Ive never been to a bar

[InchoateHand]

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2 Questions that you did not ask that you should have:

1."Should I tell my waitress/bartender that it is my 21st B-day?"
Yes - chances are you will get a couple free drinks out of this.

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...and possible laid if you also tell her you're a virgin.

[Flushed]

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and how does tipping work? Is my tip based on the number of drinks or the total bill? And finally, do i tip more for mixed drinks than i would a beer? Or is it all the same?

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Clearly, the tip has to be based solely on the hotness of the bartender...and maybe on whether you can get a drink within a few minutes of asking and it is prepared properly.

On a serious note, the tip is calculated as part of the final tab (about 20 percent), but there is a minimum. For ex., if your tab is 100, then you should tip ~20, but, if your final tab is 5 bucks (I'm not sure what dive would have those prices), then it's pretty poor form to tip less than 2-3 dollars.

Bartenders are your friends; be nice to them; you'll get perks and what not.

Flushed - ex-bartender

[Ulysses]

Go to Doc's. It is fun.

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im going to be in portland alone, for two nights. im going to a show tommorow (Atmosphere) and tonight ill probably just hit up a sports bar and pretend to be a Blazer fan.

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Wow, sorry to hear that. Now I see why you've never been to a bar.

If I ever end up on the West Coast, I'll buy you a drink. As long as you don't subject me to any emo-rap.

NT

[DBowling]

atmosphere= emo rap? Ive never thought about it like that before, but its not that bad of a description [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

None of my friends like atmosphere enough to fly there to see them. Most of them are 19-20 though, so i dont have many people to go out drinking with.

[DBowling]

ill definatly look into it, thanks for the tip

[jaybee_70]

If you mean Portland, Or. then unfortunately Doc's is closed. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] It is now called the Safari Club and I haven't been there to check it out, but yes Doc's was a great place up until the 6 months before they closed.

Joe

[jaybee_70]

Check out nwpokerleague.com. They sponsor free two table sit n go's at local bars. It's short stack poker, but it's free and the people are generally pretty cool. It's very hard to be a Blazers fan these days, I don't know how anybody would even be able to pretend, but if you go that route good luck.

Joe

[SGS]

Are you talking Portland Oregon or Portland Maine.

SGS

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if your final tab is 5 bucks (I'm not sure what dive would have those prices), then it's pretty poor form to tip less than 2-3 dollars.

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any time i've gotten a bill that low, tipping less than $20-50 would have been a really dick move.