Public house annoyances

who the fug · 12-10-2012 04:05PM

MadsL wrote: »

Lack of decent beer.

Me:What have you on draught?
Barman: We've pish, pish, pish and pish. And Bulmers and a foreign pish in bottles. :mad:

Meanwhile in a US Bar...7 Hand-crafted micro-brews on draft, another 30 in bottles.

We are talking about a pubic house , not hippy nirvana

Funglegunk · 12-10-2012 04:05PM

People breaking pool cues over other people's backs. Height of ignorance.

gaziah · 12-10-2012 04:07PM

when theres a match on the big screen and a couple (generally elderly) sit directly underneath it facing out to the crowd. annoying yet quite funny

castletownman · 12-10-2012 04:07PM

MadsL wrote: »

Lack of decent beer.

Me:What have you on draught?
Barman: We've pish, pish, pish and pish. And Bulmers and a foreign pish in bottles. :mad:

Meanwhile in a US Bar...7 Hand-crafted micro-brews on draft, another 30 in bottles.

That's my pet-hate about people and beer. Complaining about the lack of "decent" beer, and then citing about how there's so much better variation in other countries. No-one is forcing you into the pub like. So just order something and live with it. They all taste the same after a few anyway

tayto lover · 12-10-2012 04:08PM

A very big bar with only 4 or 5 customers drives me mad.

MJ23 · 12-10-2012 04:08PM

westendgirlie wrote: »

I could never do a number 2 anywhere but at home.

OP, do your business before you leave home tonight!

Sh1t break.

Fellas, usually farmers, standing around clogging up the bar when there are plenty of seats. "sure only wimmin sit down, we're talking about horse power and GAA"

gaziah · 12-10-2012 04:11PM

Funglegunk wrote: »

People breaking pool cues over other people's backs. Height of ignorance.

Dont forget breaking glass bottles on the edge of the counter to get the barmaids attention and/or the start a bar brawl. shocking

Curly Judge · 12-10-2012 04:11PM

Boombastic wrote: »

Having a big screen with football on it and everyone glued to it

and the smell of farts

Couldn't agree more!
Recently spent a few days seeing the sights of Paris and did a lot of travelling by Metro, sometimes squeezed in between all sorts of nationalities at rush hour.
Not once did I smell a fart or even body odor.
The weekend I returned I had to attend a wedding in Galway and [on the crowded dance floor] the smell of egg sandwich farts and stale sweat would burn the inside of your nostrils.
I think our thirst for Guinness has a lot to do with it.
Civilization seems to be an optional extra with some people in this country.

Conall Cernach · 12-10-2012 04:19PM

Lingua Franca wrote: »

Bring back smoking in pubs, people smell minging. Especially drunks.

I've just thought of something and I might as well post it here. How about in stead of Nicorette gum there's a Nicorette beer? I don't smoke and it annoys the hell out of me when all my mates bugger off outside for a fag and I'm left there missing out on the craic.

MadsL · 12-10-2012 04:22PM

castletownman wrote: »

They all taste the same after a few anyway

Have a problem? Answer is to get pissed. Spoken like a true Irishman. Well done, very well done.

steph1 · 12-10-2012 04:23PM

Curly Judge wrote: »

Couldn't agree more!
Recently spent a few days seeing the sights of Paris and did a lot of travelling by Metro, sometimes squeezed in between all sorts of nationalities at rush hour.
Not once did I smell a fart or even body odor.
The weekend I returned I had to attend a wedding in Galway and [on the crowded dance floor] the smell of egg sandwich farts and stale sweat would burn the inside of your nostrils.
I think our thirst for Guinness has a lot to do with it.
Civilization seems to be an optional extra with some people in this country.

Some people seem to have a fear of soap and water lol lol

castletownman · 12-10-2012 04:51PM

MadsL wrote: »

Have a problem? Answer is to get pissed. Spoken like a true Irishman. Well done, very well done.

Actually you're right. I shouldn't be buying the generic draught beer you get in virtually every pub in Ireland, because it gets me pissed. I should fork out an extra few euro on some obscure craft beer so I'll spend less and ergo not get as drunk, so then I can talk about the Beatles back catalogue that I have on vinyl without slurring my words.

Curly Judge · 12-10-2012 04:52PM

westendgirlie wrote: »

I could never do a number 2 anywhere but at home= QUOTE]

Very wise! This girl tried it and look what happened.

http://www.puretravel.com/blog/2009/05/19/if-she-hasnt-yet-she-will-soon/

Boombastic · 12-10-2012 05:11PM

Conall Cernach wrote: »

I've just thought of something and I might as well post it here. How about in stead of Nicorette gum there's a Nicorette beer? I don't smoke and it annoys the hell out of me when all my mates bugger off outside for a fag and I'm left there missing out on the craic.

Ye complain when we smoke inside, ye complain when we smoke outside..ye non-smokers are never happy ggrrrr:p

MadsL · 12-10-2012 05:12PM

castletownman wrote: »

the Beatles back catalogue that I have on vinyl

You should look into selling that and buying beer with the proceeds.

doubledown · 12-10-2012 05:16PM

People...

ArtyC · 12-10-2012 05:52PM

The ladies loo- what a ****hole. Full of idiotic women, two in a stall, reapplying their already laden faces with make up and chatting ****e at the sinks so its acrobatics getting around them to wash hands!

arybvtcw0eolkf · 12-10-2012 06:04PM

MaroonAndGreen wrote: »

Hate being left waiting at the bar, but I know too its not easy for the staff when there is a big crowd so im not really complaining :P

A little hint (coming from working in bars for over twenty years), bring your empty with you to the bar ~ it gets the staffs attention quicker than any amount of shouting, waving notes and nodding at them.

who the fug · 12-10-2012 06:07PM

Jairo Numerous Stomach wrote: »

A little hint (coming from working in bars for over twenty years), bring your empty with you to the bar ~ it gets the staffs attention quicker than any amount of shouting, waving notes and nodding at them.

and don' forget your please and thankyous

ollaetta · 12-10-2012 06:59PM

Going to the jacks in certain pubs to find "assistants" (only word I can think of that isn't rude) offering you tissues or cheap stink. Not as common since the big R but still there.

mikemac1 · 12-10-2012 08:02PM

A barman who moans to YOU!

It's supposed to be the other way around, the barman is there to listen to you

Stopped in for a quiet pint in The Village Inn in Inchicore the other night

Moan, moan, moan, so quiet, low prices, high costs, moan, moan, moan

If I wanted to listen to that I would have hired a taxi!

A pub to avoid

homeless student · 12-10-2012 10:12PM

ollaetta wrote: »

Going to the jacks in certain pubs to find "assistants" (only word I can think of that isn't rude) offering you tissues or cheap stink. Not as common since the big R but still there.

ah I like them guys, you have a good laugh with them. and its usually not cheap stink.

Lingua Franca · 12-10-2012 10:31PM

mariano rivera wrote: »

people farting,

I know you're only slagging, as was I, but you have to admit, the smoking ban really showed us all what the poor staff have to suffer in pubs. The stench in most of them is terrible.

Stale beer. Sweaty pits. Beer farts. Bad breath. Damp. That fucking awful weird hum peculiar to pub toilet facilities. The older the pub is, the more likely it is that you'll be able to smell or even taste the mould spores as you breathe them in.

It's almost enough to put you off your scampi fries. The only way to blot it is out is by drinking more, until your sense stop functioning... hey, wait a minute!

Seanchai · 12-10-2012 10:44PM

Televisions roaring commercial shíte, usually soccer, from every wall as if the only people in the place who want a quiet chat are the people at my table.

For their sheer rudeness, these pubs do not deserve to survive.

Seanchai · 12-10-2012 10:47PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

A barman who moans to YOU!

It's supposed to be the other way around, the barman is there to listen to you

That's what counsellors are for. A barman is there to serve drink and ensure people can have that drink without noise pollution from television land impeding the contentment of customers who just want a quiet chat with friends.

The vast majority of barmen fail.

Kurz · 12-10-2012 10:53PM

Lando Griffin wrote: »

I sat sweeting nervously foot at door at the thought that some one might barge in.
Luckily nobody did.
I was so embarresed I couldn't tell the bar maid ( early 20s and quite the looker ) that there was no lock on the door.

It's shocking that none of the other ladies reported it either.

Capt'n Midnight · 13-10-2012 02:36AM

halogen lights, take the eyes off you

gammygils · 13-10-2012 03:10AM

A below par smoking area!

And the smell from the Ladies Toilets!

For Fux Sake girls Close the fukkin door!

Richard Hillman · 13-10-2012 03:15AM

Live music. I want to go to a boozer to socialize not try to shout over some local band doing karaoke.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 13-10-2012 03:54AM

There's a certain jackass in my local who likes the sound of his own voice, he'll spring after somebodies played a beautiful piece or song on acoustic which was well received. He has to be the main event so he'll start reciting some ancient bullsh1t story and demand complete silence, he drives men out of the pub with it. He can't let us have our moment! He can't let go of the past. We're here now and its our time old man..

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