Have you ever been in a situation where someone bought drinks for the bar? If you did it yourself, how much did it cost?

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1. Never. You’d have to be loaded unless it’s a tiny bar.

   Somebody buying a round for the group isn’t that uncommon though. That’s the people you are with or a party.

2. Rarely, especially in a crowded bar of strangers. Now, my wife and I frequent a little bar down the street of our town of just a few hundred. We see a lot of the same faces and if it’s not very crowded and we know several people there and we’re celebrating we might buy a round, but it would be 10 people max.

3. Only when someone made a hole-in-one. A lot of clubs have an insurance fund that helps pay for it. Every time someone makes one, all people on the fund put $1 in the fund. Usually there are a lot more people in the fund than are at the club on the day of the ace so it will pay for it.

4. It’s a blur, but I think that did happen once. The bar was not that full.

5. I did it once at a place where I didn’t know anyone and started talking with a sad looking guy who had just had his girl die. Her name happened to be Melissa. I went and played Melissa by the Alman brothers on the juke box and the whole bar drank a toast to
   “Sweet Melissa”

6. Only when I was temporarily staying in Alaska. Fishermen bars with bells in them. Ringing the bell buys a round of drinks for the bar.

7. Yeah, it was a small bar and a regular had just come into some money. He bought maybe 10 drinks and was really chill about it.

8. Yes. A few times actually. But the whole bar was like 6 people.

9. We often bring wine to a restaurant (corkage) or buy a few bottles there and share it with the restaurant staff and people at the table next to us. At the bar, we might buy a round of drinks for people we are taking to.

   I was at a coffee shop before a meeting in the city once. A man announced it was his last day before retirement and everyone’s coffee or breakfast was his treat (there were approximately 20 people there)! That was so kind of him and memorable. I hope he’s enjoying his retirement, wherever he is.

10. I just experienced this recently. My company had a conference at a resort. There was a closing dinner on the last day, and afterwards a bunch of people went to the hotel bar. One of the executives was there, said “drinks are on me”, and it turned into a pretty hopping party. I heard that the tab came out to about $2.5k.

11. My dad did once, accidentally. He was at the bar watching a football game. A kicker lined up for a chip shot field goal. My dad told the bartender jokingly that if the kicker missed, he would buy everyone in the bar a shot. The kicker obviously missed. My dad tried to weasel out of it by saying he wasn’t serious, but apparently you cannot weasel out of these things. So he had to buy everyone a shot. It was over $300 and that must have been 30 years ago

12. No but I finished a round of golf and a guy that hit a hole in 1 earlier in the day bought a beer for the people in the clubhouse. There couldn’t have been more than 15 people in there

13. I’ve done it and seen it. Only time I did it was about ten years ago at my local “corner tapper” during a snow storm. I think it was maybe 15 people in the bar. At the time all shots were $2, so $30. That night everybody bought the bar a round because we all knew each other and it was snowing seals and penguins.

14. Not in a crowded bar, but there are a couple smaller local bars where it’s happened a few times, probably no more than 10 people. I’ve bought a round a few times.

15. I’ve had it happen twice where a person did a round for the bar. One good thing about older people bars in Florida is that they’re retired with a dummy amount of disposable income and are raging alcoholics who make questionable decisions

16. Never have been, but I was at a restaurant two days before Christmas when a guy walked around and wished everyone a merry Christmas and told them their dinner was paid for.

    He did not pay for anyone’s food

17. My husband has done it for his workshop when he was AD. About 15-20 guys. About $300 ish. There’s another guy who does it on the anniversary of his landing gear failing and him having to eject into the ocean. That runs him a lot more because he invites everyone to watch the footage.

    There’s a ‘tradition’ in the Navy( and possibly the rest of the military) that if you pull command/ challenge coin out and tap it on the bar, if even one other person brings out one also, the next round is on you.

    Smaller bars with a steady regular clientele it’s pretty common. I’ve watched my father do it a few times when he’s won big on pull tabs.

18. I will just say my Dad is that guy and yes it’s fun

19. I’ve had it, but it was only because my wife and I were the only other two people in the bar at the time. It was late afternoon, and we were relaxing a bit before meeting others for dinner at a restaurant down the block. A group of 6 guys walk in and one guy orders shots of Jameson for all of them. He looks at us and tell us that shots for us are on him as well. We cheers them and drink. They then head out on their way to another bar and we keep relaxing where we were.

20. My parents are members of a social club that offers reduced drink prices and various games of chance. Typically, if someone wins more than $100 or $200 at a time, they’ll buy the bar a round (generally $30-$50 depending on the number of people there). Additionally, if there’s a NFL or NHL game on, groups of friends will take turns buying rounds when points are scored. I’ve had multiple of my parents’ friends buy me a drink this way.

21. I did it for a table of girls I just randomly walked up on at the Front Porch in Denver. No idea how much it costs but it was fun and they seemed to appreciate it.

22. Not for the bar, certainly not. But on Fridays I hit up the bar down the street from me with a couple of other coworkers and we alternate who’s buying the first round for the three of us to cap off the work week.

23. It was a nice restaurant with a fancy bar. Colleagues and I were meeting at the bar before an important work dinner was to take place in the restaurant. Boss bailed at the last minute (he was a terrible person and even worse boss). He had all the relevant documents with him, as he was supposed to be presenting to the clients (all paper, this is on the cusp of ubiquitous devices), so we were screwed.

    The dinner went ok. After, we were really angry (this was the incident that caused several people to quit), so we went back to the bar and bought a round for everyone using the company credit card. Was about $2,000 and left a 100% tip, as we did not care.

    Apparently the boss didn’t either, because he never said anything about the receipts.

    Edit: grammar error

24. My boss, but my company basically was the only people on the bar.

    Never a stranger.

    I’ve had strangers buy my drinks plenty of times. Just not for the whole bar.

25. Happens often at the bar I frequent, maybe once a week or so. It’s usually a friendly regular or someone who did well on the slot machines. Not a big bar at all, so it’s typically gonna be like 6-15 people. Could range from 30-100 bucks probably

26. I have. I worked at a pizzeria with a bar. One night at the end of the shift the manager bought a couple rounds of drinks for everyone working that night. 15-20 people.