Pub Etiquette: This ain't no American bar

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You'll find that if you "buy them a drink" they'll take the cash instead.
Drinking on the job is as unlikely there as it is here.

Also, don't expect them to play your mother. As long as you're not causing trouble, they'll serve you 'till you need an ambulance to get home...

11-02-2009 @ 4:19AM

Sean McLachlan said...

Not sure where you're getting your information, but I have lived in London and Oxford a total of more than three years and visited several more times. I've been a regular at a few different locals and visited many pubs. I've never seen a barman take the money. They either decline the offer or drink the drink.
You're right that barmen won't play your mother, which is why I never said that they do. Troublemakers will get banned from the nicer pubs, though.

11-02-2009 @ 4:42AM

Malaycobra said...

Errr...I'm British!

Anyway, I've been away a few years, but I only saw a "barman" take an actual drink if it was a very slow night, or he was a personal friend. Like you said, it is an alternative to tipping and they need the money more than a hangover.

Anyway, the other comment wasn't for you, it was more along the lines of "additional information"

The phrase is "barred" not "banned" by the way.

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