Tea/coffee drinkers in pubs

Frank the tank

Get on my threpnnies, just go to Starbucks/costa anywhere bar the pub. Pubs are for people who want a drink of beer and don't want being held up at the bar for "ages" behind somebody trying to make up their mind on what sort of coffee they want; and do they want sugar in it and what sort etc.

Aaaahh! coffee shops for coffee, pubs for beer thanks.

morstar

And where do you stand on crisps and nuts?

Zachariah

I stand by the counter.

keef66

You don't want him standing on your crisps or your nuts do you?

patchy

it's the vegetarian coffee drinkers i hate most.

tpmlogan

you wouldn't want to go into a pub in the West of Ireland where you could be queueing behiund someone wanting therir groceries and maybe wanting to arrange a funeral.

simonaspinall

What happens if you like a night out with your mates but really fancy a coffee and the coffee shops are closed?

Maybe if you could bring your own Thermos and pay corkage?

Besides - With caffeine towards the end of the night your skills are improving whilst everybody else is deteriorating.

TheStone

Agree.

I'd also get rid of cocktails and food.
Crisps and nuts allowed, but you don't get a choice, just the first one the barman picks out.

.... oh and also .. wine ... red or white. None of this '97 merlot yada, yada crp.

Edit: Cocktails ... a short and a dash is ok, but anything more is banned.

veronese68

Twice in the last couple of years I've heard the request for tea or coffee met with "No, this is a pub". Unfortunately one of them has been poncified and now does coffee, all the character of a great old pub has gone.

rolf_f

All began going downhill when pubs started getting carpets

Still, think about it. The margins are insanely good on coffee and tea and any pub that is still open is doing better than it might be. If it helps them to stay open, I have no objections.

bompington

Aye, and where are you suppposed to spit now there's no sawdust? And none of that fancy saxon beer rubbish, where can you get a decent horn of mead these days?

rajMAN

Big D nuts on those calender type cards hung up behind the bar. I expect they are banned now by the professionally offended do gooding fools. :shock:

gilesjuk

What if you want a pub meal? What if there is only a pub in the village and no tea shop?

You may not drink but want to socialise with someone who does.

Personally it gets on my t*ts when I have to wait ages for someone at the shop buying fags and booze when I'm trying to buy my lunch. But I don't complain on the Internet (although I have now).

pauldavid

Forgive me father for I have sinned. :shock:


Last Sunday whilst out for a Roast based lunchtime Meat based lunchtime meal I had pot of tea in a pub. :oops:

In mitigation, I was driving and didn't fancy the usual soft drinks and it is the first time I've drank tea or coffee in a pub in 25 years of frequenting such establishments.

And it was shite tea, I think the bag must have been on it's third squeeze. That'll teach me not to do it again.

Ben6899

Was it the outsiders coming in your local again, Frank? Bloody outsiders!

shockedsoshocked

After having to make what felt like thousands of coffees over christmas whilst working in a pub, i can whole heartedly agree coffee is not for pubs. Can you have a coffee with your meal? Yes. Can you have a decaf Baileys liquer with cream and can you bring it over when you make it even though it's Boxing Day and the bar is three deep and there's only you and another lad on? No you can't you can have a fucking Stella unless you'd like to come behind the bar and make it yourself.

graham.

rajMAN wrote:

Big D nuts on those calender type cards hung up behind the bar. I expect they are banned now by the professionally offended do gooding fools. :shock:

Oh yes. I fogot them.
We used to ask for specific packs.... You know, third row down, four across.
Graham.

MattC59

Ben6899 wrote:

Was it the outsiders coming in your local again, Frank? Bloody outsiders!

It's a local pub, for local people

Anonymous

My misses always dose this annoys the crap out of me.

I'm always the one who has to order it too, which annoys me even more.

morstar

RichardSwt wrote:

My misses always dose this annoys the crap out of me.

I'm always the one who has to order it too, which annoys me even more.

This!

iainment

I stopped drinking a year ago, still like going to pubs. They serve tea and coffee, I buy it.

It's the drunks that spoil pubs really.

Pip pip.

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finchy

Coffee drinkers annoy me full stop. They always make out as if they couldn't get through a day in an OFFICE without a cup of coffee. C'mon Hadrian's Wall was built without coffee, are you sure you can't spend a few hours sitting on your fat arse? :evil:

Stewie Griffin

johnfinch wrote:

Coffee drinkers annoy me full stop. They always make out as if they couldn't get through a day in an OFFICE without a cup of coffee. C'mon Hadrian's Wall was built without coffee, are you sure you can't spend a few hours sitting on your fat ars*? :evil:

I would be asleep at my desk before noon without my morning dose. :P

Fenred

johnfinch wrote:

Coffee drinkers annoy me full stop. They always make out as if they couldn't get through a day in an OFFICE without a cup of coffee. C'mon Hadrian's Wall was built without coffee, are you sure you can't spend a few hours sitting on your fat ars*? :evil:

You're a cyclist and you dont drink coffee?!?! :shock:

....Thats against the "rules"

gmb

They'll be selling it in Working Mens' Clubs Next!!!

Imagine that - Ponces coming in for espressos and winning the bingo and the meat draw - W@*&ers!!!!

DIESELDOG

Could never drink coffee in my local, one of the very few times I asked for a tomato juice he was reaching for my pulse.

Love n hugs

DD

Fenred

...Did he find one??

cycologist

i would love to be there when someone ordered coffee in my regular boozer. The request would be met with a stony silence by the gaffer, together with an icy stare. The reactions from other customers would range from smirks of laughter to derision and abuse.

Benjamin Hall

As a barman i hate coffee drinkers with a passion....however...im getting older so i need the odd espresso to keep me going and counter the sleepy effects of cider.

The one thing that should be banned from pubs is children!! Was getting dirty looks from a family in the pub tonight because after a few drinks at the pub quiz the language was getting blue and the volume was increasing.... SO! Its a pub!! Where people go to drink in an adult environment...it was 9 o clock....take your kids and fuck off!

shockedsoshocked

Benjamin Hall wrote:

As a barman i hate coffee drinkers with a passion....however...im getting older so i need the odd espresso to keep me going and counter the sleepy effects of cider.

The one thing that should be banned from pubs is children!! Was getting dirty looks from a family in the pub tonight because after a few drinks at the pub quiz the language was getting blue and the volume was increasing.... SO! Its a pub!! Where people go to drink in an adult environment...it was 9 o clock....take your kids and fark off!

Kids and coffee banned from pubs, I'd agree. "Excuse me sir, you can't sit in the bar with your child" "Why?" "BECAUSE IT'S A FUCKING BAR".

Glad I left before I murdered someone

verylonglegs

GMB wrote:

They'll be selling it in Working Mens' Clubs Next!!!

Imagine that - Ponces coming in for espressos and winning the bingo and the meat draw - W@*&ers!!!!

What on earth is a meat draw?