Miguel Sanchez Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 16 minutes ago, gannonball said: I think I have heard him twice. One was a manics cover Iirc and was decent. The other was Streets of New York which I automatically disliked as I hate the song and it goes on till closing time. As a general rule of thumb, given pub singers arent seen as a high standard, Stirling punches well above its weight for decent (paid) pub singers I didn't know you were a magee alias. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 26 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said: I didn't know you were a magee alias. I've known GB for years, fondly recall, on a Euro jaunt to Rennes a few years ago his story of the time his mum mistakenly thought he was a heroin addict. Likes his Guinness that boy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 31 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said: I didn't know you were a magee alias. To be fair, you didn’t know you were a Magee alias either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 My best trick for getting served in the old student’s union in Aberdeen was to collect empty glasses on the way to the bar, say “excuse me” to anyone in the way and get straight to the bar.Usually got served straight away for helping out the bar staff 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 On 26/05/2014 at 20:06, MONKMAN said: Anyone waiving a note in the air, like it gives them some sort of priority in the queue, deserves a brick in the face. That said, anyone who walks up to the bar and allows themselves to be served before people who have been obviously waiting longer, also deserve a brick to the face. When I worked in a club/bar my mate had someone waving a tenner at him while he was clearly serving someone mid drink pour also, kept doing this and my mate just whipped it out the boys hand amd stuck it in his tip jar and continued to serve everyone who was there before him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 9 hours ago, DA Baracus said: There should be a queuing system in bars similar to what you see in the Post Office, so that you wait in the line (tightly controlled) then only go to the relevant service point when the light and robot voice say so ("Till number 1" etc). This is because too many folk can't be trusted to be sound. I worked in a bar before (hated it). I just flat out ignored folk who waved money or snapped their fingers. One time I was left alone to cover the entire bar, and the place was absolutely rammed. There was no way to tell who was first so it was just random, which made some folk utterly furious. In busy pubs they should just say pints only and no change given. I mean heaving pubs next to a football ground etc. Cant beat some twat ordering some daft round and taking up everyone else's time. Twenty people glaring thinking the same thing. I was in a pub near Easter road a couple of seasons back and it seemed obvious what the problem was. Just pour pints and say it's this or nothing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growl3th Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 In busy pubs they should just say pints only and no change given. I mean heaving pubs next to a football ground etc. Cant beat some twat ordering some daft round and taking up everyone else's time. Twenty people glaring thinking the same thing. I was in a pub near Easter road a couple of seasons back and it seemed obvious what the problem was. Just pour pints and say it's this or nothing. Just pour pints? Stoopid Townie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 20 hours ago, D.A.F.C said: In busy pubs they should just say pints only and no change given. I mean heaving pubs next to a football ground etc. Cant beat some twat ordering some daft round and taking up everyone else's time. Twenty people glaring thinking the same thing. I was in a pub near Easter road a couple of seasons back and it seemed obvious what the problem was. Just pour pints and say it's this or nothing. Pish. Nips take far less time to pour... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 On 12/11/2018 at 14:45, Romeo said: I find a couple of things will get you up the serving pecking order in busy pubs. 1. Not being a bellend and indulging in the kind of behaviour already mentioned. Snapping your fingers at bar staff should be an automatic barring/kick in the pie. 2. Money talks. If you are getting a few drinks and it comes to say 8.60 or 9.20 give the bar person a tenner and dont't wait for the change. This works well especially if you are in a place for a while and you do it a couple of times. I am aware this will go down badly on P&B but working in a busy pub full of drunken arseholes is a pretty thankless low paying job. Nice try, but you don't get to play the altruism card having just admitted that you're in fact bribing them to get and then shovel down your shite pints of Carling at a slightly quicker rate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Nice try, but you don't get to play the altruism card having just admitted that you're in fact bribing them to get and then shovel down your shite pints of Carling at a slightly quicker rate. It's a fair cop guv...[emoji20] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ah-dee Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 without reading through the entire thread im sure all the usual things have been mentioned but a huge one for me is barmaids boyfriends shouldn't be allowed in if they are jealous arseholes. nothing worse than getting served and her lad is sat growling away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Anyone else go out with their Mrs/Mr/significant other and instead of knowing what they want to drink they have to peruse a fucking menu for 20 mins?Mrs Romeo is famous for this. Then she'll order a ridiculous cocktail which means I have to wait 10 minutes for my pint. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 31 minutes ago, Angusfifer said: Pish. Nips take far less time to pour... Reported for racism. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 6 minutes ago, Romeo said: Anyone else go out with their Mrs/Mr/significant other and instead of knowing what they want to drink they have to peruse a fucking menu for 20 mins? Mrs Romeo is famous for this. Then she'll order a ridiculous cocktail which means I have to wait 10 minutes for my pint. Have a pint while she's choosing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 6 minutes ago, Romeo said: Anyone else go out with their Mrs/Mr/significant other and instead of knowing what they want to drink they have to peruse a fucking menu for 20 mins? Mrs Romeo is famous for this. Then she'll order a ridiculous cocktail which means I have to wait 10 minutes for my pint. Order your pint then the cocktail and once the cocktail has been poured order another pint because you'll have finished the first one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Have a pint while she's choosing. Order your pint then the cocktail and once the cocktail has been poured order another pint because you'll have finished the first one.^^^ Alchys 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 1 minute ago, Romeo said: ^^^ Alchys ^^^Two pints while she chooses. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 1 minute ago, Romeo said: ^^^ Alchys I assume you're trying to make a point, can you elucidate? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ah-dee Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Anyone else go out with their Mrs/Mr/significant other and instead of knowing what they want to drink they have to peruse a fucking menu for 20 mins?Mrs Romeo is famous for this. Then she'll order a ridiculous cocktail which means I have to wait 10 minutes for my pint.mrs ah is worse. spends ages with the menu then orders a g&t. what she always drinks 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 16 minutes ago, Romeo said: ^^^ Alchys Me: "Pint of...and whatever she's having" Go and sit down. Her: "What kind of gin have you got...do you do cocktails...have you got Fever Tree Tonic...can you still serve coffee...what's that the woman over there is drinking...is it strong...have you got no Brockmans...Bombay Sapphire and slimline Fever Tree then...in a big glass...lots of ice." Me: "Same again please" Her: "I don't really like it here, he was quite cheeky." 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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