People who avoid buying their round

[Wahtnow]

I don't mind buying anyone a drink, I don't keep count, over time I thinks it's swings and roundabouts and it all works out.

However I can't abide people who avoid their round or those who have schemes to avoid paying their way, like offering when everyone else has a full glass or at the end of the evening when no one wants more.

I'd absolutely hate to be someone who didn't pay their way. If I can't afford to buy a round, I wouldn't go or wouldn't accept offers/get involved in a round.

It doesn't seem to be people who are hard up either, they have money to spend on other things.

So why do they do it, just pure brass balls and because they can or is there something else?

You don't have to be in a round you can just say 'I'll get my own ' but then you don't take a drink when someone else is paying.

Rounds is just easier and faster. It takes about 10 minutes to get served in a London pub - imagine that times 5 people, you’d lose the whole evening to waiting for everyone to get their drink.

I don’t drink as much as some of my friends so I am worse off by doing rounds, but it’s only a few pounds and I see that as a fair enough price of socialising with friends. The men who drink more and therefore benefit in our group will often order and pay for Ubers, so it more or less balances out, I reckon.

I dont drink alcohol and I'm always the driver so I don't see why I should buy rounds of expensive drinks for everyone.

I hate rounds. I don’t have a large income, am a light drinker and drinks are very expensive these days. I can’t afford it. I’d rather buy my own but treat my friends if I am feeling flush.

In our group you would never be in the round. The round always buys the driver's drinks.

We never split the bill either - the most I do is share a bottle of wine with my friend that likes the same as me. We all pay for our own meals.

And if that's how you like it that's absolutely fine, as long as you're not accepting drinks from the round, which I'm sure you're not, but some do.

Everyone knows that first out the taxi but last to the bar person.

I do not like the idea of rounds.
Just buy your own.

Not everyone wants to drink too much, even soft drinks. I want 2 drinks of whatever max.

If in a round though, I would consider someone not buying one, close to theft, and say so….

I grew up in England, so am familiar with rounds, but now I’m in the US and no one does it here. I rarely go to the pub anyway, but my kids do and each individual just runs their own tab and settles up at the end.

I did find you’d always have a shirker though.

This is why I don't drink in rounds

There's some people I'll happily do rounds with, split bills with and all that. That's because they're not tight but also because we have similar financial situations and will tend to eat/drink in a similar way.

Others who are tight, some skint, some don't drink much and other reasons so we tend not to. One friend and I will pair up as we like doubles and shots. Someone else will drink pints so I don't expect them to subsidize my expensive gin order.

One friend will avoid rounds but always accept a drink.

Suss it out based on who you're out with.

When it was time for the second round of coffees, I said come on X it must be your round. He just laughed and sat there, but did ask for one when I went to get them!

More fool you if you bought him one then.

I’d forget to buy his drink, every single time.

I don’t do rounds. Such a UK thing. I used to quite like getting a pitcher of beer / cocktails but don’t really drink anymore. I get a Fevertree tonic water in the pub £4.50😱 but it’s nearly £10 for most alcoholic drinks. I can’t really afford to fork out £20-30 quid for other people to drink. Sometimes people get really offended when you say you’ll buy your own though.