How do sports bars work?

[Brian]

embarassed to ask, but i want to watch the game tomorrow.
i'm heading to portland for the week and so I'll be in a hotel come utah-tcu gametime.
if i want to watch the game at a sports bar, what is kosher? will they let me sit there all game at watch if i buy dinner? i'm not going to buy whiskey the whole time, will they give the evil eye and put floaties in my soda?
if i'm the only one that wants that game, what is the procedure?

option 2 would be justin.tv in the hotel room.

[YOhio]

Are you at SC09? NERD!!!!

[BoylenOver]

My experience is if you buy a dinner and a drink, you're fine. Service might be scarce after you've paid your check midway through the 3rd quarter, but they won't boot you out or anything.

[cowboy]

Be sure to tip the waitress extra. My rule of thumb is to tip a meal's worth for every 45 minutes to an hour that I'm there. A waitress only gets so many tables, so if you are taking one of her tables then you need to pay her for it.

[Brian]

Are you at SC09? NERD!!!!

Yep. You coming to hear me present my paper?


(Talking about nerds, how do you know about SC?)

[Brian]

Thanks all for the info.

[Art Vandelay]

embarassed to ask, but i want to watch the game tomorrow.
i'm heading to portland for the week and so I'll be in a hotel come utah-tcu gametime.
if i want to watch the game at a sports bar, what is kosher? will they let me sit there all game at watch if i buy dinner? i'm not going to buy whiskey the whole time, will they give the evil eye and put floaties in my soda?
if i'm the only one that wants that game, what is the procedure?

option 2 would be justin.tv in the hotel room.

I remember reading once when I lived in Portland, that PDx had the highest # of strip clubs per capita of any city in the US (the paper stated this like it was a tourism fact the city should be proud of). I don't know if they serve food or have the MTN in these establishments, I don't have first hand knowledge but I believe the tipping procedure is more straightforward. Landpoke?

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Yep. You coming to hear me present my paper?


(Talking about nerds, how do you know about SC?)

I don't know what SC is, but when is your presentation? Maybe I will come listen. How nerdy is it?

You would be welcome to come down to Eugene and watch, ldc and I will be leaving for the Duck/ASU game at halftime so if you want to earn a couple of bucks babysitting that would be even better. My babysitting payment rule is very simple, you get $20. If you are here an hour good for you, if you are here 4 hours good for me.

[landpoke]

I remember reading once when I lived in Portland, that PDx had the highest # of strip clubs per capita of any city in the US (the paper stated this like it was a tourism fact the city should be proud of). I don't know if they serve food or have the MTN in these establishments, I don't have first hand knowledge but I believe the tipping procedure is more straightforward. Landpoke?

Depends on what you want. If you want a full-service sort of experience (including the ball game of your choice) your best bet is to pay a girl by the hour and go for the bottle service. This, of course, is much more expensive than sitting at a sports bar, but you get lap dances.

[Brian]

I don't know what SC is, but when is your presentation? Maybe I will come listen. How nerdy is it?

SC = Super Computing Conference.
Talk is Tuesday at 11AM. Conference registration is $750. (less if you're a member of IEEE or ACM) I'll save you a good seat if you want to come.

You would be welcome to come down to Eugene and watch, ldc and I will be leaving for the Duck/ASU game at halftime so if you want to earn a couple of bucks babysitting that would be even better. My babysitting payment rule is very simple, you get $20. If you are here an hour good for you, if you are here 4 hours good for me.

per diem plus an extra 20 quid, not too shabby for one day.

[Non Sequitur]

Everybody in the bar is working for tips. Nobody cares what you order as long as you tip well. But if you're drinking diet coke, don't tip based on the price of the diet coke. Tip based on the price of a alcoholic beverage -- a couple of bucks a drink ought to suffice.

[statman]

embarassed to ask, but i want to watch the game tomorrow.
i'm heading to portland for the week and so I'll be in a hotel come utah-tcu gametime.
if i want to watch the game at a sports bar, what is kosher? will they let me sit there all game at watch if i buy dinner? i'm not going to buy whiskey the whole time, will they give the evil eye and put floaties in my soda?
if i'm the only one that wants that game, what is the procedure?

option 2 would be justin.tv in the hotel room.

Order a coke and an appetizer, and sit in an out of the way place - or preferably the bar. You'll be fine...

[Art Vandelay]

One other word of advice... if the waitress is cute, be overly loud and firtatious. They never get hit on by drunk guys trying to show off while doing their poorly compensated job.

[falafel]

I don't know what SC is, but when is your presentation? Maybe I will come listen. How nerdy is it?

You would be welcome to come down to Eugene and watch, ldc and I will be leaving for the Duck/ASU game at halftime so if you want to earn a couple of bucks babysitting that would be even better. My babysitting payment rule is very simple, you get $20. If you are here an hour good for you, if you are here 4 hours good for me.

So he's got a lot of incentive to watch your kids really fast and get it done within the hour. Nice.

[falafel]

Depends on what you want. If you want a full-service sort of experience (including the ball game of your choice) your best bet is to pay a girl by the hour and go for the bottle service. This, of course, is much more expensive than sitting at a sports bar, but you get lap dances.

Is this some sort of euphemism?