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That guy in the bar whose date never came

  • 01-11-2016 04:25PM
    #1
    beks101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,802 ✭✭✭beks101


    Have you ever been him/her? How long did you wait? Did you ever hear from your date again and what was his/her excuse?

    Currently sitting in a central London bar at a table by myself waiting on a group of work mates. I think the waiters are taking out bets


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvbujX4hXOg


  • #3
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,424 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Do you think there's free crab cakes in it for you? You've got a good thing going on there.


  • #4
    beks101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,802 ✭✭✭beks101


    I've ordered a rake of cocktails so am sitting by myself at a table with ten cocktails staring at me and waiters glancing over curiously every so often.

    If no-one shows in 15 minutes I will embark on a cocktail binge. Win-win really.


  • #5
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,424 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    So basically you are petitioning for a boards beers in London right about... now-ish?


  • #6
    beks101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,802 ✭✭✭beks101


    Erm, potentially? Anyone reading this currently near London Bridge?


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  • #7
    Dr Crayfish
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Dr Crayfish


    No but I was in Holland last week meeting my friend from the train and I was running late. A guy came up to my buddy who was waiting and asked if he was from Grindr and were they supposed to be meeting, ha.


  • #8
    frag420
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,161 ✭✭✭frag420


    beks101 wrote: »
    Erm, potentially? Anyone reading this currently near London Bridge?

    Im over on Fleet St, wait for me!!


  • #9
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    No I had a date that I was early for and he was late, we were texting so I knew he was going to be late. It was the middle of the day on a Tuesday and I went to a bar because that's who I am as a person. The first drink I ordered was a double vodka and west coast cooler. The barman assumed it was for two people so gave me two glasses, one for the vodka and one for the west coast. He looked on a bit horrified as I asked for a pint glass and threw them all in together.

    I finished my third round of this, when himself text he was nearby. So I ordered two cocktails and two shots, one for me and one for him. The poor barman couldn't hold it to himself anymore and he asked "are these all for you?"

    I'm sure he felt very sorry for the guy when he finally arrived


  • #10
    Grayson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,442 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    I once waited for an hour at a bar for a girl. It was in the days before mobile phones and we'd agreed to meet at X on westmoreland st. After an hour she came in and ripped me apart. She was standing outside in the freezing cold waiting for me.


  • #11
    aaronjumper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,128 ✭✭✭✭aaronjumper


    I haven't had it happen to me yet but I'm still youngish, plenty of time to have those last pieces of optimism beaten out of me by reality.

    What cocktail options have you?


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  • #12
    beks101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,802 ✭✭✭beks101


    frag420 wrote: »
    beks101 wrote: »
    Erm, potentially? Anyone reading this currently near London Bridge?

    Im over on Fleet St, wait for me!!

    You've got ten minutes. It's that touristy cocktail bar on the bridge just beside Borough Market. I'm the brunette in the pink top. Not even kidding


  • #13
    frag420
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    beks101 wrote: »
    You've got ten minutes. It's that touristy cocktail bar on the bridge just beside Borough Market. I'm the brunette in the pink top. Not even kidding

    Need a pic first...I can use it as my excuse to leave early!!

    Not even kidding


  • #14
    beks101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,802 ✭✭✭beks101


    frag420 wrote: »
    beks101 wrote: »
    You've got ten minutes. It's that touristy cocktail bar on the bridge just beside Borough Market. I'm the brunette in the pink top. Not even kidding

    Need a pic first...I can use it as my excuse to leave early!!

    Not even kidding

    Imagine Christina Rocci with an Irish accent and angry face and most likely tipsy


  • #15
    frag420
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,161 ✭✭✭frag420


    beks101 wrote: »
    Imagine Christina Rocci with an Irish accent and angry face and most likely tipsy

    Im the tall guy behind you in the green hoody staring at the back of your head...


  • #16
    Fr_Dougal
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    This could get awkward...


  • #17
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    No I had a date that I was early for and he was late, we were texting so I knew he was going to be late. It was the middle of the day on a Tuesday and I went to a bar because that's who I am as a person. The first drink I ordered was a double vodka and west coast cooler. The barman assumed it was for two people so gave me two glasses, one for the vodka and one for the west coast. He looked on a bit horrified as I asked for a pint glass and threw them all in together.

    I finished my third round of this, when himself text he was nearby. So I ordered two cocktails and two shots, one for me and one for him. The poor barman couldn't hold it to himself anymore and he asked "are these all for you?"

    I'm sure he felt very sorry for the guy when he finally arrived

    Jaysus, I'd be on my ear after that!


  • #18
    andekwarhola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,687 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    frag420 wrote: »
    Need a pic first...I can use it as my excuse to leave early!!

    Not even kidding

    Smooth.


  • #19
    frag420
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,161 ✭✭✭frag420


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    This could get awkward...

    Already is awkward, she has all the cocktails drank and is stripping!!


  • #20
    Mr. Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,798 ✭✭✭Mr. Incognito


    frag420 wrote: »
    Already is awkward, she has all the cocktails drank and is stripping!!

    Dear Diary..................

    Jackpot.


  • #21
    brevity
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    Christina Ricci?

    Nice...


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  • #22
    Fr_Dougal
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    brevity wrote: »
    Christina Ricci?

    Nice...

    No, Christina Rocci. Serving 3 life sentences for a triple murder.


  • #23
    corner of hells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,439 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    beks101 wrote: »
    Imagine Christina Rocci with an Irish accent and angry face and most likely tipsy

    Don't do it guys.. that's my ex wife.

    Looks like angel, walks like an angel.. but would de bollock you from thirty yards.


  • #24
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    :D
    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    Jaysus, I'd be on my ear after that!

    I was. We went to the cinema and I fell asleep on him


  • #25
    The Backwards Man
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    I asked for a beer there in my pidgin German and the landlady gave me five bags of cashew nuts.

    Don't suppose there's anyone in Berlin likes nuts?


  • #26
    Your Face
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    I went abroad a few weeks ago.


  • #27
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Your Face wrote: »
    I went abroad a few weeks ago.

    Not much point in telling us now after the fact is there?


  • #28
    mahamageehad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,673 ✭✭✭mahamageehad


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    I asked for a beer there in my pidgin German and the landlady gave me five bags of cashew nuts.

    Don't suppose there's anyone in Berlin likes nuts?

    Beer in German is still beer (bier)..... :P how did you manage that?

    Just say beer bit-ah! (Bier bitte) and smile a big cheeky Irish smile!


  • #29
    HensVassal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,569 ✭✭✭HensVassal


    LexieOnRale wrote: »
    No I had a date that I was early for and he was late, we were texting so I knew he was going to be late. It was the middle of the day on a Tuesday and I went to a bar because that's who I am as a person. The first drink I ordered was a double vodka and west coast cooler. The barman assumed it was for two people so gave me two glasses, one for the vodka and one for the west coast. He looked on a bit horrified as I asked for a pint glass and threw them all in together.

    I finished my third round of this, when himself text he was nearby. So I ordered two cocktails and two shots, one for me and one for him. The poor barman couldn't hold it to himself anymore and he asked "are these all for you?"

    I'm sure he felt very sorry for the guy when he finally arrived

    6 shots and 3 West Coast coolers before the guy even got there and then another shot and cocktail for when he arrived. That's basically 11 drinks before the date even started. Were you not fucking mashed?


  • #30
    The Backwards Man
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    mahamageehad wrote: »
    Beer in German is still beer (bier)..... :P how did you manage that?

    Just say beer bit-ah! (Bier bitte) and smile a big cheeky Irish smile!

    That's more or less what I said but I think my mimicking the act of drinking a beer at the same time threw her. I know the German for lighter is fuzzy gun now too after a few hairy experiences wiggling my thumb at people last night.


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  • #31
    mahamageehad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,673 ✭✭✭mahamageehad


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    That's more or less what I said but I think my mimicking the act of drinking a beer at the same time threw her. I know the German for lighter is fuzzy gun now too after a few hairy experiences wiggling my thumb at people last night.
    Yeah close enough. You'd get away with Fire (said in a Dub accent) though. And you'd look hip! :P


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