Was having a little wander around whitechapel yesterday afternoon and ended up back towards tower bridge.
Stopped off when I found a GW that no one seemed to know about other than Steve W. So was a little bit of easy money there, although my attempts to force Hex Maniac for a decent win while at the same time playing really badly wasn't very productive.
Anyway, £13 in the bank, went to collect - hopper error.
Tell the barmaid, she comes out writes down the message on screen disappears behind the bar again, then gives me the £13 from the till.
Never been more shocked...
Yesterday
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Had a 31 quid IOU on a fruit in one of the quiet pubs local to me at lunchtime today. They seem like they struggle for business a bit but it's a nice pub with a friendly local crowd and I couldn't have been treated like a bigger piece of shit by the battle-axe landlady for having the temerity to win the advertised JP plus some small afterplay. Based on previous experience I am pretty sure they don't float the machines in there ( although note light generally on) and I must go in once every couple of weeks on Sunday lunchtime whilst picking up the Sunday lunch and probably win or lose a tenner.
To 'prove' I had won the 70 she made me count out the contents of my pockets in front of everyone- " well if you did win it you would have the rest in your pocket". Well true enough love but I have another 60 coins in my pocket anyway ( of which I counted out 39). absolutely barking if an average member of Joe public gets this kind of customer service in a place that ultimately you are trying to support as a local business . At the end of the day despite initially looking like she was going down the name and phone number route for (never) getting paid she did pay me out the till but the scowl could have burnt holes in me. Ironically had I had no inkling of how these things happen I would have gone absolutely ballistic.
To 'prove' I had won the 70 she made me count out the contents of my pockets in front of everyone- " well if you did win it you would have the rest in your pocket". Well true enough love but I have another 60 coins in my pocket anyway ( of which I counted out 39). absolutely barking if an average member of Joe public gets this kind of customer service in a place that ultimately you are trying to support as a local business . At the end of the day despite initially looking like she was going down the name and phone number route for (never) getting paid she did pay me out the till but the scowl could have burnt holes in me. Ironically had I had no inkling of how these things happen I would have gone absolutely ballistic.
I know its an old story of mine but I thought Id share it with anybody who has joined since its last airing.
At present I am only barred from one pub in the country, a pub near the Itchen Bridge in Southampton, my home town.About 3yrs ago I was in there playing a gamesnet and the money wouldnt come out - I surveyed the three options (a) rock the machine (b) stick my fingers up the chute or (c) chuck half a ton of copper into the machine via the coinslot to force the coins out.
I elected for (c) (unfortunately!) . I succeeded in getting the pound coins out but as I walked back to the car I was approached by a very rotund abusive landlord who accused me of doing a 'Paul Daniels' namely putting 2pences into the machine to obtain nice shiny pound coins.Now thats magic or rather it wasnt but this halfwit wouldnt believe me and barred me from his pub.
He must have thought that was it job done until my little quip took things up to a new level.I thanked him profusely for barring me and when he said why, I replied that it saved me from having to mix with a sad 'fat bastard' like you.
He returned to his car and a high speed car chase commenced until I lost him by paying 50p to get over the bridge, he being too tight returned to his pub.
I complained to the pub company who had the machine checked and agreed there had been no tampering but would not overturn the ban because of the 'fat bastard' jibe!
At present I am only barred from one pub in the country, a pub near the Itchen Bridge in Southampton, my home town.About 3yrs ago I was in there playing a gamesnet and the money wouldnt come out - I surveyed the three options (a) rock the machine (b) stick my fingers up the chute or (c) chuck half a ton of copper into the machine via the coinslot to force the coins out.
I elected for (c) (unfortunately!) . I succeeded in getting the pound coins out but as I walked back to the car I was approached by a very rotund abusive landlord who accused me of doing a 'Paul Daniels' namely putting 2pences into the machine to obtain nice shiny pound coins.Now thats magic or rather it wasnt but this halfwit wouldnt believe me and barred me from his pub.
He must have thought that was it job done until my little quip took things up to a new level.I thanked him profusely for barring me and when he said why, I replied that it saved me from having to mix with a sad 'fat bastard' like you.
He returned to his car and a high speed car chase commenced until I lost him by paying 50p to get over the bridge, he being too tight returned to his pub.
I complained to the pub company who had the machine checked and agreed there had been no tampering but would not overturn the ban because of the 'fat bastard' jibe!
Re: Yesterday
messiah wrote:Was having a little wander around whitechapel yesterday afternoon and ended up back towards tower bridge.
Stopped off when I found a GW that no one seemed to know about other than Steve W. So was a little bit of easy money there, although my attempts to force Hex Maniac for a decent win while at the same time playing really badly wasn't very productive.
Anyway, £13 in the bank, went to collect - hopper error.
Tell the barmaid, she comes out writes down the message on screen disappears behind the bar again, then gives me the £13 from the till.
Never been more shocked...
So how did you lose £7 from your note???
Re: Yesterday
Ask your mumfotherz wrote: So how did you lose £7 from your note???