Want to bring about 5 lads out for drinks but how to work the tab?

jester77 wrote: »

Place where I go, waitress keeps bringing down fresh beers, puts a tick on the beer mat, and when you are done for the evening you put your beer mat on your glass and she settles the bill by counting the ticks.

That "system" would never ever work in Ireland!

You're overthinking it OP. It's really quite simple if you think about it.

To determine whose turn it is to go to the bar, you will need three things.

1. A password. This will need to be generated before hand and handed in secretly to all attendees. I recommend This website for password generation
2. A tool for blood sample reading. This is required by the barman to authenticate the "gofor"
3. A 3rd party authenticator. This is another app that you will need to load on every attendees smartphone. It will generate a time sensitive password.

This is the procedure to go to the bar for a round of drinks.

There are multiple methods to determine whose turn it is to be the gofor but all the methods already mentioned in this thread is way too complicated. Wtf Boardsies?

This needs to be done fairly in order to give everyone a chance, no one likes being left out. So what you do, OP, is gamify the process. Everyone is asked a trivia question in a best of 3 round setup. With winners staying in the upper bracket and losers dropping to the lower bracket. A loss in the lowers bracket means you're out of the running.

To even things out and add some pizazz, you will need to place a "get back into the round" token somewhere in the establishment. This token will let an eliminated contender get back into the running. This is not optional, all eliminated players must participate to find the token.

The end of the tournament will have the two best players in a Best of 5 trivia face off! (So exciting).

The winner must then take the blood sample machine and only use it when they're at the counter! Using it at any time before hand will result in disqualification and the trivia tournament must be held again.

Now comes the time when the winner can actually go to the bar to get a round of drinks. The procedure here is:

Using their previously generated password the winner will log into a website that you will have created with a menu of available drinks. This will unlock the website and allow the other losers to place their orders for which drink they want. The losers will need to use their password when placing an order. The website will also keep track of who has ordered and what their current balance is.

Once the order is placed, the organizer of the night out will need to head down to a internet cafe and print out the order and hand it to the barman.

The winner is then allowed to approach the barman and at this point in time they will use the blood machine to take a pint of blood for verification and using the time sensitive password. Don't worry too much about this, the barman has done it countless times. It's part of their day to day.

The winner then takes ONE drink at a time back to the table and hands it to the relevant person. This person then goes to the bar with the winner and pays for their drink using their tab. Don't forget the blood machine and time sensitive password.

Do this till everyone has their drink.

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This method is foolproof since it's so damn easy and ensures that no one will overrun their tab. Another upside is that this method is currently used by all pubs in Ireland and you'll have a hard time finding pub goers that are unaware of it.

I also believe that a referendum will be held next year to sign this method into law. Please remember to vote.

Glad to have helped you!