British Pub Etiquette英國酒吧的禮儀

AMazinglyfortheBritish,wholovequeues,thereisnoformalline-up----thebarstaffareskilledatknowingwhoseturnitis.Youarepermittedtotrytoattractattention,buttherearerulesabouthowtodothis.Donotcallouttapcoinsonthecounter,snapyourfingerorwavelikeadrowningswimmer.Donotscowlorsighorrollyoureyes.Andwhateveryoudo,donotringthebellhangingbehindthecounter---thisisusedbythelandlordtosignalclosingtime.Thekeythingistocatchthebarworker'seyes.Youcouldalsoholdanemptyglassorsomemoney,butdonotwavethemabout.Doadoptanexpectant,hopeful,evenslightlyanxiousfacialexpression.Ifyou1ooktoocontentedandcomplacent,thebarstaffmayassumeyouarealreadybeingserved.

就愛排隊的英國人而言,酒吧里看不到正式的排隊,這令人感到驚訝。酒保有本領知道該輪到誰了。你可以做些動作引起酒保的注意,但有規可循。不要大聲嚷嚷,不要在吧檯面上敲擊錢幣,不要叭叭地彈手指,不要像快淹死的人那樣揮動手臂,不要繃著臉,不要唉聲嘆氣,不要翻動眼珠。在不該幹的事當中還絕對不要搖晃掛在吧檯後面的鈴,那是酒吧老闆用的,表示關門時間到了。關鍵是你要讓酒保看見你。你可以舉起空杯子或錢,可不要搖晃。你臉上可以流露等待、期望,甚至略帶焦急的表情。你如果顯得太心滿意足的樣子,酒保會認為他們已經為你提供服務了。

Alwayssay"please"andtrytoremembersomeoftheBritishbarstaffspethates.Theydonotlikepeopletokeepotherswaitingwhiletheymakeuptheirminds.Theydon'tlikepeoplestandingidlyagainstthebarwhentherearealotofcustomerswantingforservice.AndtheydonotlikepeoplewhowaituntiltheendoftheorderbeforeaskingforsuchdrinksasGuinnessstoutwhichtakeconsiderablylongertopourthanotherdrinks.

要把“請”字掛在嘴邊,要儘量記住一些英國酒保最厭惡的事。他們不喜歡酒客拿不定主意而讓他們等著;不喜歡好多客人等著買酒而有人卻靠著吧檯站著;也不喜歡有人等到最後才說要喝像愛爾蘭烈性黑啤酒那樣的酒,因為比起別的酒來,準備這種酒的時間要長得多。

OneDutchtouristwhospentsixmonthsvisiting800ofBritain's61,000pubsandinterviewing50publicansandbarworkersandmorethan1,000customerssaid:"IcannotunderstandhowtheBritishevermanagetobuythemselvesadrink."Buttheydo,andifyoufollowthesetipsyoushouldbeabletodoso,too.

一個曾花了半年時間,去了英國61000家酒吧中的800個,訪談50位酒吧老闆和酒保以及1000多個酒客的荷蘭旅遊者說:“我不明白英國人是怎么給自已買到酒的。”可事實上他們就能。如果你按著本文所說的忠告去做,你也能如願以償地買到酒。

Speakingoftips,youshouldneverofferthebarstaffacashgratuity.Thecorrectbehaviouristoofferthemadrink.Pubspridethemselvesontheiregalitarianatmosphere.Atipincashwouldbeareminderoftheirservicerole,whereastheofferofadrinkisafriendlygesture.

說到“小費”,你可千萬別給酒保現金以表示謝意。正確的做法是請酒保喝一盅。酒吧為自己的平等氣氛感到自豪。現金小費會使人想到酒保是伺候人的,而請喝一杯則是友好的表示。