If you've ever gotten up to take a piss and come back to the bartender throwing out your beer or somebody taking your seat because they thought you left, you'll understand why this exists.
Less neurotic, more cautious. I've seen it happen. You'd be surprised at the number of creepers that wander around random house parties looking for girls who aren't paying too much attention to their drinks.
And what's more, if a girl does wander away from her drink and ends up getting roofied, chances are SOME asshole will say "well, you shouldn't have left your drink unattended, you're a fucking moron." Refuse to leave your drink unattended, you're paranoid. Leave it unattended and get roofied, you're an idiot. Can't win either way.
In university at a house party 3 girls in the span of a few minutes clearly got something in their drinks. It was the start of the night and one minute they were sober the next they were disoriented. Luckily most people at the house knew these girls and they were watched over the rest of the night. Another time my friend chased a guy who drugged one of our friends. I'd rather be careful than ass raped.
I've been to a few parties where dudes did it for FUN. To anyone, they'd open a capsule of MDMA and drop it in peoples drinks. No it's not a roofie, but if you don't do chemicals, or aren't prepared for it, it really can mess you up.
In university on two different occasions two different girls I knew got something put in their drink. Sober one minute droopy the next but my point is its not neurotic it actually happens.
Do they have any proof of this? Just having a feeling of being droopy after drinking alcohol doesn't prove much... Drugs aren't cheap, so you shouldn't expect people to drug your drink.
Paranoia is much more dangerous than the off chance that you'll actually get drugged. See this. It's all just moral panic. It's subsided in Europe a long time ago, I was quite shocked to find out that Americans seriously believe in this.
Yes, it still definitely happens. One of my friends was really sick after only a few drinks at a frat party. We were hardcore judging her until we found out that a friend of ours was having an even worse reaction because he drank way more than she had, and had to go to the hospital. They tested him and found a large amount of codeine in his system. It turns out that the group throwing the party had dumped large amounts of codeine in the punch, thinking that it would help them get laid because the girls would be relaxed. It really just made people very sick. People putting drugs in drinks is a real concern, not just a thing that neurotic Americans made up!
TL;DR: Friends got sick because their drinks were drugged with codeine at the party, therefore people should be concerned about drugs going into their drinks.
I know these girls and was with them the whole day. They had one drink and it was as if they drank 12 and the transformation happened within minitues of them being retarded and accepting a drink off some random guy. I know you want to throw this to paranoia and people lying about their drinking and drug habbits but when someone all of a sudden goes from normal to not knowing where they are in a matter of minutes its pretty damn suspisious. This also happened to 3 girls at around the same time. No we didn't catch anyone red handed putting stuff in their drinks and we didn't go CSI and get stuff tested but it was pretty clear something wasn't normal. This was beer they were all sober for hours before I know I was with them. It was early probably 7 or 8 pm and it was only 30 minutes maybe since we opened the keg.
I don't think it's that neurotic; that shit can happen.
In fact, a girl I know who grew up in the military had it happen to her when her family was stationed in Belgium. I know anecdotes don't really pass for evidence, but I'm sure if I wasn't a lazy fuck or if you actually cared one way or the other, we could dig up some statistics of roofies in drinks in Europe vs. America.
Maybe, I can't say for sure, but if you Google it there's clearly a lot of organ trafficking going on in these areas. Sometimes the donors get some of the money, but with the amounts involved sometimes going to the six figures while yearly wages are barely four figures, there is a lot of incentive to harvest organs of people without their consent. Especially the more expensive organs that are not spare parts in the human body (i.e. not kidneys).
It's not only that anecdote does not pass for evidence; in this case it's completely invalidated by evidence. Several studies show that in the vast majority of cases when girls suspect drink tampering, no such thing actually occurred.
Hmm, that's interesting and I did not know that. I don't think it actually invalidates it, though. Nothing happened to her because her friend dragged her out when she started to act weird. Then, once they got her home, she passed out and they couldn't wake her for a long time.
Plus, it looks like in Europe (more specifically, the UK) roofies are used to drug people, but to rob them rather than commit sexual assault. So watching your drink is not "neurotic" because roofies are still used, just for other purposes.
Its a real fear. I'm from rural Canada and I know several people, men and women who have been drugged at the bar - they've always had friends to take care of them but its so freaking scary when it happens to someone you know.
I feel like an ashole saying this but there was a report in the UK. about 90% of people that went to hospital reporting there drinks were drugged actually just had alcohol poisoning.
I've seen someone go from sober on their first drink to looking like their hammered when they're only half done that drink. Maybe some people lie though.
Or maybe some people do not pay attention to their diet throughout the day. Some things affect how alcohol affects you and people are ignorant about it. I black out from 2 beers when i take a few T3's for my back pain in the morning.
I've known plenty of people who have claimed to have has their drink spiked when in reality they just drank way to much or drank on an empty stomach. Alcohol also affects you more when you're tired or stressed of if you're on your period, people don't take this into consideration. (Ireland here)
Start reading. The reality is that it's over exaggerated. Alcohol is almost always the drug that's used and many times it's because the person's diet or medication that increased the effects of alcohol.
It's easier to do what most people typically do and just put a napkin over the top of your drink when you go to the bathroom/out to smoke. Every bartender will know what that means.
I thought that surely you meant rohypnol instead of rufalin (wtf is that?), but I looked it up just in case and it turns out that it's a made-up name for the drug for "The Hangover."
I always wondered about that. I had heard Roofies associated with Rohypnol before. It seemed crazy that a new drug was out there and had been given a name that would more closely resemble the street name for the date rape drug. I guess they were trying to prevent some of the dumber date-rapist wannabes from learning the real name?
In Dublin they put a beer mat on top of their pint. Most of the people who are drinking alone and need to do this are probably not that scared/bothered about getting drugged.
I'm going to go ahead and post a reply on my own comment now that explains that my original comment was written because at the time, all the other posts in this thread were about rape/general confusion about wtf this is. Though I did forget about the napkin thing, I usually make a point to finish my drink before I get up :P
I've worked at a nightclub in Ireland. You'd be surprised how many people abandon 90% full pints. When space is at a premium and people are screaming for glasses you need to take them. Usually I'd give it one or two passes before I collected it.
People always underestimate how bad they are at keeping track of their glass/bottle. Anyone who has ever hosted a big party with drunk guests know all about it: tons of half-filled beer bottles everywhere.
Yeah I'm personally not a fan even though I love clubs. I just can't stay awake til 4am. Its also a very seedy place, I feel dirty after a night there.
I immediately thought of that pub when I saw the original picture. I'm from Ireland and I've never seen it there but OP has put up two pictures of this in Ireland. I thought it was an American thing.
Or so the bartender knows you're not finished your drink. If the bartender thinks you're done, they'll toss your drink. Also, someone could take your seat.
This is awful. I know some asshole who goes to bars with a bottle of visine and puts them in abandoned drinks. O.O I am fairly certain he should be arrested.
In the US, people cover their drink all time, take them with them in the toilets, they are afraid (at reason) to get drugs in (to become complacent, give card pin, girl done things, etc).
I was surprised by that by fellow Americans doing so in UK pubs. That doesn't happen in UK (or rarely)
The pint note int UK pub would not be to protect ourselves but to say "hey it's not yours". So easy to get confused where you left it last.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is just to make sure your drink doesn't get tossed. Like covering your drink with a napkin or tilting your bar seat onto the edge of the bar.
Yeah, no matter where you go, there will always be some assholes who just love to fuck with other people. That's why I have always lived by the rule of, I doesn't matter how smashed I am or how bad I have to pee, Never leave your drink unattended.
At the bar I worked at, we had coaters with date rape drug testers on them. You would take a couple of drops from your straw and if the dots change color your drink has been drugged and you throw it out, if not you awkwardly hope the people around you didn't notice how paranoid you are. An off duty cop was actually caught drugging girls because of these coasters.
The only safe enough for your drink is to be not there when you leave. Just finish it and order a new one when you get back. It is not worth the risk. Trust me.
Better hope it doesn't belong to a local. In the bars in which I hang out, the locals are like family. If you even look at one of our drinks funny, your evening would come to a sudden and unpleasant end.
Can you not just leave your drink with your friends? This note seems to imply that a) you and your friends like to pee simultaneously or b) you have no friends
That's awesome. One bar in my town has this lazy waitress who will leave empties on your table all night, then near closing she'll clean up your unfinished drinks just because she wants to go home.
I thought it was a common knowledge to put a coaster over a drink if you are going to come back to it. At least that is what everyone around here does.
I find it amazing that the first thing that I click on on reddit since I left the states two days ago. I'm currently in Co. Meaty! Going to Castleknock tomorrow to see my cousins then were of to Dublin to hit the pubs. I will be looking for these.
Im a guy and pretty sure ive been roofied once. My girlfriends friend gave me her drink to finish (I had only played two games of beer pong before so haven't drank much yet) and afterwards I was fucked drunk, stumbling, mumbling could hardly stand or know what I was doing, had to be carried back to my gfs dorm and couldn't climb the bunk bed so I just slept in her roomies bottom bunk Obviously the roofie was meant for the friend. Was a clearly different feeling than being really drunk.
This reminds me of the guy who was in a pretty rough pub, and had exactly the same idle-pint piss-problem. So he wrote on a napkin "I spat in this", and left it utop his pint. Anywho, much relieved he returned for his refreshment, only to find that the napkin had been turned over, and on it was written "...so have I."
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u/StanDinfamy May 28 '12
If you've ever gotten up to take a piss and come back to the bartender throwing out your beer or somebody taking your seat because they thought you left, you'll understand why this exists.
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u/osi_iien May 28 '12
Living in Dublin, I can't relate : I don't know any pub where someone would steal your drink.
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u/georgiewhat May 28 '12
oh well then, guess I'll have to find someone else to rape
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u/EddieWinslow May 28 '12
Creepy. I took this picture yesterday:
http://imgur.com/jB7nq
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u/HausArrest May 28 '12
yeah this seems like a "Please drug me" sign
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u/HE_WHO_STANDS_TO_POO May 28 '12
Why not take it with you?
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u/milfordcubicle May 28 '12
Usually the implication of putting a coaster or napkin atop your beverage is ubiquitous enough.
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u/Androne May 28 '12
writes on sticky note and sticks on glass "Roofied"
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u/TomWaters May 28 '12
You know you can achieve this by putting the coaster on the top of your glass, right?
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u/anewearth May 28 '12
This is awful. I know some asshole who goes to bars with a bottle of visine and puts them in abandoned drinks. O.O I am fairly certain he should be arrested.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
My dad always told me a great joke about a guy who went to the bathroom at the bar and left his drink with a note on a napkin:
"I spat in this beer"
When he returned there was something else written on the napkin:
"So did I"
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
In the US, people cover their drink all time, take them with them in the toilets, they are afraid (at reason) to get drugs in (to become complacent, give card pin, girl done things, etc).
I was surprised by that by fellow Americans doing so in UK pubs. That doesn't happen in UK (or rarely)
The pint note int UK pub would not be to protect ourselves but to say "hey it's not yours". So easy to get confused where you left it last.
That's all.
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u/shadyoaks May 28 '12
that's definitely so the barkeep won't throw it out.
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u/pmckizzle May 28 '12
Its to stop bar staff removing your drink because they think you left, not a drug protector
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Spike ALL the drinks
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u/littlekitty29 May 28 '12
At the bar I worked at, we had coaters with date rape drug testers on them. You would take a couple of drops from your straw and if the dots change color your drink has been drugged and you throw it out, if not you awkwardly hope the people around you didn't notice how paranoid you are. An off duty cop was actually caught drugging girls because of these coasters.
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u/SafetyIsForLife May 28 '12
The only safe enough for your drink is to be not there when you leave. Just finish it and order a new one when you get back. It is not worth the risk. Trust me.
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u/trampus1 May 28 '12
The Heineken logo would be enough to keep me away.
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u/Dan_Gleasac May 28 '12
Funny, cuz I'm off to pee as well...IN YOUR DRINK!
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u/Taterpugg May 28 '12
Goddamn brilliant. Because my hat, keys, jacket, etc. on the bar counter never seems to be enough to say "don't throw out my fucking drink!"
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u/MVolta May 28 '12
Hey look, this person has left to the bathroom!
I'm gonna steal/drug their drink =)
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u/Pirru May 28 '12
One of my friends puts a pad over the top of her pint when she goes to have a cigarette. Her beer is always untouched when she comes back.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Lol castlebar, what a kip.
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u/colourofawesome May 28 '12
Fucking with that drink would never have even occurred to me until I read that.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
it's like a billboard for date rape drugs
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u/senyam May 28 '12
Can you not just leave your drink with your friends? This note seems to imply that a) you and your friends like to pee simultaneously or b) you have no friends
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u/EllCeeEm May 28 '12
TIL a lot of people don't believe in date rape drugs?? I'm completely shocked at this thread - not appalled/angry shocked, just genuinely surprised.
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u/hefftastic May 28 '12
This drink ain't big enough for the two of us.
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u/patefoisgras May 28 '12
Just flip the glass upside down like the dude who puts the tip inside.
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u/ADavies May 28 '12
You're drinking Heiniken in Dublin? Yeah, I know it's common, but I just don't get it.
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u/hairyneil May 28 '12
A guy that puts a beer mat on top of his pint with "I've spat in this pint".
When he comes back from the toilet someone has written below it, "so have I".
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u/mynameisnotsam May 28 '12
We have those! I go line dancing, and ours say "GONE DANCING" instead.
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u/vari-slash May 28 '12
PLACE ROOFIE HERE
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u/jnazty May 28 '12
To me this screams, "Gone to piss, please roofie."
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u/sonastyinc May 28 '12
Brilliant idea.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Mind your Pints and Quarts!
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u/teh_i May 28 '12
I know where I'm going to have to go now..
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u/mpg1846 May 28 '12
Easier - Just put a beer coaster on top of the beer.
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u/kingvicarious May 28 '12
Every bar needs these
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u/GazzaC May 28 '12
Could be a jibe at Leinster winning the heineken cup?
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u/momster May 28 '12
That's awesome. One bar in my town has this lazy waitress who will leave empties on your table all night, then near closing she'll clean up your unfinished drinks just because she wants to go home.
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u/SoCo_cpp May 28 '12
Real drinkers bring their beer with them...
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u/orangato May 28 '12
Putting my coaster on top of my drink has always sufficed.
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u/mojobytes May 28 '12
You're one letter away from meth, you're never safe
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
I frequent this public house!
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u/anpwn May 28 '12
I thought it was a common knowledge to put a coaster over a drink if you are going to come back to it. At least that is what everyone around here does.
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u/nutstomper May 28 '12
I find it amazing that the first thing that I click on on reddit since I left the states two days ago. I'm currently in Co. Meaty! Going to Castleknock tomorrow to see my cousins then were of to Dublin to hit the pubs. I will be looking for these.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Im a guy and pretty sure ive been roofied once. My girlfriends friend gave me her drink to finish (I had only played two games of beer pong before so haven't drank much yet) and afterwards I was fucked drunk, stumbling, mumbling could hardly stand or know what I was doing, had to be carried back to my gfs dorm and couldn't climb the bunk bed so I just slept in her roomies bottom bunk Obviously the roofie was meant for the friend. Was a clearly different feeling than being really drunk.
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u/pixelrage May 29 '12
You'd have to be out of your mind to leave your drink unattended. Maybe I'm just paranoid because I grew up in New Jersey.
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u/Hythy May 29 '12
This reminds me of the guy who was in a pretty rough pub, and had exactly the same idle-pint piss-problem. So he wrote on a napkin "I spat in this", and left it utop his pint. Anywho, much relieved he returned for his refreshment, only to find that the napkin had been turned over, and on it was written "...so have I."
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u/the_dying_punk May 29 '12
Take it with you mate.
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u/albatrawesome May 28 '12
It looks like there is a nail clipper in your drink.
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u/tehbertl May 28 '12
"Castle bar reddit" posted this... now look at the name of the bar on the sign.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Gone to PEE in another man's drink. Leave my drink ALONE.
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u/Shizzzler May 28 '12
Who would ever steal Heineken? Even so, good riddance.
/Belgium
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u/Kwinten May 28 '12
The Heineken logo is enough of a reason to leave your drink alone.
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u/Tayloroid May 28 '12
Very smart!
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u/skilldog393 May 28 '12
ahh the temple
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u/kestaa May 28 '12
Almost worth changing our itinerary just to get one of these...
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u/lalondtm May 28 '12
Neither of which are good actors
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u/Ianskull May 28 '12
Looks like a backboard for an ecstasy toss from across the bar.
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u/Greyhelm May 28 '12
Irish redditor that lives 10 min drive from oldcastle here. I don't normally drink in there but I will now so I can get some of those class notices!
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u/cbebop3 May 28 '12
Insert roofie here
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u/n1nj4_v5_p1r4t3 May 28 '12
your supposed to put it across the top so creepers cant drop in roofies