Thursday Night = Late Opening...my arse

kaimera

Arse biscuits.

I hate Thursday night late opening.
It must be the single most stupid thing ever approved by our government.

Here I am, 2.12 AM and I'm just in the damn door from work.
Twas 1.30 before the place was emptied of ppl.

Anybody else dispprove of 12.30am closing on Thursday nights?
I know a lot of publicans do...

Thanx 4 The Fish

Well I like it but I am not working in a pub anymore. Love late drinkies wherever I can get them

kaimera

Originally posted by Thanx 4 The Fish
Love late drinkies wherever I can get them

And there in lies the problem.
God damn drinks culture in Ireland.

RAISE the age limit!
Stricter controls on licensing!

In all fairness tho, 12.30am cloing on a Thursday night is just adding to the problem.
I mean, imo ppl dont want to stay out late with work the next morning.
The late opening is just a pain in the arse.

Thanx 4 The Fish

You'd want to raise it considerably before I couldn't get a drink on a Thursday night. And as for the not wanting to go out, I do not know too many people whoe are forcibly dragged out, most of my mates who come along are quite happy to get a couple of beers into them

daveirl

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Nero

Kaimera .. consider yourself lucky. I work in a pub down the country and you could get strangled for closing up at 12:30.

Any weekday night that I work I don't get out of it untill 3/3:30 and as for the w/e, it could be as late as 5:00am.

Lisa Lavish

oh bring on the l8 openins!!!!there gr8 if ya dnt wana gp clubbing!!!

spongebob

Few years back in rural Ireland.

I used ta take great pleasure in bringing me urban mates to the pub at precisely 5 minutes after official closing time...pretty much any night of the week except saturday when they tended to close early (by 2am) sho we might get there a bit earlier.

they'd be hoppin around like they had ferrets up their legs, I'd be sayin chill, no worries we'll get our pints.

some time about 2.30am I'd hear the inevitable.....

"I can't believe how cheap pints are down here"

we'd have another and maybe a small one for the road and then another....no rush like.....rushing pints is skanger urban drinking technique anyway.

I totally agree with Daveirl.....you'd never see trouble on the streets in that town....and there were people around at all hours, tooling home from wherever. It regulated itself.

M

kaimera

daveirl...do you honestly believe that people would leave of their own accord if there were no set closing times?

I have to say, no I cant see them doing so.
Ffs,I mean, I've worked long enough in a bar and served enough gys to know that if you keep serving..they wont go.

and btw, Nero, I'm in Laois.
Is that far enough down the country for ya?!

daveirl

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irishguy

what about in most countries in europe where there is no fixed closing time for the pubs,the locals arent pissed the whole time its just tourists.There should be no closing times,it would benifit everyone.Less drunk ppl on the streets at night,less ppl in chippers,taxi ranks,standing around the streets ect

LFCFan

Originally posted by daveirl
I'd support a complete deregulisation of the market. There should be no closing hours. After an initial month or so of madness everything would be better.

1. No queues for taxis as people would naturally stagger what time they leave.

2. Less street violence for the same reason.

I've been saying this for years and it's so bloody obvious it's sick. With pubs closing so early people pile on the drinks too fast so as to get drunk and then everyone leaves the pubs at the same time causing problems with street violence and lack of taxis. Surely the government can see this. Look at ourselves and England. Both countries have sh!t opening times and both countries have a problem with late night drink induced violence. The European mainland on the other hand has very liberal opening hours and there is no problems with late night drink fuelled violence. Duh!

LFCFan

Originally posted by Kaimera
daveirl...do you honestly believe that people would leave of their own accord if there were no set closing times?

I have to say, no I cant see them doing so.
Ffs,I mean, I've worked long enough in a bar and served enough gys to know that if you keep serving..they wont go.

and btw, Nero, I'm in Laois.
Is that far enough down the country for ya?!

Unless people are going in with bottomless wallets they aren't gonna be able to drink all night especially at the prices charged these days and even if there are some that can afford it the rest who can't will have gone by 2 or 3 so what will be the point in the rest of them staying. If opening hours were liberalised there would be a lot of people abusing this to begin with but that would die down once the novelty of it all wore off and we would be left with a lot less violence and a lot more available taxis. It would also mean people can get home from work late, relax, have shower, watch some tele, do whatever and then go out around 12, knowing that they don't have to funnel the drink into themselves to get a buzz. Liberalised drinking hours WOULD work!

Gordon

Kaimera if it means so much to you - don't work in a bar!