Wetherspoons Nonsense

Nixxy · Post by **Nixxy** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:46 pm

I popped into my local Wetherspoons at lunchtime today, it's a slightly smaller quieter one than you tend to find in town centres. I've been going in there since it opened 8 years ago, and beyond that when it was a pleasant independent pub. I only get the opportunity to go in there every couple of weeks.

I bought a pint, played Pots of Gold for a while, then managed to take a £105 top from Gold Rush. I'd been in there about 45 mins at that point.

I bought a second pint, started playing Bucks Bunny and ended up recycling a couple of flat tops. After about three quarters of an hour, and with my pint long since imbibed, the manageress wandered over.

I'd just dumped out a £70 top and the next board offered red Bunny Money before killing me. I wanted that 3rd top feature. 'Hello', she said.
'I couldn't help noticing you spend a long time on the machines today, and not a lot of time ordering any drinks. You do know we rely on selling drinks to keep the business going, don't you?'

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat! :x

I was raging inside and smiling on the outer. I was indirectly being told to order a 3rd pint or face being asked to do something else, presumably leave. This woman clearly had no comprehension of the profits JD Wetherspoon takes from AWPs, nor that in the long run, the machine only pays out an average of 78% of what is put in. So I'm hardly likely to threaten the future of the business.

I have never felt so unwelcome in a place where everyone knows I keep myself to myself, pay for my drinks and don't break any laws. I drink beer. I eat meals. I play games - after all there're 5 fruities and 2 Itboxes in there - someone has to pay for those licences.

No harm was done in the end and I soon teased out the rest of the streak from BB, but christ - is there such thing as a relaxing Sunday anymore?

toothless11 · Post by **toothless11** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 8:38 pm

Ive been threatened to be barred after making 30 quid in a rovers once. I already had a pint of coke and a full breakfast.... Cunts.

HorseRacingKing · Post by **HorseRacingKing** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:14 pm

its cos you look like a mug and your getting taken the piss out of you , If you was some hench cunt like ricky c you wouldnt get asked nothing or you recieve a slap

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:09 pm

HorseRacingKing wrote:its cos you look like a mug and your getting taken the piss out of you , If you was some hench cunt like ricky c you wouldnt get asked nothing or you recieve a slap

I guess it must have been a very quiet sunday and she had very little else to do

jeffvickers · Post by **jeffvickers** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:12 pm

SHES AN ADDICT!

Dunhamzzz · Post by **Dunhamzzz** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:19 pm

I would of (in the most professional and mature way possible) tell her that that was an awful thing to say to a customer, and that you would be speaking to her General Manager (providing she was only a duty manager).

I would have explained how your putting into the economy of the company, and that she should probably educate herself with the system of fruit machines, where the money comes form/goes before passing judgements

mjd · Post by **mjd** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:48 pm

shocking.

JG · Post by JG » Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:48 pm

WOWSER!, No, no. This doesn't justify a wowser.

<<SUPERWOWSER!!>> That's plain awful Nixxy. So if you spend a fiver on three pints of Tetleys you're ok. However if you buy one pint of Tetleys and rotate £200 through the machines that's no good?
I know the smoking ban has hit the brewery trade, but, errrrr, that's just silly. It's probably that Bucks in a clanky Elegance that did it. Also a Weatherspoons....no!!!!!! No!!!!!! You can't get barred from Weatherspoons. That's one step away from CID raiding german laptops and seizing your Mum.

Dreadful loud Elegance cabinets. I was playing a Bucky The Quid when it used to be in Yates. It cost £105 for a silent Im, followed by £70 off the natural . Money back. However I was so embaressed after it spat out £45, back down to £60 that I just left immediately without collecting that £60.

Of course the Pope is also found of defeacating in areas of dense foliage, but some students did remark that they were 'SURE I HAD CAINED IT' which was wrong. They also claimed that The Vatican has ensuite toilet facilities, so shows how much they know.

Can't they make cabinets out of sponge? A £105 top would be blissful silence. Also good for soaking up spilt beer.

kidgloves · Post by **kidgloves** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:11 pm

Jackpot George wrote:
Can't they make cabinets out of sponge? A £105 top would be blissful silence. Also good for soaking up spilt beer.

We should campaign to bring back the supertoken for all £105 tops. 1 simple clank into the payout tray that you can readily exchange for notes at any bank.

JG · Post by JG » Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:14 pm

That's truly amazing. I think I've got something with the whole sponge idea as well. Strangely synonymous with the idea that really fruit machines are like a giant sponge to soak up money.

A spongey £105 token that ploofs out on to a bed of sponge. AS you say instantly exchangable or payableinto at any bank.

jeffvickers · Post by **jeffvickers** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:16 pm

Bellfruits new £5 coins a time dump is most useful.

YoungKai · Post by **YoungKai** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:42 pm

The Player, £10 at a time. £70 in 7 goes. and it just sounds like ashuffling sound

bigpokercouk · Post by **bigpokercouk** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:24 am

jeffvickers wrote:Bellfruits new £5 coins a time dump is most useful.

absolutely massive!

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:53 am

I just think she fancied you and wanted to talk to you!

Thumper · Post by **Thumper** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:49 am

I got turfed out of a lloyds a month back. I had just had a breakie and a large latte. I even kind of knew the manager in question. He was very polite about it but said he had recieved a memo from head office saying he has to throw out anyone who puts too much money into a fruit too quickly!!? Basically when they got hit for so much with the note scams, head office got fucked off.