Does Bar Etiquette For Guys Exist?
After shows here at 97.5 the Fanatic, we get into some very weird discussions.
Last week, I was talking about a group of five friends getting together at a bar when I started thinking about etiquette. Men over the age of 50 (in case this is a generational difference, I wanted to clarify) were meeting up and sitting and congregating physically at the bar. It’s a PJ Whelihan’s that you could find in any local community. I’m not claiming I’m right or dictating your behavior, but I’d love to hear the counter claims!
Can one of five guys sitting at a bar order a martint if the other four order a beer?
I say that it is incredibly odd to see five guys with beer bottles or drafts (I can’t imagine drinking bottled beer when beer is on tap, but that’s my own personal bias) when one of them is sipping a martini. In that setting, who are you? James Bond? Read the room.
Is it different if the one guy gets a gin and tonic instead of the martini?
A shot and a mixer is always a viable option when sitting at a bar. It just seems different to me than a fancy martini glass. Give me a Tanqueray and Tonic any day. I wouldn’t choose the draft beer.
Is fruit in your beer a violation?
Ever since the introduction of Corona, I believe fruit and beer sort of became an acceptable choice. A good Corona or Blue Moon is perfect.
Do you ever acknowledge peer pressure to get what your buddies are getting?
I know where I come from originally in the 19008, everything is subject to ridicule. Peer pressure exists if only for comedy purposes among old friends.
Can you sit at a bar and drink canned seltzers?
I’m thinking “skinny jeans and backwards hats indoor guy” would approve of this. A guy wearing his Chubbies and a polo with a white undershirt under it is probably sitting next to him.
Summation
Before anyone chimes in with the “do what you want,” let me clarify that nobody ultimately should judge over this bar etiquette. If you have a group of friends that exists like on a TV show that isn’t constantly busting each others’ stones, sit this one out. This was a bar in Delco, and that friend group doesn’t exist.
There aren’t any wrong answers, but I do believe this all falls within generational lines. Debate away…oh, and cheers!
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