Drinking from the glass at restaurants...

[RayA]

For the longest time I always drank straight from the glass at restaurants, never using a straw.
Apparently, that's seen as disgusting by two of my friends who are both waitresses. Is this really a thing? Are people who's job it is to clean the dishes really not doing their job?

Are there any other restaurant norms I should be informed of?

 

[Bobby Boulders]

For the longest time I always drank straight from the glass at restaurants, never using a straw.
Apparently, that's seen as disgusting by two of my friends who are both waitresses. Is this really a thing? Are people who's job it is to clean the dishes really not doing their job?

Are there any other restaurant norms I should be informed of?

Don't get lemon wedges in your water.

Unless you like drinking shit.

 

[HomeRun916]

Never heard of such a thing. I don't like straws, so deal with it.

 

[equus]

wouldn't the drink you are consuming also be dirty then? you know because its coming from that horrible, filthy glass...

 

[CoolB]

paranoia paranoia

 

[zackryder]

should listen to yo waitress friends. they know wats up

 

[equus]

I worked at a bar for years and we had a steamer dishwasher that made the glasses immaculate. so I don't think this is everywhere

 

[GarbageGuy]

You gotta live by male straw rules if you want to use one though.

1. Don't look into another dude's eyes while sipping from a straw.
2. Ideally make sure no one is looking back at you when sipping from a straw.
3. Take quick, small sips.

Same rules apply to banana eating.

For these reasons i never use straws or eat bananas

 

[MoparOrNoCar]

I try to get the straw as far into my throat as I can. That way the water can travel faster from the glass to my system. It's a life hack I picked up over the years.

 

[Rhett Henley MD]

My glasses are always filled with plenty of alcohol so they get sterilized proper.

 

[mjmj]

I worked at a bar for years and we had a steamer dishwasher that made the glasses immaculate. so I don't think this is everywhere

Same here. Ain’t nothing living through that trip. If your friends think there’s a reason to use a straw, I’m guessing that THEY’RE the reason people should use straws where they work. The glasses at most places are clean, short of some water spots.

 

[Skip Reming]

For the longest time I always drank straight from the glass at restaurants, never using a straw.
Apparently, that's seen as disgusting by two of my friends who are both waitresses. Is this really a thing? Are people who's job it is to clean the dishes really not doing their job?

Are there any other restaurant norms I should be informed of?

drink wine or beer out of a fucking straw
go ahead, make my day

ps waitresses do not wash dishes, the dish washer does and i was a dishwasher a couple summers and even though i was stoned as fuck i washed those shits in hot ass water

 

[equus]

I try to get the straw as far into my throat as I can. That way the water can travel faster from the glass to my system. It's a life hack I picked up over the years.

more like "life gag"!

AMIRITE!?

 

[TeTe]

People are such pussies. All these OCD people raise OCD kids.. and then wonder why they're sick all the time.

It's the kids that grew up rolling around in the dirt that have the teflon immune system when they get older.

 

[trolololol]

I'll tell you a story that'll make you sick.

About 6 years ago I bartended at an Irish pub, and we had a typical glass washer where you put the glasses on the conveyor and they'd go through the machine. It started to have problems, and they'd have repair man after repair man come in to try and fix it.

Eventually they called in the head repair man of the appliance company, and he said that for the last few weeks the cleaning solution wasn't being dispensed into the washing machine at all. I threw up in my mouth a little after hearing that.

Also when I'd cut lemons for the bar, the head chef said that I was the only one he ever saw wash the lemons before cutting them.

 

[45ACP]

You gotta live by male straw rules if you want to use one though.

1. Don't look into another dude's eyes while sipping from a straw.
2. Ideally make sure no one is looking back at you when sipping from a straw.
3. Take quick, small sips.

Same rules apply to banana eating.

For these reasons i never use straws or eat bananas

You haven't lived until you've drank a banana through a straw bro

Actually, from now on any time I eat a banana I'm going to pick a person at random to stare at while I do it.

 

[Primitivo]

I drink from the bottle.

 

[Zer]

99% sure I caught herpes off a glass down at Earl's. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

 

[equus]

drink wine or beer out of a fucking straw
go ahead, make my day

ps waitresses do not wash dishes, the dish washer does and i was a dishwasher a couple summers and even though i was stoned as fuck i washed those shits in hot ass water

YOU WERE THE HERO THIS THREAD NEEDED!

 

[EmpireShallFall]

You gotta live by male straw rules if you want to use one though.

1. Don't look into another dude's eyes while sipping from a straw.
2. Ideally make sure no one is looking back at you when sipping from a straw.
3. Take quick, small sips.

Same rules apply to banana eating.

For these reasons i never use straws or eat bananas

You don't eat bananas because you don't want to look gay? You sound like you hangout with Supra.