1. You have a boyfriend? Fuck you!
You are in a club having a nice conversation with someone at the bar as you naturally need something to do while you wait. You get talking about some ‘common’ ground (you like movies too?).
It’s inevitable that one day you’ll let yourself slip and drink a little too much the night before work or a family event - any situation you need to not be hung over for. However, that is okay as there is definitely ways to make yourself appear as sober as a pope. Also, if you’re anything like me, then simply looking less hungover makes you feel less hung over.
Like with any traditional pastime, there are certain unspoken do’s and don’ts. Drinking is no exception. This comprehensive list has been compiled to help prevent you breaching the laws and to help recognise breaches by drinking establishments.
There are lots of different types of bars around. This means anyone can feel at home somewhere. But what happens when someone ventures into unfamiliar territory?
These are the most commonly considered out of place people at bars and clubs:
There are those people who you get along with really well but only when you are out drinking. They make your night funner, you make there’s funner. But the friendship seems to dwindle with the coming of the hang over. You don’t speak to them all week and they don’t contact you either.
Guys find that having a mate to help facilitate pick-ups increases their chances of success. A ‘wingman’ is someone who helps a friend to screen potential partners and attract desirable ones. The term originates from aviation terminology referring to “tandem aerial combat scenarios” according to the ever reliable Wikipedia.
The Ivy: You like to show that you have money (or at least appear so). You own a black laptop satchel which you wear to the Ivy on Friday nights. You like to hang out next to pools but not go in them. This reflects your cautious nature, you like the idea of adventure but prefer to watch Man Vs Wild then take a bush walk.
The long running tradition, iconised by the floating head stick figure man and triangle bodied woman symbols, of oppressive toilet gender segregation is corroding. The concept of a unisex toilet is on the rise. Small bars and clubs with only one disabled toilet at all are forced by necessity to accommodate for both genders.
Cocktail names are like hipster band names - really obscure. Also, they often have places, names or colours in them. The names tend not to give away much about the drink, so menus always need to list the ingredients. But what happens when you really think about the name of a drink…
On any given night, in any given group, there are different personality types interrelating. These personalities may seem disparate, but together they have a kind of symbiosis. Depending on the mood of an evening they can be your best friend or your worst enemy.
The 5 main going out personality types are…