I always think it's funny when people assume their form of social interaction is the only form or superior form. I happen to interact with my friends (whom I've known 20+ years) whilst playing video games. None of us enjoy the bar scene, and only a few of us even live close enough to each other that we'd be able to meet up anyway. I happen to alternate playing with them every other Friday and playing cards/pool at the pool hall with a different group of friends. Not to mention, having a wife and son means I usually only get short windows to play on most other days. Also, a lot of people don't have the money to be going to the bar every Friday or choose to spend their money on other things. Also, I'm sure a large portion of this community is under the age of 21. Others just don't like drinking or being around people who are drinking. Bottom line, if the pub you were going to started having shitty customer service and was nickel and diming you at every turn, wouldn't you go to a different bar? And if enough people go to a different bar, then the first bar might actually change the way they do things and then you might go back to that bar. But if you just keep going every Friday, they probably aren't going to change shit. And if you were complaining about the shitty service you were getting at the bar, I wouldn't judge your lifestyle by saying, "Jeez who goes to a bar every Friday, what are you a drunk?"