Pints on the table etiquette?

[Amelie]

Im sorry Amelie, but im afraid I would probably sit there quite satisfied with a pint on the table, even a bottle or two with no glass! lol.
I wouldnt drink anything only becuase it is 'expected' in some sort of moral social code or whatever, but thats becuase Im common northerner scum

Why would it be wrong to have a pint glass on the table? Its a legal measure of fluid isnt it?. Why would the people you ask say its wrong? I dont really understand. Is it a extension of shock, horror, using the DESERT spoon as the SOUP spoon? hahahaha. And if its about 'looking right' in the restaurant, who is so up themselves they thing the entire restaurant is looking at thier table?

Id just have the lager in any way it arrived, or if we had to wait for a table and had been sat at the bar, Id take my pint to the table, finish it and see what arrives when I order another drink. If somebody ordered wine for the table, Id have it aslomg it aint red! lol.

Ill just scrape my knuckles on the floor as I go out......

Ta ra fer now

Sirius.

Hey i never said what i thought, so no need to appologise- i was merely raising an issue that i thought was interesting under the 'acceptable' behaviour ruling. I was curious as i am in the middle of a psychology based essay on society, i was debating what matters to whom, and how the question would be viewed.

I do find it amusing though that a few say they will not be dictated by social constraints or expectances, when we are goverend by such cultural norms continuoulsy. You would not refuse to drink a pint at the table as you see it as your right, but it is not about having an automatic right is it- its about fiiting in with the ambience as and when needeed.

I mean, it is my right to pick my nose, but i wouldnt do it when meeting someones folks for the first time, the occasion would not require it. You may think it extreme to link nose picking and pint drinking in a resturant a riduclous notion, but surley they are just different levels of the same thing, what is considered socially exeptable behaviour at different times, the levels of embarrasment and concious effort to show acceptable behaviour. To many, drinking pints in an 'unnacceptable' setting would be considered as rude.

I would not go to someones wedding straight out the garden in my wellies covered in pig shit- partly because of social constraints and culture that have told me my whole 28 years that you must dress accordinly, partly due to repect for my friends who probably want to create some kind of specialness to thier day (lol not saying you have to have dressed up friends to have a special day, or indeed what your friends look like on your day counts as such so no negative quoating please) and partly down to personal pride. Probably if someone told me that i HAD to dress a certain way then it would be differnt, but when its down to autonomy then i have no issues with it.

Seems irrelevant now but i never drink pints, not because i am female and i think its wrong, its just i go for spirits when out as it cuts down on the trips to the toilet.



Edited to add that social constraints also manifest in our choice of clothing, and for those who think they may not be goverend by such social constraints, or indeed habour such 'conformist' ideas, then when dont we all wear trainers from the market, or dress in clothes from matalan. It all boils down to wanting to fit in and be acceptable, just on different levels thats all I just find it really interesting to observe human behaviour, and love the fact we all vary in our thoughts and views on what is okay and not.

 

[Amelie]

:$ Reading that back i even bored the pants off myself

Sorry for the tangent no:463728, just i have been stuck in a library all day and havent uttered a word

 

[sirius]

Well, Im sold. lol. Beer in an icle tiny glass it is!

Hmmn, I know exactly what you mean. I think the layers/levels of lifes acceptabilities are very variant, drinking a pint in the wrong place is very low on my list of priorities, but I know that just because I have the occasional lamb shank, dont think its wrong, I wouldnt have a thomas tank infront of the bosses wife at a diner table You know what I mean. I agree its interesting what levels of things are acceptable to different people, and Im sure it goes in cycles throughout your life too, for example a 3 year old will not think twice about wiping his/her snotty nose on thier sleeve, and some old people are past giving a damn and may do something equally 'antisocial' becuase they figure its too late in the day to be bothered about it and is very low on thier priority list.

I like a shirt and tie for work, I dont 'have' to wear one, but I dont feel the part or feel I look professional without wearing one. I think that is also a case of perception of what is acceptable or not in life - for example if I had to go and see a accountant or lawyer or bank manager, I wouldnt feel comfortable in thier abilities if somebody was sat there behind the desk in a greasy McDonald stained sweater and scabby jogger bottoms. Of course, they may be the best god damn lawyer in the country, but it just doesnt give out the right signals to me personally.

So therefore, I agree, but in the case in hand (pint glass in restuarant), I wouldnt have even thought twice about it until today, and even now I have thought about it, Id still do it anyway because I dont see anything wrong with it and its low on my priority list.


See ya

Sirius.

 

[GemGem]

Well, Im sold. lol. Beer in an icle tiny glass it is!

Hmmn, I know exactly what you mean. I think the layers/levels of lifes acceptabilities are very variant, drinking a pint in the wrong place is very low on my list of priorities, but I know that just because I have the occasional lamb shank, dont think its wrong, I wouldnt have a thomas tank infront of the bosses wife at a diner table You know what I mean. I agree its interesting what levels of things are acceptable to different people, and Im sure it goes in cycles throughout your life too, for example a 3 year old will not think twice about wiping his/her snotty nose on thier sleeve, and some old people are past giving a damn and may do something equally 'antisocial' becuase they figure its too late in the day to be bothered about it and is very low on thier priority list.

I like a shirt and tie for work, I dont 'have' to wear one, but I dont feel the part or feel I look professional without wearing one. I think that is also a case of perception of what is acceptable or not in life - for example if I had to go and see a accountant or lawyer or bank manager, I wouldnt feel comfortable in thier abilities if somebody was sat there behind the desk in a greasy McDonald stained sweater and scabby jogger bottoms. Of course, they may be the best god damn lawyer in the country, but it just doesnt give out the right signals to me personally.

So therefore, I agree, but in the case in hand (pint glass in restuarant), I wouldnt have even thought twice about it until today, and even now I have thought about it, Id still do it anyway because I dont see anything wrong with it and its low on my priority list.


See ya

Sirius.

Mr knowledge is at it again

 

[northern minx]

bloody fantastic!..

Well, Im sold. lol. Beer in an icle tiny glass it is!

Hmmn, I know exactly what you mean. I think the layers/levels of lifes acceptabilities are very variant, drinking a pint in the wrong place is very low on my list of priorities, but I know that just because I have the occasional lamb shank, dont think its wrong, I wouldnt have a thomas tank infront of the bosses wife at a diner table You know what I mean. I agree its interesting what levels of things are acceptable to different people, and Im sure it goes in cycles throughout your life too, for example a 3 year old will not think twice about wiping his/her snotty nose on thier sleeve, and some old people are past giving a damn and may do something equally 'antisocial' becuase they figure its too late in the day to be bothered about it and is very low on thier priority list.

I like a shirt and tie for work, I dont 'have' to wear one, but I dont feel the part or feel I look professional without wearing one. I think that is also a case of perception of what is acceptable or not in life - for example if I had to go and see a accountant or lawyer or bank manager, I wouldnt feel comfortable in thier abilities if somebody was sat there behind the desk in a greasy McDonald stained sweater and scabby jogger bottoms. Of course, they may be the best god damn lawyer in the country, but it just doesnt give out the right signals to me personally.

So therefore, I agree, but in the case in hand (pint glass in restuarant), I wouldnt have even thought twice about it until today, and even now I have thought about it, Id still do it anyway because I dont see anything wrong with it and its low on my priority list.


See ya

Sirius.

spot on that fella!! and theres nowt wrong with lamb shanks and thomas tanks, woteva floats ya boat eh! lol

 

[nathan]

hhmmmm

I prefer barclays banks or sherman tanks myself. Very similar but slightly different. just been reading about dogging. nowt as queer as folk

 

[Amelie]

Whats dogging then? And speaking of Queer as Folk, i really enjoyed that series a while back.

 

[abbo]

pint

its alright or they wouldnt sell it if it was that posh

hint:
1 order the barrel
2 stick it in the middle of the table
3 order some long straws for u & u mates

Now thats what i call posh!!!

 

[blue jammer]

You might want to stick that ^^ image above, behind a link marked "NOT WORK SAFE", for when the daytime folks read the board...

 

[abbo]

sorry

:$ thanks for the warning
How do you hide a pic ie. work safe link?