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I bought a pint and a half of Guinness. Gave the barmaid a £20 note, she gives me £1.15 change. I point her error out, she plays with the till for about 5 mins, then tells me she will have to get her manager. Manager comes over, takes till out to count it. Comes over to me 20 mins later to show me till is up by only £5, therefore I must have given barmaid a tenner, not a 20. Well pissed! Pointed out that given it's a full till, during the day maybe it had been out anyway at some point. With no evidence to prove I paid with a 20, I had to take the hit.
Makes me think, as punters, we should have some sort of system to prove what notes we pay with in pubs.
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That's a disgrace, have you considered writing to your MP?
Welll at least you got a tenner-could have been nothing at all.
Next time just say sorry I haven't got any change will £20 do?
Pubs could have machines that give you credit tokens or even a drinks dispenser would be quicker.
Might ruin the tradition though.
[i]Makes me think, as punters, we should have some sort of system to prove what notes we pay with in pubs.[/i]
We do, its called trust.
I knew a guy who would memories the last 4 digits of notes before handed over in case he got short changed.
A paranoid friend of mine looks at the note and remembers the last few numbers until he gets his change. Theory is that if there is a dispute, and there is a 20 quid note in the till ending 876, he has the upper hand. Seems a lot of hassle for very little reward, but if it bothers you, you can try it.
I thought the trick was to wave around the twenty while your waiting to be served making sure the bar staff see it and then pay with a tenner.
I was in a hotel in Majorca just after the Euro had come in. None of the Brit tourists had really used it before and obviously the bar staff there used the currency change to bump all the prices up. They had a running con going where the Brit tourist would pay with a €20 note and the bar staff would give change as if it were a €10. I heard a group talking about it on the next table and sure enough when I went up for a round the bar staff tried the same trick.
I pointed it out and straight away, no questions asked they gave me the correct change.
sounds liek the barmaid was a lil dippy! used to have one like it in the pub i worked, bnoss always said the girls are for the punters and the boys for the good beer!
Donkeys years back when we had a college trip to butlins the staff there would Shout out what note they had from you when you paid! we all thought it a bit odd but did seem to stop any confusion!
our local down the beach (am sure the barmaid had wind as she was Awfully smiley!) charged me more for a second round with less drinks than the first round! seems a pint of guinness a bacardi and lemoade and a froot shoot is cheaper than a pint a oj and lemoande and a small plastic carton of orange drink (the ones where you peirce the top with a straw type??)
funnily enough when i suggested she try again she made it Even more expensive!
was tempted to add some crisps though as she had a Very short skirt on!;-)
sounds liek the barmaid was a lil dippy!
Really?
. I point her error out, she plays with the till for about 5 mins
Long enough to get a tenner out, so the OP gets £5 back, mistakes happen and she's still £10 up Very clever
I wouldn't have taken the hit. Get on to their head office or simply dont go back there. People take things lying down too much in this country.
On the flip side you get plenty of customers trying it on.
I've had plenty of customers pay with a tenner then turn round and say "I gave you a 20." When the manager comes out and explains they'll need to wait 10 mins while I count the till, suddenly they're not that bothered at all.
Tear a small corner off the note before handing it over.
Or, as we always threatened to do as 10 yr old kids, write 'Happy birthday Johnny' on a note and buy sweets. Get change. Then the friend goes into the same shop, buys sweets with a smaller note, then claims it was a bigger one. Shop-keeper challenges this but the kid says 'well it is my birthday money and my gran had written 'happy birthday Johnny' on it...
Never did try it mind you.
I was ripped a few years ago by a barmaid. It was the day before pay day and my last £20 to my name. I walked from the cash point to the pub 5 doors down the road. Ordered a pint and got the change for a fiver. Argued the toss with the barmaid and manager and was told to come back in the morning when the till had been totted up. I got the money back the next day but what about my pi$$ up.?! I went home atone cold sober. 👿