Public house annoyances

Lando Griffin

I am going to the pub tonight for a few to watch the big match in full HD and am fearful that I may later on in the night have to use the gents toilet.
You see last weekend I was there I had to go and discovered that there was no locking device on the door.
Since I had to go and it medically proven that yu should not hold on, I sat sweeting nervously foot at door at the thought that some one might barge in.
Luckily nobody did.
I was so embarresed I couldn't tell the bar maid ( early 20s and quite the looker ) that there was no lock on the door.

What annoys you most about our public houses?

super_furry

Drunk people.

JohnMarston

The prices

Banjaxed82

You talking about having a ****e or a piss?

seamus

People who refuse to share the toilet.

jester77

Take a dump before you leave the house or are you going on guinness/curry marathon where you will have to take multiple dumps through the night?

CardBordWindow

People who don't alert the staff of maintenance issues.

Lando Griffin

Banjaxed82 wrote: »

You talking about having a ****e or a piss?

A number 2 and quite the effort reaching for the door and keeping position right on target.

MadsL

Barely secured...



...never mind

JohnMarston

Making as much noise as possible during your time in the toilet generally wards people from trying the door

mauzo

When they've no bacon fries....

They are just amazing, the smiths ones.

Boombastic

Lando Griffin wrote: »

I am going to the pub tonight for a few to watch the big match in full HD and am fearful that I may later on in the night have to use the gents toilet.
You see last weekend I was there I had to go and discovered that there was no locking device on the door.
Since I had to go and it medically proven that yu should not hold on, I sat sweeting nervously foot at door at the thought that some one might barge in.
Luckily nobody did.
I was so embarresed I couldn't tell the bar maid ( early 20s and quite the looker ) that there was no lock on the door.

What annoys you most about our public houses?

Having a big screen with football on it and everyone glued to it


and the smell of farts

bodhrandude

Having a great big screen above your head playing the footie while your playing in a trad session.

JohnMarston

It also annoys me when i go to a pub and its so loud i have to yell at the people with me, or to the bartender, to get a drink.

Nothing beats a pub with a real fireplace though

Lingua Franca

Boombastic wrote: »

and the smell of farts

Bring back smoking in pubs, people smell minging. Especially drunks.

Real Life

people playing a trad session while im trying to watch the footie on a great big screen over their head

MaroonAndGreen

Hate being left waiting at the bar, but I know too its not easy for the staff when there is a big crowd so im not really complaining :P

Shryke

Definitely the prices. Lots of great places but obscene prices. 20 euro on 4 pints. That's horrific. I paid 5.55 for a pint bottle in the Quays in Galway today. Lovely spot terrible prices.

Boombastic

Lingua Franca wrote: »

Bring back smoking in pubs, people smell minging. Especially drunks.

I seen a guy clear a pub one night. He must have been on the Guinness for a few days, it was like the place was on fire, people tripping over each other to get out and the smelly feck just stood at the bar smiling and ordering

podgemonster

People who clumsily back into you and spill your drink and then don't even acknowledge your presence or apoligise.

hidinginthebush

Lando Griffin wrote: »

You see last weekend I was there I had to go and discovered that there was no locking device on the door.

I used to be a barman, and we had an issue like that in one of the toilets, though we never bothered to get it fixed, didn't see the point really, since in the 7 years I worked there, nobody ever tried to steal a shite

Real Life

hidinginthebush wrote: »

I used to be a barman, and we had an issue like that in one of the toilets, though we never bothered to get it fixed, didn't see the point really, since in the 7 years I worked there, nobody ever tried to stael a shite

i dont think people stealing a ****e is the problem here

hidinginthebush

Real Life wrote: »

i dont think people stealing a ****e is the problem here

ಠ_ಠ

Mr Benevolent

Real Life wrote: »

i dont think people stealing a ****e is the problem here

The OP is actually terrified that a man might see his weeny. With a magnifying glass.

mariano rivera

MaroonAndGreen wrote: »

Hate being left waiting at the bar, but I know too its not easy for the staff when there is a big crowd so im not really complaining :P

Barmen/ women in Hipsters bars

Wanna be models/ actors who have no idea how to work behind a bar

Just get the facking beers over the bar you Nonce!

mariano rivera

Lando Griffin wrote: »

I am going to the pub tonight for a few to watch the big match in full HD and am fearful that I may later on in the night have to use the gents toilet.
You see last weekend I was there I had to go and discovered that there was no locking device on the door.
Since I had to go and it medically proven that yu should not hold on, I sat sweeting nervously foot at door at the thought that some one might barge in.
Luckily nobody did.
I was so embarresed I couldn't tell the bar maid ( early 20s and quite the looker ) that there was no lock on the door.

What annoys you most about our public houses?

Moaners

People giving out about the banks, government, the prices of pints, people farting, no lock on the jacks

lucylu

• Beer bottles that are not chilled
• badly poured pints
• warm wet glasses
• the demise of the beermat
• TVs on every wall showing poxy golf

CardBordWindow

MaroonAndGreen wrote: »

Hate being left waiting at the bar, but I know too its not easy for the staff when there is a big crowd so im not really complaining :P

I hate being left at the bar, when there's nobody else at the bar!! :mad:
Lazy bar staff chatting amongst themselves!

homeless student

hmm barmen who serve the women b4 men, eventhough the men were there 5 mins b4 her. people pis$ing on the floor instead of the toilet or urinal,you wouldnt do it at home would ya?plus your not 5 anymore. animals.

MadsL

Lack of decent beer.

Me:What have you on draught?
Barman: We've pish, pish, pish and pish. And Bulmers and a foreign pish in bottles. :mad:

Meanwhile in a US Bar...7 Hand-crafted micro-brews on draft, another 30 in bottles.

westendgirlie

I could never do a number 2 anywhere but at home.

OP, do your business before you leave home tonight!

who the fug

MadsL wrote: »

Lack of decent beer.

Me:What have you on draught?
Barman: We've pish, pish, pish and pish. And Bulmers and a foreign pish in bottles. :mad:

Meanwhile in a US Bar...7 Hand-crafted micro-brews on draft, another 30 in bottles.

We are talking about a pubic house , not hippy nirvana

Funglegunk

People breaking pool cues over other people's backs. Height of ignorance.

gaziah

when theres a match on the big screen and a couple (generally elderly) sit directly underneath it facing out to the crowd. annoying yet quite funny

castletownman

MadsL wrote: »

Lack of decent beer.

Me:What have you on draught?
Barman: We've pish, pish, pish and pish. And Bulmers and a foreign pish in bottles. :mad:

Meanwhile in a US Bar...7 Hand-crafted micro-brews on draft, another 30 in bottles.

That's my pet-hate about people and beer. Complaining about the lack of "decent" beer, and then citing about how there's so much better variation in other countries. No-one is forcing you into the pub like. So just order something and live with it. They all taste the same after a few anyway

tayto lover

A very big bar with only 4 or 5 customers drives me mad.

MJ23

westendgirlie wrote: »

I could never do a number 2 anywhere but at home.

OP, do your business before you leave home tonight!

Sh1t break.

Fellas, usually farmers, standing around clogging up the bar when there are plenty of seats. "sure only wimmin sit down, we're talking about horse power and GAA"

gaziah

Funglegunk wrote: »

People breaking pool cues over other people's backs. Height of ignorance.

Dont forget breaking glass bottles on the edge of the counter to get the barmaids attention and/or the start a bar brawl. shocking

Curly Judge

Boombastic wrote: »

Having a big screen with football on it and everyone glued to it


and the smell of farts

Couldn't agree more!
Recently spent a few days seeing the sights of Paris and did a lot of travelling by Metro, sometimes squeezed in between all sorts of nationalities at rush hour.
Not once did I smell a fart or even body odor.
The weekend I returned I had to attend a wedding in Galway and [on the crowded dance floor] the smell of egg sandwich farts and stale sweat would burn the inside of your nostrils.
I think our thirst for Guinness has a lot to do with it.
Civilization seems to be an optional extra with some people in this country.

Conall Cernach

Lingua Franca wrote: »

Bring back smoking in pubs, people smell minging. Especially drunks.

I've just thought of something and I might as well post it here. How about in stead of Nicorette gum there's a Nicorette beer? I don't smoke and it annoys the hell out of me when all my mates bugger off outside for a fag and I'm left there missing out on the craic.

MadsL

castletownman wrote: »

They all taste the same after a few anyway

Have a problem? Answer is to get pissed. Spoken like a true Irishman. Well done, very well done.

steph1

Curly Judge wrote: »

Couldn't agree more!
Recently spent a few days seeing the sights of Paris and did a lot of travelling by Metro, sometimes squeezed in between all sorts of nationalities at rush hour.
Not once did I smell a fart or even body odor.
The weekend I returned I had to attend a wedding in Galway and [on the crowded dance floor] the smell of egg sandwich farts and stale sweat would burn the inside of your nostrils.
I think our thirst for Guinness has a lot to do with it.
Civilization seems to be an optional extra with some people in this country.

Some people seem to have a fear of soap and water lol lol

castletownman

MadsL wrote: »

Have a problem? Answer is to get pissed. Spoken like a true Irishman. Well done, very well done.

Actually you're right. I shouldn't be buying the generic draught beer you get in virtually every pub in Ireland, because it gets me pissed. I should fork out an extra few euro on some obscure craft beer so I'll spend less and ergo not get as drunk, so then I can talk about the Beatles back catalogue that I have on vinyl without slurring my words.

Curly Judge

westendgirlie wrote: »

I could never do a number 2 anywhere but at home= QUOTE]

Very wise! This girl tried it and look what happened.

http://www.puretravel.com/blog/2009/05/19/if-she-hasnt-yet-she-will-soon/

Boombastic

Conall Cernach wrote: »

I've just thought of something and I might as well post it here. How about in stead of Nicorette gum there's a Nicorette beer? I don't smoke and it annoys the hell out of me when all my mates bugger off outside for a fag and I'm left there missing out on the craic.

Ye complain when we smoke inside, ye complain when we smoke outside..ye non-smokers are never happy ggrrrr:p

MadsL

castletownman wrote: »

the Beatles back catalogue that I have on vinyl

You should look into selling that and buying beer with the proceeds.

doubledown

People...

ArtyC

The ladies loo- what a ****hole. Full of idiotic women, two in a stall, reapplying their already laden faces with make up and chatting ****e at the sinks so its acrobatics getting around them to wash hands!

arybvtcw0eolkf

MaroonAndGreen wrote: »

Hate being left waiting at the bar, but I know too its not easy for the staff when there is a big crowd so im not really complaining :P

A little hint (coming from working in bars for over twenty years), bring your empty with you to the bar ~ it gets the staffs attention quicker than any amount of shouting, waving notes and nodding at them.

who the fug

Jairo Numerous Stomach wrote: »

A little hint (coming from working in bars for over twenty years), bring your empty with you to the bar ~ it gets the staffs attention quicker than any amount of shouting, waving notes and nodding at them.

and don' forget your please and thankyous

ollaetta

Going to the jacks in certain pubs to find "assistants" (only word I can think of that isn't rude) offering you tissues or cheap stink. Not as common since the big R but still there.