The Great British Rip off

[paulchapo]

Is that not the Wetherspoons model?? Old blokes, cheap beer, no loud music and the biggest load of shite ever spoken. Or is that just the Wetherspoons in Wells, Somerset??
I don’t go as they have a NO DOGS rule. Plenty of dog friendly pubs that have exactly the same offer at the moment.
Future of the traditional pub looks bleak.

Ha ha probably. They had a wetherspoons in Didsbury, always packed and as cheap as chips. For some reason they closed it and it's now a yuppie type place called the Botanist. A mate and myself decided to go in and have a look. No draught lager or bitter. I had a pale ale and my mate a cider. Almost £12 for the two. They did have a bloke playing the piano and singing but fucking hell that price! We had one drink and fucked off back to the Royal Oak lol.

 

[mexico1970]

Plenty of wine bars and themed pubs for the young 'uns to waste their money one. In my experience it's the older clientele who like the real ale type of places and there are a fair few of those sprinkled about albeit not in the big smoke.

Child friendly pubs and the smoking ban amongst other things killed the spit and sawdust off, but if you look around and guard your pennies there are bargains to be had most places.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

I think it's staffing that is causing the big problems. The Thai near me is advertising for bar staff at £11ph and the minimum wage is what £9? These places clearly can't get the staff.

It's really unfair for people to say that all of these places are just being greedy. For many they have to increase prices or they'll go bust. More pubs are going bust than are surviving. For chains they probably are coining it in as they have the scale to reduce prices but your local probably isn't and no pub owner will work 16hr days to earn nowt.

And that my friend is Brexit for you. Same applies to any of your mates who may have wanted to work a season behind a bar in Spain

 

[Bill Walker]

And that my friend is Brexit for you. Same applies to any of your mates who may have wanted to work a season behind a bar in Spain

Can't be just Brexit though as exactly the same thing is happening here in Oz. Nearly every cafe, restaurant, even fast food and loads of shops are advertising for staff, so used to seeing the "we are hiring" signs on the walls.
I have never seen this before in the 34 years I've lived here.

Whatever caused this in the UK seems to be causing it here.
Maybe our American cousins on here can tell us if it's the same there.

 

[Corky]

Can't be just Brexit though as exactly the same thing is happening here in Oz. Nearly every cafe, restaurant, even fast food and loads of shops joints are advertising for staff, so used to seeing the "we are hiring" signs on the walls.
I have never seen this before in the 34 years I've lived here.

Whatever caused this in the UK seems to be causing it here.
Maybe our American cousins on here can tell us if it's the same there.

Brexit and Covid both closed borders and impacted the jobs market.

 

[paulchapo]

He's a Yank but the same applies here too.

 

[Victorinodennistua]

There is a festival called 'Bestival'. Looked at tickets for this today, for a weekend with camping, 2 adults with 2 teenagers, £685.

Fook that off. Get your tent out on the lawn and plug your wireless in. Defrost that birds eye Victoria sponge and you’ve got a party.

 

[m7mcfc]

Hot dog at Alton towers the other day, £9!

They can fuck off it’s ridiculous

Yes I went the other week and they searched the Mrs bag and made us throw the bottles of water away. I thought fuck you lot I ain't buying a thing in here. We'd had a McDonald's breakfast and I said to my young lads dad will get us a nice meal in a pub on the way home.

 

[kinkyblue]

This is the way forward, invite a few friends round with some cans and you can have just as much fun as in a pub.

I do it’s called Sergio’s!