Reynolds Street Bar & Grill 34 S. Reynolds Street Alexandria, VA ReynoldsBarandGrill.com 703-751-0830 How did you get started bartending? Prior to bartending I had always had nine to five jobs which required panty hose and boring cubicles. In 2009, when I opted for a change of scenery I thought of the bar and restaurant industry. I walked into a place where I had heard was hiring and applied for a cocktail waitress position since I had zero bartending experience. My application was handed to the manager and he asked me “have you ever bartended before’? “Nope” I said. His response was a simple, “Well, we can teach people to make drinks, we can’t teach people to have personality and to be friendly”. From then on I remembered those words. Anyone can make drinks, but it’s true, not everyone has personality. What is your bartender pet peeve? This one I had to think about because I know that there are so many. The first things that came to mind were the ever so subtle tapping your glass on the bar, going out to smoke then claiming that we took your drink… and it was full, or repeatedly shouting out something other than my name. All those things are fine in comparison to the ever so famous line of “how much is a Patron margarita?” or “How much is a large beer?” O.K., “How much is a small beer?” All of these questions just scream that I am going to not only get stiffed on the tip, but most likely the drink won’t be “strong enough” for them. Hey, if you can’t afford to tip then maybe you should just stay home. I would also like to add that I enjoy watching when a man is trying to impress women at the…