We have a friend who has expensive taste when it comes to drinking. We all are happy with what ever is on special while he always has to order Grey Goose, Bombay Sapphire, or his favorite, Glenlivet. So yesterday we all were out for a friend’s going away thing. We are at a bar that has 1.75 wells, 2.25 calls (Jack, 7, Smirnoff, Captain Morgan’s, etc) and 5 dollar domestic pitchers. We all are drinking our calls and he orders 5 Glenlivet and sodas for himself for the night. End of the night my buddies tab is 50 bucks with 35 of it being for the scotch our friend orders. Of course like always my buddy who did not order the expensive drinks picks up the tab like we always do without complaining. We are always annoyed because happy hour is never fun because it is never cheap in the end. He ends up with expensive drinks and we end up footing the bill. He refuses to drink anything but these super premium drinks. He won’t even drink Crown anymore because “That is what I drank in college.” I mean sometimes we go out in down town and places charge 10-11 dollars for a glass of this stuff that he likes. Part of me feels cheap just being annoyed by it but I don’t even spend money like that on myself, why spend it on another guy’s liquor of all things. How do you tell him this annoys us without sounding like a cheapskate? Should we even say anything at all?
You're not being cheap, at all. Your friend is taking advantage. Tell him if he wants to be on y'alls tab, he orders wells. If he wants premiums, he pays for them himself. My friends and I typically buy rounds. I always order well drinks, even though my friends usually get calls. When it is my turn, my friends all know damn well that they're going to get a well drink during my round. That way, it's fair.
To his defense, he has always bought me any drink I asked for. Then again it is always a crown and 7 or a rum and coke.
That's not a good defense. Tell him to buy his own crap from now on. Mention the last tab as a reason. A real friend will understand. A mooch will b**** about it.
i'm not a beer snob. what's the difference b/t a well and call? wells are beer and calls are mixed drinks?
He never pays for his own drinks and YOU'RE worried about being a cheapskate? Hock a nice, thick loogie into his Glenlivet next time he goes to the can. ...and who the hell mixes high quality scotch with soda anyways? That's what soda was meant for, to mask the taste of cheap scotch. So, not only is your "friend" a tool, but he can't even drink properly...
Get seperate checks. We had a friend that was notorious about not ever chipping in so we finally just started having seperate checks unless that douche bag wasn't around. If I'm buying, I'm having the good stuff. If someone else is buying, I'm drinking whatever is comparable to what they drink, just for that very reason.
Bingo. If he's unwilling to pitch in extra for his drinks, or to drink what everybody else is, he needs to get his own tab. Everybody wins, everybody's happy.
No. A "well" is a house drink. A "call" is a drink that is usually one higher up on the pricing scale. A "premium" is a drink that is more expensive than both.
Well drinks use the cheapest liquor the bar has, like Macormick Vodka or Sauza tequila. Call drinks are drinks that have an actual brand name in them, like a Crown and Coke or Grey Goose Martini...
I don't mind if my friend did that as long as the tabs are rotated. Each time a different person pays for it. During Happy hour it wouldn't be bad if he just bought normal stuff, but if you guys go out for a night on the town then i say take turns buying drinks. Just take turns...
It has nothing to do with beer. Its the quality of booze. Well is the ****tiest crap they can put in a glass. Call is a step above the well crap.
A well is a cheap liquor the have like Ron Rico Rum or Crytal Vodka. You say give me a rum and coke and they give you what ever brand they use as there well. A call drink is where you call the liquor. Jack Daniels and Coke, Chivas and soda, etc.
You need to teach a seminar about this man. I do the exact same thing. Sometimes it will be like, Bud, Bud lite, Miller Lite, Coors, Rum and Coke and then Grey Goose and tonic with a lime twist.
We do but our drinks will be 5 or 6 bucks at night and his are 10 or 11. It never evens out. This places called Deans actually charges 11 dollars for each drink of this. 11 dollars! I don't ever even spend that on lunch.
No yesterday was one time he did not pay. But I am saying the rounds are never even becuase his drinks cost 4 times more than ours.
this is one of the reasons why i don't really like going out to eat/drink with "friends" or associates. there's always someone who doesn't put in enough of their part. maybe they'll pay for their food, and not their drink. sometimes, they'll pay for their stuff and don't pitch in for tips. this only causes awkward moments as we try to figure out where's the missing money.
