Pub Etiquette

[TrailerTrash]

Too many people with main character syndrome.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

What's all this queuing nonsense at the bar? Put your elbows on the bar and wait your turn for the bar person to spot you like a normal person FFS

With your tenner/card in your hand ready to go so they see it

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Always point out someone who was there before you at a crowded bar if the barman/maid tries to serve you before them. Take your empties back and put them at the end of the bar on your way out even if you have to detour from the nearest exit. If you sit at a vacated table with empties on it, move those glasses to the end of the table to make them easier for the glass collector to a) see b) collect, and thank them for collecting the glasses, they weren't your glasses but they've cleared the table you're sat at. And finally, never eat those things in the urinals that look like pineapple chunk boiled sweets. They don't taste like pineapple chunks.

Bang on

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Pretty much anywhere, not just the pub. Was at a fast food establishment on Monday, two adults and their sons (Rs going up for the parade), left two trays of leftovers on their table passing the bins on way out. Tbf wasn't just them.
Been away for a few days this week, the amount of times we've cleared a table before we sit down. Always lots of takeaway coffee cups, monster cans etc on grass verges. Just don't understand the mentality of doing that. There's nothing 'Great' about this country it doesn't feel, anymore

This kill’s me. It’s normally parents taking their kids for an easy dinner and they get up and leave the table looking like there’s been a food fight. Crap everywhere - just walk off, the kids then see this as standard behaviour and the cycle continues. It really bugs me - bad parenting leading to worse parenting

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

@peteblue pub landlord's perspective please.

 

[Leylo]

Young ones order on a bloody app not a chance they're taking a glass back

 

[Littlesue]

As a former Bar maid please don't take the glasses back and leave them on the bar especially if it's busy!!

 

[Harryflashman]

Queuing at the bar , makes me lose my mind and I will walk to the front and stand at the bar . It’s ridiculous and has no place in the pub .

“Who’s next ?” , has a similar effect . It’s your job as bar staff to know whose next , problems develop from them not being aware .

Another pet hate Bar staff on their phones or chatting when people are stood there .

I feel like I could go on all day but let’s also mention ordering the round bit by bit with a special place in hell for those that order Guinness in that order last.

 

[blue61]

I don't go to the bar very often, but the other week the barman shouted "Whose next" so loud felt like I was back at school.
If they guy in front had just made it known he was already being served I wouldn't have had this traumatic experience!
Men!

Common courtesy aside, a good barman always knew who was next, even at a crowded bar.

 

[PhilM]

This kill’s me. It’s normally parents taking their kids for an easy dinner and they get up and leave the table looking like there’s been a food fight. Crap everywhere - just walk off, the kids then see this as standard behaviour and the cycle continues. It really bugs me - bad parenting leading to worse parenting

For me, personally, this is the crux of the matter of everything coming up in here: parents not setting the boundaries early on; dross brining up dross.

I went to the pub with my dad and uncles from an early age, and the expectations and norms were instilled in me very early on, and they've stayed with me.

At fifteen, I was always discretely given money by my ol' man to partake in getting a round in. When I got a job, I'd pay for one, and he'd quietly help pay for the next.

My Nan was licence, and when I was about seventeen I got a bit too drunk with my mates in a pub (not hers) and made a nuisance of myself.

When she found out, I was given a whack or two by her, frogmarched to the pub, made to apologise to the barmaid and had to suffer the indignity of being barred.*

Did it do me any harm? Far bloody from it; I was embarrassed and annoyed at the time, but with hindsight it put me right back in my place and set the bar.

I'd say, the main things that need to be communicated are to respect the regulars, be honest with who is next to be served, tip every round and keep the place tidy.

*temporarily, thankfully.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

I always tidy up after I've been to any establishment.
Although some places don't have facilities to park your tray,Costa,Starbucks as an example.
Mcdonald's diners are something else.

 

[PITA]

Happens all the time now unfortunately, last one to approach the bar shouts out their order as soon as bar staff turns round from the till

At the same time it is the responsibility of a good bar person to be alert and identify when people arrive at the bar.

 

[Davidoff]

At the same time it is the responsibility of a good bar person to be alert and identify when people arrive at the bar.

Not many of them about

 

[Simo]

For me, personally, this is the crux of the matter of everything coming up in here: parents not setting the boundaries early on; dross brining up dross.

I went to the pub with my dad and uncles from an early age, and the expectations and norms were instilled in me very early on, and they've stayed with me.

At fifteen, I was always discretely given money by my ol' man to partake in getting a round in. When I got a job, I'd pay for one, and he'd quietly help pay for the next.

My Nan was licence, and when I was about seventeen I got a bit too drunk with my mates in a pub (not hers) and made a nuisance of myself.

When she found out, I was given a whack or two by her, frogmarched to the pub, made to apologise to the barmaid and had to suffer the indignity of being barred.*

Did it do me any harm? Far bloody from it; I was embarrassed and annoyed at the time, but with hindsight it put me right back in my place and set the bar.

I'd say, the main things that need to be communicated are to respect the regulars, be honest with who is next to be served, tip every round and keep the place tidy.

*temporarily, thankfully.

This. Setting a standard/common sense, im sure my kids might come to appreciate it...as long as they don't turn out like me

 

[chrismpw]

It used to infuriate me how invisible i became at a bar, even though I'm 6' and hardly a shrinking violet. Those loud oafs wafting notes and the pretty ones always jumped in.

On the other hand I will always stoicly point our who was before me, even if track record shows the person I pount out will proceed to order a round of 15 drinks, including complex cocktails, coffee with marshmallow floaters etc. There should be a separate bar for pints and the fancy women's drinks that alwaya have an "and" in them. The simple nod of recognition between people who benefit from your proper sacrifice is as good as reward as one needs.

Queuing is a young person's thing after covid, and I'm all in favour of it because its damn obvious who's next and there can be no favouritism... no, Mr or Ms barperson you'll have to wait to flirt with the pretty one behind me!

Harrumph!