Bar etiquette

[Succubus]

I don't see what went wrong here. He tried to chat a few times, you didn't want to, end of story. Or maybe this is a riddle and I missed something.

-Teresa

I'm glad someone read that post six times, I gave up at five.

[brewer]

Bar foul.  You -always- take the free drink.

If he worked it right it could have a whole dinner.

[Succubus]

Dinner with a geezer who drinks wine in an internet bar?

[brewer]

Dinner with a geezer who drinks wine in an internet bar?

Who said they had to stay at that bar. I used the word "work".

[The Grand Nudger]

This is a personal thing..but if someone buys me a drink..I take it, and then I buy them a pitcher.  The very worst thing that can happen is that I've just made a friend.  

OTOH, I've had some pretty nasty tabs in my day.  Whats money for if not for spending though, amiright?  

There's no reason to feel weird.  Suppose the person who buys you the drink does like you?  So what.  It's also equally possible that they do like guys..don't like you..but think you look like you need a drink.  Really, it doesn't matter how it goes down or what the specifics of the persons interests are.  It's an extension of goodwill.  

"Rounds for the bar on my tab" is easily one of the single greatest things any person ever says about anything. It should happen more often. My wife and I were the king and queen of a hole in the wall because we just wanted everybody there to be as happy and unconcerned as we were. It was fundamental to how our relationship developed. Buy the pitchers, open the table, cover the guy in front of you searching his pockets. It's all good all the time in every situation place, or circumstance.

[The Valkyrie]

Never accept a drink or a "smoke" from a drunk sailor.

Someone I dislike greatly learned that the hard way.

Of course, the drink wasn't from the sailor, but he was happy to oblige in the "hard" part...

[Dundee]

I don't see what went wrong here. He tried to chat a few times, you didn't want to, end of story. Or maybe this is a riddle and I missed something.

-Teresa

Neither can I see what went wrong.

[Sal]

What's with the necro-bump?

Do you realize why there's a 30-day cut-off for etiquette of not bumping threads with last reply being more than a month ago? Read the damn rules, son.

[Prycejosh1987]

I'm a straight guy. 

I went to the bar today and the bartender wasn't at her station. Another male customer who was seated with a drink looked at me, so I said hi. He said the bartender had just gone out. She (the bartender) returned a little later and I then ordered my usual glass of red wine. The man then asked me if I was from India, so I said yes. He said he was from Punjab (which is also in India). I then went to a corner and had my drink while browsing the internet. After I finished my drink, I went to the till and paid the bill, whereupon the man asked me if I was studying here (Canada). I said yes, I was studying math at the university. He asked me if I wanted to be a teacher, I said I hadn't decided. He asked me if my parents would come to Canada. I said no, they were fine in India. I went back to my corner and continued browsing the internet for a couple of minutes upon which the man started saying something to me. I couldn't hear him, so I went up to him and then he asked me if I wanted more wine. I said I was fine, went to my seat, packed up and left with a weird feeling.

Question: What did I do wrong? Did I break some unspoken rule of bar etiquette?

Sounds like normal dialogue to me.

[arewethereyet]

First Dundee now PJosh.
This rule needs to be enforced a little better.