Ringing the bell in a bar

[john luke]

Do you or have you ever rung the bell in a Pattaya bar?

[forcebwithu]

Done it a couple of times without ringing the bell. Just told the service staff I would buy them all a round of drinks, and not to ring the bell. I'm just not the type that wants the attention a bell ring brings to oneself.

[Stillearly]

Too many times to count ...  birthdays or normally when it's very late and I'm the only customer, or with a mate ..if other customers around I will just buy all the girls a drink 

[Phantom51red]

Few times years ago,mods bar, obar soi 6,, only me and another guy 5 or 6 girls,once in a bar soi 8 ,it was the other guys fault he rang it first so it was kinda like buying rounds as we each rang it in turn only 3 or 4 of us and few  girls,was a good night,not rang it in a gogobar,not that i can recall.

Edited November 12, 2022 by Phantom51red

[Derek Dangleberries]

Never ...

[galenkia]

Yeah, but only in bars that are quiet as far as I can remember. 

Have bought large rounds of drinks for the ladies also. 

 

[coxyhog]

I have but not for a while & too pissed at the time to remember details.

[Nightcrawler]

Can't remember the last time I rang the bell in a bar. Must be at least 10 years ago if not more. If I recall, I was probably the only customer in the bar  and so it was just drinks for the staff.

 

 

[Mrmango]

4 hours ago, galenkia said:

Yeah, but only in bars that are quiet as far as I can remember.

I did that too with disastrous results...

I picked up a beer bar lady and she said she would like to have a drink at a Soi 6 bar where her friend worked. It was late at night and the bar was devoid of customers, only 2 workers, so I rang the bell.....

Immediately, a dozen bar girls from the bars next door ran in and enjoyed a drink on me...

[maipenrai]

I've rung the bell once or twice in my day but never when a bar was busy, although as a previous poster has stated, the staff tend to come out of the woodwork when they hear that sound! Ironically, on my biggest bar night ever, to the tune of @30Kb, I never even touched the bell...

[Golfingboy]

Never have, but when I finally make it back I’m not pinching Pennie’s and will probably do it in a smaller venue. Whenever this topic comes up, can’t help but think of my first trip late 2008 in Secrets. One afternoon I was the beneficiary of 2 rounds, as were another 80-100 customers/staff. I believe the guy was an Aussie who received a settlement & just went nuts with his cash and ended up broke…..had a lot of fun though while it lasted

[Phantom51red]

It appears im not the only tight bugger on here to ring the bell when bars almost empty😅

[maipenrai]

37 minutes ago, Golfingboy said:

Never have, but when I finally make it back I’m not pinching Pennie’s and will probably do it in a smaller venue. Whenever this topic comes up, can’t help but think of my first trip late 2008 in Secrets. One afternoon I was the beneficiary of 2 rounds, as were another 80-100 customers/staff. I believe the guy was an Aussie who received a settlement & just went nuts with his cash and ended up broke…..had a lot of fun though while it lasted

Yes, some of us remember this fellow quite well...

[coxyhog]

57 minutes ago, Phantom51red said:

It appears im not the only tight bugger on here to ring the bell when bars almost empty😅

Seem to remember ringing it in Cheers Bar when there was just myself & Welsh Colin in there.

[Lantern]

On a few of my trips I have shouted the staff at the Cherry Bar on my last night.

[Binlid]

Dozens of bell rings in the bars of Ban Chang over the years, very few in Pattaya.

[Golfingboy]

4 hours ago, maipenrai said:

Yes, some of us remember this fellow quite well...

I’m taking it he bought YOU more than 2 rounds? 😂

BTW my friend, I guess it was because I was working crazy hours in 2015 & didn’t have a data plan to connect online 24/7 like today…..had no idea they found that Japanese tourist in Yellowknife so long ago. I heard nothing about it until a YT channel put out a video this week, assumed she was still missing…..oh well RIP, she seemed to have issues poor thing

[maipenrai]

Actually, I don't remember him buying me any drinks but I and a friend were in Secrets late one afternoon when he came in and started throwing bank notes around and having the staff diving all over chasing them around - we left in disgust, didn't like to see stuff like that. 

As for the Japanese tourist, that only brings back vague memories for me - I live a long way from Yellowknife and after spending a little time there occasionally over the years, I am in no hurry to  go back - no real comparison between Whitehorse and Yellowknife, you couldn't pay me to live in YK. 

[Mr. Smooth]

1 hour ago, maipenrai said:

Actually, I don't remember him buying me any drinks but I and a friend were in Secrets late one afternoon when he came in and started throwing bank notes around and having the staff diving all over chasing them around - we left in disgust, didn't like to see stuff like that. 

As for the Japanese tourist, that only brings back vague memories for me - I live a long way from Yellowknife and after spending a little time there occasionally over the years, I am in no hurry to  go back - no real comparison between Whitehorse and Yellowknife, you couldn't pay me to live in YK. 

So how much are you being paid to live in Whitehorse? 🤣

[SteveBC]

Looking at this topic from a different angle.

Whenever i have been in a bar and somebody has rung the bell, i feel duty bound to buy that person a drink in return. So when i am ready for my next beer / cider i ask the waitress to deliver one to the bell-ringer too on my tab, whatever it is that he may be drinking.

[biggles]

8 hours ago, Golfingboy said:

I believe the guy was an Aussie who received a settlement

His biggest bin was +460,000 baht but there were other nights when they were very high. 

[Golfingboy]

24 minutes ago, biggles said:

His biggest bin was +460,000 baht but there were other nights when they were very high. 

F—k me…weren’t studios going for roughly  that price back then? Insane……I don’t feel so bad about some of my past spending now…

[Phantom51red]

1 hour ago, biggles said:

His biggest bin was +460,000 baht but there were other nights when they were very high. 

Think i vaguely remember a thread on the old forum at the time with a photo of the bin,or might have been someone else,crazy amount tho in 1 bin,cant take it with ye.

[Stillearly]

2 hours ago, biggles said:

His biggest bin was +460,000 baht but there were other nights when they were very high. 

Members of staff with +100 drinks ... it's a wonder any lived to tell the tale ... 😉

[Britboy]

Can't remember ever ringing the bell, but have bought all serving staff drinks on quite a few occasions.

Also won a couple of competitions - a killer pool game in Hua Hin and the football sheet they have at the Jomtien Hemingways (pure luck, pick a box on a grid, when full up they draw home and away scores out of a hat for each box). Donated both wins to drinks for the staff. I got a bit of change in Hua Hin but had to add more in Hemingways . . 😂