Do I need a lesson in proper bar drinking etiquette?

JohnnyT · Post by **JohnnyT** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 5:36 pm

I feel I may have committed a major violation in bar room etiquette.

I was drinking at my regular joint one night, having already consumed some Sapphire tonics, a couple of Jaegermeisters, several beers and several chilled Patron shots. So I was on my way.

Anyhoo, a friend (actually more like an acquaintance) who works at the bar surprised me with a wonderful gift out of the blue, a beautiful bottle of Patron silver. So there I am sitting at the bar now with my own bottle of Patron, and in my half-drunken state, I decided to crack open the bottle right there at the bar.

I probably sucked down a third of it sitting right there at the bar. I felt guilty, since this is my regular joint, and Iwasn't buying drinks anymore, instead I was simply pouring my own. In fact, I probably wouldn't have gotten away with it if I wasn't a regular.

Just wanted to get that off my chest and clear my conscience.

Thanks and good night.

Chelsea40oz · Post by **Chelsea40oz** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 5:38 pm

Did you tip nice? That always helps assauge the guilt.

Barca · Post by **Barca** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 5:42 pm

Tipping assuages your guilt and mollifies their anger.

Tip well and often and you can get away with a lot in most bars.

As a matter of fact, as someone who's rarely trying to get away with anything, that if you tip well and often you'll often be encouraged to do things in the bar you never would have considered on your own.

JohnnyT · Post by **JohnnyT** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 5:44 pm

I always tip well, probably the most important thing a drunkard can do. It generates good will and healthy pours from every bartender I've ever met....except for the occasional miserable bastard type of bartender who doesn't deserve a good tip.

Jimmy&Guinney · Post by **Jimmy&Guinney** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 5:45 pm

It sounds like you had already bought a fair share by that time and probably tipped well as well. I'm sure if the bartender didn't want you to drink it there, that person wouldn't have given it to you in the condition you were in.

JohnnyT · Post by **JohnnyT** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 5:47 pm

barcalounge wrote:Tipping assuages your guilt and mollifies their anger.

Tip well and often and you can get away with a lot in most bars.

As a matter of fact, as someone who's rarely trying to get away with anything, that if you tip well and often you'll often be encouraged to do things in the bar you never would have considered on your own.

Yes, I have gotten away with more than any man has a right to in this particular bar.

My place even takes my checks. That's how I know I'm a regular.

Barca · Post by **Barca** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 5:50 pm

I know I'm a regular when I have to complain, "Hey, how come you guys didn't tell me we closed? I was supposed to be home before dawn."

JohnnyT · Post by **JohnnyT** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 5:52 pm

This almost seems like the start of another thread:

"You know you're a regular when...."

Uncle Sal · Post by **Uncle Sal** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 5:56 pm

J&G... wrong thread, and this whole time massive was telling me you were a guy...

Uncle Sal · Post by **Uncle Sal** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 5:57 pm

and to think that you can sew...

Barca · Post by **Barca** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 5:59 pm

JohnnyTequila wrote:This almost seems like the start of another thread:

"You know you're a regular when...."

Good idea!

coqui_chris · Post by **coqui_chris** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 6:02 pm

If he didn't want you to drink it there, he would've waited until you were paying your tip and leaving to give it to you, and said something like "a little something for you to take home." If he didn't do those things and didn't want you to drink it there, it was his fault for not being expressly clear.

fdoosey · Post by **fdoosey** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 6:29 pm

If you're in this spot again, offer the bartender a shot or two and all is well.

Uncle Sal · Post by **Uncle Sal** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 6:39 pm

the bartender is supposed to give us shots from the well.
that's the whole point of a patron isn't it?

Chelsea40oz · Post by **Chelsea40oz** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 6:37 am

Uncle Sal wrote:the bartender is supposed to give us shots from the well.

I have no quarrel with top shelf, either.