A bit council (Vol 3)
Discussion
Nanook said:
I'd never heard of Toby Carvery til one popped us near us at Hillington a few years ago. Went once, realised it was awful, never went back.
Seems others feel the same way, as we drove past at the weekend to get to Costa (rip off, but another story, wasn't for me) and noticed it's been shut down and is being turned into something else.
Sloppy roast fodder for pensioners, but I'm not sure if council.Seems others feel the same way, as we drove past at the weekend to get to Costa (rip off, but another story, wasn't for me) and noticed it's been shut down and is being turned into something else.
There is one where I live. It's popular with pensioners and I must admit to using it once or twice a year on a cold winter night when we can't be bothered to cook.
It's not fine dining but it's definitely not Wetherspoons.
I concede that I only have experience of one branch and its not in a council area.
I guess I'd classify it as potentially council.
But yes, carveries on general can be council. It's the works canteen queuing up and piling high thing that I think the councilieros find appealing.
Digga said:
Apparently was opened by Katherine Ryan who was, herself, a Hooters waitress before she became a stand-up comedian: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-4562...
Is that what she is? I just thought she was an annoying dullard with not a single funny bone in her body
Saleen836 said:
Digga said:
Apparently was opened by Katherine Ryan who was, herself, a Hooters waitress before she became a stand-up comedian: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-4562...
Is that what she is? I just thought she was an annoying dullard with not a single funny bone in her body
Cotty said:
captain_cynic said:
I think Hooters follows the same method of McD's where it tries to be consistent the world over with food and what not.
McD's menus are country specific, or at least certain items are only available in certain countries. 
Cotty said:
McD's menus are country specific, or at least certain items are only available in certain countries.
What I meant is that a Big Mac is pretty much the same the world over, same as the restaurant format. I'm yet to go to a country where Big Mac's aren't served, although in Thailand the Quarter Pounder isn't on the menu. I highly doubt the Medellin Hooters was serving chicken wings shipped in from Kentucky, they would have been locally sourced but the preparation and service would be the same (although, Colombian birds vs American... nee competition really).
captain_cynic said:
What I meant is that a Big Mac is pretty much the same the world over, same as the restaurant format. I'm yet to go to a country where Big Mac's aren't served, although in Thailand the Quarter Pounder isn't on the menu.
I highly doubt the Medellin Hooters was serving chicken wings shipped in from Kentucky, they would have been locally sourced but the preparation and service would be the same (although, Colombian birds vs American... nee competition really).
No Big Mac in India - beef/cows being sacred and all. I highly doubt the Medellin Hooters was serving chicken wings shipped in from Kentucky, they would have been locally sourced but the preparation and service would be the same (although, Colombian birds vs American... nee competition really).
Toaster Pilot said:
No Big Mac in India - beef/cows being sacred and all.
They have burgers here though 
http://www.mcindians.com/
p4cks said:
Punching doors and/or the inability to control your temper is council as f
k.
Just moved into a house where the previous owner or an associate has punched a hole in the bog door
In some cases the rage is synthetic and the door-punching is a statement of masculinity akin to chest beating I reckon. Also council, obviously.k. Just moved into a house where the previous owner or an associate has punched a hole in the bog door
captain_cynic said:
Kermit power said:
captain_cynic said:
Most UK holidays are council, but not all council holidays are in the UK.
Also, buffet breakfast at a hotel... Council.
What sort of drugs are you on???Also, buffet breakfast at a hotel... Council.
Try walking, mountain biking or similar in Snowdonia just as one example. Very much lacking in council the last time I checked. I suspect it says more about the sort of person you are if the places you've been in the UK are council destinations.
As for buffet breakfasts in hotels being council, I take it you've never travelled anywhere on business? The last thing I'd want to do is waste extra time in the morning waiting for table service.
You clearly didn't read my post, I didn't say all holidays in the UK were council, just most. But yes, mountain biking as any kind of holiday is council. You may not think it is, but everyone else does, especially the people you're holding up.
Also yet to find a breakfast buffet that isn't council. Given that you think mountain biking is a good holiday you've really shot yourself in the foot here.
Further more, if I'm travelling for business (which I've had to do quite a bit in the past) then someone else is paying for it... So you're damn well right I'm going to a nice sit down restaurant to have a table service meal billed to the client. If the client will not meet such basic requirements, then good luck finding someone with my level of skill who'll do the same job.
In fact all my previous jobs have stipulated I'm not permitted to work more than 8 hours when working away from home as the "reasonable overtime" in most professional contracts clause goes right out the window and some hideously expensive overtime comes into it. I also got paid for flight time, regardless of if it was in or out of business hours, once again, see the part about the client above.
If you find you're pressed for time when working away... it's either poor planning or you need a better career.
I would respond, but I'm about to go mountain biking for the rest of the day, and so many others have done it so eloquently for me already!
Kermit power said:
captain_cynic said:
Kermit power said:
captain_cynic said:
Most UK holidays are council, but not all council holidays are in the UK.
Also, buffet breakfast at a hotel... Council.
What sort of drugs are you on???Also, buffet breakfast at a hotel... Council.
Try walking, mountain biking or similar in Snowdonia just as one example. Very much lacking in council the last time I checked. I suspect it says more about the sort of person you are if the places you've been in the UK are council destinations.
As for buffet breakfasts in hotels being council, I take it you've never travelled anywhere on business? The last thing I'd want to do is waste extra time in the morning waiting for table service.
You clearly didn't read my post, I didn't say all holidays in the UK were council, just most. But yes, mountain biking as any kind of holiday is council. You may not think it is, but everyone else does, especially the people you're holding up.
Also yet to find a breakfast buffet that isn't council. Given that you think mountain biking is a good holiday you've really shot yourself in the foot here.
Further more, if I'm travelling for business (which I've had to do quite a bit in the past) then someone else is paying for it... So you're damn well right I'm going to a nice sit down restaurant to have a table service meal billed to the client. If the client will not meet such basic requirements, then good luck finding someone with my level of skill who'll do the same job.
In fact all my previous jobs have stipulated I'm not permitted to work more than 8 hours when working away from home as the "reasonable overtime" in most professional contracts clause goes right out the window and some hideously expensive overtime comes into it. I also got paid for flight time, regardless of if it was in or out of business hours, once again, see the part about the client above.
If you find you're pressed for time when working away... it's either poor planning or you need a better career.
I would respond, but I'm about to go mountain biking for the rest of the day, and so many others have done it so eloquently for me already!
nonsequitur said:
Cotty said:
captain_cynic said:
I think Hooters follows the same method of McD's where it tries to be consistent the world over with food and what not.
McD's menus are country specific, or at least certain items are only available in certain countries. t. p4cks said:
Punching doors and/or the inability to control your temper is council as fk.
Just moved into a house where the previous owner or an associate has punched a hole in the bog door
I barely enter a tenanted prop that doesn’t have most of the doors damaged. We don’t let tnts move without houses/gardens being in good order. 9/10 times we fail them on gardens and doors punched through. k. Just moved into a house where the previous owner or an associate has punched a hole in the bog door
And general filth and debt.
We don’t even build hses now with large fenced gardens: they cannot look after them
Square if tarmac at the front for putting the mobility car on, or bmw. Patch of grass at the back.
Honestly we’re breeding a society of idiots.
Taking your children to McDonalds, then sitting the whole family at the iPad table, getting your food delivered directly there - ensuring said sprogs can stuff food into their mouths whilst continuing to monopolise the tablet area, smearing salt and milkshake over the screens while they do so
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