What's Your Worst Pub Experience?

[CrosbyRules]

Surely there must be an i.p address thingy to sort out this twat coming back

[blackmogu]

It's pretty much impossible to actively ban anyone from a forum in this manner. Not only are most IP addresses dynamically allocated by ISPs, even if you struck lucky and he was using demon and had a static IP, it's pretty trivial to use a proxy or some other IP anonymising middle-ware. The most reliable way to have some sort of control over nuisances is to require new sign-ups to register with a non-free email provider. Thus, to be a nuisance will cost you money.

[blackmogu]

Well, not a pub experience, more a club, but is worth a mention ! Had a sweet clue for a £500JP a while back, and was merrily touring the country making comfortable $. Rather naively I let slip to one of my then associates how the clue worked, and expected him to do his part of the country and leave my patch well alone. Later, I'm on said machine in a bingo club in London, and £2600 into this fruit before the first JP drops. Whilst collecting out, who should walk in to do the fruit, but a well known face.. "didn't know you had this clue mate ! I did that one yesterday". No prizes for guessing who phoned the London player up and ruined that earner !

[ob]

Not pub machines, but had 2 different occasions where I have changed up club machine jp's only to not get the notes back (one in aldershot - victoria club, has since closed down, the other plymouth rileys), bloody sickening, tried the old bill, no use "It's a civil matter, you have to take them to court!".

Take it your a London player blackmogu aswell.

[blackmogu]

Bournemouth actually. Can't say I've ever had anyone actually steal from me like that, well apart from £6 by that prick in the Royal Oak in Windsor, but the police made him pay me back. When I phoned them up, they gave me all that crap about a civil matter and refused to attend, so I said "Well, how about I just help myself to money that isn't mine from his till then ?". They soon turned up after that, and actually did their job, though burned the town for me.
I always tend to keep my punds and change them in a friendly bingo hall/casino. That way, no-one ever knows how much you are winning, which is quite useful if you are regularly hitting clubbers. Punters and staff get jealous real quick.

[milk monitor]

Had a top on SMTM for £5 in today, couldn't believe my eyes collected and the hopper jammed with £4 left to play. Obviously I was keen to get back on, and was further frustrated when the woman said she had not been trained to turn the machine off and on.

A debate then ensued, and I had to leave before I launched into the old jobsworth tirade.

Nightmare