One bartender is giving guests a new twist on the old saying, “You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.”
In a TikTok feed that’s got everything from a Fireball-enhanced marathon to her father trying to capture a lightning strike on camera, Tinazano (@Tinazano) posts the silly adventures of her life. And in one video, she’s “documented” the solution to a very time-specific problem.
Being A Good Guest Means Knowing When To Leave
Despite unremarkable camera work, Tinazano’s TikTok has racked up over 510,000 views. In it, three women walk through a quiet neighborhood. Nelly Furtado’s “I’m Like a Bird” plays in the background. And if the women are like birds, they’re perhaps like seagulls: Each one walks off with something in hand.
Text across the screen gives an explainer: “I think we overstayed our welcome because the bartender just handed us the ingredients to make the drinks at home,” speculates Tinazano.
It’s actually hilarious, since it suggests a relationship cordial and well-remunerated enough to score the ingredients. And, to trust in Tinazano and her friends’ discretion. Though the bartender probably didn’t have going viral on their bingo card. But to be fair, no names (business or otherwise) are dropped. So, no harm, no foul? Just limes, a bag of unidentified white liquid, and some sort of garnish.
‘Ingredient Household Community Unite’
The comments section is a mashup of the weird things people have dragged home from bars and lots of glee.
One viewer shared, “I once took home a cup of milk to make mac & cheese.” To be fair, after pizza or Taco Bell, mac and cheese is probably the favorite post-bar snack.
TikToker @kabomajavu_ injected, “People are living dreams I didn’t even know I had.”
Then @nikfilipovickirk brought the conversation back to the ingredients. “Girl I thought that was breastmilk at first,” she said, referencing the bag of opaque white liquid.
And when the verified Blue Diamond Almonds (@bluediamond) account got involved, writing, “New hack unlocked.” Tinazano doesn’t miss a beat, saying, “Ingredient household community unite.”
Sigh.
If only the ingredients in “ingredient households” were usually this fun, instead of, say, raw beets.
Is It Legal To Send Bar Guests Home With Drink Materials?
During the pandemic and for a while afterward, restaurants and bars were selling to-go drinks and drink mixes to guests. People could assemble their drinks at home and still have a posh restaurant beverage. But in Michigan, where some of Tinazano’s TikToks take place, it is actually legal to purchase carryout drinks.
The COVID-era change to the law was made permanent when Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Senate Bill 141 into law. “Bars, hotels, or restaurants, may sell and deliver carryout beer, wine, mixed spirit drinks, spirits, and mixed drinks/cocktails filled in qualified containers. A qualified container is a clean, sealable container with a liquid capacity of one gallon or less,” explained the Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association.
Michigan has 10,127,884 residents, 11,000 inland lakes, and access to four of the five great lakes, so it’s safe to assume there are lots of summertime parties there. It follows that the revenue boost in 2020 from to-go drinks proved too good to let expire.
One expert estimates that alcohol can add up to 20 to 30% to the final bill. Multiply that by a summer of partying guests, and it’s a big boost to businesses that can be seasonally dependent. So a to-go drink kit makes sense when the bartender is ready to close up, but the guests want to keep going.
Given that the three women are carrying different parts of a whole beverage, they probably feel like they’re getting away with something naughty. Plausible deniability and all. But, in reality, they’re just getting away with limes.
@tinazano Alright open bar at our house tonight !!!!
BroBible reached out to Tinazano via TikTok direct message and with a comment on her post. We will update this if she gets back to us.