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Bartenders In This Online Group Jokingly Disclose What These 30 Drink Orders Tell Them About You As A Person
The famous French lawyer and politician, also the author of The Physiology Of Taste, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin once said, “Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are.” Meaning that the choices a person makes about their food which is fundamental for being alive can reveal things about other aspects of their life.
Apparently that can be applied to drinks at a bar as well because many bartenders shared their thoughts on what they think about a person when they order when Redditor Indianfattie asked “Bartenders Of Reddit: What Are The Stereotypes That Come With Specific Drinks People Order?”
People eagerly joined the conversation and shared what stories they can tell from people’s drinks. Do these stereotypes bartenders ascribe to your favorite drink are true? Tell us in the comments!
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#1
Pina Colada - you care more about flavor than image. Also want to be in the Caribbean.
Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago
I had a friend who had this very specific thing that when he was having a particularly bad day, he would go to a bar and treat himself to a piña colada. He passed away last year and when I miss him I drink a piña colada for both of us.
Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
I like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain; but I'm not into yoga, and I've got half a brain
Anne Reid 4 years ago
How do you feel about the dunes on the Cape? Like say, around midnight?
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#2
If you pull up a drink you found on Pinterest and it has 25 steps and is more pretty than tasty, I can tell already you are a future “I want to speak to the manager” type of mom.
Don't Look 4 years ago
Watched the bartender at Outback last month make some new holiday themed drink they had just started. It had 15 steps or something. She hated making it, we liked watching it, I felt bad for her. And it happened twice while we were there.
#3
Obligatory "not a bartender" but once in NYC I overheard a dude ordering a "Seven Seas". Turned out it's "A splash of the first seven things the bartender sees" - yep, instantly judged as an alcoholic
Bexxxxx 4 years ago
If an alcoholic is at a bar, where drinks are regulated to be the same alcoholic content, they’re not just going to drink nasty combinations of multiple liquors. If it all gets you drunk the same you’re going to get something that tastes good, the ones that order these drinks are just goofs trying to show off. Source: I am 2 weeks sober today :)
Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
Yay!! Congratulations, the beginning of getting over an addiction is by far the hardest part. I wish I had your will (not an alcoholic; I have a different battle) XD.
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GoddessOdd 4 years ago
That could be a very disgusting and/or dangerous drink. I guess a lot would depend on whether or not the bartender likes you.
Bexxxxx 4 years ago
Most North American regions have laws about how much liquor you can serve at once. Mixing different liquors/beer/wine etc does nothing if it’s the same amount of alcohol.
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Analyn Lahr 4 years ago
I almost want to try that. But I'm a lightweight and it would probably kill me.
Random Anon 4 years ago
I can honestly say doing that will get you hammered quicker than a baseball bat to the head.
#4
When I first started drinking I never knew what to order so my sister told me to get her college friend’s favorite drink, which was Malibu and Sprite. As a lifelong sugar addict I loved it.
One night I ordered it at a bar and the bartender chuckled to himself a bit so I asked him why, he said he just learned the name of that drink but didn’t want to offend me. I said to let me have it; it’s called a High Maintenance White B***h.
Yoga Kitty 4 years ago
Sounds absolutely easy to mix - I do not see the "high maintenance" part so far...
Gerard Neaux 4 years ago
Casual sexism: blaming sugar preference on being a woman.
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Oopsydaisy 4 years ago
Sounds remarkably low maintenance to me. Tasteless af, but low maintenance.
ZAPanda 4 years ago
there's a similar one in cape town called "faithful b!tch" which I think is basically white spirits, curacao, and cherries like the above. I *think* it had those ribbon candy things as well. Like a flat version of a twizzler. Anyway. Bartender thinks it's very funny making these for me so I just hit him up with "I'm not really faithful" in my b!tchiest tone. The giggles stopped.
#5
LIT. Usually someone who wants to get drunk for cheap and is going to complain that the drink is not strong enough. Life Pro Tip for bartenders, before serving, fill the straw with well tequila. You will never get another complaint about a weak LIT.
Ivana 4 years ago
That pro tip is what bartenders do when they are watering down shitty drinks at bad bars. Just saying. It was what the bartenders were told to do at the bar my husband worked at. It was the standard practice to rip off customers.
Bexxxxx 4 years ago (edited)
Just to give the people some hope - I’ve worked at almost exclusively dive bars, and I’ve only ever heard this tip on the internet. LITs are notorious for tasting much less alcoholic than they actually are. Wanna know if your server is shorting you on alcohol? Lift the straw out of your glass and give it a stir before sipping/ask them to mix in front of you/ask for a glass of mix plus the shot glass on the side. Just be cool, don’t be a dîck about asking for that because your average server isn’t scamming you, doesn’t care about their restaurant’s gross profit margins, they just wanna put in some good work and live their lives. If they are shorting you, it’s either their restaurant’s bad manners or you being such an awful, rude customer that they are genuinely doing the world a favour by not serving you more alcohol lol.
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CanidaeVulpes 4 years ago
I like these and I’m not looking to get drunk quickly or cheaply. If something like that was done to me, I would just think this place doesn’t know how to make drinks and probably not come back, or at least not order a drink again
Collette Kilbourne 2 years ago
Just mix them a good strong drink the first time. Seems simple.
Mermaid Elle-Jaye 4 years ago
I can’t vouch for overseas but everywhere in Australia I’ve worked, I’ve never heard of anyone actually watering down drinks, though we get accused a lot 😂 I am guilty though of serving double shot grenadine in lemonade for kids ‘pink lemonades/fire truck/Shirley temples etc though 😝
LynzCatastrophe 4 years ago
Mostly I'm trying to get drunk fast. And I'm trying to find a bartender that makes it the best.
#6
Martini 'shaken, not stirred'= Idiot who knows nothing about booze and definitely has no idea what they're ordering, and will most likely not like it.
That said, I'm pretty tolerant of most drink orders, people are allowed to like what they like, even if I don't share the same taste. I should clarify, it's the specific way of ordering it to sound like James Bond that I find douchey and tells me the guest probably don't know what they're doing and won't like the drink, not the actual drink itself.
Funhog 4 years ago
True that James Bond orders a watered-down drink. As a spy, he probably does this on purpose.
Stefan 4 years ago
Yes, I always wondered why James Bond always orders what can be considered as a "feminine" drink. Maybe because a whisky might be too strong.
Load More Replies... GoddessOdd 4 years ago
Martin Sheen's character, as the president on the show West Wing said something like: "the reason you stir a martini with a special spoon is to avoid chipping the ice. He's ordering a watered down martini and being prissy about it" which pretty much covers it.
Randolph Croft 4 years ago
Ian Fleming did this intentionally to make Bond seem like a working-class thug who'd been jumped up by all the training. It was sort of a joke, considering that Fleming was a bit of a snob.
Huddo's sister 4 years ago
I tried a martini and hated it, then for some reason agreed to try the supposedly improved version, ie dirty. I should have twigged when my brother added the olive brine, but I still tried it, I guess because I thought, I like olives. It was so much worse!
Kendra Miller 4 years ago
I had a guy giggling, he wanted stirred not shaken. Silly, cheerful, drunk party host
Amanda Nolting 4 years ago
Depends on the martini. Perfectly acceptable to shake a vodka martini. If you shake a gin martini you bruise the gin.
MarkWs Fitbit 4 years ago
"pretty tolerant", but calls people "idiots". yeah, i think the douche is on the back side of the bar here, not the front.
#7
Vodka water with lime for the sorority girl who wants to cut calories, then drinks 8 of them and gets blackout pizza from the place next door.
Otter 4 years ago
Vodka is very popular these days, because the figure-conscious believe it has fewer carbs than other kinds of hard liquor. I don't care if that's true because I don't drink any more, but since alcohol itself has carbohydrates, it's not like it fits on a keto diet.
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Bobert Robertson 4 years ago
Bartenders are legally responsible where I'm from if they serve someone to the point of "blackout"
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
I do vodka soda only cuz I don't like sweet drinks and don't drink booze straight up. It's watering down so not to get wasted
LynzCatastrophe 4 years ago
I get to go to tastings for free every year for my job, many vendors are set up with their own brand of vodka sodas and I've tried them all. I can guarantee you that there is very little difference between brands. Most are just trying to get a piece of this trend.
#8
Jagerbombs are ordered by students which just want to get f**ked up asap.
Bexxxxx 4 years ago
My coworker (25+ Year olds) Christmas party last week, someone tried to orderJag bombs, there was a very, very long silence….😂
Load More Replies... Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago
Ohhhh lightbulb moment. I never got why everyone acts like they love these things, I hate it.
Huddo's sister 4 years ago
I don't know why I even tried one, since I don't like red bull, but I did. The added cough syrupy flavoured spirit did not improve the taste!
King Kashue 4 years ago
There are few funnier standup segments than Matt Braunger's "Quiet Jaeger Bomb" bit from Big Dumb Animal
#9
As a grown man who orders Shirley Temples I can say the stereotype is usually that I'm joking.
I'm not.
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago
It's harder to come by someone who knows how to make them properly. Or even what a Shirley Temple is.
Theoretical Empiricist 4 years ago
Yes, I once ordered a "Roy Rogers" (also a non-alcoholic drink) and got a Rob Roy instead. Not interchangeable. What it most likely tells the bartender is that the ordering person is in recovery.
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Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 4 years ago
I don't usually order it as a Shirley Temple because almost no one knows what that is anymore. I just ask for Sprite and grenadine. It's what I drink when I'm the DD.
Sa Ruuu 4 years ago
The picture doesn't look like the Shirley Temple drinks I know of so I googled it and I never knew originally they were made with ginger ale, I've only ever had them with lemon-lime soda. Not sure if the orange slice was included in the older recipe versions or maybe this was the closest picture they could find that looked similar enough to a Shirley Temple
Kimi Tomminello 4 years ago
My fave drink!! I get the whole "oh so you're the dd?" You bet your butt I am.
Craig Reynolds 4 years ago
That's okay, I like hot and spicy so I enjoy a good bloody mary occasionally.
#10
Old-Fashioned Sweet. Fun grandma with a s**t ton of stories. Has been to hell and back but still is nice as pie.
Mermaid Elle-Jaye 4 years ago
1 orange slice 1 maraschino cherry 1-1/2 ounces maraschino cherry juice 1 teaspoon bitters 1/4 to 1/3 cup ice cubes 1-1/2 ounces brandy 2 teaspoons water 1 teaspoon orange juice 3 ounces lemon-lime soda - it’s just served on the rocks, no shaking or muddling etc
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#11
Double Brandy and Coke means you're probably from South Africa
TIL also very popular amongst Babushkas and Wisconsinites. Who woulda thunk it.
Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago
TIL brandy and coke is a SA thing, I thought everyone loves it as much as we do
Otter 4 years ago
In the US, rum and Coca Cola is far more common, even though it isn't good. People used to give me the things back when I drank, because I liked rum and still like Coke, but it's not a good combination. But I drank the damn things anyway, because they got me hammered (and that's why I quit).
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Don't Look 4 years ago
Well, Wisconsin has a HUGE problem with alcoholism. Go ahead and ask me how I know that.
Dawn Bodtke 4 years ago
A babushka is a Hungarian head dress for women. Did I miss something here ?
Olga Dremina 4 years ago
But that's classic combo... Like strudel and ice-cream, strawberry and cream, spaghetti and bread...
ZAPanda 4 years ago
it's ok. Try fanta. We call that "sangria" here. Really.
Load More Replies... Mieke 4 years ago
Nooooooo, a good combo! Remember, we're South African, we're fearless!!!
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This might be silly, but people who order a gin&tonic never end up drinking fewer than 5 of them.
Jaekry 4 years ago
Because I would go bankrupt. Most expensive drink (of the common ones) 16-24usd each.
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Nicole Douglas 4 years ago
God I love gin and tonics! I haven't had one in years but just thinking about it makes my mouth water.
Auntriarch 4 years ago
I generally have two, but that's doubles so not far off. And I twist the lemon viciously. Ooh I can taste it now
#13
Anyone who orders a drink and says "make it strong" means that they aren't going to tip. No, I will not give you free booze, this is how I make my living. I always ask if they want to order (and therefor pay for) a double, the answer is always no. You can F**k right off, my good sir
Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
I imagine drunk tippers are either really good or terrible with no inbetween.
Stimpy 4 years ago
Probably the same way that people are mostly either funny and easygoing or obnoxious and aggressive when drunk, apparently with nothing in between...
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 4 years ago
You can't ask for that in Australia, it's a double or single, not allowed to change amount of spirit. Plus we don't generally tip anyway.
Bexxxxx 4 years ago
You….you people know bartenders measure drinks right? With glasses? Wtf does “make it strong” mean if it doesn’t mean you want a double? 😅
Lillukka79 4 years ago
Less of what ever you are adding to the booze. A no brainer if you ask me.
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LynzCatastrophe 4 years ago
Who thinks that? Most menus I've ever looked at print that doubling the alcohol content adds more to the price. I'll always order strong (I have a high tolerance), and you're going to be tipped, don't worry.
CoCoFraCan 4 years ago
Drunk tippers are the best! Guys trying to impress their date and all, very good tippers.
Craig Reynolds 4 years ago
If you want it strong, then order it neat. Drives me nuts when my friends order top-shelf liquor on the rocks!
Heather Evans 4 years ago
I never order my drinks strong, but bartenders that make them strong get tipped better
Rick Hoppenbrouwer 4 years ago
Always tip the waitress a dollar a drink. Your empty was full real fast.
#14
I work at a craft microbrewery. As soon as someone feels the need to loudly announce and explain that they don’t like/drink beer, I know they’re going to be a pain in the a**. We also sell cocktails, wine, and cider, but why not talk about how all beer is disgusting in front of the brewers and staff!
Don't Look 4 years ago
I'm not a beer fan but why anyone has to know that is beyond me. Then again I don't go to breweries so....
Barbara Williamson 4 years ago
When some nut announces "beer tastes like horse piss" I often wonder how he or she found that out. But I really don't want to know.
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Shelby P 4 years ago
I don't necessarily announce that I don't like beer. But damn if when I'm out people don't often say "Oh this beer is so good, here try it". Which is a nice gesture and all, but when I say I don't like beer and they go on about how they don't all taste the same and "you've just not had the right beer" etc... That's really annoying. I've tried many many beers and I don't like the underlying beer taste in any of them...
Ryan Miller 4 years ago
My husband is the GM for a craft brewery and neither of us will ever understand judging someone because they have a preference. Why work there if you don't care to serve drinks? People are allowed to not like anything they'd like.
Xenon 4 years ago
Why are they going to a craft microbrewery if they don't like or drink beer??
Annette Easton 4 years ago
Because they're with other people who do like beer?
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Tracy Sellars 4 years ago
Went on the whiskey tour on Edinburg. At the end bartender asks which free whiskey I want to try. My innocent non thinking response "Thanks but I don't like whiskey can I have a coke." Yep I'm surprised I got out alive too.
ZAPanda 4 years ago
just as well you didn't diss IrnBru as well, you'd be deeed mate.
Load More Replies... MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago
I like a good beer. Not all are great. But some beers are tasty to me.
Ivana 4 years ago
If you are at a beer kind of bar, don't order the cocktails, they are normally not good. If someone specializes in beer, then just get the beer or a wine.
Mimi M 4 years ago
I disagree. You can get a hard cider or hard lemonade. Or a very simple mixed drink. Just don't order anything complicated or frozen.
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Agent of Karma 2 years ago
I don't like Budweiser or most other popular, large scale corporate beers. They tasted like fermented cardboard. I tried some craft beer a few years back just to see, and most of them were yummy. My Budweiser liking sweetheart was not impressed. IF I were at a brewery I'm not the kind of person to rant on. I also love cider.
#15
Pitcher of Bud Light and one glass: here's $1 while I harass every female within eyesight.
Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
I did always think of Bud Light as the official beer of date rapists...
Ines Olabarria-Smith 4 years ago
As Monty Python would say, is like having sex on a raft.
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LynzCatastrophe 4 years ago
I try not to judge. As hilarious as it sounds, this beer saved my life once in Vegas
Mark Karol-Chik 4 years ago
Bud Light, Miller Lite, etc, I wouldn't use any of these "beers" to clean car parts.
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
The kids I know couldn't even afford Bud Light... unless it was on tap. Yeah, i think this is probably pretty accurate.
#16
Ordering Manhattans while in nyc because of the novelty, not knowing that it’s mostly bourbon then saying it’s too strong.
Don't Look 4 years ago
Is it martinis that taste like mouthwash? I haven't had one in about 17 years. I likely won't have one again.
Load More Replies... I Liquored On 4 years ago
I remember the good old days when I would mix up a big manhatten, pre roll a few joints and just spend a couple hours chilling in the cast iron bathtub in the shithole house I was renting. Self care at its best.
#17
the woman who ordered a Lemon Drop is the only person to this day who has screamed at me at work, so I’ll say that’s a drink for high maintenance a**holes
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago
I was given a lemon drop shot. I didn't know it was a shot. Thought it was an actual drink.
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
According to the Food Network website, it’s basically vodka with a high lemon juice content.
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Mateo Buysse 4 years ago
I actually like that drink :p It sure is spicy though....you can not have many of those :p
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 4 years ago
Looks like there's two different drinks sharing this name... lemon drop = a shot of vodka with lemon juice, or lemon drop martini = vodka, cointreau/triple sec, lemon juice, and simple syrup shaken with ice and strained
#18
If they come in and order an appletini you can bet they’re one hell of a doctor and not the slightest bit feminine for ordering it
Helen Haley 4 years ago
I don't know about incredible doctor, I'd go with hilarious doctor with a huge man-crush on his best friend.
Kimi Tomminello 4 years ago
😂😂😂 spit my water when I read that. Will then off to watch scrubs!!
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Barbara Skolly 4 years ago
To all the scrubs fans out there. Zach and Donald have a rewatch podcast: fake doctors real friends. Its golden
Pascale Pierloot 4 years ago
Looking at that finger, I would doubt your surgical skills though.🤭
#19
"Pink beer? No, I can't drink this, too gay, I'm not gay" I work at Harpoon in Boston and there really still are some people too afraid of being emasculated because of the color of beer they drink.
snipergun 4 years ago
I've had some pink beer, it's called delirium red here in Netherlands and it's damn tasty. At beer tasting everyone drank it, no problem at all.
yeciye 4 years ago
WHY WOULD THERE BE A PROBLEM FOR FÜCKS SAKE it’s like saying that people were driving cars and their heads didn’t fall off, fücking madness. I’m not angry at snipergun, just unhappy about society being stuck in the middle ages.
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Joshua Wachtenheim 4 years ago (edited)
Being afraid of seeming not masculine enough is itself quite emasculating. Real men don’t mind embracing their feminine side!
Nathan Pogorzala 4 years ago
That aversion and defense of being slightly feminine is the cause of 83% of all the problems in the world.
Kat 4 years ago
It's Belgian Geuze. With cherries added to it. Geuze can only be made in certain areas because it's besed on a beer (Lambiek) fermented by yeast cells floating freely in the air and those cells don't live everywhere. Several Lambieks are then blended, some other things can be added (such as fruit), and is then refermented and bottled in champagne type bottles. It has a very specific tart and strong flavour.
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F. H. 4 years ago
Kriek, it's beer made from cherries - or with cherries if you take a cheaper brand. It's good. Not as great as it sounds, but you might still like it whether you like beer or npt.
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LynzCatastrophe 4 years ago
OK, now I'm curious. I don't often run into a drink I haven't heard of.
#20
My go-to is a bourbon old fashioned. A bartender once told me this means I'm an old woman from the South
Ivana 4 years ago
This is my absolute favorite. 99% of the time I will order this. One day I will be an old woman from the South. Got the Southern and woman part, just working on the old part one day at a time.
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
You’ll be there long before you can imagine when you’re young
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Valisbourne Spiritforge 4 years ago
I tried one of these once, on my wife's advice. I hated it. She told me I just had a bad one and worked on trying to get me to try again. After a couple of years, I finally did. This is now my "go to" drink and I make them at home when we have drinks there also!
Barbara Williamson 4 years ago
It is still the ultimate Southern Gal drink. Bourbon and Ginger, also "loverly"
CanidaeVulpes 4 years ago
That’s my husbands favorite drink. He really likes it when they smoke it (not sure of the official name)
#21
“I’ll have a lager” too lazy to look at the taps or you literally don’t care what you drink. some people think I’m judging lager drinkers, I’m definitely not. In the UK pubs usually have 5+ unless they’re just a real ale pub so it’s a really unspecific order.
Baby Fratelli 4 years ago
Surely people would know this means they’ll get the most expensive one
les 4 years ago
most of the time they're the same price unless its a bottle
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Jyri Hakola 4 years ago
To be honest, world have become damn too complicated place is one just can't walk into a pub and simply order a beer without changing even that task to a complex questionnaire. Kudos for all pub owner for maintaining large selections but I still assume that the professional behind the countertop knows still best his own selection and which tap present the most traditional alternative for each beer styles to not let the customer do the guessing.
F. H. 4 years ago
Interesting how different beer cultures are. In Germany you often just have one brand of beer, not counting one or two imported exotic ones. So five different lagers would be really rare.
Timmy Pillinger 4 years ago (edited)
Best UK pubs have less choice so that the beer they stock is fresh and local. This turns bog standard bitters such as Tim Taylors or Jail Ale or London Pride or anything by Palmers of Bridport or Batemans or Otter or Butcombe into something really special.
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#22
If a man orders the same (type of) drink as the lady, they haven't had sex (with each other) yet.
Don't Look 4 years ago
Well, that's hilarious, stereotyping and probably at least 60% accurate.
LynzCatastrophe 4 years ago
I love my husband for this. He doesn't drink except when we go out. Because he's unfamiliar with alcohol he just goes with whatever I'm getting (except wine).
Mermaid Elle-Jaye 4 years ago
Yes and no, sometimes my boyfriend does it cos he is already wasted and can’t be bothered thinking 😆
#23
Any brand name liquor on the rocks with a splash of soda means it's a person between 55-65 with decent money. They usually tip pretty well.
If I'm asked about the malty flavor or mouthfeel of every IPA we have, it's a hipster in their 20's trying to be cool.
If they ask for any kind of shooter, at my bar at least (not a college bar), they're 30-35, unhappy with their life and wishing to go back to college. Often they're trying to seem fun, young, and hip to the other people at the bar.
Idk what it is about moms and margaritas, but they go together like pb&j
Mermaid Elle-Jaye 4 years ago (edited)
And also ‘just turned 18’ year old girls and cosmopolitans 😂 made so many for those groups, and it slaughters them.
Travis Hassig 4 years ago
Bartenders, I like a double Bullitt Rye with a little ice. What say you?
#24
If your a "vodka drinker" and you demand obscure expensive vodka for the "clean" flavor, your a victim of marketing. You don't like vodka, you like alcohol, which is fine, but pretending like there is a difference between grey goose and pinnacle is one of the lower aspects of my job.
Blue Mar 4 years ago
Totally disagree, Poland is country where we drink lot of vodka and you can tell the difference.
Moosy Girl 4 years ago
Agreed, I never liked vodka until I had vodka at a wedding in Poland, I think it was Żubrówka czarna they served. Really made me realise not all vodka tastes the same!
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Isabella 4 years ago
And you, OP, are shitty bartender if you don't taste differences between vodkas. As someone, who's country known for making great vodka I can tell you - yes, there is a difference. It's like you'd say that all the bourbons / whiskey tastes the same, cheap or pricey. It means you have no tastebuds not that you are great bartender
Ivana 4 years ago
Okay but I do notice a huge difference been vodka made with potatoes and vodka made with grains. Potato vodka doesn't give me a headache and doesn't taste nearly as horrible. I only drink vodka in cocktails where the taste of it doesn't really come through like white Russians or Moscow Mules.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Thank you! I don't even drink, but potatoes or nothing for vodka, IMO, based on family alcoholics.
Load More Replies... Thorfin Wolfsbane 4 years ago
Yes, definitely a difference - right here you see this bottle says "Grey Goose" and this other one says "Pinnacle"
Bexxxxx 4 years ago (edited)
Lol, mass manufacturers put whatever label they want on the bottle, don’t fall for thinking it’s actually a different product
Load More Replies... Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
I’m always surprised when people say vodka has no smell...but then, I’m a super-taster/super-smeller
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Peter Trudell Jr 4 years ago
if I'm drinking vodka, I want potato vodka, thank-you very much. This 'neutral grain spirit' is generic alcohol, IMO.
Signe Manat Hansen 4 years ago
So not only can you not spell for shít, you also have no tastebuds. There's a BIG difference.
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 4 years ago
There's definitely a difference between types of vodka (grain, fruit, potato, etc). I don't care what the brand is, but potato vodka is WAY better than the others, and in the USA that means you're basically stuck with Tito's (which is fine, it's friggin good stuff). The other stuff either tastes "dirty" or tastes like turpentine to me.
#25
From my experience if you order a Bud Light/ Miller Light/ Budweiser with a shot of Bourbon or Whisky you probably work a manual labor intensive job. Most older women want vodka with water/tonic/soda. Younger woman tend to order vodka with cranberry or sweeter mixed drinks. Younger men tend to order IPA's or Craft Beers. I can always tell who just turned 21 due to all the complex sweet shots with fancy names being ordered. Old ladies that want to party usually start with Margaritas. I bartend on the weekends at a shot and beer spot, so I don't get a lot variety.
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Me, a 56yo woman: "May I have a pale ale and a shot of whiskey, please?" Bartender: "You're a younger man who works intensive manual labor." Me: "My dude, open your eyes."
Bexxxxx 4 years ago
Me, a 29 y.o woman: “two shots of your finest whiskey for me and Nikki pls” :)
Load More Replies... F. H. 4 years ago
In Germany that's corn schnapps and a beer, called "men's place setting". Popular with construction workers and archaeologists.
K W 4 years ago
The first combo is what self proclaimed rednecks order where I'm from. I used to drink a whiskey cranberry. My body doesn't like whiskey anymore so I do vodka and cranberry or a silver label margarita. Which I guess makes me middle aged since I'm drinking both young woman and old ladies drinks lol.
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
Yep me too. Cape Cod (vodka cran) or a Madras, now that I am old, I usually do start with margaritas! I also used to drink LIT exclusively, and he was right... drinking to get messed up on the cheap.
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Huddo's sister 4 years ago
I always thought a Bud and a shot was a traditional cop drink because that's what my favourite crime author led me to believe. I never understood vodka or gin and tonic as it seems so bland, until I recently had a really expensive gin with a berry flavour and I loved it. I guess I am on the edge of becoming 'an older woman' :) I do still love my sweet drinks though, but not exclusively.
#26
I have bartended for more than 15yrs, & honestly the biggest correlation I've experienced is with sports fans. Here, baseball fans = beers, low maintenance, minimal tips. Football fans = double whiskey 7s at 9am, as fast as possible, decent tips as its pure volume and turnover. Soccer fans = moscow mules, kamikazes, anything with 3 or more ingredients, unless it's a shot of expensive tequila. High maintenance customers, but good tips. I realize this isn't universal, but it goes with the fans and teams in my city.
Bexxxxx 4 years ago
Wow this is….surprisingly accurate lol. I worked at a hockey bar and it’s nothing but pitchers of bud, Caesar’s and anger bombs for those teams
Nathan Pogorzala 4 years ago
mmmm drinking peppered clam juice. A Canadian pastime. all in good fun.
Load More Replies... Abby Ryder 3 years ago
I think this is just the US where soccar fans are higher socioeconomic. I doubt this is true in the rest of the world.
#27
"just make me something yummy" - early twenties girl that's going to flirt with me and everyone else in the bar and get carried out by 10pm. I'm a bartender not a Chef, just order a f**king drink Tiffany.
Don't Look 4 years ago
Sucks for you I guess. Early twenty something I would think are more interested in spending money on alcohol because they like the feeling so ... why not give them cheap pretty, sugary drinks and get more money out of it?
Aeon Flux 4 years ago
Not necessarily. People unfamiliar with bar culture don't necessarily know how to tip in bars.
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Philler Space 4 years ago
God forbid they are unfamiliar with alcohol and looking to a professional for guidance for something that won't make them choke on the taste. Serious, imagine any other job with this attitude: 'Doctor, which pill do I take to get well?' 'I'm not your life coach, lady, do your research before you come in here, sheesh!'
Annette Easton 4 years ago
Or they don't really know what they want, or they're feeling adventurous. I'm NOT an early 20's girl but I will sometimes just say "I feel like something fruity - just surprise me". And often it's really tasty. Have a drink that you really like making? Make that. Have something that you've been thinking about trying out on customers? Make that. I just want to have a tasty drink and I'm not particular about what's in it.
Baby Fratelli 4 years ago
They are a 100% after a pornstar martini and there is nothing wrong with that!
BigOrangeTractor 4 years ago
Or a sex on the beach. That was what my squad always used to drink when we were young and ran on sugar.
Load More Replies... Mermaid Elle-Jaye 4 years ago
I always found it fun helping these customers, if I wasn’t run off my ar$€. They learn something and become less annoying to other staff and venues
#28
Amaretto Sour - don't card me because I'm 18
Joanna Werman 4 years ago
First drink I ever ordered underage uncarded was an apricot sour because that's what my mom drank. But I didn't know the name so I said it's apricot and they brought me a shot of apricot brandy. Not the same thing
Auntriarch 4 years ago (edited)
I ordered a Martini rosso for the same reason! Luckily I didn't just say martini
Load More Replies... Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
Doesn’t the sour defeat the purpose of the Amaretto? I like Amaretto as an aperitif.
#29
Long Island iced teas rarely get tips and are almost always asked to “make it strong.” It’s nearly an entire cup of liquor how tf am I supposed to make it stronger
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
An entire cup of liquor? Not in my state, which limits one drink to 2 and a half ounces. In a Long Island iced tea, you'll get half an ounce each of 5 different liquors.
SPQRBob 4 years ago
Tell me you're from Utah without saying you're from Utah...
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Nathan Pogorzala 4 years ago
Friend of the family drank a gallon if these and blah blah blah he ended up eating an old ladies shoe at sea.
#30
Shot of rye - you're probably a fast gun who'll clear leather like lightning, quicker than anyone else in the territories.
Travis Hassig 4 years ago
Dah! Just posted above I like a double Bullitt Rye with a little ice. Definitely not a cowboy, though...
Peter Trudell Jr 4 years ago
Damn, and I just recently got into rye. It's pretty smooth stuff.
#31
Vodka soda with a splash of cran will either be an obnoxious white girl or a slender gay man. IPA drinkers are bearded dads who want to ask 15 questions and try 15 samples. Long Island drinkers are almost always garbage, and bad tippers. There is an entire demographic of female drinkers that don't care what it tastes like as long as it is pink or blue.
Caro Caro 4 years ago
Bartenders offering to make me a drink ... it's always sweet. I politely say no thank you and order a gin tonic.
Evil Little Thing 4 years ago (edited)
Gin and tonic is my fallback when they only have shitty tequila. It's hard to f**k up a G&T.
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Pheebs 4 years ago
I like vodka cran. I like something simple I can sip on as my one drink for the night as I’ll be on water for the rest, and DD at the end. I’m a white girl, but I don’t think I’m particularly annoying. I tip the bartender, say please and thank you, and barely talk let alone attempt to talk your ear off. I happen to like both vodka (because it doesn’t give me a hangover) and cran (because yum).
Peter Trudell Jr 4 years ago
I love my G&T, but growing up, I was definitely a Cape Cod/Cosmo kind of guy. Still love the Vodka/Cran drinks though I look like an IPA guy. lol
#32
If you order an Old Spanish you probably have some government job and nickname like "Cooter Burger" that you hate, but don't stand up for youself about.
#33
“Can you make me something fruity” AKA I’m pure amateur hour, may send this back for being too strong, will probably make out with that creepy regular that drinks Bud Light drafts on the dance floor after one cocktail and a Woo Woo.
MarkWs Fitbit 4 years ago
If you can't make "something fruity" that makes them feel special and enjoy their night out, even though they aren't raging alcoholics, then you're a bad bartender.
Joanna Werman 4 years ago
I realized it was no more fun going out to bars once I started hating the Woo Woo girls
howdylee 4 years ago
I've done that before... was tired of the same few drinks i usually get so told the bartender "something fruity with vodka." he made one of my normal stand-by drinks, not something new or unusual. won't make that mistake again, will order something specific. But most places are lacking in their cocktail menus. And i don't fit in with their stereotype, i simply like sweet, fruity, and and tolerate vodka very well.
Mermaid Elle-Jaye 4 years ago
I feel like this one is maybe not so good on customer service 😂 it’s really not hard and if it’s that annoying, maybe do a boring desk job and shhhhh
#34
If you go to a bar and order grenadine, you might just be Michael Scott!
Mermaid Elle-Jaye 4 years ago
Had a guy who would get me to put a shot in his corona stubby, got curious one day after work and had to try it……. If you like beer maybe don’t try it 😂 it was like flat old cordial/kool aid (for us people ) w beer undertones 😂
Marco Hub-Dub 4 years ago
I dunno. I guess it’s how you order it since it’s in everything. I’m a Negroni drinker on the rare occasion I drink.
#35
Cereal with Irish Cream Liqueur in it - they may be an alcoholic.
Huddo's sister 4 years ago
That's similar to a story my sister told me. She is a Rover scout and on one camp for some reason they could drink, just not at the stage where everyone was listening to a band. A guy took a bowl of cereal with vodka instead of milk.
#36
AMF-you’re a college kid who’s sole purpose is to throw up on yourself by the end of the night and not tip a single bartender.
Bexxxxx 4 years ago
“Adios Motherfüćkēr” - AMF = vodka, rum, gin, tequila, blue curaçao (pronounced curr-a-sow, not “cor-ah-co”)and some sprite/sweet & sour :)
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#37
ruity/frozen drinks are typically new drinkers. PSA: sugary drinks cause bad hangovers.
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
So always order a glass of plain (ice) water to counter the upcoming hangover.
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
This. I order a pint glass of ice water for every pint of beer/ale I order, and I never have a hangover.
Load More Replies... Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 4 years ago (edited)
I'm in my 40s, and I pretty much exclusively drink fruity sweet drinks (have even created a few of my own for parties that people were fighting over the leftovers: https://bit.ly/3ExQgFE ). I have never experienced a hangover.
#38
Vodka soda...you're on a diet. Margarita...you're a pain in my a**. Scotch and water...you're over 50 with heart issues. Orange juice...you're gonna tip me a quarter.
#39
"hi, can I get a cherry vodka sour but like made for a wuss whose friends made her come out and doesn't like the way alcohol tastes?"
Does it fit the stereotype of a person who doesn't belong here and should just go home? Cuz I agree 100%.
Ivana 4 years ago
I have a friend that doesn't like alcohol but likes to go to bars with us because she just likes to go out with us. Sounds mean to say they don't belong in the establishment.
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago
I agree. Some people can't/don't want to have alcohol and there should be no shame in it.
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Emma Starr 4 years ago
That seems harsh. Not everyone drinks alcohol but they still want to socialize. And they're not just having water.
Huddo's sister 4 years ago
Exactly, which means they are spending money which should be a good thing. I think this sort of comment is more about the stereotypical hipster douche bartender
Load More Replies... ZAPanda 4 years ago
Yep here we have a section on the menu called Virgin Cocktails. Our barkeepers here aren't pretensious wankers. They just know that they have customers and some customers either don't drink or are muslims or whatever, so provide them something similar to whatever everyone else is having! Just good business mate.
Stimpy 4 years ago
No the perfect stereotype of such a person is a bartender who looks down on ex-alcoholics who still go out with their friends. Just leave them be and go home yourself...
Stimpy 4 years ago
"like a wuss who doesn't like the way alcohol tastes". Way to sound like a shallow a-hole Brittany!
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Pascale Pierloot 4 years ago
That's why they serve us nuts. At least they are complimentary. 😉
ZAPanda 4 years ago
They're not really... club owner I know explained: it makes you thirsty so you buy more drinks.
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Zoe's Mom 4 years ago
Was this even worth posting?! Didn't even finish reading because the bartenders actually sound like jerks.
Aeon Flux 4 years ago
They have to deal with drunks all the time. Can you imagine how much that sucks?
Load More Replies... Don't Look 4 years ago
I'm missing something here. At a certain point in ones adult life, we tend to order what we like (taste based) AND what our (digestion) systems can handle. So, if a young woman asks for something tasty (sugary, I suspect), what's the harm? My parents used to order white wines at every restaurant. That's what they liked and that's what their systems could handle. So, why all the judging? Or perhaps that's what this article was about....
Random Anon 4 years ago (edited)
No you're not missing anything. As a graying fella I can tell you honestly my go-to drink changes as I age. Based on this list, I should be 55-65. But I ain't lol. At least not yet.
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Beth S 4 years ago (edited)
I was a bartender for several years.... do you want to know what I thought about someone that ordered a pina colada? I thought that the person wanted a damn pina colada. That is all, no more and no less. LOL
Rocky Mom 4 years ago
Always gotta have one.. and I was nervous for your answer. Hahaha..yea, so judgy
Load More Replies... CanidaeVulpes 4 years ago
I was expecting something more funny, not just a bunch of judgmental bartenders.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Skipped reading most, because it's just silly to judge people based on a drinks order. Also, I could make most basic cocktails by age 15 (yes, legal age is 21, just assume alcoholism ran in my family) and it just varies. Sometimes, it's a Tom Collins sort of day (my sister, every day) and sometimes it's "vodka and Kool-Aid" day. (FYI: You dissolve the Kool-Aid powder right in the vodka. Nauseating, I agree.)
Huddo's sister 4 years ago
One of the most common questions I asked my brother when we went out drinking in our 20s, 'what do I feel like drinking?' It was really annoying that he either said I don't know or I ordered his suggestion and regretted it.
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sofacushionfort 4 years ago (edited)
Bars sell a product at 500% markup, with additional 20% tip. Grocery stores have profit margins on the single digits. I say we go hang out at Kroger and serve ourselves at the beer cooler.
Elliot Fowler 4 years ago
The mention of Tipping in almost every entery is annoying. American tipping culture realy needs to be toned down. Are bartenders not being paid a livable wage like servers too?
elSti 4 years ago
only the best cocktail ever. i think bartenders must think they are thirsty for refreshment.
Load More Replies... Zoe's Mom 4 years ago
Was this even worth posting?! Didn't even finish reading because the bartenders actually sound like jerks.
Aeon Flux 4 years ago
They have to deal with drunks all the time. Can you imagine how much that sucks?
Load More Replies... Don't Look 4 years ago
I'm missing something here. At a certain point in ones adult life, we tend to order what we like (taste based) AND what our (digestion) systems can handle. So, if a young woman asks for something tasty (sugary, I suspect), what's the harm? My parents used to order white wines at every restaurant. That's what they liked and that's what their systems could handle. So, why all the judging? Or perhaps that's what this article was about....
Random Anon 4 years ago (edited)
No you're not missing anything. As a graying fella I can tell you honestly my go-to drink changes as I age. Based on this list, I should be 55-65. But I ain't lol. At least not yet.
Load More Replies... Beth S 4 years ago (edited)
I was a bartender for several years.... do you want to know what I thought about someone that ordered a pina colada? I thought that the person wanted a damn pina colada. That is all, no more and no less. LOL
Rocky Mom 4 years ago
Always gotta have one.. and I was nervous for your answer. Hahaha..yea, so judgy
Load More Replies... CanidaeVulpes 4 years ago
I was expecting something more funny, not just a bunch of judgmental bartenders.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Skipped reading most, because it's just silly to judge people based on a drinks order. Also, I could make most basic cocktails by age 15 (yes, legal age is 21, just assume alcoholism ran in my family) and it just varies. Sometimes, it's a Tom Collins sort of day (my sister, every day) and sometimes it's "vodka and Kool-Aid" day. (FYI: You dissolve the Kool-Aid powder right in the vodka. Nauseating, I agree.)
Huddo's sister 4 years ago
One of the most common questions I asked my brother when we went out drinking in our 20s, 'what do I feel like drinking?' It was really annoying that he either said I don't know or I ordered his suggestion and regretted it.
Load More Replies... sofacushionfort 4 years ago (edited)
Bars sell a product at 500% markup, with additional 20% tip. Grocery stores have profit margins on the single digits. I say we go hang out at Kroger and serve ourselves at the beer cooler.
Elliot Fowler 4 years ago
The mention of Tipping in almost every entery is annoying. American tipping culture realy needs to be toned down. Are bartenders not being paid a livable wage like servers too?
elSti 4 years ago
only the best cocktail ever. i think bartenders must think they are thirsty for refreshment.
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