Always say "please" and try to remember some of the British bar staffs pet hates. They do not like people to keep others waiting while they make up their minds. They don‘t like people standing idly against the bar when there are a lot of customers wanting for service. And they do not like people who wait until the end of the order before asking for such drinks as Guinness stout which take considerably longer to pour than other drinks.

　　要把“請”字掛在嘴邊，要盡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臺站著；也不喜歡有人等到最后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。

　　One Dutch tourist who spent six months visiting 800 of Britain‘s 61,000 pubs and interviewing 50 publicans and bar workers and more than 1,000 customers said :" I cannot understand how the British ever manage to buy themselves a drink." But they do, and if you follow these tips you should be able to do so, 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位酒吧老板和酒保以及1000多個酒客的荷蘭旅游者說："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，你也能如愿以償地買到酒。

　　Speaking of tips, you should never offer the bar staff a cash gratuity. The correct behaviour is to offer them a drink. Pubs pride themselves on their egalitarian atmosphere. A tip in cash would be a reminder of their service role, whereas the offer of a drink is a friendly gesture.

　　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。