davo10 wrote: » Nope, you were easy to spot. Whenever someone posts in defence of an organisation/industry/group, the simple thinking response is , " oh you must be a representative or you have an agenda etc etc". There is always one, you are the one on this thread.
Spirogyra wrote: » Hi 8 years ago I was guilty of a minor indiscretion, as in I was tipping up my own wine. I never caused trouble. 8 years on it's still being enforced. I suppose they have the right? might seem harsh but legally within their rights?.
Spirogyra wrote: » yes dignity lost, they don't deserve my E.150 for a cup of tea......never again.....but they won't care....won't loose any more dignity, not even in 20 years
marienbad wrote: » Were you topping up your drink more than once ? just because you were caught once doesn't mean they hadn't seen you doing it previously . I knew a guys years ago and he always brought his own sandwiches into the café where we had our tea breaks . the owner knew about it for months and let it go until one day in exasperation he had enough and threw the guy out.
Duracell Bunny wrote: » Course they can. Feckin cheapskate. I remember being a glass collector in a pub when I was 18. Captain of the local rugby team was standing on the bar, the manager told me to tell him to get down. He never even let go of his pint, he just bellyflopped towards me. I never sidestepped so quickly in my life and watched in amusement as he crashed through a table. Even he only got barred for 1 weekend. Moral of the story: they musnt like ya.
darkpagandeath wrote: » If you buy a coffee, and eat your sandwich there is nothing the management can do really. you have paid for an item. I used to take kfc into McDonalds as me mate like McDonalds i used to buy a sundae.
The Backwards Man wrote: » When I ran a pub, barred meant barred for life. No exceptions.
AngeGal wrote: » You seem to have moved a little back from your claim that pubs are making money 'hand over fist'. All I can tell you is I have family working in different bars in Galway City, all of which would be considered busy bars, they often tell me about mondays/tuesdays/wednesdays where the pub only takes in 400/500 euro, sure that wouldn't cover the staff for the day, let alone other costs. Thursdays and Sundays tend to be better but not 'busy' and Fridays and Saturdays are usually very busy obviously. I outlined some of the costs in my last post and I am sure if you googled you could get a more accurate breakdown than that so the notion that pubs are making money 'hand over fist' is entirely untrue with maybe the very odd exception being somewhere like the quays in galway that has a good crowd every night basically. Maybe it was true twenty years up to the end of the Celtic Tiger but definitely no longer the case. I wouldn't call it scummy to sneak drink in if it was an immature student (i'm sure some of my own did it!) but anyone beyond the age of 21 really shouldnt be at it. I think pretty much all pubs will need to adapt to survive these times whether it's through starting to do food or coming up with innovative ways to increase revenue. It's not just less disposable income, people are living a healthier lifestyle these days (which is great) than my generation where people would go for pints three or fours night a week in many cases. Anyway I'm off to do my bit to keep the local alive so have a good night.
AngeGal wrote: » Lol at the ridiculous nonsense being posted in this thread. Worked in three different pubs for years when I was younger, never saw anything being poured into a Smirnoff bottle or any bottle for that mater, sons have worked in different pubs throughout college and never saw it either.
suicide_circus wrote: » After years and years of watching publicans rip people off and constantly pissing and moaning through their repellant lobby groups, I find it impossible to have sympathy for them in any context. I view them in the same vain as solicitors, politicians and estate agents; professional bottom feeders and rip-off merchants.
davo10 wrote: » I don't think anyone here is asking you to sympathise with publicans, it's a binary decision on whether you want to hand over your money or not. But you can't have it both ways, use the pub but drink your own beverage, then wonder why you get a ban when caught. I couldn't care less about whether the pub makes a profit or not, but like most, I recognise the fact that they are there to sell beverages, not to provide a place for you to scummily sneak your own drink in under the table. Drink at home if you want to do that.
Buona Fortuna wrote: » OP if you were to go in bold as brass with 8 or 9 pals and they start steaming into the rounds, I'll lay odds that nothing will be said.
davo10 wrote: » I'm not so sure. There are three important points in OPs posts. 1. She got caught topping up her glass with wine she brought in. 2. She got a ban. 3. She is still banned 8 years later. One and two are no brainers, but to be remembered 8 years later, never mind banned, there must have been issues before or after this incident. Also if OP was 18 and got caught, then it's likely the owner would have told her to cop on before she comes in the next time, if she was 28, then there is more to this story for him to still be so determined to keep her out of his pub.
Buona Fortuna wrote: » Maybe baby, but I'd still give you odds that the publican / manager won't turn away 8 or 9 "good" customers. I think I'm on a good bet - but there's only one sure way to find out
Dravokivich wrote: » It isn't an issue of "scumminess." I thought the publican was responsible for all drink consumed on the premises? This would include those who sneak in their own...
conorh91 wrote: » Whoever told you that is wrong. People who purchase food in McDonalds are licencees of McDonalds and they use the premises under an implied set of conditions. An obvious condition would be that the person does not engage in activities which could put the enterprise out of business by damaging sales or using the premises to advertise for its competitors.
darkpagandeath wrote: » What has that got to do with eating competitors food ? I was/am a paying customer. I did it for years. I was told nothing
Using your logic if a person came in from McDonalds with their uniform on as they prefer kfc they would be booted out....
i heart chewy louie wrote: » Your anecdotal evidence means zero.
Pedro K wrote: » If the part in bold is the case, then the bar is dreadfully overstaffed and being managed poorly. I work part time in a bar in a members club in Dublin and would work a Friday, Saturday or Sunday night by myself and take in over €1000 on each of them. Thursdays would average around the €400-500 mark. But it's still always only one barman unless we're expecting a big crowd for a party or something.
darkpagandeath wrote: » True but that's always been the way, only so many alchos that don't work. Most trade that keeps them going and hugely profitable is over the weekend.
