Career bartender, am I qualified to do anything else?
I've been a bartender for 30 years. Everything from dives to craft cocktails. I'm exhausted. I love my current spot and have been here for years but I'm 51 and have no idea how I'm going to keep doing this. Today my barback called out and I had to put away the beer order and stock the bar. It wiped me out. (it's like a city block to bring beer up from the basement). I also literally couldn't change a keg the other day because i physically couldn't move full kegs out of the way. It makes me feel like an asshole to ask the younger stronger staff to do some of this stuff. The bar staff all seem to like me a lot and nobody has complained but I feel like I have an expiration date and don't know what else I can do. No degree, no other work experience besides serving and bartending. Have any of y'all moved into another field? Doing what?