Carl
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Registered: 9th May 04
Location: Jimmy Bennett's la la land.
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is it blagable? any tips from bar workers! Off out to Ibiza for the summer in a week, really not a PR person so shitting it about finding a job, I've not worked in a bar but would be up for it so need some tips, best things to say to blag it, maybe some stories from work incase they tried to catch me out in an interview?! 
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Cosmo
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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tell them you worked on the film cocktail as their bar consultant.
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Rachael 1985
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Registered: 3rd May 07
Location: Leicestershire Drives: Corsa Sport
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ducky
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Registered: 8th Apr 02
Location: maidstone, kent
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when i was 19 i blagged my way into a bar job, didn't know anything and it was mainly a cocktail bar so had to lie saying i knew all the cocktails.
after a couple of days it was great i loved doing it and meeting people was great too. i'd go back to it if it wasn't for the unsocial hours. you're enjoy doing it. but it is usually long hours and a lot of cleaning at end of the night.
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Cosmo
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Just tell them you worked in a bar when you were younger so might be a little rusty but will get back into the swing of things quick enough.
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Carl
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
Just tell them you worked in a bar when you were younger so might be a little rusty but will get back into the swing of things quick enough.
That was my plan, plus most places will be bottles mainly so can't be that hard.
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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I feel I need a bar job.
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by Tom
I feel I need a bar job.
you dont get free beer all night you know?
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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Noooooo but I do get the banter and get paid for being there 
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Rachael 1985
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Registered: 3rd May 07
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Loads of my friends have done it or ru doing it now (abroad) and they loved it! 
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Superlite Ltd.
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Registered: 9th Jan 07
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I couldn't do it. If im in a bar i want to get wasted and they normally dont like you doing that if your working
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C2RL R
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Registered: 28th Mar 02
Location: Redcliffe, QLD
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i've never worked abroad but i've done it in england and loved it, was doing it at the same time as my regular job and had to give it up when i started doing call out. It was a cocktail bar in bolton and it was full of fanny all the time. Didnt know shit about cocktails but learnt it all after a few shifts. i had only ever worked in a cricket club before that so it was a bit different to pouring pints of mild. Think the only reason i got the job was coz me and the boss hit it off straight away. just act lively and you'll do alright.
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Carl
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good to know. Cheers.
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Tom
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Only thing stopping me is that I couldn;t commit in the week cos' of travelling with main work and would only fancy doing one shift at the weekend 
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corsa_chelle
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Registered: 6th Sep 06
Location: North Yorkshire
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i work at a nightclub on weekends, it's had work coz i work all week too but it's worth it! Bar work is great fun and you meet loads of people!
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Jill
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Registered: 8th Jun 01
Location: Aylesbury, BUCKS
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I work in a bar part time few eves etc a week as well as my full time job- been at my current bar nearly 6years It's great fun, get to meet a ton of great people and the people I work with are fantastic too. Just be honest, tell them you have very little experience and you will pick it up no problems, goodluck 
JILL 
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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Just got back from Cyprus and on transfer day the coach was meant to be collecting 55 people, but only 43 went as the rest stayed for the summer to do PR work and bar work. Everywhere was advertising for staff too.
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--Dave--
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Registered: 17th Feb 04
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how much is tax on a second income these days? 40% or thereabouts?
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Cosmo
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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depends how much your earning!
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Tom
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How much is it if you're on about £25k?
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--Dave--
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Registered: 17th Feb 04
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say your primary job pays circa £24k... and you decided to do a few nights a week in a bar...
I don't think I could do the second job knowing I'm effectively working 1 or 2 nights for nothing 
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Cosmo
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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it goes by the same bands as normal income tax IIRC.
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Ally
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Registered: 2nd Jul 03
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Second job is taxed at the normal rate, everyone gets £5k tax free allowance, everything else you earn is taxed at basic rate tax
Best thing would be to get a job cash in hand for somthing like that to make it worth while
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by Ally
Best thing would be to get a job cash in hand for somthing like that to make it worth while
which wouldnt be the best thing to tell people 
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--Dave--
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Registered: 17th Feb 04
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cheers for that Ally, thought you were taxed more on a second income, my mistake.
Given me ideas now
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