If I need a boost, I will always seek out a Spoons in the morning. It’s only when you are inside, do you benefit in the knowledge of knowing how very fortunate you are compared to the die hard regulars
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"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
Patterns - always patterns.
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
Do not go to Wetherspoons for the simple reason there is not one near me however i have in the past and they do a job of work if however i was near to one and fancied a quick bite and a pint i would be safe in the knowledge i would not meet certain members of this forum.
Every cloud etc.
I FEEL LIKE I'M DIAGONALLY PARKED IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE
Frankly, if the title of this thread had been:
'Sports Direct Yay, Or Nay?' or -
'Greggs Yay, Or Nay?' or -
'Maccy D Yay, Or Nay?' or -
'Primark Yay, Or Nay?',
the responses would have been broadly similar.
There's a whole raft of retail/hospitality sectors that appeals to certain people & doesn't appeal to others.
As to the OP - I'm OK with Wetherspoon's (although I haven't been in one since March 2020), but I'd avoid Brewdog products if possible as I don't like what I've read about the actions of the founders.
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Jim.
If I avoided using the products or visiting the businesses of everyone/company I felt had behaved badly then I would be sat at home drinking water with a slice of bread.
I also wouldn’t be typing this on my iPad.
Never been in one but believe they're good for gammon.
Presumably that's a given, no?
No sport and no music sounds good, I may visit one soon.
Thing that often puts me off is that they often feel like what they were, furniture stores... Zero atmosphere.
Beer and food is cheap. I go now and then, but not my first choice.
Sadly if I didn't go where I disliked the management's politics, I'd need to emigrate, so I tend to separate the two.
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Breitling Cosmonaute 809 - What's not to like?
A definite Yay.
As it happens, I went on a bit of a pub crawl with my brother yesterday afternoon/evening and as well as a couple of Fullers pubs and a couple of independents we went to both the Wetherspoons that my town is blessed with...and guess which were the busiest and full of people conversing rather than watching TV or shouting over the latest grim(e) or Hip Hop!
Independents were charging anything between £4:00 and £6:50 for a pint of beer while a pint of Abbot Ale cost £2.29 in my local Wetherspoons.
As a comparison Birmingham Spoons The Brier Rose two Gin and Tonics one pint of Shipyard IPA and one pint Cider, total cost £10.68 same round in the The Botanist £32.30 We always use Spoons for the first couple for the aforementioned reason
I'm not keen but when others want to go I'll tag along ...
Lots of businesses who's ethics I don't like but there seems to be less and less choice as the big corporates seem be rolling over everything.
The days of choice and competition are over ... big business is winning out in every area which is why most of our high streets all look the same.
Just look at watch retail ... the small one-store independents are getting squeezed out by the big boys.
I have imposed a lifetime ban on myself ever stepping foot in one of those establishments again that started off as pubs, but have become a shelter and rest home for all kinds of social rejects off the streets to fill all the seats and tables with their cheap endless refill coffee.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
A typical ‘Spoons is like celery - calorie neutral.
The toilet is always half a mile from the bar so you burn off the calories you’ve drunk every time you go for a pee!
For anyone afeared of going into a Wetherspoons I suggest you get your self up to Newcastle and go for a pint in the Black Garter on either Giro day or match day. You'll then celebrate and rejoice for your local W'spoons.
F.T.F.A.
I find it funny that people defending Wetherspoons are also judging pubs with TVs on the wall, music pubs or ones that run quizzes?! Some people like those types of pub, snobbery seems to work both ways here.
One of the great things about the UK are its diverse range of pubs, I’ve been to some good Wetherspoons and I’ve been to some horrible ones. It’s the same with any pub chain and also the independents.
I tend not to eat in them, I shy away from bargain basement food generally, so although I won’t eat cheap meat (that rules out Wetherspoons currys etc) I’ll happily eat a basket of chips/bag of crisps with my pint.
I’m a couple of pints after a good walk type pub goer these days, but do sometimes go to them with work colleagues when I’m away, or meeting up prior to watching the rugby (those were the days) and I wouldn’t notice in those situations whose pub it is.
Wetherspoons seems yet another thing to divide over these days, sadly.
I’m as happy in a Wetherspoons or a proper spit and sawdust boozer as I am in a wine bar. It’s the company I’m in that’s important to me, not the pub itself.
FWIW There’s plenty of pubs and restaurants that are likely owned by much more unsavoury characters than the aforementioned Tim Martin
The only reason I'll voluntarily enter a pub is for food - I just don't like them, the smell of sour beer and BO, the noise (i'm slightly mutt'n' so vocal background noise plays hobb with hearing the person next to me), the lack of seating, the annoyingly drunk clientele, the list continues.
All this makes Weatherspoons the pinnacle of everything I loathe about pubs without even touching on the personality of the owner whom I find to be an odious little oik.
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
I know the Weatherspoons in Morpeth
Been in a few times pre scamdemic. Good beers at exceptional prices. Breakfast as good as any cafe. Wore my Rolex Milgauss with no dread or fear.
I like the Prices.
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A definite nay from me. Plenty of nicer places to go to.
The title of the thread is ''Wetherspoons Yay, or Nay?''
Therefore I've said 'nay' and I'm giving my reasons, my opinions are based upon Martins exploitation of staff and him taking advantage of a 'captive audience' to promote his agenda, equally Sports Direct etc.
Perhaps my 'moral compass' is more sensitive than other peoples - I appreciate that you're trying to make this 'political' but the fact is I don't like liars or those who manipulate the public for their own POV whatever colour they subscribe to, this is why I don't do Spoons.
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You have a very short memory,
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
Lolz.
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Lovely day in London today. Boiling. Half of Wetherspoons customers will be passed out in a local park with an empty White Lightning nearby and piss stains all over their pants.
Currently sat outside a lovely pub on Hartley Wintney with top company. Not spoons prices obviously, but not too spicy either and well worth the extra few pennies.
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