A bit council (Vol 3)
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alorotom said:
arfursleep said:
jakesmith said:
A relative booked us lunch at a nice sounding pub, the Dog and Hounds, turns out it was a Toby Carvery!
Council highlight was the 2 ladies standing in front of me in the queue, wearing active-wear from head to toe, judging by their figures, holding their XL plates was the most exercise they typically do
My wife's council upbringing shows through as she has in the past suggested/insisted that we visit a Toby Carvery on a Sunday. Council highlight was the 2 ladies standing in front of me in the queue, wearing active-wear from head to toe, judging by their figures, holding their XL plates was the most exercise they typically do
It's a riot of noise, fake-tan, troweled on make-up, sleeve / neck tattoos, 'leisure' wear and appalling table manners. The food is tolerable unlike most of the clientele.
I have resolved never to go again and am happy to pay any additional costs to avoid such purgatory.
gus607 said:
The last visit to Toby Carvery for me was when the roast beef was so tough I asked if a chainsaw had been used to slice it !
The breakfasts aren't much better.Visited at the Mrs suggestion, the clientele appeared (in the main) to fall into two camps
Hi Viz vest types, conversations carrying across the restaurant - every other word being f
kLarger ladies enjoying the all you can eat buffet. Some were still in the PJ's
Oh, and the food was garbage
We would occasionally go to the nearest Toby, the food in the daytime wasnt bad, plenty of veg(healthy!) & endless coke,which is nice when its hot. Im annoyed they got rid of the unlimited custard though. Now nearest one is about 40 miles away, so no chance. The old one is a Denny's now
Kermit power said:
nonsequitur said:
kowalski655 said:
Grahamdub said:
Kermit power said:
How else would one leave them? 
I'd take the glasses back to the bar if I'd just had a beer in a pub, but I certainly wouldn't clear away the plates and wash down the table if I'd had a meal! Does that make me council?
There are limits though. I saw food all over the table and spilled drinks. This is from adults, not children. I'd take the glasses back to the bar if I'd just had a beer in a pub, but I certainly wouldn't clear away the plates and wash down the table if I'd had a meal! Does that make me council?
It was smeared under the table and on the seats too, duty manager was tempted to close the whole restaurant but decided to get the seats and table unscrewed, tape off the area and dump the whole lot in the skip.
Probably the second worst thing I saw there. Or probably the worst, depending on ones POV. Certainly up there with the kids pizza party 'incident' - which apparently is an urban legend. Except it was true.
kowalski655 said:
We would occasionally go to the nearest Toby, the food in the daytime wasnt bad, plenty of veg(healthy!) & endless coke,which is nice when its hot. Im annoyed they got rid of the unlimited custard though. Now nearest one is about 40 miles away, so no chance. The old one is a Denny's now
I didn’t know Denny’s had made it to the UK ... sweet lord all my Christmases have come at onceUsed to take my Mum to the local Toby every Sunday until she got so bad, (Alzheimer's), she went into a home 
Food was OK, the beef was usually good, not quite rare enough but not bad.
Saw one family regularly. They where all big, and big eaters, but the guy was huge.
He would loudly ask for a large plate, then extra meat, (you got beef, turkey, and pork / gammon, 2 of the 3 for a large lunch, he'd loudly insist on all 3), then pile so much potato, veg, and stuffing balls, it looked to be a good 4 - 5 inches high at the middle. Then Yorkshire Puds, then gravy, dribbling off the plate as he waddled back to his seat!
The first time I saw him, I thought his chair would break as he sat down! Was disappointed when it didn't to be honest but then I do have a twisted sense of humour, much the same as my Mum, who would have p*ssed herself if he had.
He would sit there shovelling forkfuls in his gob, not even finishing a mouthful before the next one was being crammed in! The really bad thing for me was, he would start to sweat as soon as he started eating and after a few forkfuls, it would be dripping off his face, into his dinner!! And mouth open, chewing and talking, bits of food spraying out and landing back on his plate!
Then a stodgy sweet after, and 2-3 pints of lager during!
We'd try and sit across the other side of the restaurant after the first couple of times, but could see him loading his plate and still hear him!! We got to know a few of the staff quite well, they'd always ask how Mum was which used to make her feel special You could see them cringe slightly as this family invaded each week!
Stopped going every week after Mum got bad but I have been with friends now and then. Not seen him again though, which is nice!!
Food was OK, the beef was usually good, not quite rare enough but not bad.
Saw one family regularly. They where all big, and big eaters, but the guy was huge.
He would loudly ask for a large plate, then extra meat, (you got beef, turkey, and pork / gammon, 2 of the 3 for a large lunch, he'd loudly insist on all 3), then pile so much potato, veg, and stuffing balls, it looked to be a good 4 - 5 inches high at the middle. Then Yorkshire Puds, then gravy, dribbling off the plate as he waddled back to his seat!
The first time I saw him, I thought his chair would break as he sat down! Was disappointed when it didn't to be honest but then I do have a twisted sense of humour, much the same as my Mum, who would have p*ssed herself if he had.
He would sit there shovelling forkfuls in his gob, not even finishing a mouthful before the next one was being crammed in! The really bad thing for me was, he would start to sweat as soon as he started eating and after a few forkfuls, it would be dripping off his face, into his dinner!! And mouth open, chewing and talking, bits of food spraying out and landing back on his plate!
Then a stodgy sweet after, and 2-3 pints of lager during!We'd try and sit across the other side of the restaurant after the first couple of times, but could see him loading his plate and still hear him!! We got to know a few of the staff quite well, they'd always ask how Mum was which used to make her feel special
You could see them cringe slightly as this family invaded each week!Stopped going every week after Mum got bad but I have been with friends now and then. Not seen him again though, which is nice!!
Edited by Short Grain on Thursday 20th December 00:23
alorotom said:
I didn’t know Denny’s had made it to the UK ... sweet lord all my Christmases have come at once
Denny’s are great in the U.S. and Canada, streeets in front of Perkin’s, Country Kitchen, Golden Corral, Applebee’s, and Cracker Barrel IMO.I always go for the fresh fruit option, apples, bananas, blueberries, orange and mango slices, loganberries, peaches, you feel full after, but it must be healthier than pigging out on home fries, fried eggs, and sausage patties.
My wife likes the breakfast poutine that they do in Canadian Denny locations, red-skinned potatoes, lots of seasoning, cheese curds, all topped with Hollandaise sauce.
Maybe they do poutine in the U.S., but we haven’t been over for maybe three years to see it.
I hope that any Denny’s franchises that open in the U.K. follow the U.S. model, but I have my doubts.
Anyone who has travelled in the South and South West of the U.S. has probably tried “Chilis.”
A location opened in Canary Wharf, Docklands, London, 12-15 years or more back, identical decor, identical menu, the food items were just as good as the U.S., but they couldn’t import the U.S. brand of service, you got the U.K kind.
If the staff felt like a chat about last night’s TV, you could wait until they were ready to take your order, same with bringing it to you, “How are those refried beans that I ordered with this burger?”
“They’re on their way, won’t be long.”
“Can I get the bill please?, I’ve asked twice already.”
“I’ll try to find your waitress, I think that she’s in the kitchen.”
Needless to say, Chilis went out of the window, damn quick.
I need to consult the combined wisdom of PH, on the subject of compo.
A while back I had to raise a complaint with one of the High Street retail banks over a payment I had made. I had a call yesterday that my complaint has been accepted, their error corrected, letter of apology in the post and they will arrange to credit me with £100 as compensation for my trouble. I didn't ask for any compo.
Should I stand up for my principles and refuse to accept it?
A while back I had to raise a complaint with one of the High Street retail banks over a payment I had made. I had a call yesterday that my complaint has been accepted, their error corrected, letter of apology in the post and they will arrange to credit me with £100 as compensation for my trouble. I didn't ask for any compo.
Should I stand up for my principles and refuse to accept it?
hutchst said:
I need to consult the combined wisdom of PH, on the subject of compo.
A while back I had to raise a complaint with one of the High Street retail banks over a payment I had made. I had a call yesterday that my complaint has been accepted, their error corrected, letter of apology in the post and they will arrange to credit me with £100 as compensation for my trouble. I didn't ask for any compo.
Should I stand up for my principles and refuse to accept it?
Nonissue - you didn’t ask for it. Council complain and demand compo - that’s their only reason for any complaint (to get something for nothing)A while back I had to raise a complaint with one of the High Street retail banks over a payment I had made. I had a call yesterday that my complaint has been accepted, their error corrected, letter of apology in the post and they will arrange to credit me with £100 as compensation for my trouble. I didn't ask for any compo.
Should I stand up for my principles and refuse to accept it?
hutchst said:
I need to consult the combined wisdom of PH, on the subject of compo.
A while back I had to raise a complaint with one of the High Street retail banks over a payment I had made. I had a call yesterday that my complaint has been accepted, their error corrected, letter of apology in the post and they will arrange to credit me with £100 as compensation for my trouble. I didn't ask for any compo.
Should I stand up for my principles and refuse to accept it?
Why on earth would you do that? A while back I had to raise a complaint with one of the High Street retail banks over a payment I had made. I had a call yesterday that my complaint has been accepted, their error corrected, letter of apology in the post and they will arrange to credit me with £100 as compensation for my trouble. I didn't ask for any compo.
Should I stand up for my principles and refuse to accept it?
Chasing compensation on made up grounds like the holidayers a few posts up? Totally council.
Chasing compensation because a hotel has really given you food poisoning through lax hygiene standards, meaning you spent your entire several grand holiday in hospital or puking your guts up, unable to leave your room? You'd hope that the holiday company would offer you a new holiday as soon as you're well enough by way of compensation anyway, but sadly these days the norm seems to be to do nothing to show contrition unless sued by the customer.
In this instance, your bank has clearly recognised that they've screwed you around and inconvenienced you, so had made a spontaneous gesture to say sorry. I cannot begin to understand why you wouldn't just say "thanks for the carefully calculated gesture to keep me as a happy customer" and take your other half out for a meal or something. If you really do have some weird belief that nobody should ever be compensated for another's errors, then you could always donate the money to charity.
oldest joke in the book that:
why is it homeless people drink tennents ?
You can also have- what's grey and damp and hangs off the side of a Satellite dish ?
A council house.
rang a bloke this week to investigate his complaint.
He told me it was a "f'ing honour he'd even picked the phone up and was talking to me".
Our crime ?
we'd offered him a brand new, new build 2 bed house in his area of choice.
genuinely I cannot determine, even after having spoken to him, what his complaint is.
Corbyn's Britain- its broken I tell you.
why is it homeless people drink tennents ?
You can also have- what's grey and damp and hangs off the side of a Satellite dish ?
A council house.
rang a bloke this week to investigate his complaint.
He told me it was a "f'ing honour he'd even picked the phone up and was talking to me".
Our crime ?
we'd offered him a brand new, new build 2 bed house in his area of choice.
genuinely I cannot determine, even after having spoken to him, what his complaint is.
Corbyn's Britain- its broken I tell you.
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