Pub annoyances #834

[london calling]

Not sure if i have mentioned these before but:-

# 425: Ordering a pint of MILD, only to be told...... we don't have any on, but we have Worthington's - What has that got to do with the price of eggs? It is like going to the chemist for an asprin, to be told.... we don't have any, but we cough medicine.

#622: Ordering the same pub meal as your mate, and when it appears it seems to be half the size. Then, #623, being asked if everything is alright.

622 Went for a meal the other night 3 ordered lamb shanks 2 absolute whoppers and one from a very small lamb .Not fair.

[Soup Dragon]

#910. Weak Tea! This one's by proxy as I've never personally experienced this particular annoyance. Mrs R and a couple of friends order tea; a big pot of tea is produced; comes out as weak as dishwater; it transpires that only one teabag has been used for tea for three people. The ladies make the valid point that if they're charging about six quid for the pot of tea they could reasonably stick a couple more teabags in it for a few pence a go! Fair point.

Mrs Soup would fully agree - and added to that - a pot of tea is advertised and it turns out to be a cup.

[NickDavies]

Mrs Soup would fully agree - and added to that - a pot of tea is advertised and it turns out to be a cup.

The profit margin on tea must be the highest of anything the catering industry does, especially in places where it is considered perfectly acceptable to charge you the best part of two quid for a teabag floating in a huge paper cup of tepid water, a little tub thing of rancid UHT milk and a tiny sachet of sugar.

[Soup Dragon]

#708 - Not sure if this one has been mentioned - dart boards that are physically unplayable..... as there are tables and chairs in the way, or carefully placed little vases etc that actually scream 'don't throw darts here', the board is just for effect.

[Aqualung]

#708 - Not sure if this one has been mentioned - dart boards that are physically unplayable..... as there are tables and chairs in the way, or carefully placed little vases etc that actually scream 'don't throw darts here', the board is just for effect.

I would add dart boards that are so old and worn that the darts just keep bouncing out of them. I wasn't that keen on the wooden ones that needed soaking before use, or the mickey mouse regional boards.

[Soup Dragon]

I would add dart boards that are so old and worn that the darts just keep bouncing out of them. I wasn't that keen on the wooden ones that needed soaking before use, or the mickey mouse regional boards.

Or where you have to guess from where you have to throw

[NickDavies]

Or where you have to guess from where you have to throw

or pool/bar billiards tables where there's just one cue, and that's bent and doesn't have a tip.

[Soup Dragon]

or pool/bar billiards tables where there's just one cue, and that's bent and doesn't have a tip.

And they still ask for a deposit!

[Strongers]

When the people that are sat on the side of the pool table or are standing right next to it see you put the money in, rack up, break and still wait until you ask them to move so that you can take your shot.

Pool tables that are in a room far too small and have a cue that is a foot long for the inevitable impossible shot.

Pool tables that play like they are positioned on a flight of stairs.

Pool tables with no chalk.

A dartboard with no chalk.

People that take the chalk from the dartboard to chalk a pool cue.

A dartboard with no rag to wipe away the old scores.

People that draw with the chalk on the dartboard.

People that play, lose and will not chalk.

Bar staff that get the hump when one asks for a cloth to wipe the chalkboard.

Bar staff that get the hump when one takes a bar cloth to wipe the chalkboard.

People that walk in front of a player about to take a shot/throw a dart.

People that sit too near to a board/pool table.

People that discuss the quality of play thinking that the player is in some sort of vacuum and cannot hear their comments.

[london calling]

When the people that are sat on the side of the pool table or are standing right next to it see you put the money in, rack up, break and still wait until you ask them to move so that you can take your shot.

Pool tables that are in a room far too small and have a cue that is a foot long for the inevitable impossible shot.

Pool tables that play like they are positioned on a flight of stairs.

Pool tables with no chalk.

A dartboard with no chalk.

People that take the chalk from the dartboard to chalk a pool cue.

A dartboard with no rag to wipe away the old scores.

People that draw with the chalk on the dartboard.

People that play, lose and will not chalk.

Bar staff that get the hump when one asks for a cloth to wipe the chalkboard.

Bar staff that get the hump when one takes a bar cloth to wipe the chalkboard.

People that walk in front of a player about to take a shot/throw a dart.

People that sit too near to a board/pool table.

People that discuss the quality of play thinking that the player is in some sort of vacuum and cannot hear their comments.

People who play darts or pool.Especially the pool players tonight who think its okay to block the entrance to the toilets while they decide which ball they are going to play.