I'm not American, but is talking to bartenders actually a thing? When I go to places like this I always either go with friends/family. There are some smaller pu

I'm not American, but is talking to bartenders actually a thing? When I go to places like this I always either go with friends/family. There are some smaller pubs where I do know the bartender/pub owner, but it's more of a familiarity/community thing. I've always assumed that a guy walking into a bar and discussing his intimate life with a person he just met is more of a Hollywood plot hook.