But bartenders are in particularly dicey territory as most service industry establishments don’t offer benefits or workplace protections in line with the typical 9 to 5 workplace. Of course, paid time off and parental leave are hotbeds for social and political debate-the protections and health coverage offered by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may be short-lived. One of the most problematic issues that professional bartenders with kids face is the extreme lack of workplace benefits. “If we want to be considered a real profession-a profession that will allow women to move up in the ranks and become more than college sports bar bartenders,” says Mains, “we’re going to have to find a comprehensive family plan.” Not only is the bartending industry not considered particularly family friendly-from the late nights of slinging drinks to the often complete lack of benefits or job security-it’s also just beginning to find its footing as a full-time career path for many people. The challenges faced by all new and expectant mothers are amplified when those mothers are working behind the stick, and Mains certainly isn’t alone in her effort to make what many consider an untraditional career path work in tandem with starting a family as we’ve reported in the past, women make up 60 percent of the bartending industry. “What may seem to many people in the Midwest to be a very untraditional and unacceptable role for a woman, to me, I couldn’t survive having it any other way.” “I want to have both and I’m not going to choose-that’s not an option for me,” says Mains. “And I think that I have failed in some areas at keeping the balance.”īut instead of giving in to criticisms and stepping down from her ownership and management roles in Oklahoma City’s burgeoning food and drink scene to care for her son full-time, Mains is forging ahead. “I’ve tried hard in a lot of ways to figure out the balance between work and family, which is difficult in any business, but especially in this business,” says Mains. Now, with a toddler and a two more cocktail bars-Silver Lining and Rum Rebellion-underway, Mains ( pictured above) is wrestling with a dilemma that’s all too familiar to modern working mothers: Figuring out how to balance a fulfilling career with motherhood. I get a thrill out of feeling like I’m hosting a party, an escape for people.” “To me, hospitality is what has always attracted me to this business-I have always loved and believed in over the top hospitality. “In those first few months when I was stuck on the couch breastfeeding, I read a lot of cocktail books and started to get that bug,” says Mains. Less than a year and a half later, she opened her first cocktail bar-and third business- Rockford Cocktail Den. Afterward, check out this unhinged message that a restaurant owner sent to staff.Two and a half years ago, Anna Mains gave birth to Nixon, her first and only son. Read on for the shared text messages and some of the responses below. Readers replied with some advice, advising the bartender to report the incident and to follow up on the check and wrongful termination. The bartender shared screenshots of the exchange in a popular Reddit sub, asking for advice and providing context in a lengthy comment. Well, this bar owner and the manager they appointed to run it were probably both that kid from class, getting their egos involved and firing one of their bartenders after they enquired after their paycheck, blocking them and refusing to pay the bartender what they were owed. It's like George Carlin famously put it: "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." Remember that one kid from your high school English class who treated everything like it was a complete joke-to the point of cruelty-never taking or accepting responsibility for any of his actions? Yeah, well, that kid could have very likely gone on to become someone's manager or open their own business.
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