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Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who replied last night to my anxiety freak out. I had a shower, a cup of lemsip and that helped me calm down and I got a decent sleep. Woke up this morning feeling less catastrophic and thinking that maybe sometimes shitty things happen for good reasons. I really want to return to study so had the idea to maybe do a bartending short course at the vic bar school and get a hospo job and get out of retail management so I can finally return to study and do a counselling course. Anyone done a course at the vic bar school per chance and has advice?
Have not done any courses there, but very glad you are feeling a bit better.
Thank you :)
You could be better off just doing an rsa and dropping your availability in at a bunch of bars close to where you live. Any kind of management experience will be highly regarded. Source: worked in clubs and bars for a long time. Every bar is similar but has their own way of doing things. I can't comment on the vic bar school, but I hardly met anyone who had a lot of experience or actually did a course starting out.
Thank you for your advice! I was thinking I'd do the bartending short course and just learn the basics of drink making. I have no idea how to make cocktails and can't pour a beer on tap. I also assumed that bar or pubs would want someone with at least some training as they may not have time to train someone from scratch
Yeah look it can't hurt. I left the industry earlier this year. I worked mostly in nightclubs, and they regularly started people with no experience. None of it is super difficult but like anything there's a learning curve and people can become highly accomplished at making wonderful cocktails. Be aware of the fact that the industry is rife with sexual harassment, poor workplace safety, bad payers and awful employers. Hospo voice cleaned the industry up somewhat, but they're not around anymore and there's still a lot of really shit behaviour you're supposed to tolerate from behind the bar. Much of it comes from the other staff and the customers. Most of the guys I worked with over the years turned out to be complete fucking creeps, not all, but it's a toxic masc culture and security are usually much worse and get away with it, cos macho bullshit and not being directly employed by the bar in a lot of cases.
Yeah I think I was romanticising a bit. I'm just super anxious about a situation at work that I'm worried is going to blow up in a week or so and I'm anticipating needing a new job in the next couple of weeks. I'm a casual working full time hours but in this economic climate I haven't been able to accrue much savings. So I'm just very stressed out and looking for any solution and thought getting my RSA and going hospo and start studying would be it.
I'm definitely not saying it's a bad idea, just to be aware to follow your intuition when staying in a workplace. If something smells like shit, it probably is. There are a lot of places which are good also.