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Old 01-26-2023, 04:04 PM   #5641
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Originally Posted by Barnet Flame View Post
Bar tabs and tipping bar staff isn’t a thing here in the vast majority of places. So when I go to the bar for my first drink, I always finish my order with, “and a drink for yourself”. The server either puts one on the bill for him/herself or takes a few quid.

For the rest of the night I then tend to get served pretty fast.

I learnt this from working in a pub during my student days. If someone bought me a drink, I looked out for them for the rest of the night to make sure they got served quickly.
I've tried doing that here, but stopped because I think it was just sending the wrong message. More often than not I just got a snarky response from the server/bartender, my guess is they assume you're hitting on them and are actually asking them to come sit with you and drink
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