One from Mudgie:
Pubs that put the wi-fi password on a small notice in an obscure place which, when you ask for it, is pointed out to you as though it’s totally obvious.
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One from Mudgie:
Pubs that put the wi-fi password on a small notice in an obscure place which, when you ask for it, is pointed out to you as though it’s totally obvious.
Back from a few days in Norwich and Ipswich. COVID seems to be a very hot topic down there and a good number of pubs were still fully enforcing a number of rules that became defunct a few weeks ago,...
I only had jab #1 three weeks back (and got knocked sideways by it as well), so I doubt I'll be fully-done until the end of July at the very earliest.
Youngsters!
#1008 is a Wetherspoons-based rant from one of our local landlords:
"Thank you jd wetherspoons for opening at 8.30 and letting people get a pint with their breakfast. Thanks spoons for serving...
#206 - change that gets given to you on a little tray
#433 - pubs with no trays to carry beer out on. "Yes mate, that's four pints, two glasses of wine and coke. Tray? Well you should have got...
Well lookee here: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/oct/18/crap-pubs-10-things-bad-boozers-get-wrong
Also, where has our living index of annoyances gone? I can't find it....
Oh I don't know...the KIT in Sheffield has that and I rather enjoy it (but then again it is set-up properly and the music selection is good!)
Akin to escorting Trainman round after a few brews in Reading! :D
Perhaps CAMRA's new slogan should be:
Does that mean I look down on those that enjoy their [crappy keg] neat? No. I don’t give a fuck what you like. :D
To be fair, I have a weakness for...
I think one of the listed points was something along the lines of "don't patronise female drinkers". To illustrate, see this amazing rant:
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#649 - Self-righteous staff angrily telling you off for breaking a house rule despite you not even knowing they had one/signs proclaiming thereof not readily visible
I'm not thinking of anywhere...
Come down the The Nags Head and you the left over tatties from Sunday lunch around 4. Mmmmm :D
#873 pub websites that don't contain their opening times. Retarded.
Indeed I do, he emailed me a pdf with a set of simple calling-card sized instructions to give to landlords who had their tv's set wrong. Genius.
#4 pubs smelling of old cigarettes. The smoking ban has been going for a few years now, so FFS spend a few quid to get the fabrics and carpets cleaned you skinflints.
#6a being greeted by a...
#801 - annoying people trying to sell roses in pubs for some unspecified (and unverifiable) charity who often get resentful when you give them a firm but polite 'no'.
#802 - people (usually of the...
Ahh, the Fleece. Being a Bristol lad myself I went in there on occasion, god it was crap being a music fan in Bristol in the mid-90's.
I did get to see Beth Orton in there though, during her...