# What Drinks Automatically Confer Credibility? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 10, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drinks-automatically-confer-credibility/560224 "2010-11-10T21:13:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drinks-automatically-confer-credibility/560224/181 "2010-11-15T21:50:59Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > If I go into a pub with you that has 257 varieties of beer on tap and you order a Coors Light in a bottle, you are a douchebag and should have your skirt shortened… you freaking clueless wuss. 🙂 Well I’ll order Miller Lite in a bottle (or on tap) in that situation most of the time. Trust me, with my legs you don’t want my skirt shortened. But I am sure I could find a use for the bottle once I’d emptied it given your attitude. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drinks-automatically-confer-credibility/560224/182 "2010-11-15T21:53:20Z")
I’m sure you could, Miller-Lite-in-a-bottle-drinker. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drinks-automatically-confer-credibility/560224/183 "2010-11-15T22:11:16Z")
I bet I could, Mr. Pretentious FartyPants Guy Who’ll Drink Skunked Microbrews if Someone with a Goatee Tells Him the Taste is Particularly Precocious Today. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drinks-automatically-confer-credibility/560224/184 "2010-11-15T22:53:18Z")
Instant, irrevocable cred for any drink purchased by another party for me. ---
**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drinks-automatically-confer-credibility/560224/185 "2010-11-16T01:57:30Z")
I think “credibility” is especially an issue for women because, in my experience, bartenders short me on the liquor because (IMO) they figure a woman won’t notice. So I’ve been avoiding the “girlie” drinks. I like vodka and normally order a vodka tonic, but it usually comes back to me with little vodka and a lot of tonic. I don’t like the taste of any liquor neat. At a favorite local bar, the bartenders know me, and we (me and spouse) tip well, but the amount of liquor varies depending on the bartender – a strong drink one day, a weak one the next. I was talking to another woman about this; she said she’d experienced the same thing and now brings with her a small packet of the diet Crystal drink powder, orders a vodka martini, then adds a little of the flavored powder to it. I’ve been doing that ever since. BTW, I’ve noticed that most bartenders do free pours; could result in more liquor, but in my experience, it results in less. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drinks-automatically-confer-credibility/560224/186 "2010-11-16T02:52:16Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > For all my talk of top shelf neat booze, I walk into a new (to me) bar late this afternoon and inquire about any specials/happy hour. > > “mumble mumble pitchers of Genesee Cream Ale.” (a quaffable C+ beer) > > “How much?” > > “$1.” > > Well, that’s the only time I’ll have been know to tip 200%. Do you live in Zimbabwe? $1 for a pitcher? Jesus, in cowtown Illinois it’s a dollar for bottles of the shit beer when there’s a special. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drinks-automatically-confer-credibility/560224/187 "2010-11-16T03:29:11Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Do you live in Zimbabwe? > > $1 for a pitcher? Jesus, in cowtown Illinois it’s a dollar for bottles of the shit beer when there’s a special. I know! I used to live in IL. I don’t really like giving out even my general location, but no, I do with in the contiguous US. They also gave me a free slice of pizza at the bar. Maybe they just \*really \*want me to come back. It was a big and full pitcher too. At least 60oz. ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drinks-automatically-confer-credibility/560224/188 "2010-11-16T04:02:55Z")
> [@Sycorax](#): > > I think “credibility” is especially an issue for women because, in my experience, bartenders short me on the liquor because (IMO) they figure a woman won’t notice. So I’ve been avoiding the “girlie” drinks. I like vodka and normally order a vodka tonic, but it usually comes back to me with little vodka and a lot of tonic. I don’t like the taste of any liquor neat. At a favorite local bar, the bartenders know me, and we (me and spouse) tip well, but the amount of liquor varies depending on the bartender – a strong drink one day, a weak one the next. I was talking to another woman about this; she said she’d experienced the same thing and now brings with her a small packet of the diet Crystal drink powder, orders a vodka martini, then adds a little of the flavored powder to it. I’ve been doing that ever since. BTW, I’ve noticed that most bartenders do free pours; could result in more liquor, but in my experience, it results in less. Or . . . pretend you’re ordering for a friend and get a double vodka and a plain tonic water. Return to your roost pour A into B. If you’re feeling rebellious, pour B into A. That’ll show 'em. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drinks-automatically-confer-credibility/560224/189 "2010-11-16T04:50:21Z")
> [@dzero](#): > > Or . . . pretend you’re ordering for a friend and get a double vodka and a plain tonic water. Return to your roost pour A into B. If you’re feeling rebellious, pour B into A. That’ll show 'em. 😃 Nah, order the double vodka and then ask for a vodka tonic as a chaser. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drinks-automatically-confer-credibility/560224.md?page=9)