[Drinking] What is your preferred way of ordering drinks in a pub/bar?

SkirlieWirlie said:

I used to frequent a pub in central London after work and was always amazed at the memory of the older gentleman behind the bar.

Place was always rammed and no matter how large the first round, he'd always ask "Same again?" when ordering again. (And he wasn't looking it up on the till either!)

Was in William the Fourth a couple of weeks ago and having quickly finished the first couple of drinks asked the same young lady that had served us for the same again please, to be met with "How would I know that"

Trouble is, I'm getting to the age it takes me a while to remember myself

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Sid and the Sharknados said:

I don't remember a time when there haven't been people who try and jump ahead or take advantage if the bar staff got to them first. Happily most people still seem to say "oh he's first" if they know they're not next in my experience.

Obviously if they don't I do some serious judging of them and say absolutely nothing about it.

To be honest, the queuing thing isn't something I give a shit about, but I was amused to notice when I just googled it to try and understand why anybody would care that this story appeared over a year ago and seems to have suddenly flared up again for some reason.

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Cotton Socks said:

Scrum at the bar. It's still a queue, good bar staff will mentally note the order of the queue. Us customers will also mentally note the order of the queue & if the staff get it wrong,, will point out the person that was before us should be served first. Especially if someone further back of the imaginary queue has tried to push in front. That's when we do the eye contact with the staff & gently nod towards the people that were actually next in he queue.
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Washie said:

"Can I get" is perfectly cromulent.

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