Storytime about learning to bartend from @oldfashonedhussle

The creator delivers a direct-to-camera storytime about their difficult first shift as a bartender where they were reprimanded for being too slow. They share how they overcame the challenge by stealing shaker tins and practicing with rice at home, culminating in a physical demonstration of their perfected double-shaking technique behind the bar.

Creator: @oldfashonedhussle on TikTok

Transcript

When I first started bartending, there was a technique called double shaking. It's when you take two tins, shake them at the same time. It makes you more fast, more efficient behind the bar. My first bartending shift better, Friday night, I was getting murdered. Tickets were dragging. I, in fact, was not doing the bending. Bartender looked over at me and said, why the fuck are you moving so slow? Why aren't you double shaking? I said, my hands are too small. The tins are too big, and I'm not goo

Topics: Hospitality, Workplace Culture, Cocktails, Career Milestones

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