When will we be able to go to the pub again?
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bad company said:
That’s why I’m not enthused. Book a table? It’s a frickin PUB !!!!!
Mine will also keep all of the windows open for ventilation so it’ll be cold.
"What did you have to do at the end of the global pandemic daddy?"Mine will also keep all of the windows open for ventilation so it’ll be cold.
"Well son, although 10s of thousands of people around the world were dying, often without oxygen or medication, we had to suffer the heinous injustice of HAVING TO BOOK A TABLE AT A PUB!!!!!!!"
"OK daddy time for one of your lie downs"
vaud said:
bad company said:
That’s why I’m not enthused. Book a table? It’s a frickin PUB !!!!!
Mine will also keep all of the windows open for ventilation so it’ll be cold.
"What did you have to do at the end of the global pandemic daddy?"Mine will also keep all of the windows open for ventilation so it’ll be cold.
"Well son, although 10s of thousands of people around the world were dying, often without oxygen or medication, we had to suffer the heinous injustice of HAVING TO BOOK A TABLE AT A PUB!!!!!!!"
"OK daddy time for one of your lie downs"
You do realise that the existence of one element doesn't cancel out the other?
That is, just because one element of bad s
t is happening, doesn't preclude someone from not being happy at some other, unrelated element.Otherwise, where do you draw the line? In every area of life, you can look at an issue or circumstance that someone unhappy with, and trump it with what is happening to someone else.
Booking tables at pubs pisses me off, but that doesn't mean to say that I have no empathy for people who have lost loved ones to Covid. Which essentially what you're saying here.
However, don't let that logic get in the way of your hyperbole. Why not roll out some spurious comparison to WWII while you're at it?
Edited by TheJimi on Thursday 22 April 14:15
I like booking a table at a pub. If I go to my local I usually go to the bar and stand around the general area, so when that returns I will continue to do so, but it's nice to know if I'm meeting up with people in town we can be guaranteed a seat. Booked for tomorrow arvo and Saturday at a very popular pub with a huge garden and with the weather the way it is you'd need to be there at midday to guarantee a seat outside in normal times, but we know we have a table set, so can head down at 3pm, happy days!
Bit annoying if you're out and about and just fancy dropping in for a pint, however!
Bit annoying if you're out and about and just fancy dropping in for a pint, however!
TheJimi said:
vaud said:
bad company said:
That’s why I’m not enthused. Book a table? It’s a frickin PUB !!!!!
Mine will also keep all of the windows open for ventilation so it’ll be cold.
"What did you have to do at the end of the global pandemic daddy?"Mine will also keep all of the windows open for ventilation so it’ll be cold.
"Well son, although 10s of thousands of people around the world were dying, often without oxygen or medication, we had to suffer the heinous injustice of HAVING TO BOOK A TABLE AT A PUB!!!!!!!"
"OK daddy time for one of your lie downs"
You do realise that the existence of one element doesn't cancel out the other?
That is, just because one element of bad s
t is happening, doesn't preclude someone from not being happy at some other, unrelated element.Otherwise, where do you draw the line? In every area of life, you can look at an issue or circumstance that someone unhappy with, and trump it with what is happening to someone else.
Booking tables at pubs pisses me off, but that doesn't mean to say that I have no empathy for people who have lost loved ones to Covid.
If its a local town with 1 pub. BOOK to avoid a wasted walk.
If its a large town with multiple pubs move on to the next pub until you find a seat. The more pubs that get money this summer the more will still be open this time next year.
TheJimi said:
BrabusMog said:
Bit annoying if you're out and about and just fancy dropping in for a pint, however!
This is the element that pisses me off the most about it - it kills spontaneity. Everything needs to be planned to the n'th degree.
Cotty said:
The problem with having to book a table is the pub I go to there are more people than seats. No problem on a nice day as we will just grab our pints and stand outside in the sun, but we can't do that as we don't have a table.
Yep, I used to drink at a pub by Denmark Hill station and people would sit outside on the steps in nice weather rather than inside! I wonder if they have chalked "tables" off on the steps, it has been a long time since I've been that way.TheJimi said:
You do realise that the existence of one element doesn't cancel out the other?
That is, just because one element of bad s
t is happening, doesn't preclude someone from not being happy at some other, unrelated element.Otherwise, where do you draw the line? In every area of life, you can look at an issue or circumstance that someone unhappy with, and trump it with what is happening to someone else.
Booking tables at pubs pisses me off, but that doesn't mean to say that I have no empathy for people who have lost loved ones to Covid. Which essentially what you're saying here.
However, don't let that logic get in the way of your hyperbole. Why not roll out some spurious comparison to WWII while you're at it?
Booking at pubs is sensible given they have much reduced capacity and also want predictability. I'd expect many to start charging deposits for food booking as well, as no-shows will hurt them even more than previous years.
BrabusMog said:
Yep, I used to drink at a pub by Denmark Hill station and people would sit outside on the steps in nice weather rather than inside! I wonder if they have chalked "tables" off on the steps, it has been a long time since I've been that way.
Last time I went to the station the Phoenix had used the complete outside of the station with tables taking up the whole road so you can't get past, looking online some of the uni students who are disabled now have to take a massive detour due to this and have been complaining.Random pic from streetview of the setup shows the issue.
https://goo.gl/maps/nzM2VSjJWbjoks5H8
vaud said:
TheJimi said:
You do realise that the existence of one element doesn't cancel out the other?
That is, just because one element of bad s
t is happening, doesn't preclude someone from not being happy at some other, unrelated element.Otherwise, where do you draw the line? In every area of life, you can look at an issue or circumstance that someone unhappy with, and trump it with what is happening to someone else.
Booking tables at pubs pisses me off, but that doesn't mean to say that I have no empathy for people who have lost loved ones to Covid. Which essentially what you're saying here.
However, don't let that logic get in the way of your hyperbole. Why not roll out some spurious comparison to WWII while you're at it?
Booking at pubs is sensible given they have much reduced capacity and also want predictability. I'd expect many to start charging deposits for food booking as well, as no-shows will hurt them even more than previous years.
Apologies for not taking it as teasing, however. I've just seen so many spurious comparisons that I've gotten sense of humour failure
I've probably averaged 5 trips to the pub every week since I was 18, about 25 years give or take. I go as an early doors drinker and then for food at various places.
I've no interest in booking, having to sit down and follow whatever set of arbitrary rules are in place one day to the next. Banning me from standing up or going to sit a a table or stand outside in the sun for a bit. It sucks all the joy out of it. Other people might not feel how I do a out it, that's their prerogative.
I'm not going to the pub socially until things are back to normal. If they don't get back to something resembling normal, I won't go back. Probably no great loss to publicans, a few hundred quid a month, but something I used to enjoy that I can't anymore.
I've no interest in booking, having to sit down and follow whatever set of arbitrary rules are in place one day to the next. Banning me from standing up or going to sit a a table or stand outside in the sun for a bit. It sucks all the joy out of it. Other people might not feel how I do a out it, that's their prerogative.
I'm not going to the pub socially until things are back to normal. If they don't get back to something resembling normal, I won't go back. Probably no great loss to publicans, a few hundred quid a month, but something I used to enjoy that I can't anymore.
RonaldMcDonaldAteMyCat said:
I've probably averaged 5 trips to the pub every week since I was 18, about 25 years give or take. I go as an early doors drinker and then for food at various places.
I've no interest in booking, having to sit down and follow whatever set of arbitrary rules are in place one day to the next. Banning me from standing up or going to sit a a table or stand outside in the sun for a bit. It sucks all the joy out of it. Other people might not feel how I do a out it, that's their prerogative.
I'm not going to the pub socially until things are back to normal. If they don't get back to something resembling normal, I won't go back. Probably no great loss to publicans, a few hundred quid a month, but something I used to enjoy that I can't anymore.
I felt exactly the same but went to a pub yesterday afternoon with a couple of mates. Just a Wetherspoons but one with a fair sized outside space which was 80% full when we arrived around 4 ish. No heaters though so we moved on to a second pub later in the evening.I've no interest in booking, having to sit down and follow whatever set of arbitrary rules are in place one day to the next. Banning me from standing up or going to sit a a table or stand outside in the sun for a bit. It sucks all the joy out of it. Other people might not feel how I do a out it, that's their prerogative.
I'm not going to the pub socially until things are back to normal. If they don't get back to something resembling normal, I won't go back. Probably no great loss to publicans, a few hundred quid a month, but something I used to enjoy that I can't anymore.
Other than having to put a mask on to go inside to the loo, it all felt pretty normal. Ordering on the Wetherspoons app was a breeze and service was quick.
Glad I eased myself back in gently with an 8 hour session!
RonaldMcDonaldAteMyCat said:
I've probably averaged 5 trips to the pub every week since I was 18, about 25 years give or take. I go as an early doors drinker and then for food at various places.
I've no interest in booking, having to sit down and follow whatever set of arbitrary rules are in place one day to the next. Banning me from standing up or going to sit a a table or stand outside in the sun for a bit. It sucks all the joy out of it. Other people might not feel how I do a out it, that's their prerogative.
I'm not going to the pub socially until things are back to normal. If they don't get back to something resembling normal, I won't go back. Probably no great loss to publicans, a few hundred quid a month, but something I used to enjoy that I can't anymore.
Sounds similar to me. 4 - 5 nights a week but no idea how you spent only a few hundred a month (especially as I rarely ate out - just drank). 4 - 5 pints at £5 a pop was £20 - £25 a night so easily £100 a week on the sauce. Add in a few bigger weekend nights and I would say £500 a month would be conservative. I've no interest in booking, having to sit down and follow whatever set of arbitrary rules are in place one day to the next. Banning me from standing up or going to sit a a table or stand outside in the sun for a bit. It sucks all the joy out of it. Other people might not feel how I do a out it, that's their prerogative.
I'm not going to the pub socially until things are back to normal. If they don't get back to something resembling normal, I won't go back. Probably no great loss to publicans, a few hundred quid a month, but something I used to enjoy that I can't anymore.
I will do the odd booking so as to not become a hermit, but would envisage this being no more than once a fortnight or so. I too will be waiting for some normality.
Shnozz said:
RonaldMcDonaldAteMyCat said:
I've probably averaged 5 trips to the pub every week since I was 18, about 25 years give or take. I go as an early doors drinker and then for food at various places.
I've no interest in booking, having to sit down and follow whatever set of arbitrary rules are in place one day to the next. Banning me from standing up or going to sit a a table or stand outside in the sun for a bit. It sucks all the joy out of it. Other people might not feel how I do a out it, that's their prerogative.
I'm not going to the pub socially until things are back to normal. If they don't get back to something resembling normal, I won't go back. Probably no great loss to publicans, a few hundred quid a month, but something I used to enjoy that I can't anymore.
Sounds similar to me. 4 - 5 nights a week but no idea how you spent only a few hundred a month (especially as I rarely ate out - just drank). 4 - 5 pints at £5 a pop was £20 - £25 a night so easily £100 a week on the sauce. Add in a few bigger weekend nights and I would say £500 a month would be conservative. I've no interest in booking, having to sit down and follow whatever set of arbitrary rules are in place one day to the next. Banning me from standing up or going to sit a a table or stand outside in the sun for a bit. It sucks all the joy out of it. Other people might not feel how I do a out it, that's their prerogative.
I'm not going to the pub socially until things are back to normal. If they don't get back to something resembling normal, I won't go back. Probably no great loss to publicans, a few hundred quid a month, but something I used to enjoy that I can't anymore.
I will do the odd booking so as to not become a hermit, but would envisage this being no more than once a fortnight or so. I too will be waiting for some normality.
As things currently stand, I won't be going out of my way to go to a pub. If I'm invited, I'll go, but I won't be taking the initiative. There's no incentive for me when I -
Have to wear a mask at all times other than at the table.
Can't stand at the bar.
Can't order at the bar.
Can't join other people.
Struggle to hear WTF the staff are saying while they're wearing a mask.
In what f
king world is that a fun experience?wiggy001 said:
I felt exactly the same but went to a pub yesterday afternoon with a couple of mates. Just a Wetherspoons but one with a fair sized outside space which was 80% full when we arrived around 4 ish. No heaters though so we moved on to a second pub later in the evening.
Other than having to put a mask on to go inside to the loo, it all felt pretty normal. Ordering on the Wetherspoons app was a breeze and service was quick.
Glad I eased myself back in gently with an 8 hour session!
Yeah. Regardless of the bOther than having to put a mask on to go inside to the loo, it all felt pretty normal. Ordering on the Wetherspoons app was a breeze and service was quick.
Glad I eased myself back in gently with an 8 hour session!
ks rules it’s stillGood to sit round a table and have 5-15 pints
Cotty said:
Maximus_Meridius101 said:
May the 17th should be interesting. If the numbers permit the next bit of the unlocking, it will be interesting to see how busy the pubs and restaurants actually are.
Im booking a table that week. First since August.Dog Star said:
Cotty said:
Maximus_Meridius101 said:
May the 17th should be interesting. If the numbers permit the next bit of the unlocking, it will be interesting to see how busy the pubs and restaurants actually are.
Im booking a table that week. First since August.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff