The English Pub

I know this question may sound stupid, but I really need to ask the following:

</b>Are there "rules" on how to behave in an English pub?  </b>

I mean I know there are certain things that are correct and others that should be avoided in a pub, whether it is ordering a beer, paying the bill or asking for the bathroom. I heared that English people are a little touchy when some outsider comes and bothers with something unexpected. That's not wrong at all, I think it is OK to keep customs preserved in their traditonal way, and tourists should always be respectul about it. But since it is difficult for a foreigner to know every detail of another culture if you do not live there, sometimes I picture myself in the situation with an old moustached bartender giving me a terrible look for just having asked for a beer using the wrong words and silently pointing at the door to show me the way out. Maybe I am exaggerating but I think you guess what I mean.

So if you can give me some tips, it will help me make the best of my English experience.

Ricardo
Argentina

I'm thinking that there are different 'rules' for different areas in England. Each village has it's quirks, and certainly you are not supposed to know all of them.

My advice would be to go in and be yourself, if the bartender gives you a weird look for ordering your beer using the worn terminology, then shame on him.

Sit back and enjoy the feast of locals around you, it can be quite entertaining watching those who are obviously regulars. Just pick the right pub in the right area.

This should answer all your questions, Ricardo.

http://www.sirc.org/publik/pub.html

Whe do you visit the UK? 

Hi John, cool site!

Hello Andy!

I wish we had pubs here in the US.  Bars and such at least where I live are nothing like English pubs. 

I am so living in the wrong country!!!