28 Pub rules Brits think are normal

Taking your empty glasses back to the bar when you leave and thanking the bar staff. 👍

We don't actually "love" a queue, but we do understand and respects the reason it exists, and fairness is the main one.

Every one has to cheer when someone drops a glass. And add a round of applause if it still had a drink in it.

As a retired publican there are rules on the other side of the bar. People who push in/tap the counter don’t always get served first. If you have special awareness you know who’s where. People who order rounds, but don’t know what everyone wants. Start the order then have to shout to their mates to find out what they want. There are licensing requirements when having young children in pubs. Flaunt it and expect a visit from the licensing office of the council.

I had a chain smoking pub friend who was known to all as Outside Dave. One old-school unspoken rule Alana didn't mention is that if someone was drinking at the bar, they were seen as open for conversation; but if they're seated at a table they expect to be left alone.

Back in the day you could open up a bag of crisps in a Pub to share with your friends, but not today. There’s barely enough crisps for one person. 😂

Hi Alanna, The Gate Hangs Well is only a couple of miles from me. It's family and dog friendly and serves food. The name "The Gate Hangs Well" originates from old British toll roads and turnpike routes, where pubs were frequently positioned right next to gated checkpoints. The name functions as an invitation to weary travellers, completing a famous five-line verse: "This gate hangs well and hinders none, refresh and pay and travel on." Hope you've cooled down now lol

It's a common misconception. We don't love queues, we respect them while whinging about them under our breath.

The queue is like 4 dimensional chess ♟️

the opening crisps out on the table.. British tapas!

My brother's wedding reception was in the function room over a pub. At some point I went downstairs and found the bride, still in full white meringue, playing the Space Invaders machine.

Don't know whether it's still a thing with the younger generation but, it is for my generation, pointing to someone else and saying "he/she was here first" when the bar staff try to serve you out of order.

Pub with flat roof = rough Flags outside when there's no international football or rugby= rough. Theres probably more.

Tbh most pubs had to change their carpets when the inside smoking ban began as without the haze of cigarettes to mask it, we found out that the pub carpets absolutely stank.

It's compulsary to cheer when someone drops a glass.

I don't know if you have in Canada or the US money slot's in pool and snooker tables, an unwritten rule is if a person puts coins on the table, they get to use the table next

After the "Rounds" etiquette you should've/could've explained "The Kitty" option where everyone contributes an equal share/amount of money (say £20 each) for the drinks into a "Kitty Fund" so you don't have to keep a tally of whose round it is (you just pay for the next round from "the Kitty" until it is exhausted when the next "Kitty" is contributed to by everyone to continue drinking). .... lol

Queue etiquette.... It's not unknown for patrons to forgo being served before their time. You will often hear the bar staff being politely informed that they think those other patrons were next.

I had a very weird variation on the "foreigners can't recognise a rough pub" thing many years ago, with English me as the foreigner.... Had a work secondment setting up a call centre in the Republic Of Ireland, and flew over the day before work started. A mate and I went for a few pints that evening, didn't find anything amiss, had an enjoyable evening and no bother. The next day we mentioned our evening out to the local staff, to get an audible "ohhhh" followed by "that's the IRA pub"....

Our pub quiz team was called Around on the House. Every time the quizmaster said it the whole pub cheered