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We have at last surmounted the peak sawtooth waves of insanity in this country. I've never encountered this recent fashion in our pubs and clubs, and would piss all over it if i did. Luckily it hasn't reached Leigh on Sea and i can't imagine the natives round here putting up with it.
Just take a butchers at The pictures in the X account below which is dedicated to it. it's a new phenomenon. Pubs/ bars are not post office counters to pick up form lcx49kj or the medical center for your blood test results to see if you have a dose of crabs.
It blows my mind. The bar staff implore people not to queue and to address the bar in the normal fashion yet they continue to queue up in single file at the bar looking like cattle waiting for the firing pin of the bolt gun in a slum east end abbatoir. Docile , iron curtain queueing for-Baby-milk formulae colostomy bags ,that cant work out how to use a bar.
Takes ages to get served with single file queues going back out of the door while the unused bar staff wait idly behind the jump yelling at people not to queue. Yet still they Queue. FFS.
All Waiting in single file to be served their Madri like some tuberculosis drenched brat at the window of a Mr Whippy ice cream van for his 3 halfpence raspberry Jubbly.
Is it in your Local,? have seen this carcinogenic shit in your pub?. Just say no, and walk to the bar with your head held high. Name and shame!
I walked into the Spoons near Tower Bridge a year or so ago (a Scheißloch but I was thirsty) and headed straight to (what I thought was) an empty bar. A righteous voice from another part of the room indignantly informed me “excuse me there’s a queue here sir” He looked like a man who could earn money modelling for Toby jugs ie: old enough to know better and he was at the back of a long queue. Half the people in the queue were holding menus. I came back with, “This is a pub not a post office” More importantly I got served.
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Single file Queuing.. in pubs! on 14:31 - Jun 8 with 7753 views
Single file Queuing.. in pubs! on 14:27 - Jun 8 by DannyPaddox
I walked into the Spoons near Tower Bridge a year or so ago (a Scheißloch but I was thirsty) and headed straight to (what I thought was) an empty bar. A righteous voice from another part of the room indignantly informed me “excuse me there’s a queue here sir” He looked like a man who could earn money modelling for Toby jugs ie: old enough to know better and he was at the back of a long queue. Half the people in the queue were holding menus. I came back with, “This is a pub not a post office” More importantly I got served.
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i can imagine you sticking your chin out defiantly like mussolini in the back of his Kubblewaggon as you strode to the bar. Beautiful.. Bollox to these the single file queuing bastards.!
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The Duke Of New York. A-Number One.
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Single file Queuing.. in pubs! on 14:37 - Jun 8 with 7741 views
Say what you want about Spoons but it’s great you can just order from the table rather than wait for Stacey and Tracey to order four bubblegum daiquiris and some bloke to try and jump in ahead of you to order three drinks including a Guinness and enquire about allergies on the food menu. The queue is preferable to people pretending not to know who was there before them.
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Single file Queuing.. in pubs! on 14:45 - Jun 8 with 7699 views
Single file Queuing.. in pubs! on 14:37 - Jun 8 by Watford_Ranger
Say what you want about Spoons but it’s great you can just order from the table rather than wait for Stacey and Tracey to order four bubblegum daiquiris and some bloke to try and jump in ahead of you to order three drinks including a Guinness and enquire about allergies on the food menu. The queue is preferable to people pretending not to know who was there before them.
"enquire about allergies on the food menu" hahahahahaha.. i've lost count the number of times that has happened to me stuck behind a group of 6 people from the local councils bought ledger department on their yearly xmas outing to the boozer.
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The Duke Of New York. A-Number One.
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Single file Queuing.. in pubs! on 14:53 - Jun 8 with 7667 views
Single file Queuing.. in pubs! on 14:45 - Jun 8 by Discodroids
"enquire about allergies on the food menu" hahahahahaha.. i've lost count the number of times that has happened to me stuck behind a group of 6 people from the local councils bought ledger department on their yearly xmas outing to the boozer.
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The current future Mrs Watford is a chef. So many people claim to have an allergy then see the food and decide they’ll have it anyway. It’s a massive ballache for a restaurant to ensure a dish can be created without your made-up allergen. Someone came in the other day and said they were allergic to garam masala but didn’t know which of the dozen ingredients in it they were allergic to. I hate people.
Seems like I'm going to be in the minority here but I think I'd prefer queuing to standing there for 5 minutes and everyone else getting served before me. You're standing there waiting for ages and then some prick turns up and gets served without acknowledging people were there before them.
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Single file Queuing.. in pubs! on 15:48 - Jun 8 with 7490 views
Single file Queuing.. in pubs! on 15:42 - Jun 8 by Landshark
Seems like I'm going to be in the minority here but I think I'd prefer queuing to standing there for 5 minutes and everyone else getting served before me. You're standing there waiting for ages and then some prick turns up and gets served without acknowledging people were there before them.
That's down to straightforward manners though is't it? Someone like that is going to fcuk about with the queue too I'd imagine.
Anyway a prime location to witness a spontaneous queue this time of year is the Old Ship by the river. I'm not saying there's a definite correlation, but it normally coincides with the presence of a regaaaaata.
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Single file Queuing.. in pubs! on 16:06 - Jun 8 with 7444 views
Even worse than queuing, I’m out for a beer with my mates, we buy rounds, doesn’t matter what people are drinking or if someone’s beer is 20p more expensive, but these days I see groups of youngsters and when it comes to pay they all pay individually on their debit cards so each transaction takes 5-6 times longer. Tight gits
favourite cheese mature Cheddar. FFS there is no such thing as the EPL
Single file Queuing.. in pubs! on 15:42 - Jun 8 by Landshark
Seems like I'm going to be in the minority here but I think I'd prefer queuing to standing there for 5 minutes and everyone else getting served before me. You're standing there waiting for ages and then some prick turns up and gets served without acknowledging people were there before them.
There are two things behind this in my view.
Firstly, post-Covid the hospitality sector has struggled to recruit staff. Therefore, I suspect many are having to manage queues in line with staff numbers, and single line might be their solution.
However, the second reason in my view, is the poor quality of 'trained' bar staff.
Worked as a a barman as a student, and the landlord taught and expected his staff to work the bar, manage the queuing customers, and not stand around looking vacant. We often served two at a time, and instead of trotting back and forth to the till to add up the round, we could instantly tell the punter what the round was and returned quickly with the change. Nowadays, staff can't add up, and how many times do you see them stood round the till waiting to use it.
Was in Ireland for a week, none of these issues, as better trained barstaff working.
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Queue ? Just back from 2 hours in the Andover in Hammersmith (on a Saturday ! ), more or less the only punter there. Fine beer, menu that includes oysters, moules marinaire, wagyu burgers etc but no punters. I remember when you were lucky to get in there at all Saturday lunchtime.
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Single file Queuing.. in pubs! on 16:27 - Jun 8 with 7373 views
Yeh my local (gastro pub) has this bollox going on. The proper local drinkers in there refuse to queue so there's now a section to prop up the bar and order a beer like your suppose to. They've also gone cashless, so my beer coupons are redundant now.
Occasional providers of half decent House music.
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Single file Queuing.. in pubs! on 16:43 - Jun 8 with 7338 views
Single file Queuing.. in pubs! on 14:45 - Jun 8 by Discodroids
"enquire about allergies on the food menu" hahahahahaha.. i've lost count the number of times that has happened to me stuck behind a group of 6 people from the local councils bought ledger department on their yearly xmas outing to the boozer.
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The Hope on Wandsworth Common we were in a couple of weeks back. Queue. Fck me, okay. Lass in front of me finally gets her turn, asks to see wine list. Felt like an activity that would have passed the time in the queue tbh but okay. 2 glasses of that please, off he goes to pour. Comes back. Two cocktails. You're fcking kidding right? Another modern pub phenom that can get in the sea. It’s not an fcking milkshake emporium is it? Off he goes to make those. Five minutes later. Two Guinness. Two Guinness I sht you not. While he’s away making those there’s communication from the table, now she’s turning and gesticulating. What? You what? What you saying? Two sticky toffee puddings.
Walked out, not been back.
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Single file Queuing.. in pubs! on 16:56 - Jun 8 with 7314 views
Single file Queuing.. in pubs! on 16:43 - Jun 8 by Northernr
The Hope on Wandsworth Common we were in a couple of weeks back. Queue. Fck me, okay. Lass in front of me finally gets her turn, asks to see wine list. Felt like an activity that would have passed the time in the queue tbh but okay. 2 glasses of that please, off he goes to pour. Comes back. Two cocktails. You're fcking kidding right? Another modern pub phenom that can get in the sea. It’s not an fcking milkshake emporium is it? Off he goes to make those. Five minutes later. Two Guinness. Two Guinness I sht you not. While he’s away making those there’s communication from the table, now she’s turning and gesticulating. What? You what? What you saying? Two sticky toffee puddings.
Single file Queuing.. in pubs! on 15:48 - Jun 8 by BklynRanger
That's down to straightforward manners though is't it? Someone like that is going to fcuk about with the queue too I'd imagine.
Anyway a prime location to witness a spontaneous queue this time of year is the Old Ship by the river. I'm not saying there's a definite correlation, but it normally coincides with the presence of a regaaaaata.
When I walk up to the bar and find I am getting served immediately with others stood next to me apparently waiting I always ask them if they have been served or if it's obvious I say to the bar staff, 'I think they're next'. Just manners.
On a side note, going in the reverse protocol, I notice these days it is quite rare for people to queue at the bus request. I feel like that was definitely more of a thing when I was growing up (mostly in the 90s)?
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Single file Queuing.. in pubs! on 17:40 - Jun 8 with 7208 views
Single file Queuing.. in pubs! on 15:25 - Jun 8 by Watford_Ranger
The current future Mrs Watford is a chef. So many people claim to have an allergy then see the food and decide they’ll have it anyway. It’s a massive ballache for a restaurant to ensure a dish can be created without your made-up allergen. Someone came in the other day and said they were allergic to garam masala but didn’t know which of the dozen ingredients in it they were allergic to. I hate people.
its nearly 20 years since i worked in a kitchen but i remember...
Garlic bread too being to garlicy The portions are too big - don't f*cking eat then I'm allergic to onions I can't eat cheese on a thursday
Must be much much worse now.
Allergic - you eat it and die
Intolerances have been confused with ppl simply not liking things
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Single file Queuing.. in pubs! on 18:13 - Jun 8 with 7095 views
Very strange when men used stand at the bar drinking and chatting with bar staff and the bar staff had to make a guess at which thirsty soul was next in the queue.
Did a few shifts back in the 90s in a local pub and got chastised by a poor thirsty individual who I seemed to always think was not last in the line.
Anyhow there is a way these days of not queueing at all.
The days of covid meant we had to order via an app and this is still possible today in most hosteleries !!!
We are British. We all get off on being in a good queue. Gives us something to talk about as opposed to chatting about football or the weather !!!!
There's only one thing more annoying than trying to buy a round in a Wetherspoon. That's having to queue up to try to buy a round in a Wetherspoon. I've only experienced it once in the William Morris a couple of months ago and gave it a minute before shrugging my shoulders and walking up to the bar like 50% of others. Causes more problems than it solves.
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Single file Queuing.. in pubs! on 18:33 - Jun 8 with 7031 views
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