Calling all bartenders! This podcast is to help and inform all bartenders on how to become their best version. We will touch on all topics in the industry such as bartender rights, bar set ups, customer service, and the history of bartending. We will be also sharing our experiences in the industry. We will be having guests on every once in a while to share their stories as well. We are here to help you become a better bartender.
On this weeks episode we break down the Long Island Ice Tea. Greg shares his feelings towards making this summer drink and gives a little history behind it. And Rob shares his story about a recent bar date. To ask us a question about bartending or service industry, you can send it to theawkwardbartenderguide@gmail.com You can also send us any story of an experience you had yourself, or with a another bartender.
7 Nov 2024
Waiting
On this weeks episode we share both of our Halloween experiences. Greg visited one of the biggest haunted house compound in the area, and Rob tells about his time at a party. We dive into the pros and cons of a work union, and end this weeks episode with reviewing the 2005 hit movie, Waiting. To ask us a question about bartending or service industry, you can send it to theawkwardbartenderguide@gmail.com You can also send us any story of an experience you had yourself, or with a another b...
31 Oct 2024
Halloween Episode
Its Halloween! On this weeks episode, we talk about the halloween popup bars, and some spooky cocktails. We disclose our Halloween plans. Then we end with playing a Halloween horror movie trivia game. To ask us a question about bartending or service industry, you can send it to theawkwardbartenderguide@gmail.com You can also send us any story of an experience you had yourself, or with a another bartender.
24 Oct 2024
Mental Health
On this weeks episode we dedicate this time to talk about mental health. The real reason we decided to do this podcast. We discuss the importance of setting time aside for your own mental health and how the service industry takes a mental toll on you. We give our advice on how you can stay grounded and share our personal experiences with therapy. To ask us a question about bartending or service industry, you can send it to theawkwardbartenderguide@gmail.com You can also send us any...
17 Oct 2024
Working in Covid
On this weeks episode we dive back into 2020 and reminisce about what it was like to live during the Pandemic. We discuss if Covid 19 really changed bartending and serving permanently. Greg also opens up with a brief update on last weeks episode, sharing some of his feedback he received about dating in the workplace. To ask us a question about bartending or service industry, you can send it to theawkwardbartenderguide@gmail.com You can also send us any story of an experience you had your...
10 Oct 2024
Dating in the work place
On this week episode Greg is back from Vacation! Surviving a hurricane in Florida, he shares experience of visiing Diney Epcot for the first time and trying new bars with the locals. We then transition to a hot topic of dating your coworkers. Greg shares his own personal experience while also givng good advice of how go about it. To ask us a question about bartending or service industry, you can send it to theawkwardbartenderguide@gmail.com You can also send us any story of an experience...
3 Oct 2024
Bartending on a budget
On this weeks episode the boys discuss Gregs upcoming Florida vacation. They discuss on how to get time off from your service industry and budgeting for a vacation. Then they share their thoughts on recent political topic of taxes on tips. To ask us a question about bartending or service industry, you can send it to theawkwardbartenderguide@gmail.com You can also send us any story of an experience you had yourself, or with a another bartender.
26 Sept 2024
Events and Concerts
On this weeks episode, Greg and Rob recap their eventful weekend. Greg shares his experience at a live show for the hit podcast, Last Podcast on the Left. Rob shares about his trip to see Post Malone in concert. Then the boys share their thoughts about Whisky and Bourbon. And they finish by doing a follow up to a local story they covered in a previous episode involving a woman being arrested for sharing an All You Can Eat meal at an Applebees. To ask us a question about bartending or ser...
19 Sept 2024
Knowing when to leave
On this week we have our very first guest! We invited our mutual friend Amanda to come on the podcast and walk us through her experience on leaving the bartending industry. She shares some of her bartending background, her thoughts on how to leave the industry, and how she still likes to be apart of it when she can. To ask us a question about bartending or service industry, you can send it to theawkwardbartenderguide@gmail.com You can also send us any story of an experience you had...
12 Sept 2024
TV and Movie Bars
On this weeks episode, Greg starts us off by telling us how he recently had to cut off a customer and what went down. Then we transition to talking about some of our favorite television and movie bars. Which ones we would like to visit, work at, or avoid. To ask us a question about bartending or service industry, you can send it to theawkwardbartenderguide@gmail.com You can also send us any story of an experience you had yourself, or with a another bartender.
5 Sept 2024
Terms and Condtions
On this weeks episode we discuss hot topic in the news. Disney is in the middle of a lawsuit due to a woman tragically passing away after one their resort restaurants assured them that they accommodated for her food allergy. Greg brings us some local new about a woman being arrested for sharing her "All you can eat" meal at Applebees. And we discuss some of our favorite public melt downs from customers. To ask us a question about bartending or service industry, you can send it to theawkw...
29 Aug 2024
Teen Bartenders
This week we discuss the new law that passed that allows 18 year olds to handle alcohol in restaurants and bars. We give our take on pros and cons on how a young adult can handle it. Sharing our own experiences of what we were exposed to working in a kitchen, it can raise the question, is this a good idea?To ask us a question about bartending or service industry, you can send it to theawkwardbartenderguide@gmail.com You can also send us any story of an experience you had yourself, or with a a...
22 Aug 2024
The Daiquiri
On this weeks episode we dive deep into the history of The Daiquiri. We begin this episode by discussing the hot topic of AI in the service industry. With AI raising in every industry, Greg gives his inputs on the robot food runners at his job. We also talk about the ongoing Olympics and their strict no alcohol rule. We both separately tired restaurants to try their version of the Daiquri. Rob tries a local neighborhood bar in Crown Point called Bedarra. Greg tries a chain restaurant, Applebe...
15 Aug 2024
Your third Place
On this weeks episode we open up with discussing a person's third space. A person's first two spaces are usually their home and work, but most people have a third space on where they like to go to escape. Somewhere fun, relaxing, and safe. We share our third space and explain why what they mean to us. Then we transition into talking about politics in the bar. When you have customers in the bar who insist sharing their strong opinions in the bar, Greg gives the awkward bartender advice on how ...
8 Aug 2024
Episode One
Welcome to our first episode! This week we learn about Greg's experience in the bartending industry. He shows credibility by sharing his various types of bartending jobs and his love for the industry. We dive deep into his state of mind from he first started in the industry to his current bartending career. We share some laughs remembering how we met each other and talk about where we will like to see where this podcast will take us. To ask us a question about bartending or service indus...
22 Jul 2024
Trailer
Welcome to our brand new podcast! We are here to discuss everything bartending. It is our goal to help inform those of their bartender rights, the best bar setups, drink recipes, and general advice for those in the service industry. Meet our host Greg Rucisnski, who has been bartending for over ten years. And Cohost Rob Miranda. Together we will be releasing episodes every Thursday to help ease you into the weekend. We will be touching on different subjects every week and having guests on eve...
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