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When did queuing in pubs become a thing?

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I refuse to go to bars unless there is sawdust on the floor and a spitoon.


 
Posted : 19/07/2026 11:57 am
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Last time I went to the Waterhead Inn near Ambleside they had signs up asking folk not to form a single line. 

They was still a massive line stretching across the empty floor and out the door which everybody had to squeeze through if they wanted to walk around for whatever reason. 

Very much a chain pub/punter thing in my experience. 


 
Posted : 19/07/2026 12:19 pm
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I frequent the sadlers cat (rip pilcrow) and it seems to have become a thing, I was chatting to the staff about it they are bemused by it.  its a bar ffs, use it properly.


 
Posted : 19/07/2026 1:14 pm
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Posted by: theotherjonv

Sometimes it's an old style scrum, but if you haven't grown up with that if you don't know the system and it's a genuine free for all, it does create a bit of a potential for trouble in a busy city pub on a Sat night.

‘S’why you don’t find me in a city pub pretty much any time, unless I’m in Bath of an afternoon, when I might pop into the Raven for a pie and a pint, but they’ve got two bars, so it’s pretty easy to get served.


 
Posted : 19/07/2026 5:39 pm
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Agree its a stupid thing but for all those saying ignore it. Try ignoring it in a pub in Liverpool. Either the staff will tell you to join the Q or you will start a ruck...


 
Posted : 20/07/2026 11:45 am
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