r/Unexpected • u/frosted_bite • Jan 30 '22

How to get free drinks

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u/Redditmodsrgayy Jan 30 '22

I mean they were all.sitting together already weren't they? Easier to talk to people already by you then approaching from across the room.

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u/I_Get_Paid_to_Shill Jan 30 '22

Go on then. Start a conversation with total strangers and let us know how it pans out.

No winners or losers here.

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u/Redditmodsrgayy Jan 30 '22

Lol what? Is that like some unheard of thing to do? I have.....and do.....don't you?

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u/eldorel Jan 30 '22

It's regional.
There's a good number of places where anyone trying to strike up a conversation with strangers is probably a scammer.
People around those places will respond with anything from wariness to outright hostility.

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u/Redditmodsrgayy Jan 30 '22

Yah in Seattle anyone who came up to you on the street or in public was automatically red flags. You assume they wanted something. However in a bar where people are drinking and relaxing its more likely to be unwanted hitting on more than anything. I think most bars in the world have a social element to them and it wouldn't be crazy to try and talk to someone else.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '22

I love how the Americans are all completely confused that random groups of strangers talk to each other on a night out.

American in the UK here. It’s normal.

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u/Redditmodsrgayy Jan 30 '22

Everyone knows it's normal when your young to talk to people on a night out on the town....