| Queueing in pubs 18:04 - Sep 22 with 2926 views | chicoazul |
I usually only drink in a couple of local pubs but happened to find myself in a trendy pub in Southgate this weekend, don’t ask.
There was a queue, yes madam that is what I said, queue, to the ramp to order. I have never seen anything like it in my life. I noticed it, walked past it, caught mine hosts eye and was served in no time in the usual way.
Is this the New Jerusalem? Is this what we fought and trounced the Hun for, not once but twice? What does TWTD make of this shocking phenomena? |  |
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| Queueing in pubs on 18:07 - Sep 22 with 2652 views | You_Bloo_Right |
Determining the order in which customers are served is the responsibility of the bar staff.
No good will come of customers taking the law into their own hands in this way. |  |
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| Queueing in pubs on 18:09 - Sep 22 with 2640 views | ITFC_Forever |
I can remember staying at a holiday park about 10 years ago.
The bar staff were getting pretty annoyed that people weren’t just coming to the bar in the usual way. |  |
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| Queueing in pubs on 18:12 - Sep 22 with 2604 views | DJR |
On matchdays, people always form a queue in the Greyhound, whose service is second to none anyway. |  | | |
| Queueing in pubs on 18:53 - Sep 22 with 2370 views | brazil1982 |
Noticed it a few times recently. Horrible. |  | | |
| Bleedin hipsters, innit….. on 19:36 - Sep 22 with 2222 views | Bloots |
….bet they all had beards, check shirts, waistcoats, skinny jeans, no socks and probably bow ties.
All queuing up for a half of Cosmo Kumquat Imperial Stout brewed by some nerd in his Mum’s downstairs bog. |  |
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| Queueing in pubs on 19:38 - Sep 22 with 2194 views | Illinoisblue |
The nonsense has spread over here. The miserable git of a landlord at my local put up a sign a couple years back saying “line starts here for service” and loudly makes it clear that he won’t serve anyone who’s not officially waiting in the line.
I don’t love it but given the number of people who sit at the bar and never move, it’s not the worst idea. |  |
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| Queueing in pubs on 19:39 - Sep 22 with 2185 views | GlasgowBlue |
The world has gone mad if people are queueing in pubs. Any decent boozer operates a free for all scrummage at the bar. [Post edited 22 Sep 19:41]
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| Queueing in pubs on 20:10 - Sep 22 with 2002 views | You_Bloo_Right |
| Queueing in pubs on 19:39 - Sep 22 by GlasgowBlue |
The world has gone mad if people are queueing in pubs. Any decent boozer operates a free for all scrummage at the bar. [Post edited 22 Sep 19:41]
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I always saw it more as a rolling maul | |
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| Queueing in pubs on 20:22 - Sep 22 with 1951 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Queueing in pubs on 20:10 - Sep 22 by You_Bloo_Right |
I always saw it more as a rolling maul |
I must admit that as I get older it's harder to catch the eye of a busty barmaid. And if I was to say to "have one yourself" I'd probably be on a list with Russell Brand. | |
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| Queueing in pubs on 20:26 - Sep 22 with 1921 views | You_Bloo_Right |
| Queueing in pubs on 20:22 - Sep 22 by GlasgowBlue |
I must admit that as I get older it's harder to catch the eye of a busty barmaid. And if I was to say to "have one yourself" I'd probably be on a list with Russell Brand. |
If you lifted your gaze from said barmaid's décolletage it may help.
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| Queueing in pubs on 21:00 - Sep 22 with 1809 views | stonojnr |
| Queueing in pubs on 18:07 - Sep 22 by You_Bloo_Right |
Determining the order in which customers are served is the responsibility of the bar staff.
No good will come of customers taking the law into their own hands in this way. |
it is, but alot of bar staff arent trained, taught or bother to learn the skill, after all its just pushing buttons on a till and pulling a tap innit.
and even when they are decent staff, we seem to be seeing alot of infrequent visitors to the pub who dont know pub etiquette, so instead of it just being an annoyance at Christmas time, its spreading to the rest of the year.
I dont queue to get in a pub, and certainly dont queue in the pub, except maybe to use the lav. |  | | |
| Queueing in pubs on 22:40 - Sep 22 with 1581 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
Best thing (only?!) about COVID was ordering a pint to your table on an app - so civilised.
What with that being scrapped and dragging everyone back to the office, we’ve regressed! | | | |
| Queueing in pubs on 23:56 - Sep 22 with 1399 views | Funge |
The last time I went into Isaacs (is there a pub in the world with more bars) was before Sarmiento did that thing against Southampton - walked up to purchase a refreshing beverage, and was told by some poor kid in an ill-fitting polo shirt, that there was a queue. Indeed, a line of gloomy blue shirts disappeared into yonder gloom.
I think I may have sworn and stomped off; pretty sure Aidan Coughlan will cope without my custom.
Queueing at bars is the worst thing to happen to the UK in the last 200 years. |  | | |
| Queueing in pubs on 07:33 - Sep 23 with 852 views | DJR |
| Queueing in pubs on 22:40 - Sep 22 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
Best thing (only?!) about COVID was ordering a pint to your table on an app - so civilised.
What with that being scrapped and dragging everyone back to the office, we’ve regressed! |
You can still do that in Wetherspoon's.
I go there occasionally with a friend. He has the app and pays for the drinks, and I reimburse him at the end of the evening.
It's actually quite relaxing. [Post edited 23 Sep 8:32]
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| Queueing in pubs on 07:45 - Sep 23 with 808 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
So you jumped a queue then. Worst kind of scumbag in my book.
Not sure what makes you think you're more important than the polite, decent, civilised people who were there before you. |  |
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| Queueing in pubs on 07:52 - Sep 23 with 756 views | jontysnut |
Nothing worse than the server shouting " who's next" at a crowded bar. It's like the New York stock exchange. |  | | |
| Queueing in pubs on 07:54 - Sep 23 with 745 views | Bluish |
To add to this, if you're really unlucky, you can find yourself sitting at a table in the vicinity of the bar which now has a constant queue of people around your table. Which is really annoying. |  | | |
| Queueing in pubs on 08:09 - Sep 23 with 656 views | Benters |
The last time I was in a spoons in Clacton the bar person was moaning about people using this Queue system,it is quite strange that people have started waiting in line like this,when most of the bar area is empty. |  |
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| Queueing in pubs on 08:31 - Sep 23 with 548 views | GeoffSentence |
In all probability the folks aghast by the idea of queueung at a bar are tall or reasonably so. For those of us who are less so, getting served at a busy bar involves the use of elbows, clambering, standing on tip toes, or if we are lucky there is a rail at the bottom of the bar to offer a leg up, quite a bit of puffing up, some head thrusting, glaring and in extreme cases a nit of swearing. Queueing seems so much easier. |  |
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| Queueing in pubs on 08:31 - Sep 23 with 549 views | bluelagos |
| Queueing in pubs on 07:45 - Sep 23 by The_Flashing_Smile |
So you jumped a queue then. Worst kind of scumbag in my book.
Not sure what makes you think you're more important than the polite, decent, civilised people who were there before you. |
You the bloke who went mental when he thought I was queue jumping at the Capel petrol station (last game of the season) ?
*I was, but by accident as the pump I was queueing at was diesel only and my motorbike has no reverse gear... [Post edited 23 Sep 8:36]
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| Queueing in pubs on 08:35 - Sep 23 with 520 views | bluelagos |
Anyone approving of a queueing system in a pub is a wrongun who should be banned from all pubs immediately.
The sort of person who objects to fans standing up at football. Or fans celebrating on the pitch after a promotion | |
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| Queueing in pubs on 08:37 - Sep 23 with 501 views | DJR |
| Queueing in pubs on 21:00 - Sep 22 by stonojnr |
it is, but alot of bar staff arent trained, taught or bother to learn the skill, after all its just pushing buttons on a till and pulling a tap innit.
and even when they are decent staff, we seem to be seeing alot of infrequent visitors to the pub who dont know pub etiquette, so instead of it just being an annoyance at Christmas time, its spreading to the rest of the year.
I dont queue to get in a pub, and certainly dont queue in the pub, except maybe to use the lav. |
The pub my son and I went to near the station on Saturday had probably the most efficient bartender I think I've ever come across. She was on her own but able to take orders and pour drinks for different people at the same time whilst also taking payment before the drinks were served.
It was multi-tasking on steroids. [Post edited 23 Sep 10:37]
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| Getting served…. on 08:47 - Sep 23 with 453 views | Bloots |
| Queueing in pubs on 08:35 - Sep 23 by bluelagos |
Anyone approving of a queueing system in a pub is a wrongun who should be banned from all pubs immediately.
The sort of person who objects to fans standing up at football. Or fans celebrating on the pitch after a promotion |
….before someone else is one of the most important skills passed down from father to son over generations.
Trying to spot who is being served and positioning yourself behind them so that you can slide into their space ahead ahead of the rest is one of the few pleasures left to man.
It should not be lost to modern wokery. | |
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| Bleedin hipsters, innit….. on 08:52 - Sep 23 with 409 views | NedPlimpton |
| Bleedin hipsters, innit….. on 19:36 - Sep 22 by Bloots |
….bet they all had beards, check shirts, waistcoats, skinny jeans, no socks and probably bow ties.
All queuing up for a half of Cosmo Kumquat Imperial Stout brewed by some nerd in his Mum’s downstairs bog. |
Skinny jeans?
Alright grandad! |  | | |
| Are you telling me that…. on 09:00 - Sep 23 with 349 views | Bloots |
| Bleedin hipsters, innit….. on 08:52 - Sep 23 by NedPlimpton |
Skinny jeans?
Alright grandad! |
….”bootcut denims” are out of fashion now!!!??
FFS I need to get myself down to C&A immediately and get up to date! | |
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