Ummm, they are...
But when I said bartender, I was including barmaids...(I don't think anyone uses that term anymore.) Bartenders must make more cash than people waiting tables.
Sometimes I watch that reality show about Coyote Ugly....and how they have to be able to dance on the bar and sing and work the crowd, but they also have to do that stuff where they toss the bottles around like in Cocktail (called "flair" which makes me laugh and think of Office Space), AND they have to know how to mix drinks.