skoobidude

OK, it's Sunday and time for a little rant

I love socialising at weekends as its good to wind down from work. But what do I dislike about my nights on the town? :-

1. Buying the first drink (or round) always seems to take forever. For instance, I can almost guarantee wherever I stand at a bar, someone else will come along and get served before me. Fair enough bars get busy but wouldn't it work better if there were sensible queueing systems put into place!

2. I go for a pee, and whilst washing my hands some bloke gets in my face chanting "freshen up!". Well I am perfectly capable of doing this myself thanks! And I already have aftershave on and don't wish to return to my mates or misses with a lollipop sticking out of my mouth either. Then they still want my money FFS! Some of these ********* don't like taking no for an answer. What next? "Wipers" for those who can't be bothered to clean their own bums!

3. I'm enjoying my pint when someone decides to keep leaning against me causing me to spill my drink.

4. This one happened recently..... I bought a round, handed over £20 and only got change for a tenner. By the time I realised, the guy serving has already closed the till. I then have to give him my phone number so when they cash up later and find they are a tenner over I get my money back. Yeh right! And you never undercharge people either? Some places do put notes on a clip at the front of the till during each service so it can be quickly proven what the customer has handed over.



Any of you lot find any of the above happens to you!



Nick

PS Don't read into it too much as its only meant to be light-hearted!

Robbie T

iTrader: (8)

I end up buying bottles on a night out in town, which i hate really cos i enjoy a good pint. You wont get through a whole night on pints without spilling at least some.

Your right about the first round as well, takes forever. I think if you've got good bar staff then its not too bad, they should be fairly aware of who's next.

16vmarc

I agree!

I commented on the freshen up guy last night actually - theyre always black too

Neutral Cruiser

1.)Unless you're out taking E's i detest drinking establisments where the music is turned up excessively, and / or the music is poor / annoying
2.)People who act loud and twatish on a alcohol.
3.)(All) Live bands in pubs. There isn't room and it's too loud, and their ****.
4.)Pubs where you get treated like a suicide-bomber just because you've got the ***** to skin-up in there.
5.)General over-crowdedness.
6.)Poor tasting red-wine form 'bag-in-box' / unopened cool bottle.
7.)Pub's where the football on the screen has taken over.
8.)Not being able to sit down and chill out with some cool tunes playing in the background, with your friends, and hear them, and see them, and enjoy all the cannabis you ingested before going out.

scoobynutta555

I'm not a fan of the "freshen uppers" in toilets either. Pain in the **** with them hovvering about when all you want to do is go for a ****. The serving of peops who queued after you makes me fume too.

I don't bother with clubs at all nowadays.

Taff107

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trackman

I got told a while ago that the 'freshen uppers' are actually there to keep an eye out for drug dealing in the toilets. I don't know how true it is though.

Richard_P

Door staff that consider themselves above you.

Old men behind the bar serving all the girls before guys.

The end of night fighters.

Strange people that only have the confidence to talk to you when drunk later on. For example the guy you vaguely know giving you strange looks in a bar but hugging you in a club later, strange indeed.

I don't let any of the above get me down but it's certainly amsuing!

SiDHEaD

Those freshen up fockers **** me right off. Fair enough keep an eye out for drugs (wish there was more of this checking in liverpool when i was out there) , but no need to dry n force it on u. I'll feckin say if i want some crap sprayed on me.

fatscoobyfella

You should stop in the house eatin Pringles and Ginsters pasties then!!

Neutral Cruiser

Is that what you do? I don't eat either as i'm vegan. Though i do stop in alot more than i used to due to the demise of the nightclub scene.
(You're very funny by the way)

stevencotton

I hate the blokes that don't bother washing their hands after visiting the toilet.

unclebuck

Staying in is the new going out.

NotoriousREV

These days I'd rather go out for a meal than to the pubs/clubs on weekends. Maybe I'm just getting old?

Moley

iTrader: (9)

Same here, started to happen the same time i got a few grey hairs!!!

MikeCardiff

iTrader: (2)

Hmmm where to start.....

Gangs of identikit tarts ( all have the same dyed blonde hairstyle, all have the same clothes etc.... ) normally found looking for blokes with more money than sense to ponce off.

Office boys - easy to spot by their '2 suits for £99 with shirt and tie' ensembles - usually the first to start trouble once they've had 2 shandies.

Anywhere you have to wait for more than 5 minutes at the bar to get served, while being ignored by the barman who is trying to chat up the identikit tarts, who arent interested in him because he's only a barman.

The middle aged blokes ( who should know better ) who think fighting 5 onto 1 with some kid who doesnt really want to know makes them hard - oh how they boast about their victory in the factory on monday morning.

Birds who squat down and pi55 in the street, with 3 of their equally pi55ed mates trying to make a human barrier around them to save their dignity.

People who seem incapable of using the flush on the toilet, do they do this at home as well ?

Anywhere that is patently obvious its a PUB, but has changed its name to 'Bar something' to try be more sophisticated.

In general, most other people - much prefer going round someones house with friends where you dont have to spend all night surrounded by complete ar5eholes.

Robbie T

iTrader: (8)

I dont always feel the need, i stopped pissing on my hands when i was five and my ****'s clean cos i shower before i go out!
If your not happy with these blokes, stop holding their hands

Neutral Cruiser

Truly on my wavelength.

Moley

iTrader: (9)

PMSL

stevencotton

Oh, so it's you that puts their greasy ****-smeared hands all over the door handles, cheers

_RIP_

What's this freshen up lark? Dont seem to get any of that crap in the clubs/pubs up here.

Spoon

It's replaced with a 'tool up' service where you are.

As for mine.

1. Being in the same establishment as Neutral cruiser.

_RIP_

lol at the 'tool up'

ScoobyJawa

Feckin freshen up - get lost grrrrrrrrr.

Others arriving after being served first too - I've worked behind a bar, its not difficult to remember who's next even when you are snowed under - thats prob why I get more wound up by it!!!!

scoobynutta555

They generally look like the chap below. Also, they usually have row upon row of cheap watered down scented stuff and some other nondescript tat.


Think of the lookie lookie men on European beaches with watches up their arms, balancing sliced melons and shifty eyes. That'll give you an idea of how persistant they are.

Mark Miwurdz

I know what you mean.

Bloke leaves the bog having choked a darky and doesn't wash his hands You than have to try and negotiate the door having washed and dried your hands without touching the minging bits.

Still; what the eye don't see, the heart don't grieve over. Pass the peanuts, will you?

Cheers
Kav

David_Wallis

How about people that use public toilets and never flush them? its not like they have to pay the water bill?

And those people that go for a ****.. dont flush the toilet.. and You can tell they havent.. but wtf is the bog roll?? Eurgh.

I sometimes dont wash my hands in some pubs. Many a time have I seen people **** in the sink and on the soap. I try not to touch the door handles if possible!

ajm

The 'Freshen Up' men might be a bit annoying but that's a tad extreme!

Mark Miwurdz

Indeed and apologies; meant no offence or ambiguity

Perhaps I should have said 'having pulled the pace car in' or 'having laid a cable'.

Neutral Cruiser

What do you mean about being in the same place as me?