Working at the Olympics

Razor-BladE · 19 Jul 2012 at 18:20

Just wondering if anyone else here is doing any work (volunteering or otherwise) with the Olympics?

Me, I'll be working as a bartender at Horse Guards Parade starting 27th until the 9th, with most days starting at 6:30am!

Luckily, I have an aunt who lives in London and so going to stay with her, otherwise I'd have to get up at 3am! (instead of 5am).

Should be good fun, but I can imagine it being very very busy! It'll be my first time as a bartender but I'm a quick learner (and been to plenty of bars/clubs to know how to pull a pint) so there shouldn't be any problem, I hope!

Mal Cullen · 20 Jul 2012 at 16:41

See if you can get to a stage where you can keep more than 1 order in your head at any one time. This will set you apart and above 99% of the bartenders in England. They seem to only be able to manage 1 order at a time and have to complete it take the cash, give the change before they can even start to think about taking the 2nd order. Dreadful.

jimhaumman · 23 Jul 2012 at 03:03

all depends how big is the order,isn't?
it isn't a problem if you got people ordering 2pints,you can take more orders like that,but rely what's the point customer want his order now...

Should be good fun, but I can imagine it being very very busy! It'll be my first time as a bartender but I'm a quick learner (and been to plenty of bars/clubs to know how to pull a pint) so there shouldn't be any problem, I hope!

you'll be all right mate really is job to do

SoAdCrAzY · 23 Jul 2012 at 10:15

I work at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich and so the park is closed and the museum is in lock-down.

I'm not sure why it's still open. There are army soldiers everywhere who search everyone who tries to go in which takes ages so we hardly get many visitors.

andi · 23 Jul 2012 at 10:45

I'm doing 3 days of policing at Old Trafford for the football!

oli356 · 25 Jul 2012 at 07:48

My dad volunteered for the transport team. He assumed he would be doing driving, went to like 4 training days and learnt nothing...all sorts of garbage by the sounds of it and badly organised.

Only last week was the first time they mentioned what they were actually doing at these hotels.... Opening and closing car doors. He wasn't very happy at all! Been looking forward to it for years, but wanted involvement somehow, opening doors isn't.

He was scheduled for 7 shifts (all pretty ridiculous times..)

Razor-BladE · 25 Jul 2012 at 11:18

Mal Cullen said:
See if you can get to a stage where you can keep more than 1 order in your head at any one time. This will set you apart and above 99% of the bartenders in England. They seem to only be able to manage 1 order at a time and have to complete it take the cash, give the change before they can even start to think about taking the 2nd order. Dreadful.

Haha yeah, slow bartenders annoy me. Nah, I'm alright with short-term memory and multitasking. However, it's not going to be run like normal bars where each person takes an order, pours and uses the till. Each person is going to have a role (which will swap throughout the day), where it's just pouring, or just taking orders, etc, a bit like fast fod restaurants. More efficient apparently.

oli356 said:
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That sucks big time!