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I agree with everything above.....
But they do Ron Zacapa 23 for less than a fiver a go.
#cheapronzac 😉
Does not compute. They’d have to flush the lines to change the beers.
Depends what is meant by taking the beers off eg swapping them properly or just claiming they are off.
Even if you did switch the barrels depends how much you care about the taste as to whether you flushed them.
For the original post.
They have got plenty of press and also cut costs so seems fairly sensible decision. I cant see them being overly dependant on social media anyway. Most of their offers seem fixed (curry/steak nights etc) so no need for heavy pushing of them.
Does not compute. They’d have to flush the lines to change the beers.
They don't change any beers.
Say they have ten hand pumps and #1-6 aren't selling, they'll simply stop selling #7-10 that are, mid barrel. They simply put too many beers on at once to try and compete with the real pubs that understand good beer and the basics of cellar management.
And for someone who can’t stand the places, you must spend a lot of time in them talking to the staff…………
The staff drink in my pub.
The main reason I set foot in Wetherspoons is because of his far right ideology and funding of vote leave ETC.
That & the beer.
They generally keep a good pint and don't expect you to pay £6 for it because they've served it in a f'king jam jar.
What more do you need?
What more do you need?
Are you new here?
They want validation and an appreciation of their frightfully sophisticated, superior middle class discernment 😉
Shall we talk about watches?
If it decreases the chances of encountering a thick old bigot like oldtalent, then that’s reason enough to avoid ‘Spoons.
Avoiding binners is just a bonus.
Raises £8 Jam-jar of Scruntlingtons Old organic, artisan, craft nob-waffler to Bravissimo
Raising some very nice £3 a schooner ales to you both, I'll stick to somewhere with fresher beer most of the time 🙂
Still drinking that shite binbins? That’s so last season.
And wtf is a schooner? Is that one of those 2/3 of a pint things?
I thought it was one of those dogs you carried in your hand-bag
And wtf is a schooner? Is that one of those 2/3 of a pint things?
Yes for those beers you want some of, more than half but not quite a pint. Don't worry the modern world will be along shortly and nobody will force you to pour your can of stella into one
Schooner. 😂
”What ho barperson, I don’t fancy a pint, and you know what, a half isn’t quite going to cut it, is there anything else you could do for me?”
”Well sir, I think, what with looking at that beard and man-bun combo you’ve got going on, you look like an ideal candidate for a new size of glass we’re trying...”
“We have a customer, designer artiste type, called Binnerston, always takes his Stella in one.”
Ah bless the old men are confused 😉
Perhaps oldtalent was being facetious
Perhaps oldtalent was being facetious
He reminds me of that other racist bigot, bloodynora. In fact it’s kind of funny, bloodynora hasn’t posted much since oldtalent turned up.
>Perhaps oldtalent was being facetious
I did think it was a witty repartee rather than a serious statement of fascist sympathising...
I’m not sure oldtalent is capable of “witty repartee”. That would be a bit taxing.
Come on Bravissimo.... baby steps... baby steps.
Although actual wit might be stretching things waaaaay too far, with all our support, and maybe the help of god, he may one day stretch his obviously limited intellect to something beyond his achingly predictable reactionary, wilfully pig-ignorant obnoxiousness
Lets all join hands and pray together....
The twitter account cited, interestingly, the Facebook lies/propaganda over vote leave.
Considering the big cheese is pro leave I'm wondering if there's an in house argument brewing.
Going to be discussed on Radio 4 in a few moments after the news...
EDIT: think I heard that right...
are they saying Wetherspoon misused their emails database in the Leave vote campaign ?
surely that is illegal .
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Schooner.
”What ho barperson, I don’t fancy a pint, and you know what, a half isn’t quite going to cut it, is there anything else you could do for me?”
”Well sir, I think, what with looking at that beard and man-bun combo you’ve got going on, you look like an ideal candidate for a new size of glass we’re trying…”
"...and as I'm feeling generous I won't charge you any more than you'd have paid for a pint"
I hear, everytime you go to the bar
Pfft, don't you knw they have an app for that 🙄
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I hear, everytime you go to the bar
Pfft, don’t you knw they have an app for that
Does it have annoying popups (or oversized smileys)?
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They generally keep a good pint
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The reason I will never set foot in Wetherspoons is his far right ideology and funding of vote leave ETC.
What a horrendously dull and twisted life you must lead, seeking the political and moral ideologies of all establishments before you decide to honour them with your presence....
How to order a beer in Australia:
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EDIT - it didn't, but here is an image version of the same table:
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I don’t know if all ‘spoons are the same but in my nearest one they will take half decent ales off mid-barrel to try and shift the shittier ales, so when the more popular ales are put back on they are stale and on the way out.
They also don’t clean the draught lines as often or as properly as they should as with the number and length of the lines they have there would be too much wastage, according to staff.
Bollocks.
You clean the lines when changing beers, well, pull them through, anyway.
Very little beer is wasted in a line clean.
The allowances for cleaning and wastage are some of the highest that I saw in various companies.
What a horrendously dull and twisted life you must lead, seeking the political and moral ideologies of all establishments before you decide to honour them with your presence….
Seems perfectly reasonable to me.
The Spoons here in East Grinstead is pretty decent: cheap booze and cheap, decent (good enough for a night out, anyway) food. Bland atmosphere but we don't spend the whole evening there.
SPOILER ALERT: It sells beer that is ok to drink.
>What a horrendously dull and twisted life you must lead, seeking the political and moral ideologies of all establishments before you decide to honour them with your presence….
Seems like a very sensible way to live ones life! Pity more people don't do the same.
Yeah, if more people did this, maybe Starbucks, Amazon, sports direct, etc, might treat their staff better and pay taxes.
I go to spoons eat their full English and drink Stella. I should be banned from here forever!!!
I like them.
Nice buildings (though carpets are shit)
Get a table at the back, order bottled beers through their app - minimises contact time with the useless staff.
Nice cheap night out with good beer and reduced contact with arseholes (well, at least til you get home X)
It makes more sense to not give ****s money than it does not to not care whether they are a **** or not - I do like how the oddest if topics allow you to highlight the forums more interesting characters
It amazes me how many folk moan about companies avoiding tax then go and give them money. the only thing that will alter their business MO [ for it is all they care about] is a reduction in their income. It is a we have to affect these companies. Anyone using them is complicit in it.
I dont really drink so dont frequent any pub. the one time i went in one someone collapsed about every 20 minutes from Spice use but i suspect that had more to do with its Manchester Piccadilly location than the witherspoons name.
>Nice buildings (though carpets are shit)
Carpets in teenage binge drinking pubs are always going to be utterly disgusting, a combination of beer, urine, vomit and sex juices nicely fermented for several weeks....
Most amusing that he says social media is bad for you, whilst running a pub chain that caters so well to the Tuesday morning alcoholic as well as the Saturday night binge drinker
I think he's got a point here, I would say the biggest issue facing younger people today is a dependence on social media and value they place on being liked by strangers leading to anxiety and other mental health issues . Binge drinking and alcoholism are bad but I would say not as bad as the mental issues social media is creating.
I do think maybe others will follow suit, I think social media and somewhat digital advertising may be coming of age and not the gold rush it once was. Yes it works for some , but for other companies it doesn't but it was the given thing to do.
FYI - I do like my local wetherspoons, its a cheap round and the breakfast and steak club isn't that bad.
Bollocks.
You clean the lines when changing beers, well, pull them through, anyway.
You have misunderstood the situation, read my later post.
Very little beer is wasted in a line clean.
That's entirely dependant on the length (and diameter) of the line, which you do not know.
JY - You don't drink, but on the last occasion you did, you decided to do it in Wetherspoons in Manchester Piccadilly?
Where's your next holiday? Aleppo?
I would say the biggest issue facing younger people today is a dependence on social media and value they place on being liked by strangers leading to anxiety and other mental health issues
Sound the off-on-a-tangent klaxon, but I'd say the biggest issue facing younger people is the hollowing out of the economy, increasing polarisation of wealth and the subsequent impossibility of buying a property for many of them.
Would you not agree that's likely to have more of a negative impact on their lives than Instagram?
As for social media: what we're seeing is just it settling down after the initial giddiness
Remember in the 90's? Every company went 'we NEED a website?!!" without really asking why. Just because everyone else has got one. All this led too was a lot of essentially pointless (and really badly designed) websites. Just because....
In the same way, every company has rushed to set up a social media presence without really asking why, or what they're trying to achieve with it. Now, after the initial 'look, we've got a facebook page' silliness they're looking at it and asking what they're getting out of it. In most cases, its just people moaning and slagging them off, so I'd imagine that in future a lot of companies, while not cutting them off completely, will scale it right back
Now, after the initial ‘look, we’ve got a facebook page’ silliness they’re looking at it and asking what they’re getting out of it. In most cases, its just people moaning and slagging them off, so I’d imagine that in future a lot of companies, while not cutting them off completely, will scale it right back
Going back to my initial response to the OP, I think companies doing that would be misguided.
Social media has become the primary communications channel for a lot of customers now. I'm not saying millennials are afraid of picking up the phone, but y'know.
Done well, it enables companies to be very responsive and to deal with issues in an economical way in many cases.If we assume a certain number of the disgruntled punters would be clogging up their call centres with unreasonable complaints, they can be dispatched much quicker on social media and the genuine problems can be channeled to the relevant team.
I think you're both right.
"Social media," like with websites before them, is going through phases. Phase 1 is where it's the Next Big Thing and everyone has to have a presence without really understanding why. Phase 2 we're seeing now where the initial furore falls away and folk are going "what's this actually for?" Phase 3 will be when most people / companies start to understand the value and implement a proper strategy, maybe have someone properly run their streams in an official capacity rather than giving it to the office junior to look after.
Social media done well is a powerful tool. It has an immediacy that you don't get with other forms of communication. Done badly it can be ruinous.