Can't BELIEEEEVVVVVVEEE I can't buy a pint on Good Friday!!

HondaSami · 27-03-2013 04:32PM

rubadub wrote: »

I don't eat out much, but I would care if I heard beef could not be served on friday for religious reasons, causing drops in profits for steakhouses etc, I would care about business owners.

I have heard nonsense about publicans welcoming it as it is time to get work done in the pub, like painting & decorating. Maybe some idiots publicans do, seeing as some pay well over the odds for their drink. If they were forced to close 1 day in the year I expect publicans would vote for Jan 2nd or something. Tuesday after easter sunday would probably be a good one too. People are not likely to be drinking in pubs or at home this day, only a moron publican would welcome being closed knowing people are swamping booze at home all over the country. Some takeaways & restaurants close 1 day a week, its usually not friday or saturday. I have also heard nonsense about publicans being happy since they all close the same day so no competition issues. If there were 2 chippers on the same road and one closed mondays, the other would be a complete idiot to decide to close monday too, neither of them win.

How many pubs are closed during the day now, what are Friday nights like in pubs these days, it's a dying trade for lots of publicans.
It would be interesting to see how many would open if they could,perhaps not as many as we think.

People are drinking at home because it's cheaper, these people do not care about the publican.

Squiggle · 27-03-2013 04:39PM

How the fook any politician can justify closing pubs for business on one day of a major bank holiday weekend is beyond me. Do pubs and government not need the revenue?

Dravokivich · 27-03-2013 04:39PM

HondaSami wrote: »

How many pubs are closed during the day now, what are Friday nights like in pubs these days, it's a dying trade for lots of publicans.
It would be interesting to see how many would open if they could,perhaps not as many as we think.

People are drinking at home because it's cheaper, these people do not care about the publican.

Those are questions to be asked of Mon/Tues/Weds, which would usually be the weaker nights for pubs.

the_syco · 27-03-2013 04:40PM

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

In Catholic bull**** mythology this is not wine but the blood of Christ (it is also stipulated in their dogma that it looks, tastes and for smells like wine, but it isn't)

Further reasoning that Jaysus f'ing christ was an Irishman; his blood was pure alcohol :P

ejmaztec · 27-03-2013 04:43PM

rubadub wrote: »

I would definitely not like to be forced to take my entitled annual leave on any friday especially one before a public holiday on the monday. Some people are given them ontop of their legal entitlement for holidays, many aren't. Loads of people also whinge about having to work on good friday, even though many of those could have just requested the day as a holiday just like any other friday.

I find it ironic that when I worked in the "heathen" UK, Good Friday was never treated as part of my annual leave entitlement, no matter who I worked for, whereas here, employers always made a special point of mentioning that it wasn't a public holiday, and that it would be deducted from the annual leave entitlement should their staff decide to take the day off.

Fattes · 27-03-2013 04:47PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Yitzhak Rabin
Are 84% of people in the girl scouts? Has not eating biscuits on the 25th of June a cultural tradition in this country?

You're not being oppressed because you can't get ossified in public one day of the year.

Yep the same 85% that dont have sex before marriage, use contreception or all the other stuff they ignore.

Its an outdated and stupid legal restriction. Time to move on.

diamondp · 27-03-2013 04:48PM

DarkJager wrote: »

Couldn't give a **** about the pubs, it's the off licences that bother me. I'm a taxpaying adult of this country and the fact that my option to buy drink if I choose too on this day, is being restricted by the traditions of a pedo cult really irritates the **** out of me.

This is the best response ever hahahahahaha true as well

ejmaztec · 27-03-2013 04:53PM

Scruffles wrote: »

the more people that complain to TDs about it like yeppydeppy,the better understanding they develop of what their voters want, however can safely say that not doing anything at all gets naff all,not even an after thought.

If they were ever interested in what the voters wanted, we'd all be getting free money, booze, coke and hookers.

Madam_X · 27-03-2013 04:57PM

"Pedo cult" - childish mudslinging might be more suited to a rebellious teen forum?
(I'm atheist btw).

Bipolar Joe · 27-03-2013 04:58PM

Duggys Housemate wrote: »

You'd be a minority in the new atheists then. It's not all about you.

So why the fuck is it all about a religious sect that I have no part of? Why are they allowed to dictate how I live my life? It's not just about this Friday, either. It's about every way the Church invades my life. Don't get me wrong, if people want to be religious, they can go for it. I don't hate the Church like a lot of people seem to. I don't like the way some people involved in it go about doing things in the name of God. I'm not Christian, so I don't want to get married in a Church. Fair enough, right? How about a civil union? Nope, can't do that either, because heterosexual couples, by law, can't do that. It's tiring and frustrating to see an institution I have nothing to do with involve itself in my life so often in so many ways I'd really they rather didn't.

Adyx · 27-03-2013 05:36PM

Madam_X wrote: »

You can't be accusing people of bigotry without proof. I agree the incessant whinging and human rights/oppression bullsh1t is annoying, but Good Friday for non believers/practitioners is just an ordinary day and many of us feel we should be able to go for a pint (not necessarily get pissed) if we wish. The comparison to Christmas day is moot - people tend to be at home for it. But if religious people want to observe good Friday and not drink, more power to them, however it's their business, not mine.

It's a day off for full-time pub/offie staff though, which is deserved, to be fair.

I already get two days off a week, and as much as I may or may not deserve it, I don't need another two days off (where I work is closed tomorrow too). Thanks to this moronic and archaic legislation which no one, not even the "84%" would observe were it voluntary, I am losing 40% of my wages this week.

So it's not even just about people not being able to buy drink for one day.

Super-Rush · 27-03-2013 05:42PM

Like the pubs on Friday and the thread about this from last week this is now closed.

Next time offer an opinion when starting a thread btw.

Can't BELIEEEEVVVVVVEEE I can't buy a pint on Good Friday!!

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