Precursor: I went to a barbeque at a friend's place, had a lot of fun. As things died down we all parted ways, at that point it was around 11:00pm or so. Anyway, I hopped on the train to get my butt home, and between the train stop and my home there are a bunch of bars. I had about 7 drinks in me so far, I wasn't really buzzin' but not dead sober either. Maybe it could be fun.
As I walked in my "home" bar, instant karma got me. A group from the barbeque earlier went to a downtown club, but I opted not to join because I was in shorts and a sports jersey, and the club had a dress code. Karma got me, because as I walked in, I got a ton of praises for my attire. I was wearing the jersey of a no-name 3rd string halfback on the Bears that I went to college with, and lo-and-behold, 5 of his high-school football teammates were there! They all instantly approached me and it was instant social status. We talked for a few minutes, it was all good times.
I wandered to the other side of the bar a minute later. Since I'm really short, I busted the balls of another really short dude, something along the lines of, hey I'm the token short dude. He was really cool, and he bought me a drink. Pretty cool guy.
I approach a group of 4 (2 guys, 2 [hot] girls) and tell them my spiel; I'm very ticked that they just stopped serving my favorite drink [true]. I ask them if they've heard of it and ask them to request it because if employees see demand, they'll bring it back. A good couple minutes of dialogue, but besides getting their names, nothing else comes of it.
I then talk to random guy at bar about the Bears, I ask him first if he's a Bears fan, then ask him who the best player is. [Hot topic in Chicago due to the Devin Hester holdout.] We talk for awhile about Brian Urlacher vs. Devin Hester, then a few other players. I realize he's really, really drunk, so try to find my way out, but at least I could listen to him while scoping the scene.
I go find short guy and thank him for the drink, ask what it was, since I couldn't hear it originally. He's with a decent group of 2 other guys and 2 really cute girls. He's really cool and the girls are awesome, I take like 4 pictures with the ladies. Then a cheesy song comes on, I admit I love it and the other girl was like, it's my favorite song. [Theme to "Cheers"] I give my spiel about how that place is my Cheers because I know all the employees, almost like we have a connection. Overall that group was really fun, but after about 10 minutes we had like an awkward silence, and I felt like I was extending my welcome with random group, so left for greener pastures.
Went to other side of bar and chatted with bartenders for a minute. Two hotties come up and wait for bartender. I say something like, stop dancing this song is banned ["Superman", in a predominately white bar led to too many dancing-related injuries]. They laughed, we got to talking, I think about drinks. The drink the dude bought me was whiskey and ginger ale, which I had never had before. Anyway then I got the bartender to give them a new "bartender special" meaning he just mixed some shiznit together. We chatted for a few minutes but I was not feeling it, so before things turned sour I moved on.
I talked to two other girls at a different part of the bar, with the same opener about them stopping my favorite drink. They seemed to be in a good mood but did not ask the bartender for it, as I suggested. I gave them a hard time for it then moved on. Went to the front of the bar and chilled for a minute, but at that point was a bit tired/tipsy and was time for bed.
As I type this I am just returning home but would like some initial thoughts. I'm thinking the group that the guy was with [who bought me a drink] were very cool, I was getting a ton of "IOI's". However the two girls with 4-5 guys was a bit of a turn-off, and even though they were fun for the time, I felt like I had extended my welcome.
Thoughts to improve? I ended the night with zero numbers, but I did have a lot of fun. However, end result is I will likely never see any of those people again, or at least, remember them.
As I walked in my "home" bar, instant karma got me. A group from the barbeque earlier went to a downtown club, but I opted not to join because I was in shorts and a sports jersey, and the club had a dress code. Karma got me, because as I walked in, I got a ton of praises for my attire. I was wearing the jersey of a no-name 3rd string halfback on the Bears that I went to college with, and lo-and-behold, 5 of his high-school football teammates were there! They all instantly approached me and it was instant social status. We talked for a few minutes, it was all good times.
I wandered to the other side of the bar a minute later. Since I'm really short, I busted the balls of another really short dude, something along the lines of, hey I'm the token short dude. He was really cool, and he bought me a drink. Pretty cool guy.
I approach a group of 4 (2 guys, 2 [hot] girls) and tell them my spiel; I'm very ticked that they just stopped serving my favorite drink [true]. I ask them if they've heard of it and ask them to request it because if employees see demand, they'll bring it back. A good couple minutes of dialogue, but besides getting their names, nothing else comes of it.
I then talk to random guy at bar about the Bears, I ask him first if he's a Bears fan, then ask him who the best player is. [Hot topic in Chicago due to the Devin Hester holdout.] We talk for awhile about Brian Urlacher vs. Devin Hester, then a few other players. I realize he's really, really drunk, so try to find my way out, but at least I could listen to him while scoping the scene.
I go find short guy and thank him for the drink, ask what it was, since I couldn't hear it originally. He's with a decent group of 2 other guys and 2 really cute girls. He's really cool and the girls are awesome, I take like 4 pictures with the ladies. Then a cheesy song comes on, I admit I love it and the other girl was like, it's my favorite song. [Theme to "Cheers"] I give my spiel about how that place is my Cheers because I know all the employees, almost like we have a connection. Overall that group was really fun, but after about 10 minutes we had like an awkward silence, and I felt like I was extending my welcome with random group, so left for greener pastures.
Went to other side of bar and chatted with bartenders for a minute. Two hotties come up and wait for bartender. I say something like, stop dancing this song is banned ["Superman", in a predominately white bar led to too many dancing-related injuries]. They laughed, we got to talking, I think about drinks. The drink the dude bought me was whiskey and ginger ale, which I had never had before. Anyway then I got the bartender to give them a new "bartender special" meaning he just mixed some shiznit together. We chatted for a few minutes but I was not feeling it, so before things turned sour I moved on.
I talked to two other girls at a different part of the bar, with the same opener about them stopping my favorite drink. They seemed to be in a good mood but did not ask the bartender for it, as I suggested. I gave them a hard time for it then moved on. Went to the front of the bar and chilled for a minute, but at that point was a bit tired/tipsy and was time for bed.
As I type this I am just returning home but would like some initial thoughts. I'm thinking the group that the guy was with [who bought me a drink] were very cool, I was getting a ton of "IOI's". However the two girls with 4-5 guys was a bit of a turn-off, and even though they were fun for the time, I felt like I had extended my welcome.
Thoughts to improve? I ended the night with zero numbers, but I did have a lot of fun. However, end result is I will likely never see any of those people again, or at least, remember them.