Don't yell your order at the bartender. Dont call him "buddy. guy, chief, bro" etc. Learn his name, hold your money up, dont wave it around like a douche. Dont be loud, it fucks up other's good times. Tip well and you'll get your drinks about 50% faster and a little stiffer than the other guys.

There is a mandatory initiation act where you just help yourself to the tap. You are encouraged to wrap your lips around the spout.

lol enjoy getting stink eye'd and ignored if you don't tip enough or losing your money by tipping too much.

>>8504188
How much do you need to tip in terms of percentage? Do you tip after each drink?

>>8504213
a dollar per beer/drink

Acceptable male spirits: gin and the whiskey family (bourbon, scotch, rye, etc.)

Unacceptable male spirits: everything not listed above.

>>8504241
That's a rip off! How much does a beer cost?

>>8504259
Acceptable opinions: Mine.
Unacceptable opinions: Anything else.

Do not hit on the batender/waitress. She's there to give you drinks, not her phone number.

>>8504213
well i usually run a tab and tip at the end, then again i go to the same bars and they know i tip well so i never have a problem with service.

a good bartender can be your best friend, tip them well and don't be an asshole

>>8504262
No shit. Loltipping

>>8504275
Dude it's r9k, these guys wouldn't hit on anything.

I suspect.

>>8504213
Don't even tip broheim. Or if you do, do it at the end of the night if he was a particually cash barman. Just send a couple bucks his way.

What the fuck do people even do at a bar? I honestly don't know what to expect.

>>8504300
The truth is that it depends on the culture.

If uncertain, 15% or 10% are good starting points!

>>8504325
Drink. Duh.

>>8504325
i drink, occasionally i will read something or watch the tv, but usually it just drink. just me and the bottle.

being drunk around other drunks makes it a bit less depressing

>>8504352
Wow.

I usually talk to people, but only if the music isn't BLASTING THRU THOSE GHETTOBLASTERS.

>>8504241

a dollar per drink is only acceptable at a dive bar.

if your bar charges more than $10 for any of the signature cocktails, $2 or 20% of the tab is more reasonable.

other things to know -

don't order stupid drinks you saw on TV unless it's a relatively fancy bar (a gin and tonic is the limit at a local dive)

don't order wine unless it's a wine bar or you're ok drinking something that's been open for a month or more (you shouldn't be ok with this)

don't be one of those people who worries about "male" vs "female" drinks. these rules are invented to troll insecure 21 year olds, the only people who actually believe in them are rednecks and mentioning them in any context except as a joke will mark you as one of them.

Do most bars have a dance floor?

>>8504379
Doesn't
>don't order stupid drinks you saw on TV unless it's a relatively fancy bar (a gin and tonic is the limit at a local dive)

and

>don't be one of those people who worries about "male" vs "female" drinks.

Sort of stand against each other? Few simple drinks are branded "female"

>>8504396
You're looking for a discotheque. Some bars do, however. Pubs rarely do.

1 dollar tip for every drink. It's common courtesy, yet bartenders are extremely thankful when you do it.

To order a drink, just get in between people and put an elbow on the bar. Helps if you have your wallet or cash in your hand, but don't wave it around or snap your fingers like a fucking tool.

Make eye contact with the bartender. If they're busy, it'll take a while, but it they're not, all it will take is eye contact and a little up-nod to get their attention.

Know exactly what you want. Do not waste the bartender's time, that's their money you're wasting. Know the specials by checking the bar out online or checking the board in the bar.

Don't order a fancy bitch drink. If you do, and they don't know how to make the fancy bitch drink, then just default to a simple bitch drink. Bitches can't tell the difference.

Have you drank much before? If not, don't even attempt to keep pace with the other people in the group, you'll just get hammered ridiculously fast.

>>8504483
I'm a lightweight. I will have to pace myself.

>>8504439

mostly I suppose. there are simpler "girly" ones like vodka cranberry that can safely be ordered at a dive. although I have heard it claimed that vodka cranberry is more of a gay men's drink than a girl's drink, so who knows.

Learn your specials. I had a calendar on my wall for a little bit that had drink specials for every night of the week. You're going to be overcharged out of the ass unless you're playing your cards right. Dollar beer nights, $5 pitcher nights, $7 Magarita pitchers, shit. Those aren't normal prices.

>>8504535
Where I live the cuba libre is claimed to be a females drink.

Yes I mad.

This thread is making me thirsty.

Also, if someone offers to "get the next round", then you will obligated to get a round eventually. It's best to get that obligation out of the way as soon as possible. Everybody likes the guy who says, "Hey, I'll get this one!"

So people go to a bar to buy overpriced drinks and sit around listening to bad music?

If you are paying with a credit card and plan to be drinking there for a while, keep an open tab. They'll ask if you want it open. Just say yes, hand them the card, and walk away. My first time I stood there waiting for my card back for some stupid reason. I felt like a retard.

>>8504574
Yeah, basically. But there's always the chance of getting laid by a stranger.

>>8504574
Yeah, no.

Drinks are affordable.

If it's busy, keep it down to two part drinks or the bartender will hate you. I usually get gin and tonics to keep it classy.

If you are conscious of this, your drinks will usually be stronger because they will be grateful. Which remind me, NEVER complain that your drink is too strong.

Hook Norton beers <3

>>8504576
Haha, yeah, take heed of this if you're paying with a card. And if you are paying with a card, make sure you keep track of who you're buying drinks for, cause it racks up quickly if you're not paying attention.

What's the general attire?

Lol @ dollar tip per drink. Unless you're going to frequent the bar often then don't bother tipping.

>>8504604

unless there's a drinks menu prominently displayed on the bar with complicated drinks, and everyone is ordering them. that would be the signal where it's ok. but make sure then that the complicated drink is on that actual menu, and not just something you pulled out of your ass because you thought it would make you sound cool.

>>8504637
So how about the white russian? Overboard? I think not.

>>8504637
I disagree. It still doesn't make it okay. If everybody is ordering complex drinks and you don't, he will be glad you were smart enough not to.

This doesn't mean you can never order a complex drink...you can and should try some out...just don't do it when he is slammed.

>>8504637
Aren't these guys being paid to like, make these drinks? Why do you have to please them in every way?

I mostly just drink beer anyway, so it's not like I mind, but.

>>8504604
On top of this, always have a drink that every bar serves. Always check what beers they have. If you don't know what to get, then get a beer that's on tap at the establishment that you are at.
But every bar might not have miller light, every bar might not know how to make a pink naked lady fuzzy dilly hole (exaggeration), but every bar should be able to mix two classic, generic bar ingredients together. Gin&Tonic, Rum&Coke, etc., find a VERY simple mixed drink like that and make it your default for unknown bars. Personally, I go for a rum and coke.

>>8504657

if the place is that disorganized/understaffed/flooded with screaming kids, they would normally take down the "weird drinks" menu before shit got out of hand. or it would get knocked off the counter on its own.

if you see it, neatly perched on the counter, it's all good.

Sorry Americans but i lol'd hard at you tipping bar staff.
Bar staff in this country do the exact same thing without us having to add extra money onto the price of a round of drinks.
>but we get served faster/stronger drinks
So do we if we have a regular drinking hole, get to know the barstaff.

WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY

>>8504771
You, Sir, are and idiot. Tipping is well and alive in many countries around the world.

>>8504241
$3 for beer alone + $1 tip = $4 a beer?
No thanks.

>>8504771

oh good, this post.

america vs europe, go!

Fucking americans. you don't have to change what drink you want just cos the bar is busy and it'll take longer to make. The guy serving you should put what you want first. Tipping barstaff is retarded as well.

>>8504791
yeah that's the standard practice

if you can't afford to tip then you can't afford to go out

>>8504792
Except in most European countries, you tip. Same in America.

>Shit mang maybe we're not so different anyway.

>>8504790
Go for it. Name some countries you know for a fact tip barstaff after every drink.

lol @ stupid americans and your obsession with drinking age

in europe we take a much more enlightened view of these matters. I wouldn't expect you to understand that.

>>8504797
>Has never been to a bar.

You tip in most countries.

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/world/2007-09-10-tipchart_N.htm

german here. your idea of beer horrifies us.

just saying.

>>8504811
hell i don't tip a bartender after every drink, then again i run a tab that i settle at the end of the night.

as long as you tip well and the bartender knows you as a regular you will get more then enough free drinks to even out

>>8504811
I never said you had to tip after every drink.

And some guy posted a chart, so why do I have to do it? Anyway, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Poland.
>>8504817
Please go away.

>>8504820

Er... that list says Restaurants, porters and taxis.

Restaurant =/= Bar.

>>8504822
Now THIS, I can agree to. (Norwegian here. I like my beer the English way. Brown ale please).

>>8504830
Here, if you pay in cash, you tip every drink.
If you pay with card, you tip at the end.

Here's something that took me a little bit to figure out when I first started going to bars:

You have wells and premium liquors. Wells are the shittiest kind (you'd just call it "rum" instead of "captain morgan's" or whatever), and premium liquors are called by name.

If a place has "$2.00 Wells", for example, that means a Rum & Coke costs $2.00.

If a place has $2.00 U-Call-Its, however, that means that /any/ mixed drink costs $2.00. A Rum & Coke costs $2.00. Bacardi and Coke costs $2.00. Captain Morgans and Coke costs $2.00. Vodka and Red Bull costs $2.00. So on and so forth.

>>8504820
Nowhere in that chart does it say anything about tipping barstaff. I tip cab drivers and waiters, never barstaff.

>>8504846
Aw shit mang. You really got me there, me just taking the first link.

>>8504863
Where I'm from, we call those "rails".
As in, 2$ rails at happy hour!

>>8504878
Tip whoever the fuck you want to tip. I'll keep tipping mostly everyone in a service-oriented business.

Just keep the fucking EuropevsAmerica threads out of here.

>>8504889
i thought a rail was the line of coke you were doing in the bathroom between drinks?

>>8504902
Seems to be another cultural difference between America and most European countries.
Both tip waiters/cab drivers/porters but i've only heard of Americans tipping bartenders.

>>8504922
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/294582/tipping_in_europe_what_you_need_to.html

There are different sources on the internet that will tell you different things but I know for a fact several European countries where the bartender almost expects tip.

I should know, I've worked as one.

>>8504918
If you ask for a 'rail', maybe. But if you ask for a generic booze type, "whiskey, rum, vodka, etc" you'll get rail booze.

well: cheapest shit they sell usually mccormick brand or some other equally cheap stuff. if you just say "rum and coke", or "vodka tonic" this is what you get.

call: this is your mid level stuff, captain morgan, smirrnoff you specify this when you order etc.

premium: this is the best shit they sell, grey goose, patron etc. again you have to ask for it.

>>8504950
Are these places heavily trafficked by americans?

>>8504988

"reality" is actually an enormous conspiracy run by americans for the express purpose of making you wrong.

>>8504988
Well I worked at a hotel so yeah there were a decent set of Americans. Norwegians tipped too. I'd say about 50% tipped or something, of the Norwegians.

Most americans tipped like crazy though. I love America.

>>8504983
Where are you from? Have you worked as a bartender?
Cause I've never heard of any of this.
For me, it's always been rail liquor and other.

>>8505006
united states


never worked as a bartender, but have worked at a bar.

>>8505002
No problem, our American mothers tell us to tip graciously.

>>8505015
US, huh? I'm from Wisconsin, how about you?

Quick note: any weed that you buy in a bar will be dirt weed.

>>8505015
>>8504983

new york here, also familiar with bar culture in the midwest, south, and west coast. I have never seen these terms used. is this some spring break/cancun thing?

>>8505043
>Weed
>Bar
>Not in the Netherlands
>wat

>>8505042
im from florida

>>8505075
i am from florida a well and these are the terms i have always used at the bars around here>>8504983

maybe it is a florida thing