I wish I could make real, classy, fresh drinks the proper way but my bar/customers just won’t go for it.

I work at a local FOE and have been for a few months now and the way drinks are made here is just so disappointing. No matter what, every drink is the same thing: Plastic cup or pint glass shoved full of ice, 1 shot of whichever liquor(s) they want and then dump mixer in until the glass is full. No shaking, muddling, proper measurements or fresh ingredients. You want a whiskey sour? Pint glass of ice, 1 shot of whiskey and then dump sweet and sour mix and serve. Drinks with multiple different liquors is just 1 shot of everything no matter what. Everything that should be fresh is just in jugs of pre-made sugar ingredients. (We don’t even have the ability to make real margaritas and our Long Islands are in a bottle already mixed, ice and dump). And if you want a martini…forget it, we don’t even carry vermouth. Hell, we don’t even carry simple syrup to sweeten drinks. Now this place has been around far longer than myself and I understand it’s their money and they can drink how they want but the issue is that they THINK they’re getting great quality drinks because that’s how it’s always been done. I’ve been studying various drink making techniques and am learning about mixology (I’m no pro by any means) and all that so I really want to bring a new level of drink making to this place and change the atmosphere but management refuses to invest because “people won’t like the change” and it’s basically all older people and they’re set in their ways with crappy, half assed drinks. I was just hoping for more than dumping mixer into liquor and ice from in a pint glass. Rant over.