Today, I noticed an old bell at the bar so I rang it. It turns out that when you ring the bell, you buy shots for the whole bar. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, while working at the bar, I was having a flawless night. Every pour was perfect, every shot expertly measured. I saw my manager for the first time that night, turned to greet him, and knocked over a tray of 30 or so glasses. Only two remained unbroken. FML
Today, I was at a bar with a friend. A guy came up to me, took my drink and drank it. I laughed and jokingly said "now, you have to buy me a drink." He said "I would rather buy your friend a drink." FML
Today, I went to the bar I go to every week. My favorite bartender told me I owed $50 for a tab because the waiter screwed up and undercharged me. The tab was from when my friends bought me drinks to cheer me up because my girlfriend moved away. I ended up paying for my own drinks, plus theirs. FML
Today, I went to the bar because, I like to go to the bar every Saturday, but wearing a wedding ring so people wouldn't hit on me. But when I went this time, I forgot my ring and people still didn’t hit on me. So now I know it has nothing to do with the ring at all. FML
Today, it's my birthday and my friends and I went to our favorite pub to celebrate. As I'm a little broke at the moment, they all offered to buy me birthday drinks. Which I later learned meant that they would order them for me and bring them to the table, but put everything on my tab. FML
Today, I was sitting at the bar of a popular local restaurant. I sat there for a few hours and drank my sorrows away with the bartender. I thought she was pretty, and decided to give her a large tip. The tip sent me over my credit card limit, and the bartender is not single. FML
Today, my friend texted me from a bar, saying they had just called my name in a raffle to win a trip to Aspen, CO. You had to be at the bar to claim the prize. I had left the bar half-an-hour earlier, not knowing they were even having a raffle. FML
Today, I bought a party bowl of Bud Light for a get-together. Around midnight, I realized that I didn't have the tap to get the beer out. Fifty-five cans of untappable beer and no more beer money. FML
Today, I went to a new bar with friends. After arriving I became extremely gassy, so I planned a smooth release during the loud music. Little did I know, the bar occasionally dips its music to hear the guests singing. When the music turned off, all eyes turned to me. FML
Today, my friends and I go to a bar and get wasted. I walk around and see a kid. I start yelling, "There's a child in this bar! There's a CHILD in this BAR!" She turns around. She was a midget. FML
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Top comments
thatssomeBS 9
Never ring a bell without knowing the consequences. Especially at a bar.
Naitras 15
That is a really good policy. Great for business
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thatssomeBS 9
Never ring a bell without knowing the consequences. Especially at a bar.
EwanSmith 2
never ring a bell without knowing the consequences. i love that old saying.
TheDog6 24
Be happy. An angel got it's wings.
evamusical 12
Make your choice, adventerous stranger Strike the bell and pass the danger Or wonder, till it turns you mad What would have happened if you had
NeatNit 33
36 that's really good!
jaredofmo 22
36 — Narnia reference FTW!
perdix 31
#11 -- Dammit, Zuzu! You beat me to it!
reaganomics 6
Ahh curiosity, some of us have to learn the hard way
tjv3 10
I thought everyone knew what the bell at a bar means
PinkElephants713 6
Isn't curiosity a bitch!
Dishwad 0
109 No, because that would mean you can't trick your friends into ringing it!
MollyXD124 7
Ring the bell, pay like hell.
nekros_fml 5
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
I am sure new born babies even know that running the bell means your buying everyone at the bar a shot. I mean, it's genetic right? DUH
evilplatypus 39
109 & 139 - My sister has been bar tending for ten years; my uncle has owned a bar for twenty three years. I asked both of them and neither had ever heard of that before. My sister says that the bell at her bar is to announce you're tipping the bar tenders.
s_rika 16
Truly words to live by.
kingbling11 12
So just get up and leave. Simples!
StoryOfTheYear 15
OP better be pretty damn fast to attempt that. Having a bar-full of drunks running after you is not a pleasant situation to be in.
Phyre24 17
Trust in #17, he would know these things.
alaskanhybrid 5
You ever been to a bar like that? The bell is in a strategic spot so you can't run away.
Exobadger 15
That would be a dick move to be childish enough to leave and ignore old bar traditions.
Naitras 15
That is a really good policy. Great for business
lolman222 0
You forgot a period at the end of your sentence! Grammar nazi!!!
freckleface221 19
This just in... nobody gives a ****.
rooneyroo 0
That isn't grammar you tool. It's punctuation.
M0rt 0
Punctuation is part of grammar; don't be an idiot.
asselhoff 5
And not a **** was given
nolarboot 10
Maybe I'm trolling a troll, but using more than one exclamation mark at the end of a sentence is also grammatically incorrect. That being said, I also concede. No one gives a ****.
Booboo80 2
Srry this is really random but i like the pig on ur pic!=D
asselhoff 5
He was referring to #3
Jonkbaby 23
time to bring the pain
StoryOfTheYear 15
I give you props for your picture.
FinJage 18
The picture depicts my basic day.
Jonkbaby 23
desolation?
takeapieandrun 9
Usually not the best idea to be ringing random bells... especially at a bar.
p3mguin 7
I'm pretty sure number 1 said that but good try tho! Op that's funny sorry it had to end that way :/ you could trick a friend to do it! Lol
rooneyroo 0
They're two minutes apart. How could he know?
cheefer 0
You've been warned.
claudio117 12
L2P
jmuld 3
Bar rule #1.
HahaBoy 0
Now that you know take someone new every chance you get and make sure they ring it
shantazat 0
Do NOT talk about bars.
Joshawott 21
Age old advice: Do not ring and ask questions later; unless you're doing a phone survey, as that's your job. However, this is not a phone survey, so don't.
EwanSmith 2
bellend
MwahFMLS 6
Run Forest, Run!