Hotel bars host a rotating mix of transient patrons: tourist couples sipping Guinness, businessmen unconcerned about overpriced meals, and friends catching up over wine. A recurring figure stands out: a young applicant clutching a CV, wearing a best or only tie, and fixing a rictus grin intended to appear professional. That person radiates earnestness and enthusiasm while shaking hands with the duty manager and describing hopes for a long, rewarding career in hospitality. If hired, the young applicant often finds themselves entering a surprisingly enjoyable and engaging job in the industry.
Hotel bars are home, fleetingly, to many different types of people. The tourist couple slowly, politely sipping the glass of Guinness they just posted a photo of on Instagram; the businessman who thinks nothing of buying a bad salad for €24; the two women giddily catching up over lunchtime wine, a conspiratorial glint in their eyes. And then, there's the person that always catches my attention:
the young person clutching their CV, wearing their best (maybe only) tie, face fixed in a rictus grin that they hope registers as professional and pick-me. They are coated in earnestness and enthusiasm. Man, how the synaptic pathways in my brain reconnect as I watch them shake hands with the duty manager, talking in great detail about their hopes of a long and rewarding career in hospitality.
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