Reply With QuoteYes, a humungous faux pas I'm afraid [-XOriginally Posted by TopGun
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Acceptable pub etiquette
Is it wrong for a bloke to drink white wine in a pub when he's surrounded by his buddies who are on the beers?
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Yes, a humungous faux pas I'm afraid [-X
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woofter!!
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I often get on the red wine when I get bored of beer, this usually ends in friends being sprayed with red wine and me falling over, white wine is a whole different kettle of fish, a tad ghey.
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Oh dear... back to horrible pub lager, pork scratchings and farting competitions then. Being a tight git I refuse to pay for bottled lager unless it's a special occasion and I just can't drink bitter all night.
Last edited by TopGun; 29-08-2008 at 09:56 PM.
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White wine is not for men!
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White wine isn't cheap in the pub though........is it ????? :smt102
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No, it's a misguided principle thing with the bottled lager I guess.
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At the end of the day, you drink what you want mate. If you've got the balls to stand there and drink white wine while all your mates are drinking beer, fair play to you.
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If your into that kind of thing!
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It's definitely not OK, even if you're going through a pretentious stage.
There's nowt wrong with drinking white wine, just not if you're a bloke in a pub. Usually because the wine is pants. Drink a decent Chablis or Sancerre at home, no problem.
PS. If you can't drink beer all night what's wrong with drinking shorts?
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Not acceptable.
Unless you are eating.
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Remember if in a pub it's a pint for the bloke and some sort of fruit based drink for the lady.
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Acceptable. People who complain that other people are drinking something different to themselves are usually fascists.
Poor pub etiquette includes:
- If you are male, following your friends into the loo. Unless they are female of course.
- Putting loads of coins onto the pool table and expecting it to be your go time and time again.
- Insisting on "winner stays on" even if nobody else in the pub wants to.
- Putting Meatloaf on the jukebox, or any other crap that lasts 20 minutes.
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You can add as well:
- Someone in the group downing their drink and saying lets move on when others are still finishing up.
No to the wine drinking I'm afraid. We've been conditioned to not drink it in a pub!
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- When it's your round, coming back from the bar with pints of tap water saying "It's all they had".
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lol! Can't say I've ever seen that happen tbf.
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- Couples buying a round between them. This is confounded when they still expect to be bought individual drinks by everyone else.
- The designated driver accepting cokes all night until its their round and then saying, 'I'm not getting a round, because I'm only drinking coke.'
- Running out of money, or leaving before getting your round in.
- Sitting in the prime TV viewing seats when you have no intention of watching it. Ladies, this one is aimed at you.
- Sitting on large tables when there are only 2 of you.
- Asking for a clean glass.
- Taking a laptop to the pub.
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On a busy Saturday night...
- 3 or more people crowding round the bar when only one is ordering the drinks
- remaining propped against the bar to drink while massive queues build behind you
- ordering a massive round, only to take a chance on a debit card that 'may not work'. Go to the ****ing cash point!
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- Ordering a big round to then order your Guiness last.
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Pub toilet etiquette is serious business too...
1st in? Go to urinal/part of trough furthest from door.
2nd in? Go to urinal nearest to door.
3rd in? Stop at urinal equidistant between the two occupied
etc.
Never, under any circumstances, come and stand next to me when urinals further away are free.
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That is acceptable. The driver is doing me a favour in staying sober and taking me home. The cokes are just a gratuity.
How long is it acceptable to stare at another man's penis at the urinals? IMO, it becomes an uncomfortable situation after 2 minutes.
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Going into a cubicle and hoovering up lines that were left for someone else.
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I do this on purpose, to freak out men that are clearly "worried they are gay"
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Agree with this. I can't drive so am never in that position but if someone is willing to drive people around they deserve free coke.
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From the Publican's point of view :
Can everyone please drink white wine [small glasses though], and definitely not buy the bottle....
The reason, we make ridiculous profits on that cheap crap we buy for peanuts and flog to you lot for lots of money.
Failing that, keep getting the cokes/pepsis in for Desi, because that is almost pure profit - a tiny bit of syrup with water and a little gas :shock:
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The landlord spraying the toilet system bit with wd40 so the lines melt away
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We're not allowed to use WD40 anymore - apparently it causes cancer : roll : - say hello to the Landlord's new best friend
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Lol!
Is rimming your mates drink when he goes to the loo allowed these days?!
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Hey, what you guys do with each other's drinks is none of my business
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Puffs that have 'just a half in there please mate' in their pint glass, normally last orders. FFS, i get 2 pints in.
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I'm more concerned with the unwashed smell wafting off your rotten bell-end.
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you should be drinking a pint of white wine minimum
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I'd agree with most of this, except the designated driver. It's a crap night out if you're driving so I never do it but if anyone is prepared to ferry me around when I'm drunk then they deserve free drinks all night.
I'd say watching TV in a pub full stop is bad etiquette unless it's for a specific sports event. This is a grey area though.
Asking for a Guinness as the last drink in the round - clearly wrong.
Jumping the queue - just about the worst thing you can do. Come on, we all know who's next even if the barman doesn't (it's not always easy to spot when you're on that side and have a long bar to check) but we can help them out.
As an ex-barman one of the things that annoyed me was getting halfway through a round only for the punter to go back and check what someone wanted. It left me standing like a lemon while other people were waiting. There are ways around it but with new tills it made it harder to serve someone else. I'd add indecisive people to this.
Getting all fancy about drinks - for example substituting 'ding dong' for bell's or 'low flier' for Grouse. Muppets, it's easier to say the actual words and you also don't look a prat at the same time.
Tapping coins at the bar.
Refusing to put the money into the outstretched hand of the barman. What's that all about? Chucking your money on the bar makes you look stupid and rude. I noticed that the people who did it were the ones who were complained when I did it back to them.
To even things up barmen/barmaids who constantly chat and are completely oblivious to anyone waiting also winds me up.
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Women thinking cos they have t1ts and an attitude problem they can walk up to the bar and jump the queue.
Can you say Strawberry Cheeesecake?
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Drink what the **** you like
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I'd agree with both of these points. I really hate it when people get served before you, even though they know you were there first. It is selfish and rude.
I think when a couple of people are sat on a table for more than 5 people, they should be told to get up and move.
I don't like people who shout when they're on fruit/quiz machines. Worse then those people though are the ones who stand behind you when you're on one. And the worst of all of them are the ones who think they are entitled to join in.
I don't like it when people poo on the floor in toilets rather than the toilet.
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Smokers standing in the doorway.
It honestly is a complete accident if my shoulder smashes you in the jaw as I try and squeeze past.
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I work as a barman and this winds me up a lot, especially if the bar is wet on a busy night.
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Does it annoy barstaff here if they end up receiving a £20 note as a tightly rolled tube? The longer I have to wait to be served while they gas away to their colleagues or a customer mate the tighter it gets.
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How is that coke habit coming along?
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I think most barstaff get annoyed when their fellow barstaff are chatting away when there is customers to be served. Have to admit though its a difficult one to avoid when its a lady type.
Oh and yes notes in any form other then flat is ****ing annoying.
Arguably the worst crime is holding out the note in front of you :mad:.
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Glad my time spent rolling isn't wasted then.
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That's a desperate measure for desperate times with really bad bar staff though.
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Sometimes, but it still happens a lot of the time when people are getting served quickly enough. It tends to be by people who think they are gangsters as well.
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Agree on the first one, me and my fiancee make sure we both get rounds in. Don't agree on the second though, when I've been designated driver it's bad enough not being able to have a beer let alone paying for other people's beer (when your soft drink is half the cost). The third one I totally agree on, we had a lad in my late teens/early 20s who was well known for this offence, we got our revenge by going for a curry on London Rd and left him asleep with the bill!
Unless it's a Setanta game, I don't go the pub to watch TV but I do take a book if I'm away from home for work and want to relax in the evening. A couple sitting at a large table is definately selfish. Don't think I've gone anywhere where the glasses were really dirty but at Cafe Buster in Antwerp there is actually a washing up sink at the bar! Taking a laptop to the pub - OK during the day although always the risk of damaging it, bit much in the evening IMO though.
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Where is a pint of Coke half the price of lager? Not in any pub I frequent it isn't.
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Couples etiquette is a separate problem I assume it goes back to when the "lady" didn't work but unacceptable these days.
I think the designated driver is entitled but it should be made clear from the start. If it's a regular drinking group then it doesn't matter as long as you are consistent.
If you walk into a pub and get involved in rounds then you should have enough cash. Now that most pubs take cards this isn't really a problem.
not worried about TV really.
Can't see why you wouldn't ask for a clean glass, at beer festivals we have to be very careful about not touching the top of the glass and not letting the punter's glass come in contact with the tap on the barrel.
What about rounds generally? While it's more sociable people are going to be encouraged to accept drinks they don't want. And I've known people line up three or four drinks when they are drinking slowly. To my mind if you've got the best part of a full pint you don't need another one. A bit wary about accepting if I've got at least a half.
Something else that irritates me is people sitting at the bar apparently oblivious to others trying to get there to order a drink.
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Ah, but they're locals you see, where as you are just an irritating interloper in their own pub!
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