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Bringing your own alcohol to pubs!

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Hi people this is my first time posting in AH (I think). Just wondering what everyone thinks of people bringing their own alcohol to the pubs with them. Naggin's of vodka etc. I did it for the first time 3 weeks ago and saved an absolute fortune. I'm still a bit weary of being caught and turfed out with a nice embarassed head on me but Just wondering if its something that's done on a regular basis by loads of people. Apparently its all the rage.

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NothingMan

reprazant wrote: »

A cinema is there to show you films in a cinema setting. It also happens to sell snacks and soft-drinks for your refreshment should you want them.

Major difference is if a pub stopped selling crisps then it wouldn't be a big deal to their profit. If everyone who went to the cinema didn't buy the overpriced coke and popcorn then there would no longer be cinemas to show the films.

Yes a cinema is where you go to watch a new release on a big screen but the company, UCI, cineworld Vue... do not make much profits on showing the film.

In fact, not buying over priced food in the cinema could be said to be more detremantal to the owner than smuggling in drink to a night club. Because where the night club keeps 100% of your €10 entry the cinema gets feck all of your €10 ticket fee.

reprazant

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

And a cinema is there to sell snacks to you to eat while you watch films in their surrondings i dont see how your not grasping the similarities!

A cinema is there to show you films in a cinema setting. It also happens to sell snacks and soft-drinks for your refreshment should you want them.

A pub is there to sell you, and allow you to drink, alcohol in a comfortable setting. It also happens to sell food and snacks for your refreshment should you want them.

Falcon Crest

I started doing it in college and continued after I left. Loads of people do it, if they didn't charge crazy prices for drinks in the pub we might not have to.

[Deleted User]

Cavehill Red wrote: »

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Because you just HAVE to get smashed in pubs, rather than drink at home or go out and not drink so much, and who cares if you're putting jobs at risk and putting the bar at legal liability for your drunk behaviour? Lovely attitude.

I dont want to drink cans at home I want to drink pints on draught in the pub and I don't want to sit at home drinking I like to go out.

I really fail to see how by staying at home and spending 0 euro I would not be putting jobs at risk but by spending some money along with having a bit of my own drink, I am putting jobs at risks. Surely some money is better than no money as far as jobs are concerned.

The level of drunkness does not change much when people bring their own drink the cost does though. Night clubs are not in the habit of refusing people drink regardless of how drunk they are from what I can see.

By the way I would not do this in my local pub or as I said before in any pubs unless near the end of a late bar or in a night club.

[Deleted User]

reprazant wrote: »

A bar is there to sell alcohol.

Where are you getting this notion that it is only there to sell beer?

And a cinema is there to sell snacks to you to eat while you watch films in their surrondings i dont see how your not grasping the similarities!

AnonoBoy

Cavehill Red wrote: »

Er, yes you did:
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=66671678&postcount=223

I'm worried that you're possibly nuts or on drugs now. Check back. You certainly said it.
(Feel free to edit it now, I also quoted you saying it a few posts later!)

Oh this gets better and better!

Here's a little game for you - click the link that you just posted.

Ok, have you done that? Good.

Now look at the top left of the post where the username is. (In case you don't know the username is the name of the user that has posted the message).

Now read the username aloud.

What did you say?

Was it RobbieTheRobber?

Ok.

Now say my username aloud.

Did you say AnonoBoy?

Good.

Now say both of them together.

How alike do they sound?

Not very at all.

Perhaps do you think you maybe might need to get your sight tested?

Thanks for playing.

reprazant

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

So by those rules a bar will primarily sell beer on tap so Im not really causing any harm by sneaking in spiritis as im not affecting their primary revenue so its all gravy eh!

A bar is there to sell alcohol.

Where are you getting this notion that it is only there to sell beer?

[Deleted User]

Cavehill Red wrote: »

Er, yes you did:
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=66671678&postcount=223

I'm worried that you're possibly nuts or on drugs now. Check back. You certainly said it.
(Feel free to edit it now, I also quoted you saying it a few posts later!)

Eh you quoted me there dude!
Now who is the crazy one?

[Deleted User]

reprazant wrote: »

Insomnia & Starbucks are primarily there for food?

So by those rules a bar will primarily sell beer on tap so Im not really causing any harm by sneaking in spiritis as im not affecting their primary revenue so its all gravy eh!

Cavehill Red

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Hah! Hah! I think you need to check who you're talking to. :rolleyes:

I didn't say that at all.

Er, yes you did:
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=66671678&postcount=223

AnonoBoy wrote: »

If you're going to argue a point, at least you should have the intelligence to realise who you're arguing with. Putting words into people's mouths when it can be so easily be proved wrong is just a stupid thing to do.

I'm worried that you're possibly nuts or on drugs now. Check back. You certainly said it.
(Feel free to edit it now, I also quoted you saying it a few posts later!)

[Deleted User]

reprazant wrote: »

Insomnia & Starbucks are primarily there for food?

i like the way we are splitting hairs now!
Well I doubt my friend would be buying a sandwich in either of these places if they dont primarily sell food so I dont see why I would be there eating my crisps! :cool:

reprazant

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

No its not the same, a cafe is primarily there for food, crisps are food!

Im not differentitiating between different types of alcohol and saying a pubs main business is to sell beer on tap not spirits! :pac:

Food is food
alcohol is alcohol!

Thems my rules!

Insomnia & Starbucks are primarily there for food?

Keith Sherwood

Useful.Idiot wrote: »

would never spend any more than 10-15 euro a night on drink in any pub or club. For pubs stash a 6-pack around the back outside the pub, buy one pint and keep going out for refills, tis very handy.

And for clubs just go out absolutely scuttered, and when drunk you're usually compelled to steal drinks (I am anyway)

....Brilliant! thats whats happinin' in these parts,...

[Deleted User]

reprazant wrote: »

If you have already paid into the cinema, you are able to go to the cinema. No cinema stops you from bringing food in anymore.

In the same way, you can go into a pub and watch a match, having a glass of water and maybe a packets of crisps.

Bringing drinks into a pub is no different then bringing in a flask of coffee into a cafe. Do you do this? Bring crisps into the cafe is the same as bringing crisps into a pub. Everyone has done it and the vast majority of pubs do not care.

No its not the same, a cafe is primarily there for food, crisps are food!

Im not differentitiating between different types of alcohol and saying a pubs main business is to sell beer on tap not spirits! :pac:

Food is food
alcohol is alcohol!

Thems my rules!

reprazant

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

My comparision is null and void :eek:
Thats harsh!

But I dont think so we are not talking about going to a pub and putting a box of beer on the table, we are talking about supplementing your drink with some extra.

I have and sure most have gone to a deli/cafe and brought in our crisps while a friend eats something purchased from the place!

Im sure if someone was to calculate percentage of total sales, the crisps percentage wise may be more of a loss than me sneaking in one small naggin to a pub!

Percentage wise!

If you have already paid into the cinema, you are able to go to the cinema. No cinema stops you from bringing food in anymore.

In the same way, you can go into a pub and watch a match, having a glass of water and maybe a packets of crisps.

Bringing drinks into a pub is no different then bringing in a flask of coffee into a cafe. Do you do this? Bring crisps into the cafe is the same as bringing crisps into a pub. Everyone has done it and the vast majority of pubs do not care.

[Deleted User]

reprazant wrote: »

Name one cinema which has signs which prohibit you from bringing food into the screen?

No cinema has it. Maybe 10 years ago so your comparison is null and void.

A good comparison is going into the coffee shop with a flask of coffee and a sandwich. Have you done this? Would you do this?

My comparision is null and void :eek:
Thats harsh!

But I dont think so we are not talking about going to a pub and putting a box of beer on the table, we are talking about supplementing your drink with some extra.

I have and sure most have gone to a deli/cafe and brought in our crisps while a friend eats something purchased from the place!

Im sure if someone was to calculate percentage of total sales, the crisps percentage wise may be more of a loss than me sneaking in one small naggin to a pub!

Percentage wise!

AnonoBoy

Cavehill Red wrote: »

So I politely suggest it's you who learns to read posts properly.

Hah! Hah! I think you need to check who you're talking to. :rolleyes:

I didn't say that at all.

If you're going to argue a point, at least you should have the intelligence to realise who you're arguing with. Putting words into people's mouths when it can be so easily be proved wrong is just a stupid thing to do.

Cavehill Red

Roselyn Hundreds Train wrote: »

But the pubs wouldnt exist without alcohol as people don't drink 10 pints of coke . I dont see why you have such a major problem, the bar is better off than if I wasnt there and I'm better off than paying their prices all night.

I don't think most bars would see it that way.

Roselyn Hundreds Train wrote: »

Regardless of what points you make I will still not think twice of having my trusty hip-flask in my pocket on night out that I feel like not breaking the bank.

Because you just HAVE to get smashed in pubs, rather than drink at home or go out and not drink so much, and who cares if you're putting jobs at risk and putting the bar at legal liability for your drunk behaviour? Lovely attitude.

Cavehill Red

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I think you'll find I did no such thing. Perhaps you should learn to read posts correctly.

Naturally cinemas would prefer if every person buys food, however they still want people there who buy only the movie tickets.

You stated that the cinema would prefer to have you there than someone who buys food. That is simply not the case. They'd make far less money if everyone of their customers was like you.

Actually what you said was:

AnonoBoy wrote:

Well the cinema probably doesnt want you there then, as far as I know one of their main streams of revenue is drink and beverages as they get high profit margins fromt hese and less from ticket sales.

And what I said was:

Cavehill Red wrote:

Of course they want me there. At a tenner a ticket, and no mess to clear up after me, they'd like me in there all the time.

So I politely suggest it's you who learns to read posts properly.

AnonoBoy

Cavehill Red wrote: »

You suggested they didn't want people there who didn't also buy sweets and cola.
I take it you now accept that's not the case?

I think you'll find I did no such thing. Perhaps you should learn to read posts correctly.

Naturally cinemas would prefer if every person buys food, however they still want people there who buy only the movie tickets.

You stated that the cinema would prefer to have you there than someone who buys food. That is simply not the case. They'd make far less money if everyone of their customers was like you.

pento

ive done it loads of times

reprazant

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

Ok but you do bring food to the cinema when usually the specifically prohibit you doing so.

Name one cinema which has signs which prohibit you from bringing food into the screen?

No cinema has it. Maybe 10 years ago so your comparison is null and void.

A good comparison is going into the coffee shop with a flask of coffee and a sandwich. Have you done this? Would you do this?

Your comparison is like going into a pub, and ordering a glass of water and a packet of crisps.

The pub would prefer you to be buy beer but you are doing nothing wrong.

[Deleted User]

Cavehill Red wrote: »

There's a bigger mark-up on mixers, generally. Publicans would be delighted I'm sure to have a bar full of non-drinkers supping coffee and cola, and not have to deal with the vomit, the fights, the legal ramifications and all the other nonsense that comes with people who, like you, feel some compelling need to get smashed when they go out.

But the pubs wouldnt exist without alcohol as people don't drink 10 pints of coke . I dont see why you have such a major problem, the bar is better off than if I wasnt there and I'm better off than paying their prices all night.

Regardless of what points you make I will still not think twice of having my trusty hip-flask in my pocket on night out that I feel like not breaking the bank.

AnonoBoy

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

I have in the past left one theatre and walked into a another so two for the price of one films.

I dont see how that affects the cinemas revenue i wasnt going to pay for the second film and the seat was empty anyway so they didnt lose revenue they just didnt make any extra!

You could apply the same logic to a pub. I only came in for the one pint so this can I'm drinking isn't affecting your revenue! I can't imagine they'd appreciate it though.

[Deleted User]

Cavehill Red wrote: »

But their primary source of revenue is showing movies. Of course they want me there. At a tenner a ticket, and no mess to clear up after me, they'd like me in there all the time.
.

your wrong there the Film companies take most of the revenue from ticket sales its one of their biggest ways to make a profit on films they make.

The cinema makes most of its revenue from other streams mainly food and beverages!

Cavehill Red wrote: »

Call whoever you want, it's still their main objective! Just as a bar's main objective is to serve alcohol, even if they also offer crisps, sambos or coffee.

No their main objective like any business is profit!
A business that makes no profit does not remain a business for long.

*That is unless its being run as a loss earner to offset tax from a larger more profitable company.

Cavehill Red

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Actually they'd prefer the person who spends a tenner on the ticket and then spends another tenner on popcorn and drinks. If you can't see the simple maths involved then I pity you.

You suggested they didn't want people there who didn't also buy sweets and cola.
I take it you now accept that's not the case?

AnonoBoy

Cavehill Red wrote: »

But their primary source of revenue is showing movies. Of course they want me there. At a tenner a ticket, and no mess to clear up after me, they'd like me in there all the time.

Actually they'd prefer the person who spends a tenner on the ticket and then spends another tenner on popcorn and drinks. If you can't see the simple maths involved then I pity you.

Floppybits

artanevilla wrote: »

I work in Dublin pub, we charge 4 euro for a pint of Guinness. I accept that there are alot of pubs charging higher prices, this may be down to greed or just bad management. I'm sure you'll also accept that there are pubs, like the one I work in, that are trying to offer value for money, I can only speak for my pub, and others like it, not any of the higher priced pubs.

how much are you charging for a soft drink? Most bars are charging up to 2.70 for a soft drink and over 3 euros for a red bull. That is where the real rip off is happening, especially when a coke comes from one of those guns. Absolute rip off.

AnonoBoy

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

Before anyone says something like a cinemas main objective is to show films, I call shenanigans!

oooops! I already said it.

Cavehill Red

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

Well the cinema probably doesnt want you there then, as far as I know one of their main streams of revenue is drink and beverages as they get high profit margins fromt hese and less from ticket sales.

But their primary source of revenue is showing movies. Of course they want me there. At a tenner a ticket, and no mess to clear up after me, they'd like me in there all the time.

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

Before anyone says something like a cinemas main objective is to show films, I call shenanigans!

Call whoever you want, it's still their main objective! Just as a bar's main objective is to serve alcohol, even if they also offer crisps, sambos or coffee.