Having a beer on your own...

[robm3]

Got a couple of nights in Hong Kong solo so went for a walk around.
It's really hot here now so fancied a beer (9.30pm).
In a bar but feeling a bit of tit/loser drinking on my own though. Don't know why, it's all good right?

Anyhow just as bored and surfing the phone big time. Never been the one to go talk to strangers (I'm with the general masses on that right?).

Thank god for the PH forum to amuse and interest I guess.

Still can't shake the feel of being a bit of a tit though....

Oh well, I've got a full pint so keep me company online (at least it looks like I'm texting someone).

[ApOrbital]

Nothing wrong with it.

[fido]

Around TST and you might feel like a tit. But go to the right bar in Wan Chai or LKF and you won't be on your own for long. I'm reasonably ugly but I always get girls chatting to me - and not all of them hookers either ..

[Adam B]

Last time I went for a quiet drink on my own (HK virgin, over on business) in Lan Kwai Fong, the football came on in the bar, ended up chatting to a couple of English guys. The evening ended with me leaving a club with a Canadian lady and the sun was coming up.

Be careful

[Shakermaker]

More often than not I find I do it when people don't meet at the agreed time.

Certainly some sport on the TV helps to break the ice if you DO want to talk to other people, but I've certainly no problem with doing it though I tend not to go out specifically to the pub on my own. Unless away on business, then I'll make as much use of the company meal and drink allowance as I can muster...

[robm3]

I'm staying at the Gramd Hyatt, don't know the city well but think I'm in Wan Chai.

Bit of a Red Light district in some parts but I'm in a sports bar ( I think ).

[robm3]

[Rosscow]

I'm a chatty kind of guy, so if I'm away from home for work or something I will either end up talking to the locals or the bar staff.

When I'm at home I go to my local pub on my own every week, always know someone in there to talk to!

[robm3]

Stuff it, back to the room methinks...

[thebraketester]

Perfectly fine. The only odd thing would be stopping at 1 pint.... always fire a few in for good measure!

[Efbe]

worked in Taiwan and South Korea for a few years.

At first found it a bit wierd, but didn't take long to be quite normal, and soon get to know the locals.

The lad next to me at work (in yorkshire) is only 25ish, and regularly goes out to his local pubs on his own, sits at the bars and talks to the other regulars. Not an odd lad either, quite popular, just thats what he is used to.

[robm3]

So much for leaving, got another... One for the road and all that.

[Jimmyarm]

I used to work away on various projects and stayed in hotels and would often have a beer on my own at the bar after eating dinner on my own in the restaurant etc.

If I have a day off during the week I'll pop into the pub if it's on the dog walking circuit I do that day.

TBH I quite like it, a bit of piece and quiet but not being on your own if that makes sense !

[battered]

I work all over Europe (or I did before someone fked up the whole fking thing for me) and stay in hotels with work. I regularly eat and drink alone. No problem. Take a book if you need a prop. Otherwise just sit back and see what happens. Watch the world.

[IanCress]

It's (part of) the reason I got a dog. You don't feel like you're having a pint on your own if you've got a dog with you in the pub, and it's useful for stimulating conversation.
By which I mean it stimulates conversation with other people in the pub. I don't have stimulating conversations with the dog. Although I have better conversations with the dog than I do with the wife.

[coopedup]

Nothing wrong at all, sit back and enjoy!

[Cotty]

Jimmyarm said:

I used to work away on various projects and stayed in hotels and would often have a beer on my own at the bar after eating dinner on my own in the restaurant etc.

Regular occurrence when working away from home on your own. I think its more uncomfortable sitting in the restaurant than the bar, but needs must.

[J4CKO]

I am quite happy going out on my own when away from home, wander down to the hotel bar or go out, go to some event or local place of interest, after all work have paid to get you there, may as well make the most of it instead of sitting in a hotel room, have had many adventures like that

Go in my local on my own but know quite a few folk in there so never usually on my own.

i think its an age thing, you get less self conscious and dont give a st what people you will most likely never ever see again think, it is quite empowering really, realising you dont need an entourage and you usually get chatting to people anyway, most folk are generally not all that adventurous, think they dont actually think you are a sad loner, perhaps even a little bit jealous you are happy in your own company.

[Hoofy]

Chat to the staff?

[Brigand]

The thought of drinking alone at a pub here at home doesn't appeal to me at all, probably because I do think of it as being a bit sad for some reason. But a few years ago I had to go to the USA for a two week training course in some backwater town in Tennessee, and I spent nearly every night either in the hotel bar or one nearby. I was on my own but by sitting in the bar I ended up in conversation with either the bar staff or customers and had quite a few laughs (and shags with one country girl who was also staying in the hotel for several nights) as a result. I think it helped being British as that seemed to give me some celebrity status there (and the hype around the upcoming Wills & Kate Royal wedding boosted this), with people wanting to talk to me and buy me drinks, and I loved it.

I just couldn't see myself doing it over here in the UK though. I doubt I'd get anything but a punch in the face if I started approaching people like I did in the USA, but I suppose that really depends on where you are. Town centre Wetherspoons maybe, countryside pub is probably a safe bet for approaching people though.