Ok,
So I’m at the bar three days ago drinking my favorite cocktail currently, the Blue Lagoon. It’s 3 parts vodka, 1 part blue curacao, and pineapple juice. I like it because it looks like a fou-fou drink but actually packs a fairly hefty punch.
So the bar is pretty quiet and I’m just chitchatting with the bartender when this guy in his 30’s sits down. Definitely from New York by the looks of him and how he talked to the bartender.
So, he looks over at me and my drink and immediately gets this expression on his face like somebody just pissed on his grandmother or something. Or that he just had a sour cream enema. I mean, it wasn’t hatred but more like a complete revulsion.
He breaks the silence and says “no way you’re drinking that man” I go… “excuse me, but I am most certainly drinking it, as I find that’s the best way to enjoy a cocktail”
He goes on to lecture me about how men should not drink anything of the color blue. He says it’s against the man code, yada yada yada. I’m fairly irked off now, but I figure w/e it’s a bar, assholes abound.
Here’s where things get interesting. He insists I chug my blue lagoon and he’ll buy me a whiskey. I must chug my drink though, to regain my honor as a man. If I dont chug it, I dont get the free drink. Never one to look a gift horse in the mouth, I chug it and tell him to make good on his end of the bargain. He proceeds to buy me a whiskey of which brand I cant recall, but it was around the 10-15 dollar range and was very smooth. Not shitty whisky, by any means.
So, we talk and shoot the shit and everyone goes home happy. My question is this: The way he criticized my drink and haranagued me about something I think he had no right to do so about, was very rude IMHO. However, on the other side of the coin, he bought me a nice drink. So, in retrospect, should I think he was rude or not rude?
I guess it’s not really an important decision, but damnit, it’s bugging me.
Regards,
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