Things to do in a pub while waiting for people to turn up?

karbon · 02-03-2010, 20:58

So I've arrived earlier than expected. There's no hot barstaff. My mate is about 20 minutes behind. And I'm not about to tan this cider an demand more. Suggestions please?

leowyatt · 02-03-2010, 21:00

do you get free text messages?

Del Lardo · 02-03-2010, 23:51

Surf BD on your phone?

Joe 90 · 03-03-2010, 00:14

its a situation i don't enjoy but a situation in which I love, more than usual, being an iPhone user :P

G|mp · 03-03-2010, 00:27

I normally give people in the pub nicknames, this can be embarrassing later in the night going to the loo and asking "smelly fat dude" to kindly move aside :/

_dogma_ · 03-03-2010, 00:28

I would just drink the drink and ask for another. Then demand your friend buys you another for making you wait

Pebs · 03-03-2010, 03:00

Definitely play on the phone, look casual, don't keep looking at the door, stay calm, don't panic, don't make eye contact, keep drinking. Did I mention don't keep looking at the door?
It's my worst nightmare!

Desmo · 03-03-2010, 08:28

Go outside, look up at the sign.....are you in the right pub?

karbon · 03-03-2010, 11:35

by this point i was 15 minutes into the wait and had already done all the forums and facebooking and twittering i could handle :P

one of my mates is the manager but he wasn't in and the rest of his staff have far less chat, sadly.

Rich_L · 03-03-2010, 12:01

Most pubs have a newspaper somewhere, pick up newspaper, read newspaper is usually what I do

02-03-2010, 20:58	#1
karbon Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Glasvegas Posts: 475	Things to do in a pub while waiting for people to turn up? So I've arrived earlier than expected. There's no hot barstaff. My mate is about 20 minutes behind. And I'm not about to tan this cider an demand more. Suggestions please? __________________

02-03-2010, 21:00	#2
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	do you get free text messages? __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

03-03-2010, 00:14	#4
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03-03-2010, 00:27	#5
G\|mp Big Ass cock made of snow! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wolverhampingtonville Posts: 108	I normally give people in the pub nicknames, this can be embarrassing later in the night going to the loo and asking "smelly fat dude" to kindly move aside :/ __________________

03-03-2010, 00:28	#6
_dogma_ Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife. Posts: 278	I would just drink the drink and ask for another. Then demand your friend buys you another for making you wait __________________

02-03-2010, 23:51	#3
Del Lardo Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 2,539	Surf BD on your phone?

03-03-2010, 03:00	#7
Pebs Easymouth Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6,716	Definitely play on the phone, look casual, don't keep looking at the door, stay calm, don't panic, don't make eye contact, keep drinking. Did I mention don't keep looking at the door? It's my worst nightmare! __________________ ...faster you naughty little monkey! Running through hell, heaven can wait!

03-03-2010, 08:28	#8
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	Go outside, look up at the sign.....are you in the right pub? __________________

03-03-2010, 11:35	#9
karbon Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Glasvegas Posts: 475	by this point i was 15 minutes into the wait and had already done all the forums and facebooking and twittering i could handle :P one of my mates is the manager but he wasn't in and the rest of his staff have far less chat, sadly. __________________

03-03-2010, 12:01	#10
Rich_L Dr Cocktapuss Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Seven Sizzles Posts: 1,044	Most pubs have a newspaper somewhere, pick up newspaper, read newspaper is usually what I do __________________