I guess I didn't cover this in my bar manners column. When you drink excessively, you do not go deaf. Why is it that the more people drink, the louder they become? Yesterday was opening day at the races in Del Mar, Californina. Yes, I expected people to drink and for some to become drunk, but I didn't expect to feel like I was sitting at a roller derby rink when I was at the bar! People were yelling not only to one another at their table within a space of 1 foot, but also across the entire bar. There was one table of men who had their sites set on another table of women all the way across the bar. Instead of going over there and using a pick up line they started to yell at each other. "Hey!" the men called, come over here. "No!" the women yelled, "we're happy over here." "Come on over here!" the men yelled again. "No" the women yelled, that's okay." "We've got drinks!" yelled the men. "We've got drinks too." yelled the women. "We've got better drinks." yelled the men and held up their Budlights." "We've got better drinks here." the women yelled holding up their cosmos. It went on and on until finally the men decided to walk, or vere over to their table.
As the bar emptied out it was quieter for a short spell until the other three tables were now drunk and the yelling began again.
Doesn't anyone know that to get attention...one should whisper.
Manners for everyday situations.