Do you use your local pub?

[Jonesie]

Be careful when cracking on to you local barmaid, you might just end up marrying one.

And my mate married the other one.

[farmer_ben]

Walked out of the local without paying last night very sheepishly walked in the afternoon to pay tab, stayed for another quick one and yorkie puds and gravy happy days

[mendiplogs]

Walked out of the local without paying last night very sheepishly walked in the afternoon to pay tab, stayed for another quick one and yorkie puds and gravy happy days

 

HI happy days there ben yes i go with mates to our local not for the cizer but for the banter :thumbup1:and lots of it jon

[Taupotreeman]

Where do I start!!! A few months back a few may remember me bemoaning the sure demise of my local. It didnt happen, but it may have well done, Its been turned into a soulless food bar, it is full of cheap tacky chintzy paraphenalia that make it look like a whores boudoir. I asked last Saturday why (at 9pm) the bar was dead, and the reply is that Saturdays are always quiet (never used to be) that they'd been busy every single day. The chef then came out asking what my problem was. I suggested maybe that they had the problem ie empty bar/Saturday night, and his retort was if I wished to drink I should try elsewhere, as they specialised in being a food pub (and he was a lot ruder than this). That answered my question and I took my leave. I assume this stance has driven everyone else away too.

Now the problem, its my local of 25 or so years, which I've supported through thick and thin, I loved the old pub (not the new version), its within walking distance, but I simply no longer like it. A pint of Guinness is now 3.50 in there, truly expensive, but I wouldnt mind if I felt the atmoshere were worth it.

I've spoken to others about the way I feel about the pub, with mixed reactions, the well-heeled "elders"of the village feel its got rid of the less desirable element (the youngsters, the poor, the tradesmen), others feel that under the present management they will not be going back,

 

Now there's how to win over your customers eh? I think therein lies another problem. these days it's all about the money and attracting a certain clientele. Unfortunately, in the pursuit of this certain clientele, many good local paying customers are "disposed of" some of them through sheer rudeness and arrogance. Several months down the track the "new" gastro pub (not wanting to bracket the new pubs but can't think of a better description) goes tits up and they wonder why. As we well know in our industry customer service is pretty much the B all and end all.

[alex_m]

I live about 30metres from my local, but it's not really a 'local' as such because it's in a large town.

I would love to spend evenings down the local but I can't afford £3 a pint. We have just bought back 80 pints of v good scrumpy from Somerset at 80p a pint so will just invite people over to drink that!