Message 524 of 22774 in Behind the Bar

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> This subject was brought up tonight at work so I thought I'd get some 
> feedback.
> 
> There was a British group. And one person was ordering the drinks. 
> Now, I know from experience that when I hear a British accent to 
> always ask something like, "Did you just want the one drink or did 
> you need more?" because they will order one drink at a time pecking 
> you to death with single drink orders. So, tonight when I heard the 
> accent I instinctively asked my question. The other bartender and one 
> patron at the bar asked me afterwards how I knew to get the whole 
> order out of them from the start. I had to tell them that it had been 
> my experience to do so. No real reason. Just because.  Just as when 
> they ask for a lemonade I know they mean 7up. Or when they say 
> whiskey they mean scotch.
> 
> Now, we got to talking about it and one person at the bar thinks that 
> maybe it's just the way they do things over there. Maybe it's 
> considered rude in their country to ask for more than one thing at a 
> time. Does anyone have any input on this?
> 
> Cheryl

Dear C,
as a British bartender I have to put my hands up and say "yes, the brits both 
drink and order very badly"... as a nation we are quite annoying customers and 
often drinks are ordered individually... not for any reason... politeness 
perhaps?
And yes we do mean 7up when we ask for lemonade and just as if you are in the 
US and ask for whisky and get Bourbon in the UK you get Scotch and in Ireland 
you get Irish...
thank you for your understanding but at least we gave you guys something to 
think and talk about...
cheers
aw