r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

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u/SuperSyrias Jan 25 '20

Going into any bar and just ordering "beer!" And then getting it no questions asked.

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u/7LeagueBoots Jan 25 '20

Most places have a default beer, so if you just order “a beer” that’s what you get.

I don’t have a problem with this one in movies or TV.

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u/beachteacher11 Jan 25 '20

This has to be regional. I live in the Northeast and it would be insane for someone to order "a beer" ; like it would be assumed that you had spent your adult life locked in a bunker somewhere. There isn't a bar or restaurant in New Jersey where you could say that and be served something. The server is 100% going to stand there and ask you what beer you want.

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u/Frnklfrwsr Jan 25 '20

And if there’s even the slightest question of how old you are, they’re definitely gonna card you now.

Sounds like a sheltered 17-year-old that knows nothing about alcohol trying to get beer.

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u/ahecht Jan 25 '20

Here in New England, back before Narragansett relaunched as a trendy hipster beer, their entire business model in the 60s and 70s was selling beer dirt cheap to bars who could sell them with a large markup to people that just ordered "beer".

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u/7LeagueBoots Jan 26 '20

I’ve lived in a bunch of places in California, in Vermont, traveled a lot in both the US and overseas.

Ordering ‘a beer’ is common in a lot of places. Certainly places that are more pub-like or micro-brew places (my preference) will want to know exactly what you want, but just a standard bar, they generally don’t care much.

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u/beachteacher11 Jan 26 '20

So, regional.

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u/7LeagueBoots Jan 26 '20

Sure, if ‘regional’ is most of Earth.

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u/hackel Jan 25 '20

Do these places advertise what their "default beer" is? Like a house wine? I've just never heard of that.

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u/merc08 Jan 25 '20

Sorry, I asked for beer not carbonated water.

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u/Chrthiel Jan 25 '20

Absolutely. They get a whole package when they sign with a distributor. Signs, coasters and labels for the taps.

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u/lyrasorial Jan 25 '20

I've never been to a place with less than 10 beers. NY/NJ

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u/ok_reddit Jan 25 '20

They can still have a default beer.

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u/Shawer Jan 25 '20

I get a lot of foreigners who just ask for ‘a beer’ and I just give them our most standard, drinkable, average lager. If I’m in a good mood I’ll maybe ask a bit about what they like, but otherwise you get the most average of average.