Switchoffs

sir ratholer · Post by **sir ratholer** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 4:31 pm

You walk in to a pub you do regularly.

As soon as you walk in, they switch the fruit off. What's your next move?

Glendale · Post by **Glendale** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 5:05 pm

Order a drink or 3, let them pour them and walk out!

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 5:12 pm

Glendale: Done the exact same thing. I put £7 into an Indy hilo, ordered 4 pints (me and chums). Machine turned off on me on the 7th quid. Waited patiently at the bar until all the beers were poured, then: "Come on lads, next pub, eh?" The barman was lost for words. (They were Stellas too, heh-heh).

blackmogu · Post by **blackmogu** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:24 pm

sir ratholer wrote:You walk in to a pub you do regularly.

As soon as you walk in, they switch the fruit off. What's your next move?

Say you are an electrician and can fix that for a call-out fee.

On the serious side, i'd be very worried now if I relied on pub fruits for my main source of income. It seems that publicans are making a concerted effort to be hostile towards players. It was bad enough back in the laissez-faire days.

You simply don't need that sort of stress in your working life, on top of moody fruits, rank unwashed observers and bovine comments.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:19 pm

'Pub Watch' is a phrase that keeps on cropping up lately.

ScottyNorth192 · Post by **ScottyNorth192** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:37 pm

Obviously walk out again

clarkey1984 · Post by **clarkey1984** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:58 pm

/wipes tear from eye

That post has made my night JG!

Id just do as others have mentioned tho, order a round of drinks and then when it comes to payment just say actually sorry, was gonna enjoy a nice cold pint and spend a few minutes on the fruity, but never mind, and just walk.

tommya · Post by **tommya** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:10 pm

had a fruit switched off on me asked the bar lady she said it was broke, i said u just dont want me to play it, she said yeah so just got my drink poored it on the floor and walked out. Also went to a pub recently never been in there before when i walked in the fruit was on bought a drink looked behind me it was off could not believe it.

deano8177 · Post by **deano8177** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:16 pm

Just give the pub a hard time.

Phone them on the regular and keep asking if you can play the fruit.

Order loads of pints as said before.

Throw the pint at the landlord.

Or best of all, shit in he urinal

silent g · Post by **silent g** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:19 pm

on 3 occasions they've said "in turning that off now so play your credits off!"
and on all 3 occasions ive said "i dare you to turn it off because itll be the last thing you do"
then i drain what i can and leave within 5min before any police might come.

my fv time was in the Clarendon hotel with scottish bob, we had the manager (milton) and the security guard on us, the security gaurd didnt speak one word because i told him as soon as i hear him speak im gonna smash his chunt in, and the slightly braver manager said he would turn the machine off and when i told him the consequences he just kept saying "please hurry up lads, please finish your drinks, please finish your credits" we played for about another 10min then told them both not to speak till we was gone lol.

im 20ft tall and thugish and scottydog bob is about 16st and they didnt want no trouble from us lol.

miltons rover streetwise has since been painted and the fruit has been swapped for a quizzer lol.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:27 pm

tommya wrote: Also went to a pub recently never been in there before when i walked in the fruit was on bought a drink looked behind me it was off could not believe it.

I've had that, i almost limp to the bar in some quiet pubs so as not let my coins be heard, even so....power cut. Even after racking my brains i still don't how they have known to plug it? Ring round? Heard my coins jangling? (doubtful) maybe its just my face

I find it baffling when i've never even been in there before, maybe there policy is just any new faces we turn the machine off, its the only explaination i can think of?

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:29 pm

you can tell..

worked on bars and in pubs and i know many people who do, all of which can spot a fruity player really easily

redlinesman · Post by **redlinesman** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:02 am

Not many people who go in certain types of pubs only have 1 drink so that is a decent sign for the landlord, couple that with getting a jackpot and your days are numbered.

Glendale · Post by **Glendale** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:58 am

Doesnt matter if you have 1 drink or 10! I got banned from my pub during the vivid days! Landlady said "locals only"! I only lived 100 yards away!!!

sir ratholer · Post by **sir ratholer** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:14 am

Spyder wrote:you can tell..

worked on bars and in pubs and i know many people who do, all of which can spot a fruity player really easily

i'm not sure what your point is here.

It's not exactly easy to hide £70+ of coins coming out of a machine, nor is it possible to drink copious amounts of alcohol in every pub due to having to drive, and I'm not going to stick loads of money behind the bar because I have a family to support, and i'd rather spend the money on them.

In any case, you shouldn't have to do wedge in the pub to have the right to play the machine. If you can't handle someone winning, don't have one.

Anyway, what is the real purpose of a machine? Is it to feed the (heavily debated who is a) locals addiction? Is it the landlords holiday fund? Does it just contribute to the overall profit of the pub? Is it nothing to do with the pub - 'we just have it in there' - in the case of malfunction/ious.

Pathetic really.

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