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gambler  
| | #1 posted November 20, 2008 at 7:55pm (EST) |
Dear All,
So I am at the bar of the smoking lounge here at the airport and this couple walks in, American late 20's early 30's anyway they both come and stand beside me.
The guy asks the bartender for a redstripe beer (draft), the bartender pours him one, whilst this is happening the lady gets out a cigarette and reaches for a book match........ I offer her my lighter, which she accepts, lights her cigarette with it then hands it back to me.... her (I presume) husband/boyfriend is standing there with a cigarette dangling from his mouth to be fair she doesnt see this, but I gesture for her to give the lighter to her boyfriend which she does and he lights it and hands it back to me.
Ok, the beer is poured and THEN the bartender asks the girl what she would like to drink? she replies a redstripe beer also...... the bartender says $10 for both, she pulls a $10 bill out, whilst the guy is counting bills out too, he gets the $10 pays the bartender, she says thanks to her boyfriend and they both go and sit at a table.
Does anyone else see how totally F**king weird that exchange was, or is it just me being overly sensitive?
Regards David | Irene007  
| | #2 posted November 20, 2008 at 10:17pm (EST) |
I fail to see the weirdness, honestly... | CarolL
| | #3 posted November 20, 2008 at 10:56pm (EST) |
Maybe she wanted him to pay but didn't want him to know she wanted him to pay so she feigned trying to pay but he got out his money to pay before she would have been able to pay so he did pay. Good thing you got your lighter back.
P.S. I'm with Irene. | Joanne 
| | #4 posted November 21, 2008 at 12:48am (EST) |
Dear David,
Drive Through ATM Procedures
Please note that Banks are installing new "Drive-through" teller machines. Customers will be able to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles. To enable customers to use this new facility the following procedures have been drawn up.
MALE PROCEDURE
* 1 Drive up to the cash machine.
* 2 Put down your car window.
* 3 Insert card into machine and enter PIN.
* 4 Enter amount of cash required and withdraw.
* 5 Retrieve card, cash and receipt.
* 6 Put window up.
* 7 Drive off.
FEMALE PROCEDURE
* 1 Drive up to cash machine.
* 2 Reverse back the required amount to align car window to machine.
* 3 Set parking Brake, Put the window down.
* 4 Find handbag, remove all contents onto passenger seat to locate card.
* 5 Turn the radio down.
* 6 Attempt to insert card into machine.
* 7 Attempt to insert card into machine.
* 8 Open car door to allow easier access to machine due to its excessive distance from the car.
* 9 Insert card.
* 10 Re-insert card the right side up
* 11 Dig through handbag to find diary with your PIN written on the inside back page.
* 12 Enter PIN.
* 13 Press cancel and re-enter correct PIN.
* 14 Enter amount of cash required.
* 15 Check make up in rear view mirror.
* 16 Retrieve cash and receipt.
* 17 Empty handbag again to locate wallet and place cash inside.
* 18 Place receipt in back of checkbook.
* 19 Re-check make-up again.
* 20 Drive forwards 2 feet.
* 21 Reverse back to cash machine.
* 22 Retrieve card.
* 23 Re-empty hand bag, locate card holder, and place card into the slot provided.
* 24 Give appropriate one-fingered hand signal to irate male drivers queuing behind.
* 25 Restart stalled engine and pull off.
* 26 Drive for 2 to 3 miles.
* 27 Release Parking Brake
No wonder he was first to pay!!!
I didn't see anything weird in that exchange either, Maybe the bartender was a bit of a jerk, pretty much ignoring her? | gambler
| | #5 posted November 21, 2008 at 6:48am (EST) |
OK, let me clarify my thought process.........
If I walked into a bar with my wife , it seems natural to me to ask what Mitzie would like to drink 1st , THEN ask for both drinks at once, in addition if i didnt have a light for my cigarette I would offer the light 1st to my wife then light mine........just seems like common courtesy, no? | Irene007
| | #6 posted November 21, 2008 at 8:20am (EST) |
I suspect that they're not mates, could be co-workers with much familiarity with each other. I wouldn't thank my husband for paying for my drink; I'd expect it. | EyesOfCharisma
| | #7 posted November 21, 2008 at 10:39am (EST) |
chivalry is dead in the states.  | Iseult
| | #8 posted November 21, 2008 at 10:55am (EST) |
gambler wrote:
> OK, let me clarify my thought process.........
>
> If I walked into a bar with my wife , it seems
> natural to me to ask what Mitzie would like to
> drink 1st , THEN ask for both drinks at once,
> in addition if i didnt have a light for my cigarette
> I would offer the light 1st to my wife then light
> mine........just seems like common courtesy, no?
What a gentleman!
I agree with Carol. She wanted him to pay, but was pretending doing the whole 'Oh, I am pay for myself thing'. | Matty 
| | #9 posted November 21, 2008 at 11:03am (EST) |
Maybe they were playing some kind of game as foreplay. I had a girlfriend who tried to get me to play some wierd "vampire" game. I was supposed to talk to some people long enough to "draw blood" from them, and then we would notice each other's "aura" and go home together. I thought this was retarded, and I told her that if she wanted to bleed...bend over and I'll fudge you in the roughest way I can. Anyway, the point is a lot of people do a lot of wierd things, just for fun. | LindaH 
| | #10 posted November 21, 2008 at 12:09pm (EST) |
I don't see the weirdness either. Like Irene said, they might not be anything more than friends. | FauxLo
| | #11 posted November 21, 2008 at 12:44pm (EST) |
Perhaps he was recently upset with her.  (I'm guessing they were not married.) | LindaH
| | #12 posted November 21, 2008 at 12:49pm (EST) |
Or they could be the types that do their own thing, and don't follow along with what many people would expect. A lot of people don't have expectations on each other. Maybe those were 2 of them. | cloudhugger
| | #13 posted November 21, 2008 at 4:12pm (EST) |
I'm guessing they were not together. | LindaH
| | #14 posted November 21, 2008 at 6:05pm (EST) |
Wouldn't it be fun to go out somewhere with someone you know, and act baffling? | Irene007
| | #15 posted November 21, 2008 at 6:11pm (EST) |
We baffled people all the time and we weren't even acting! | cabinfever
| | #16 posted November 22, 2008 at 2:30am (EST) |
I have to agree with David's post #5. Even if they weren't together, common courtesy should have applied. Especially with that bartender! Most bartenders around here will ask the lady first, let alone ignore her. | cloudhugger
| #17 posted November 22, 2008 at 9:23am (EST)
edited November 22, 2008 at 9:25am (EST) |
LindaH wrote:
> Wouldn't it be fun to go out somewhere with someone
> you know, and act baffling?
My Mary, a friend and I are going to Branson, MI for a few day vacation. The deal is listening to a schpiel about timeshares and getting meal, hotel and 2 show vouchers. It's a cheap get-away. But since Mary listened to their deal last time, I have to go this time. I hate that idea. I have a feeling that will suck that happy vacation get-away smile right off of my face.
My friend said she would go to the schpiel with me, so I thought we could act like a married lesbian couple that makes everyone in the room squirm. | cabinfever
| | #18 posted November 23, 2008 at 1:40am (EST) |
That sounds like fun!!! Let us know how it goes! That is, if your friend will work with you on that. | cloudhugger
| | #19 posted November 23, 2008 at 10:19am (EST) |
Haha, I do have to ask my friend about that, maybe she can come up with something funner or more bizarre. |
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