Americans don’t get the concept of ‘going to the pub’ and it’s blown our minds

Here in the UK, going to the pub is simply part of the weekend itinerary for many of us.

But believe it or not, popping down to the boozer isn’t quite as familiar a concept in over seas. In fact, Americans are downright baffled about the idea on one hilarious Reddit post.

Speaking on the page Ask the United Kingdom, someone earnestly questioned: “Is ‘going to the pub’ a real thing in the UK?”

Yep, some people simply don’t get it. 

Some people find the pub a baffling concept (Credit: Unsplash)

Elaborating on their question, the Reddit poster wrote: “For example, here in the US if you go to bars multiple times a week and mentioned this to people they might think you are an alcoholic – which is fair because at a lot of bars the only people that are regularly there during quiet times really are alcoholics (as in they are drunk a lot of the time).

“But it seems like in the UK people might go to a pub regularly and not be an alcoholic. What’s the reality, do actual UK people ‘go to the pub’ once or twice a month usually? Or do people really ‘go to the pub’ all the time?”

“Yes, going to the pub multiple times a week is normal in the UK,” said someone in the replies.

Whilst another agreed: “Perfectly normal to go any day of the week. You would only really be considered an alcoholic if you were actually getting drunk there every night of the week. Going for a relaxed couple of drinks is pretty standard.”

Pub culture is thriving in the UK (Credit: Alamy)

Of course, there are so many more reasons to love the pub than drinking, like the humble pub lunch and the hilarious possibility of bumping into that person you snogged two weeks ago.

Here in the UK, we don’t realise how good we have it. Some people don’t know what they’re missing…