Drinking etiquete 101
So its after 2am and I just got back from drinking with my buddy Mark. First we hit main event and played a few games (as usual I nearly killed myself at ddr but heh I love it). Mark challenged me to a pod race and I totaly owned him (Oh yeah dont mess with me on racers I play to win and Ill take em all to the wall).
So after a few games we were ready for some light drinking. I say light drinking for two reasons:
1. We are both close to broke so we cant afford too much to drink unless it is cheap beer night and alas it certainly wasnt (3.50 a pint :o )
2. For me it takes 3-6 beers depending of the type and darkness before I am even starting to buzz and I drink rather quickly. My friend Mark on the other hand is a light wieght and barely sips his beer meaning he can nurse a beer for over an hour and still have beer left to drink. And I hate passing people while drinking cause it makes me feel like a alchoholic.
So we decide to head over to this place called the Fox and Hound pub. A nice bar that has a great beer selection and I have had a number of fun times there. The only bad experience I had there was the last time I went with myself, my sister Lorie, my friend Mark, and my girlfriend Sarah. We had this new waittress with this horrible bleach job. Hardly served us, spent most of her time sitting with either the boss or owner, then ended up adding all these beers we didnt even have to our tab so I ended up being this huge bill and took 20 minutes to get worked out. Worst service ever. So I will give everyone three geusses who served me and Mark and the first two dont count.
Yup you geussed it the bad bleach job. So this time she kept running up aver 2 minutes asking if we wanted another beer while we are trying to talk and have full pint glasses in front of us. We finally order some wings so she would leave us alone. On her fifteenth time of asking if we wanted another beer I was about 3/4 done with mine so I went ahead and ordered another. And this is where it gets ugly. When she brought out my seacond beer I was still working on my first beer. But she didnt care she went and grabbed my first pint and just walked off without it while I sat there in utter shock. For those of you who do not know about proper beer etiquete I will now tell you the first and cardinal rule.... YOU DONT JUST TAKE ANOTHER MANS BEER!!!!! You leave it there until one of three things happen.
1. The guy gives you his pint glass meaning he is done with this particular beer.
2. The guy pays his tab and leaves the establishment (if he gets up to use the restroom and it is gone when he gets back he may get a little mad but in the end its an honest mistake)
3. The guy is passed out at the bar or on the floor in which case its probably best he doesnt finish it.
I geuss what makes this really bad for me is that my family takes its drinking seriously. Coming from a family of half irish half german you kind of have to. When we get together to drink we do it proper. While in the end I drink the least of all my familly (meaning I get drunk at most 4 maybe 5 times a year) I still can drink with the best of them.
So needless to say bad bleach job got a big goose egg for a tip and was called a number of names but us (well mostly me) after we left. But in the end Mark and me had a good time so I call it a good night.
Update for all that care about how my new beard is coming in (yup all two of you) I have some decent stubble started and it should be another two weeks before it looks decent. I know to most its silly that I freak about loosing my goattee but during a time when I didnt know what I wanted or who I was the one thing I did have was my beard becuase it made me look older and not like I was a little kid. I just dont feel like I am me without it. Maybe one day I will decide I dont need the goatee to be me but not today.
In other news I just celebrated Sarah and I going out for over a month now. I bought her roses and took her out to dinner and I hope that she enjoyed herself because I know I did. I know I know wow one month so what but its important to me and one day I may say why. But not today.
Well while writing this I have downed a couple of shiners so I am feeling pretty good. I think I will now lay down, read a little, and proceed with passing out till I have to get up and head to work. So morning all and peace out.
So after a few games we were ready for some light drinking. I say light drinking for two reasons:
1. We are both close to broke so we cant afford too much to drink unless it is cheap beer night and alas it certainly wasnt (3.50 a pint :o )
2. For me it takes 3-6 beers depending of the type and darkness before I am even starting to buzz and I drink rather quickly. My friend Mark on the other hand is a light wieght and barely sips his beer meaning he can nurse a beer for over an hour and still have beer left to drink. And I hate passing people while drinking cause it makes me feel like a alchoholic.
So we decide to head over to this place called the Fox and Hound pub. A nice bar that has a great beer selection and I have had a number of fun times there. The only bad experience I had there was the last time I went with myself, my sister Lorie, my friend Mark, and my girlfriend Sarah. We had this new waittress with this horrible bleach job. Hardly served us, spent most of her time sitting with either the boss or owner, then ended up adding all these beers we didnt even have to our tab so I ended up being this huge bill and took 20 minutes to get worked out. Worst service ever. So I will give everyone three geusses who served me and Mark and the first two dont count.
Yup you geussed it the bad bleach job. So this time she kept running up aver 2 minutes asking if we wanted another beer while we are trying to talk and have full pint glasses in front of us. We finally order some wings so she would leave us alone. On her fifteenth time of asking if we wanted another beer I was about 3/4 done with mine so I went ahead and ordered another. And this is where it gets ugly. When she brought out my seacond beer I was still working on my first beer. But she didnt care she went and grabbed my first pint and just walked off without it while I sat there in utter shock. For those of you who do not know about proper beer etiquete I will now tell you the first and cardinal rule.... YOU DONT JUST TAKE ANOTHER MANS BEER!!!!! You leave it there until one of three things happen.
1. The guy gives you his pint glass meaning he is done with this particular beer.
2. The guy pays his tab and leaves the establishment (if he gets up to use the restroom and it is gone when he gets back he may get a little mad but in the end its an honest mistake)
3. The guy is passed out at the bar or on the floor in which case its probably best he doesnt finish it.
I geuss what makes this really bad for me is that my family takes its drinking seriously. Coming from a family of half irish half german you kind of have to. When we get together to drink we do it proper. While in the end I drink the least of all my familly (meaning I get drunk at most 4 maybe 5 times a year) I still can drink with the best of them.
So needless to say bad bleach job got a big goose egg for a tip and was called a number of names but us (well mostly me) after we left. But in the end Mark and me had a good time so I call it a good night.
Update for all that care about how my new beard is coming in (yup all two of you) I have some decent stubble started and it should be another two weeks before it looks decent. I know to most its silly that I freak about loosing my goattee but during a time when I didnt know what I wanted or who I was the one thing I did have was my beard becuase it made me look older and not like I was a little kid. I just dont feel like I am me without it. Maybe one day I will decide I dont need the goatee to be me but not today.
In other news I just celebrated Sarah and I going out for over a month now. I bought her roses and took her out to dinner and I hope that she enjoyed herself because I know I did. I know I know wow one month so what but its important to me and one day I may say why. But not today.
Well while writing this I have downed a couple of shiners so I am feeling pretty good. I think I will now lay down, read a little, and proceed with passing out till I have to get up and head to work. So morning all and peace out.