New Year’s Eve is known for its wild celebrations, but one man’s night out took an unexpected turn when a joke led to a hefty $1,200 bar tab. It all started when our protagonist, let’s call him ‘Bigfoot’s Buddy’, was enjoying his night at a club where his friend worked. He had a small booth reserved and was mingling with a group of girls visiting from California. A casual joke about buying drinks for the girls ended up causing a whirlwind of drama. Let’s dive into the story…
A New Year’s Eve Setup

Meeting the Californian Girls

The Joke That Started It All

The Night Moves On

The $1,200 Surprise

The Blame Game Begins

The Drama Escalates ️

A Stealthy Exit ♂️

The Afterthoughts

A New Year’s Eve to Remember…or Forget?
In a night filled with laughter, drinks and unexpected drama, ‘Bigfoot’s Buddy’ found himself in a sticky situation. After a casual joke about buying drinks for a group of girls, he ended up being accused of leaving them with a whopping $1,200 bar tab. Despite the accusations and name-calling, he held his ground, insisting it was all a misunderstanding. But was he in the wrong? Or was it just an unfortunate case of a joke taken too seriously? Let’s see what the world wide web thinks about this New Year’s Eve fiasco…
“ESH
You literally said ‘drinks on me!’ how’re they supposed to know you’re joking?”
ESH: Miscommunication leads to a crazy bar tab and no friends
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NTA for refusing to pay $1,200 bar tab. They took advantage

NTA for ditching $1,200 bar tab. Ridiculous drink prices!
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NTA. Lesson in hospitality and decency.

“NTA. You made it explicit, they took advantage. Double a**holes.”
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Bartender doubts story, thinks it’s fake. Women may be primary a**holes.

ESH. Drinks were on OP, but others took advantage.

ESH for running up a high tab, but clarify payment terms!

Club culture creates ambiguous situations. ESH for irresponsible words.

ESH: Girls took advantage, he made a costly joke ♂️

Mixed signals and assumptions lead to a pricey bar tab
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“NTA. They ran up a $1200 tab and expected you to pay. “

NTA. You don’t owe them anything. $1200 bar tab? Insane!

New Year’s Eve drama: Man accused of ditching $1,200 bar tab!

Total ESH: Miscommunication at the bar leads to drama

Drama unfolds as man accused of ditching $1,200 bar tab!

Ridiculous bar tab drama! ESH but they’re the bigger AHs

NTA – Accused of ditching bar tab, but they’re the AH!

Women accused of taking advantage of a man’s generosity

Drama unfolds as man accused of ditching $1,200 bar tab!

Fancy bar, friends assumed, huge tab – ESH. Drama unfolds!

“YTA. You promised free drinks, they took advantage. “

Generous offer backfires as girls take advantage of free drinks
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A**holes tried to take advantage of a generous person

Running up a $1200 tab? That’s a-hole behavior!
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ESH: Costly bar tab leads to word choice regret and chaos!

Man accused of ditching $1,200 bar tab! YTA for misunderstanding.

Man accused of ditching bar tab, commenters debate who’s at fault.

Generous offer misunderstood, resulting in an unconscionable $1200 bill!

NYE drama: bad judgement, lack of communication, hormones. Stay home!

Debate over who’s at fault for the $1,200 bar tab

Misunderstood joke leads to free drinks and a $20k tab? ♂️
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NTA. Girls tried to take advantage of you and ditched.

Generous stranger accused of ditching bar tab, but innocent!

NTA: Expecting a stranger to pay $1200 tab is ludicrous

Woman shares her perspective on buying drinks and clarifying intentions

Running up tabs and making jokes? ESH in this drama!
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OP defends themselves against accusations, asserts they’re not the a**hole.

Drama alert! A $1,200 bar tab and a broken promise!

ESH for sure! Joking about a 1.2k tab? WTF?!!

Esh. $1200 tab on a stranger? Jokes backfire, lesson learned!

NYE drama: Expecting strangers to buy drinks? Logical or not?

Ridiculous bar tab drama! ESH for the outrageous spending spree!

OP not responsible for $1,200 bar tab. NTA, friends took advantage.

Awkward joke leads to expensive bar tab and bad impressions

“NTA – Misunderstanding at the bar leads to a $1200 tab! “

Drama at the bar! ESH for shady comments and crazy tab.

Esh but they suck a lil more. Everything was uncalled for.

Free drinks offer turns into a $1,000+ tab. ESH!
