After the movie “Cocktail” hit cinemas, there was a big surge in adopting bartending as career. Movies like this one glamorize bartending by making life behind the bar seem like exciting nights where nothing goes wrong. The bartender always ends up with the best girl in the bar. The bar is always full of people yelling for more drinks. A bartender never has a moment free. In some bars, this is the case. In others, however, there is plenty of seating to go round and the action never gets started.

Depending on the personality of the bartender, this could be an ideal situation. There are the bars featured on the popular television show “Cheer”. Here the neighborhood bar is the place everyone meets up at the end of the day. The bartender is good friends with the patrons. Getting to know these individuals on a personal level is what makes bartending fulfilling for them. There is no need to be a hustle and bustle nightclub bartender. In this type of “Cheers” bar, the bartender takes a friendly approach to life behind the bar.