart from me, of course.)
Take Joe, the bar manager from Soleil on 17th St NW in Washington DC. On his way to becoming a psychiatrist while working the bar and running the intern program at a DC museum.
Joe the barman from Soleil in Washington DC
It's a real skill, bantering with the customers, keeping the drinks flowing, making people want to come back. And so far, every barman I've met in the USA is out of the same mold.
So next time you go out, be nice to the barman. He'll probably be your boss one day.
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