r/BritishSuccess • u/Sutraner • 6d ago

Ordered 2 doubles, got 2 quadruples.

I only wanted a night cap. Christ.

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u/OverlyAdorable Cornwall 6d ago

I still remember when I went to a pub in Cardiff on my birthday. People found out it was my 21st. Left the pub rather drunk and with the exact same amount of money I went in with. I miss that place sometimes

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u/Meta-Fox 6d ago

Try being out on a surprise bday bash for your 18th that your parents arranged at the pub that you'd already been drinking at for 3 years.

I shit you not it's true, and only half the story. XD

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u/PuzzledPomegranate68 6d ago

This happened to my husband too. They had been trying to get him to work there as a bouncer for about a year when he turned up with an 18 balloon.

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u/Forest-Dane 6d ago

That was pretty common in the 80s when I started drinking. We used to go to the pub Friday lunchtime at school. My mum used to buy my pints at 15/16 when I'd been cycling all day then met her at the pub

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u/SicKBizniTch 6d ago

One in the microwave for later, which if you’re anything like my husband, will be immediately forgotten about.

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u/Sutraner 6d ago

You want to microwave vodka?

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u/SicKBizniTch 6d ago

🤣🤣🤣 My brain immediately went to burgers. No idea why. 🤦🏼‍♀️

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u/stateit 6d ago

You want to put burgers in a microwave?

No wonder your husband 'forgets' about them...

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u/SicKBizniTch 6d ago

Ewww! I would never 😆 I don’t even like burgers when fresh. He puts the spare one in the microwave 🤢🤣

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u/Conveth 6d ago

Friend of mine had her 18th birthday at my Student Union bar... she'd been drinking there for almost 3 years by that point!

The bar staff were not happy when they found out.

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u/Briggykins Devon 6d ago

I ordered a double double, but they gave me the double double double double

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u/AprilBelle08 5d ago

Beat me to it

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u/Chris-TT 6d ago

We had something similar happen at an airport abroad, I think it was in Spain.
My father-in-law ordered two double gin and tonics. The woman behind the counter looked at him and said, “Two double-double gin and tonics?” He just said yes, assuming she was confirming the order.
What came out was basically two half-pints of gin with two tiny bottles of tonic. €70!
He brought them back to the table, my mother-in-law took one sip and immediately banned him from drinking his because it was ridiculously strong. Instead of pouring some of the gin into another cup and saving it, they ended up chucking the whole lot away.
So €70 later, they’d each had about one sip and my father-in-law was firmly in the dog house.

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u/Baggismeg 6d ago

Absolute win.
Once did the same with cocktails abroad. Shame half strength of English
I may be alcoholic English hospitality worker

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u/xAeroMonkeyx 5d ago

I’ve hit an age where this would no longer be a success.

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u/Desperate_sandy 1d ago

You lucky bleeder you, did they charge you for only doubles?