Why do niteclubs and bars still serve drinks in glasses?

gonedrinking

and not plastic cups? that wouldn't single handedly end people getting glassed on friday and saturday nights. The owners probably wouldn't be much worse off financially as they would save money on dishwashing powder and staff time spent collecting and loading the glasses into the dishwashers. Would also take the pressure off A&E departments which is good for the taxpayer.

Xavi6

Think of the environment dude

Royale with Cheese

Plastic glasses suck. If some place started serving their pints in plastic glasses I would make a point of not going there anymore.

alwaysadub

Drink tastes better out of glasses

Minstrel27

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Plastic glasses suck. If some place started serving their pints in plastic glasses I would make a point of not going there anymore.

Exactly. Drink (alcoholic and non alcoholic) does not taste right from a plastic container.

starviewadams

Pain the arse walkin through a crowded bar/club with a pint in a plastic glass,it feckin spills everywhere if some eejit bumps into you!

Stercus Accidit

You know you are in a scumbag dive or student sh1thole when your drink comes in a plastic cup. May as well give ye a toddlers sippy cup and a high chair.

Nervous Wreck

gonedrinking wrote: »

and not plastic cups? that wouldn't single handedly end people getting glassed on friday and saturday nights. The owners probably wouldn't be much worse off financially as they would save money on dishwashing powder and staff time spent collecting and loading the glasses into the dishwashers. Would also take the pressure off A&E departments which is good for the taxpayer.

Provided they don't smash, glasses last 2 or 3 years before physically deteriorating. The cost of a single-use plastic cup is irreconcilable next to the one-off cost of a glass that will last you 3 years. They might save a few quid a year on dishwashing powder as you say but it wouldn't really make a dent on the thousands of euro they'd lose using exclusively plastic cups.

neil_hosey

pint always gets warmer and flatter quicker in plastic glasses.. they are ****e..


And drinking guinness out of one is disgusting! hate vicar street for that!

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Because plastic cups suck anus.

gonedrinking

I guess my point is it should be made a law that they should be made to serve plastic cups at least on Friday and Saturday nights, say after 8pm, that would be when the vast majority of "glassings" occur

VinnyTGM

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

Provided they don't smash, glasses last 2 or 3 years before physically deteriorating. The cost of a single-use plastic cup is irreconcilable next to the one-off cost of a glass that will last you 3 years. They might save a few quid a year on dishwashing powder as you say but it wouldn't really make a dent on the thousands of euro they'd lose using exclusively plastic cups.

Not to mention the money wasted on buying bin bags and binning the thousands of plastic glasses.

gonedrinking

and as for people saying beer tastes better in glasses, surely after your first 2 pints your taste buds are shot? I know mines are.

Micky Dolenz

gonedrinking wrote: »

I guess my point is it should be made a law that they should be made to serve plastic cups at least on Friday and Saturday nights, say after 8pm, that would be when the vast majority of "glassings" occur

But why make a law for the minority when the majority behave themselves.

If the people want to hurt other people, they'll find a way, glass or not.

gonedrinking

VinnyTGM wrote: »

Not to mention the money wasted on buying bin bags and binning the thousands of plastic glasses.

1 bin bag can hold 1000 plastic cups

funk-you

For the same reason we don't drive cars which are running on rails and centrally controlled. Life has dangers, you have to accept them and move on. We curtail our lives or do things differently enough because a minority of people can't control themselves.

-Funk

gonedrinking

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

But why make a law for the minority when the majority behave themselves.

If the people want to hurt other people, they'll find a way, glass or not.

but they all happen in the heat of the moment, so in the heat of the moment all they will have is their fists which usually results in a lot less damage done, and the bouncers usually turf them out soon after a fight starts anyway, so the chance of serious injury will be greatly reduced

dlofnep

Most bars get classes for free anyways from promotionals. Glasses are cheaper.

Besides, if you work in a bar and it's quiet, and the boss is around - you need something to do to pretend like you have work when washing them

ANXIOUS

With that logic, would you favour banning driving from 8 on Friday till 8 Monday morning because that's when the majority if drink driving happens?

You are always going to have scum do scummy things. In certain places I'd be in favour of this the likes of concerts.

Dravokivich

They still serve Glass Bottles...

so it's not violence they are thinking about...

Riamfada

How would I be able to glass people..

cleremy jarkson

alwaysadub wrote: »

Drink tastes better out of glasses

I know most people would say this, but I wonder is it true. Like the composition of the liquid doesn't change..

B0rn2m0d

OK folks keep it civil please

Pauleta

Am i the only person in the world that likes drinking pints out of plastic cups

artanevilla

Pauleta wrote: »

Am i the only person in the world that likes drinking pints out of plastic cups

Yes.

candy-gal1

Keep the glasses you had at the start of the night and use them, experience from 3e drinks night in fibbers!
Helps if your a regular too!

SugarHigh

cleremy jarkson wrote: »

I know most people would say this, but I wonder is it true. Like the composition of the liquid doesn't change..

Pint glasses have some grooves on the bottom that stop the pint going flat too fast.

Ruu_Old

B0rn2m0d wrote: »

OK folks keep it civil please

I'll glass you and your mod buddies! :mad::mad:

Kimono-Girl

gonedrinking wrote: »

and not plastic cups? .

because

a: we do not intend to drink from what looks like it should be at a 5 year olds birthday party when we go clubbing!

b: *most* of us have self control and have been taught manners/not to break glasses and stab people!

wyndham

It's only a matter of time before this happens. Polycarbonate is already becoming the norm in UK nightclubs.

http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/polycarbonate-glassware.pdf

http://www.readingpubwatch.com/Polycarbonate-Debate/

df1985

if im paying 5 euros for a pint itd want to be coming in a glass.

xzanti

Because the majority of us are civilised enough to be trusted with a grown up cup..

Magenta

gonedrinking wrote: »

1 bin bag can hold 1000 plastic cups

And where are all these plastic cups and bin bags going to go?
If 1000 pubs go through 1000 plastic cups over a weekend, that's 1 million plastic cups. Where are they going to go?

gonedrinking

Magenta wrote: »

And where are all these plastic cups and bin bags going to go?
If 1000 pubs go through 1000 plastic cups over a weekend, that's 1 million plastic cups. Where are they going to go?

um, hello- outter space!!! Its only a matter of time before we find an efficient way of shooting our rubbish into the galaxy. Out of sight and out of mind.

gonedrinking

xzanti wrote: »

Because the majority of us are civilised enough to be trusted with a grown up cup..

yeah but the minority aren't, and they ruin it for everyone! :mad:

Lurching

gonedrinking wrote: »

I guess my point is it should be made a law that they should be made to serve plastic cups at least on Friday and Saturday nights, say after 8pm, that would be when the vast majority of "glassings" occur

Should we also then ensure everyone wears boxing gloves after 8pm to stop people hitting each other and causing injury?
Plastic cups = Pub fail.

gonedrinking

Lurching wrote: »

Should we also then ensure everyone wears boxing gloves after 8pm to stop people hitting each other and causing injury?
Plastic cups = Pub fail.

No because some studies show boxing gloves do more damage then bare fists. Think it might be the extra weight of the boxing gloves or something.

jester77

Would it not be a better idea to prevent the glassing instead of changing to plastic cups?

These people will only find another source to cause damage.

gonedrinking

jester77 wrote: »

Would it not be a better idea to prevent the glassing instead of changing to plastic cups?

These people will only find another source to cause damage.

Banning glass would prevent it though. Fights will always happen when drink is involved, so best not give everyone a potentially leathal weapon to carry around all night.

Maybe not everyone intends to glass someone, like if they were attacked, they are not going to bend down and put their glass on the floor while getting beat up, they might have no choice but to smash it into the other person.

jester77

gonedrinking wrote: »

Banning glass would prevent it though. Fights will always happen when drink is involved, so best not give everyone a potentially leathal weapon to carry around all night.

Maybe not everyone intends to glass someone, like if they were attacked, they are not going to bend down and put their glass on the floor while getting beat up, they might have no choice but to smash it into the other person.

It that's the case, then removing the drink sounds like a better solution!

Cookie_Monster

Magenta wrote: »

And where are all these plastic cups and bin bags going to go?
If 1000 pubs go through 1000 plastic cups over a weekend, that's 1 million plastic cups. Where are they going to go?

into the incinerator!

...oh wait

reallyrose

Good point OP.
Actually, why allow alcohol at all?

Wait! I have it! Lets just ban people from going outside. Everyone can live in their own personal tube. If you never see another person, then you can't glass them!

We can use robots to feed us and provide the internets in our tubes. The robots can be powered by our yellow sun. Nothing can go wrong!

stovelid

The tabloids pay the nightclubs a pint glass levy so they can continue to run gory stories about knacks slicing each other open.

genericgoon

gonedrinking wrote: »

No because some studies show boxing gloves do more damage then bare fists. Think it might be the extra weight of the boxing gloves or something.

This is mainly because people think once they're wearing gloves, hitting the other guy in the head is fine.

In response to the OP, plastic glasses would be more expensive and the additional number of annoyed people at crappy plastic cups would surely just increase violence if this thread is an indicator

wyndham

Magenta wrote: »

And where are all these plastic cups and bin bags going to go?
If 1000 pubs go through 1000 plastic cups over a weekend, that's 1 million plastic cups. Where are they going to go?

Polycarbonate is rigid, reuseable, washable and durable. The glasses are not the flimsy plastic like watercooler glasses.

Cool Mo D

genericgoon wrote: »

This is mainly because people think once they're wearing gloves, hitting the other guy in the head is fine.

(Off topic).

That's not quite it. If you are hitting someone with your bare fist, very hard, you will injure your hand, and can break knuckles. You have to take it a bit easy after a while.

If you are wearing gloves, you can hit just as hard, without injuring yourself, so you can punch full force for a whole boxing match.

baltimore sun

wyndham wrote: »

Polycarbonate is rigid, reuseable, washable and durable. The glasses are not the flimsy plastic like watercooler glasses.

and do ya seriously think that pub owners will pay for the dearest plastic glass.

Anywhere that serves beer in plastic, i'll stay for the night but never go back.
drink is too expensive to be drinking outta a vessel that makes it taste crap and go flat quicker

AAAAAAAHHH

baltimore sun wrote: »

and do ya seriously think that pub owners will pay for the dearest plastic glass.

Anywhere that serves beer in plastic, i'll stay for the night but never go back.
drink is too expensive to be drinking outta a vessel that makes it taste crap and go flat quicker

Well then surely they would pay for the expensive ones, if the alternative is nobody coming to the pub.