I was here first

kingzilla · Post by **kingzilla** » Mon May 24, 2010 11:25 am

Am i the only one here who gets really annoyed when someone gets served before you when you have spent ages before them at the bar. I am 6feet 3 inches and kinda cant be missed so how does this happen?

mohicankid · Post by **mohicankid** » Mon May 24, 2010 12:25 pm

i often feel i am invisible to the following:
single mothers with 2 or more children...they feel that they are allowed to jump in front as their kids will get impatient and start crying!

middle aged women...i don't know why but they will happily just walk in fron of you in a bus que...dosn't matter that you've been stood waiting for said bus for half an hour!

pensioners....becouse thay fought in the war (which is admirable) dose that mean they can just hop straight to the front of the que in the morrisons cafe?

the girls in mcdonalds...they always ask the person behind me what they want!!

i tend to get rather vocal if someone has jumped a que....to which they usualy look at me supprised and say "oh i'm sorry, i didn't realise you were waiting to be served!"

WELL I HAVN'T BEEN STOOD HERE THE PAST 20 MIN'S FOR THE 'UCKING SCENERY HAVE I?

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Mon May 24, 2010 1:34 pm

I'm invisible too, as i'm:

a) Not built like a brick shithouse
b) Not in possession of a large pair of boobs
c) Not rude or pushy

So basically i have to wait and wait. My best asset is i'm thin as a rake, so i can squirm my way to the front without too much trouble and get served that way. Or bring the girlfriend with me and put option b to use

With spoons here being the only place most people go at the weekend, it can take half an hour for a drink sometimes....jokes.

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Mon May 24, 2010 2:15 pm

Spoons. The only bar you have to get two rounds in at a time !

kingzilla · Post by **kingzilla** » Mon May 24, 2010 7:09 pm

I am usually very polite to the opposite sex and i am a person who would give his seat up for a lady to sit down but when it comes to getting served at the bar i take no prisoners. Like on Sunday i was at the Burntstump pub in nottm and this lady walks up to the bar where i had been standing for 10 mins and the barmaid tried but failed(thanks to me) to serve her. I said to the lady "have you just walked up to the bar" which she replied "yes to which i glared at her and said "so you didnt see me standing here" she replied "oh sorry" in a rather nasty way. This spotty little runt behind the bar said "NO ARGUMENTS OR I WILL BAR YOU" GOD i was so tempted to drag him over the bar.

deano8177 · Post by **deano8177** » Mon May 24, 2010 10:51 pm

Spoons are shit for getting a drink. You stand at the bar 15 min with the pub packet as fuck, 5 members of staff working, as soon as it my turn to get served they start talking to each other, or go glass collecting. And there's 1 barmaid left.

PMK · Post by **PMK** » Tue May 25, 2010 9:48 am

Or u get 5 cappuccino's ordered and the fuckwitts wanna pay individually on their debit cards!!!

AAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!

Use f@@@in cash!!!

flashback · Post by **flashback** » Tue May 25, 2010 10:02 am

PMK wrote:Or u get 5 cappuccino's ordered and the fuckwitts wanna pay individually on their debit cards!!!

Oh yeah very true

And they form a nice orderly queue going away from the bar!!! WTF. In a spoons once, big long queue and not a soul at the rest of the bar?? Walked past the lot of them to get served and they all pulled me up lol... just looked at them, bought my drink and got on with it. Idiots!!!!

At least in some places the staff have started shouting please queue along the bar, about time

Been-Grant-Mitchell'd! · Tue May 25, 2010 10:40 am

When a fat old moose has to stand on a train then glares at you to try and make you feel guilty enough to give up your seat for her. No chance.

As for Debit Cards. I get pissed off when I want to buy a train ticket and the kiosks have a fourteen mile queue. There are the self service machines, two for Debit/Credit Cards, and one for cash AND cards - the ONLY one that takes players currency (£1 coins), so a group of nerds decide to use that one. And then, like posted above, pay individually with cards.

thecannonball89 · Post by **thecannonball89** » Tue May 25, 2010 1:46 pm

Been-Grant-Mitchell'd! wrote:When a fat old moose has to stand on a train then glares at you to try and make you feel guilty enough to give up your seat for her. No chance.

As for Debit Cards. I get pissed off when I want to buy a train ticket and the kiosks have a fourteen mile queue. There are the self service machines, two for Debit/Credit Cards, and one for cash AND cards - the ONLY one that takes players currency (£1 coins), so a group of nerds decide to use that one. And then, like posted above, pay individually with cards.

I think you have a problem with public transport lol

mjd · Post by **mjd** » Tue May 25, 2010 6:55 pm

My biggest gripe at Bar people is those who ask 'who's next please' and Im not very good at shouting out. It just feels a bit rude to shout out even if im next in line. In my opinion it makes you look a bit of a tw_t, and it gets quite embarrasing when theres enevitably two / three of you shouting out at the same time

Id rather they pick someone out and ask what they want, preferably to the person next in line!

Definately handy to get two pints in when the bar is always crowded. When the World Cup comes soon - a big round!!

kidgloves · Post by **kidgloves** » Tue May 25, 2010 10:54 pm

I think bar tenders go through phases of competency with queuing customers.

1) The newbie bar tender -

This one will be ever so polite and try and serve the next customer in line, however won't have a clue who it is if the bar is more than 2 deep because they'll still be worrying if they've given the right change to the last customer and not served them a pink wank cocktail when they asked for a Guinness.

2) The experienced bar tender -

These are few and far between. They know exactly where you are in the queue, sometimes even informing you whilst serving another customer as to when they are coming to you. They are generally observant, polite and won't be in that job for long.

3) The bar tender with a chip on the shoulder -

These people have been in the job for a long time, and have no way up in the world. Generally pissed off with the world, they know exactly where you are in the queue but either completely ignore you on purpose, or act all innocent and serve the person right next to you, or at the other end of the bar. These are generally the same people that look like stone at you when you try and change up £20 for paper.

Captain.Tattybojangles · Tue May 25, 2010 11:22 pm

When theyre standing still at the bar wait until they make eye contact with you then muscle in with your order of beverages.

In Spoons, I sometimes wait where there's no one at the till because they always have their key in the one right at the other end of the bar...can anyone explain why they just don't put the key in the one that they're serving at?

kingzilla · Post by **kingzilla** » Wed May 26, 2010 10:04 am

mjd wrote:My biggest gripe at Bar people is those who ask 'who's next please' and Im not very good at shouting out. It just feels a bit rude to shout out even if im next in line. In my opinion it makes you look a bit of a tw_t, and it gets quite embarrasing when theres enevitably two / three of you shouting out at the same time

Id rather they pick someone out and ask what they want, preferably to the person next in line!

Definately handy to get two pints in when the bar is always crowded. When the World Cup comes soon - a big round!!

I don't agree with you at all, if you are before the other 2 who shouted out at the same time and you know you are first then make sure you get served before them. Grow a spine man

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed May 26, 2010 10:21 am

Kingzilla is spot on. cultivate a withering look of disdain coupled with the tiniest shake of your head and prolonged blink. i'm particularly proud of mine, it works every time, except when the offender is spanish. that lot have no understanding of manners.