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Search Submit. Try maintaining a rictus grin as you prowl the nightclub floor, a bottle of Apple Sourz in each clammy hand, Calvin Harris' discography hijacking your eardrums for the third night in a row. Try having to hustle a crowd of leery city workers while the balls of your feet turn white with pain and your self-esteem disintegrates like a Rizla at a foam party.
Now try doing that sober. I never thought I'd end up selling shots in a bar. After moving to London to study for a masters—which so far has amounted to little but an extra line on my resume—my sister introduced me to the world of promo work. However, selling shots in London's West End was the only piece of promo work that actually paid well.
The job works on commission, so bigger, better clubs mean bigger, better profits—but you can also do all right if you corner a couple of bankers locked into one of those weird macho competitions that revolve around trying to out-spend each other on Don Julio shots.
And if you're willing to work over New Year's or Christmas, I've heard of girls managing to clear close to a grand in a night. But it's not all Dan Bilzerian wannabes making it rain. Working as a shot girl was exhausting, depressing, demoralizing and, ultimately, the worst job I've ever had.
But in the hope that it'll make you sympathize with one of my compatriots the next time you see them wading through a club, here's the most important insights I gained in my time on the job.
The job requires you to get on your social A-game as soon as you clock in. Simply batting your eyelashes doesn't work, because there's normally another girl selling shots in the same bar, and chances are she's prettier than you and doesn't have nearly the same amount of sweat building up under her hairline.
Movement is also key. You need to be constantly circulating—keeping an eye on who the other girl's talking to, so if they turn her down you can make your move—while ensuring that any newcomers flock to you first.
You can't stick around in the corner flirting with one guy; big groups are where the money's at, and unless you genuinely enjoy spending your Friday nights being knocked back by apathetic shufflers, that's what you're there for.
When it comes to which specific groups to target, bachelorette parties are the holy grail. With one arm, Courtney holds aloft a tray of 40 test tubes filled with an assortment of colorful alcoholic beverages.
It is their second tray of the night; they sold the first to bar patrons, including several men who bought two shots on the condition that Erica drink with them.
And Erica was very queasy. Getting sick is a regular side effect for the women, said Jeff Beck, 33, the bouncer. Nausea notwithstanding, it was a good night for Erica and Courtney. They're part of an unofficial work force of "shot girls" across America who bring the bar directly to customers by selling drinks with a smile and sex appeal. Wearing skimpy outfits, they are ogled, propositioned and groped; they may get into fights with jealous women or with others competing for business in the same cramped space; and by the end of the night, they're guaranteed to be covered in a sticky mess of sweet alcohol.
But it's almost always worth it: In a few hours they can earn hundreds of tax-free dollars. Shot girls are essentially entrepreneurs. Unlike bartenders and bouncers, they don't usually work for clubs and bars. Instead, they buy a tray of shots from the bar and resell them -- ostensibly at the same price -- keeping the tips for themselves.
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