Welcome to People Skills 101. Working in a bar is not just about pouring drinks, it's dealing with the public and that's the important skill you will walk away with.

I don't understand the "we" part. Could someone explain?

Bartending: half chemistry; half therapy.

Stand back, nod a few times and say yes every now and then. It works 95% of the time. Had my best years behind a bar counter, then I moved up to GM. Was a bad decision to make. People dumping their problems on you is part of the job hun. Nurture the topic. You will soon be reaping the rewards.

I have a strange feeling I'll be that person..be ready for me OP.

Let me sum this up: OP gets a customer telling about who is telling her about his life problems, but her last line is literal. It IS her dad. So basically on her first shift, her dad came in, and told her that her own mother was cheating on her dad with her uncle.

Why are you women like that?

Girls learn from a very young age that they have a hidden power for controlling men. They are liberated now and no longer have to pretend they don't enjoy sex too.

You're just going to have to build a stock of response lines that say nothing but make the person think you care.

What?