Apart from that the course was the usual management nonsense except we did an exercise where I was the leader, on the feedback the trainer said that I was a powerful leader with presence! Cool just call me La Presidenta
15 September 2005
The Worst Pub In Bournemouth
Has to be the one that is run by that big chain that is supposed to be a supporter of real ale, good food, cheap prices and no music you know the one - "W*****SP**NS". Awful, absolutely appalling it took our group from the course at least 30 minutes to get served, not because it was chocka but because the young female staff suffered from a rare form of blindness - the inability to see anyone above the age of 20 or female. The real crime however was how they treated the beer, I ordered a pint of Spitfire, a real ale so it should have been cooler than room temperature of course but not chilled to the point it was colder than the Grolsh!
Apart from that the course was the usual management nonsense except we did an exercise where I was the leader, on the feedback the trainer said that I was a powerful leader with presence! Cool just call me La Presidenta
Apart from that the course was the usual management nonsense except we did an exercise where I was the leader, on the feedback the trainer said that I was a powerful leader with presence! Cool just call me La Presidenta
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If you go to their website and complain they will send you a voucher in compensation.
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame because usually the beer is good.... the food is terrible.... but the beer is good....
Jane,
ReplyDeleteI didnt think anyone over the age of twenty drank in that particular chain of establishments :)
I remember eating in there once, and the guy on the table behind was complaining to the manager about the quality of the food..
ReplyDeleteHe said something like "How could your chef bring himself to serve up food like this?"
To which the manager replied, with an absolutely deadpan face - "We don't have chefs Sir.. we have Microwave Technicians".. and left it at that.
Says it all really.
Eeore after Tuesday's experiance I never want to drink there again.
ReplyDeleteCharlotte the under 20's weren't drinking they were spilling it down their tops mostly.
Jo - Lol and i fear it may well be true!
You're a "powerful leader with presence"? I suspect the BBC have their eyes on you for the next series of "The Apprentice".
ReplyDeleteLast time I went to one of the said establishments, I had my hair stroked by a very drunken (and very tattooed...) guy at the bar. I was most definitely in bloke mode at the time!!!
ReplyDeleteI ate very quickly and left ;-)
You have to post the name of the place!
ReplyDeleteWhat if when I get to the UK, this is the first place I go to for a pint? Do you want such a terrible experience to be my first impression?
I would have let it ALL OUT. I can already tell you what I would have said to the manager! "I came thousands of miles, across an entire ocean, packed onto a flying bus, sitting next to some fat dude who was taking up all of his seat and 1/2 of mine, for this!?!? I could get crap beer and terrible food back in the States! You should go run in a train station!"
Then I would have been deported.
Doesn't it just piss you off royally when a place that claims to serve Real Ale then employs people who haven't the first idea how to store or serve it!
ReplyDeleteW*th**sp***'s pubs are bloody soulless places anyway!
*ether**oo** (just helping anyone who hasn't figured it out yet)
ReplyDeleteAlways found drinking beer a dodgy business, on the other hand Grolsch (provided it's come out of the fridge) has the benefit of consistency, and it doesn't taste bad either - question is, have I just started a flame war? :)
ReplyDeleteI don't understand why you are all having a go at Weatherspoons for the quality of the beer.
ReplyDeleteFor one thing Abbot is about £1.60 which is the cheapest you will find it anywhere. And for about £3.50 you used to be able to get a pint and a double shot of Ray and Nephew over-proof rum. I ask you? Where else can you get off your face for £3.50? lol.
Yes, the Abbot's cheap but at the 2 W's places in Lynn it's also consistently not good. I'd rather pay £2.40 (or whatever) for a pint I can actually enjoy!
ReplyDeleteWhy go out and drink crap beer in a soulless pub, when you you can brew your own great beer and drink it at home. It is cheaper too.
ReplyDeleteAt least you didnt promote Stella Rachel.
Abbot Ale is great but a 4 pinter...any more than 4 pints and you are in bits the next day. Well I am anyway.
Confession - I do like real ale and Grolsch, and Stella. Particularly a Grolsch straight from the fridge after a 3 mile walk with the dog on a hot summer's day, and we've had a few this month believe it or not.
ReplyDeleteI think the whole beer thing is down to knowing which pubs know how to look after it - once you've found a good one it's a joy. Still, it doesn't hurt to sample crap every so often - makes you appreciate the stuff even more. Just my take on it.
Oh, as for Abbott I can just about chew my way through half a pint. Seriously, it's too heavy for me - I prefer the weaker beers, but then maybe I'm just a wuss.
ReplyDeleteWell Op North you can't get Abbot anywhere else, so it's Weatherspoons for me...
ReplyDeleteThe beer up here is weedy stuff compared to southern beer... the only decent pint is Kelham Island and that's only 3.8%... plus they try to sell you 3/4 of a pint claiming that you have to have a head on it.
As for Abbot, I believe I can lay claim to the record, since I once had 16 pints of it whilst watching a cricket match.... the only problemn was that I drank myself sober.... heyho for the joys of being young and fit.... I can barely manage five or six now....
Never been to Bournemouth but I have been in other pubs in the UK where the waitresses suffer from that blindness.
ReplyDeleteooh complain - they are great at customer servicey stuff
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