What separates the “quiet bar guy” from the usual loner sitting by himself in that bar? Well, he usually has a lot of unused potential waiting to be unlocked by the right circumstance. He might be the one to stop the bar fight- or the one to start it. He might be waiting for the right girl to pop into his arms that night, or he is secured in his solitude. He is a versatile guy.
Why be the quiet bar guy rather than the outbursting extrovert? Why doesn’t he make any friends? He sees through people very fast. From afar, he can be safe within himself and not have to adapt. He keeps his potential hidden because showing it to right crowds gathers the wrong kind of attention. He actually knows what he is doing, he just looks like a singular peg in the pachinko machine- turning the luck over by just enough to mess someone’s day up.
When you think of the quiet bar guy, he usually draws more attention than the loud ones. After all, everyone is loud at the bar. The music is loud, the bartenders are always walking about, and the tables get cleaned frequently. What doesn’t move is him. He stays stoic amongst a shifting room. Find him in the corner honing his skills, checking his stocks, and texting his loved ones. You rarely find him out acting afool. That destroys the character he creates by just being himself.
Is it fun being the quiet bar guy? Not really. Sometimes, you feel like an undercover cop scoping out the scene for vagabonds and vigilantes. Oftentimes, you just limit your experiences to whatever your brain comes up with, usually a numbing task. There is no break and relaxation for that guy. Who you might opt to adopt the patterns of would be the guy who knows what he wants out of the night. Does he want to let loose? Go ahead. Talk to people and be the life of the party? Go ahead. Point is, staying uncomformed is just that- putty that hasn’t been molded yet. There’s nothing wrong with that. Some people want clay to sculpt and some want sculptures. Deciding what to sculpt yourself into after you figure out the prompt is just cautious discernment.
All I am saying is, buy that quiet guy a drink, even if it doesn’t look like he earned it. It usually ends the night better than it starts.










