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Original poster

To expect barman to know what a lemon and lime is.

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girlfriend44 · 09/04/2025 19:57

Couldn't believe it today. Had this drink loads with no problem.

Barman had no clue what a lemon and lime was. Gave up and ordered something else, a coffee instead.

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DappledThings · 09/04/2025 20:20

Never heard of lemon and lime. Even if you said lemonade and lime it would be a bit clearer.

despairdespair · 09/04/2025 20:20

I genuinely wouldn’t know how to make this drink and I am many decades old .

AirFryerCrumpet · 09/04/2025 20:18

So you explained you wanted a lemonade with some lime cordial in it, and a fully functioning English-speaking barman didn't understand you?

Basketslipper · 09/04/2025 20:18

He didn't know what lemonade with lime cordial was? If you specifically asked for that yanbu, but "lemon and lime" is ambiguous, there are loads of possibilities of what that might actually mean.

Needmorelego · 09/04/2025 20:18

@Latenightreader thanks.
I have always assumed they would be the same thing.
To be honest the only Ginger Beer I have ever had it probably the cans made by Barrs.

DelurkingFromTheShadows · 09/04/2025 20:17

I order it all the time across London with no issue so I don’t think is going out of fashion - my mum used to make it for me as a kid and still drinking it now at 36.

i do order it as “lime and lemonade” though. Dunno why it only sounds right to me that way round rather than “lemonade and lime”

TroysMammy · 09/04/2025 20:17

Thank goodness you didn't ask for 'alf a lager lemon top. Would have sent him into a spin. I've heard of lemon and lime.

heartsinvisiblefury · 09/04/2025 20:17

If you had just explained to him what it was then maybe that could have solved the problem?

Sugarnspicenallthingsnaice · 09/04/2025 20:17

Sugarnspicenallthingsnaice · 09/04/2025 20:15

I've never heard of it either. What is it?

Lemonade with lime flavour? Bitter lemon with a piece of lime?

Oh, I see you've answered. (Sounds gross btw!)

Next time you know - it's not as well known as you thought, so just describe what you want rather than giving it a nickname.

HeddaGarbled · 09/04/2025 20:16

So snotty: did you know everything about your job when you first started?

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girlfriend44 · 09/04/2025 20:15

rookiemere · 09/04/2025 20:14

I have never heard of a lemon and lime and I am mid 50s and partial to a lime and soda. Why not just tell him what you wanted, rather than this baffled incredulity that someone possibly on minimum wage has never heard of some colloquial random drink name.

Read the thread I did.

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Sugarnspicenallthingsnaice · 09/04/2025 20:15

I've never heard of it either. What is it?

Lemonade with lime flavour? Bitter lemon with a piece of lime?

rookiemere · 09/04/2025 20:14

I have never heard of a lemon and lime and I am mid 50s and partial to a lime and soda. Why not just tell him what you wanted, rather than this baffled incredulity that someone possibly on minimum wage has never heard of some colloquial random drink name.

Dougt · 09/04/2025 20:14

85 year old mum regularly orders this and she’s never had a problem. I must admit if I order for her I say lemonade and lime, because when I worked in pubs and hotels I really can’t remember many people ordering it that way, so I expect the servers to be confused.

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girlfriend44 · 09/04/2025 20:13

DuskyPink1984 · 09/04/2025 20:02

I don’t know anyone who’s ordered one of those since 1993.

So, dosent mean it dosent exist.

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CyberStrider · 09/04/2025 20:12

xxlostxx · 09/04/2025 20:09

Lime and soda it would be referred to in these parts and is very commonly known. Did nobody ever order it phrased as that?

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Lime and soda is lime and soda water not lemonade

Latenightreader · 09/04/2025 20:12

Needmorelego · 09/04/2025 20:08

@Latenightreader What is the difference between Ginger Ale and Beer?

Ginger beer is cloudy and has a strong ginger taste. It is sometimes fizzier too. Ginger ale is clear and a sort of golden brown colour with a milder ginger flavour. Both delicious!

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girlfriend44 · 09/04/2025 20:12

It's lemonade with some lime cordial.
Served with some ice, it's a gorgeous drink on a warm day.🙄

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19lottie82 · 09/04/2025 20:09

I worked in bars for over 20 years and have never heard of it! Is it a regional thing?

xxlostxx · 09/04/2025 20:09

PTSDBarbiegirl · 09/04/2025 20:01

Doesn’t sound that traumatic to be honest. I’ve never heard of it! It’s not something I ever had ordered in my 4 years of bar work.

Lime and soda it would be referred to in these parts and is very commonly known. Did nobody ever order it phrased as that?

Needmorelego · 09/04/2025 20:08

@Latenightreader What is the difference between Ginger Ale and Beer?

Latenightreader · 09/04/2025 20:07

I once had an argument with a barman who insisted that ginger ale and ginger beer were the same thing (I'd ordered a gin and ginger ale and got ginger beer). He refused to believe they were separate beverages, despite me showing him the words on the label (and yes the pub sold both). I don't think he could accept he had made a mistake...

I would have said lemonade and lime rather than lemon and lime, but I would have had a pretty good idea and checked before pouring.

PercyPigInAWig · 09/04/2025 20:06

I’ve never heard of it. Worked in busy pubs and naice hotels throughout university and no one ever ordered that, nor has anyone I have socialised with. I would have needed to have asked what you wanted but YABU to think everyone knows what it is.

soupyspoon · 09/04/2025 20:05

'sounds very sugary'!!!!

What sort of post is this!!!

I ordered a pineapple juice, my god, my sugar levels were through the roof!

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girlfriend44 · 09/04/2025 20:05

BlumminFreezin · 09/04/2025 20:03

Did he not speak English?

I don't for one second believe any semi-functioning human would have been unable to understand that tbh.

Sounds like you wanted to make a point and flounced.

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Yes he did speak English.

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