Comments on: Sipping on Water and Juice

By: Anna Jayne@twitter

Anna Jayne@twitter — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:01:28 +0000

@probs yes, please tell me where the free soda bars are!

By: Keck

Keck — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:52:03 +0000

If I spend hours studying in a coffee shop every day (Caribou Coffee!) but hate coffee (tea please) and bring my own mug and (sometimes) correctly answer the daily trivia question so as to save 20 cents, do I suck? Yes I should tip more. Or at all. Sorry.

By: mishaps

mishaps — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:02:33 +0000

@probs where are these bars? I have never been in one.

By: josefinastrummer

josefinastrummer — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:41:09 +0000

@KathleenD@twitter Agreed, I have always been charged for sodas at bars, and usually it’s just from the fountain. Why shouldn’t they charge for soda?

By: josefinastrummer

josefinastrummer — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:39:06 +0000

Like Stuntman Mike says in Deathproof: Women. Nacho Grande platters. The fellowship of some fascinating individuals, like Warren here are all good reasons to go to a bar and not drink.

By: Whit@twitter

Whit@twitter — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 02:02:11 +0000

I used to roll with cool Mormons, who would come to bars, get soda or club soda (with lime, hard core!) and they’d always tip a buck. I think if you were sitting by yourself sipping NA drinks it’d be weird, but if you’re with a group of people who are buying alcohol? Not a big deal if you’re tossing down a buck now and then.

One of my BFFs is a bartender. One of the regulars at the bar she works at would come in with his friend who never ordered anything, ate her dinner (that she brought) at the bar, and had the bartender give her glasses of water. Never bought anything or tipped at dime. Every week. For many hours. At a very, very small bar. After a while, my friend the bartender had to say, look, I like you, I like [regular], but any other bartender would have had you out on your ass so long ago. She started dropping some cash now and then after that.

By: BlackAndBlueMan

BlackAndBlueMan — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 04:34:36 +0000

I’ve never been much of an alcohol drinker, so it’s never bothered me that some people at bars and pubs don’t drink booze.

And as for folks who occupy a space for a long time and nurse only one purchase, that doesn’t bother me either. I’m a long-time occupier myself – but if the person in question is a regular and especially not causing any trouble, I don’t see a problem (perhaps I’d think differently if I was the business owner, but I’ll cross that bridge if I ever come to it).

Some places in the US don’t charge for non-alcoholic drinks? Wow!

By: Deb of last year@twitter

Deb of last year@twitter — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 01:55:30 +0000

I don’t drink but I do spend a lot of time in bars and the bartenders who know me don’t charge me for my soda and I, in turn, tip them handsomely. I think that works out best for everyone. (Except maybe the management? I dunno but I doubt that watered down soda costs them very much.)

By: KathleenD@twitter

KathleenD@twitter — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:17:11 +0000

@Megano! Every bar I go to in the SF Bay Area charges for soda. But it’s usually nice soda so that’s probably part of it.

By: Megano!

Megano! — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:07:22 +0000

@probs I have never been to one.