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Weatherspoons encourages binge drinking, daytime alcoholism, etc. Those aren't the pubs that are closing. I was in a pub near St Pauls earlier today, one built
by ta1243 3y ago
Weatherspoons encourages binge drinking, daytime alcoholism, etc. Those aren't the pubs that are closing.
I was in a pub near St Pauls earlier today, one built by Christopher Wren with some friends I hadn't seen for a long time ahead of a mattine performance. The four of us sat round the fire, one had a pint of draft peer, another half a pint, another a mulled wine, and another a coffee. Certainly not expensive -- less than the cost of a coffee from starbucks, certainly not a pit of misery, and I didn't get the impression anyone near us was miserable.
Meanwhile just down the road are chain stores selling heavily processed junk food causing far more damage, but I'm sure you consider them healthier because of your puritanical beliefs.
- benjaminwootton 3y agoI think Wetherspoons are unfairly maligned. They give the market what they want in terms of cheap food and beer, and some of the venues are beautiful. Most of them are fairly civilised during the week as they revolve around food and there are families present. The city centre ones do get a bit rowdy on Friday and Saturday nights though.
- baz00 3y agoSpoons is a fine example of what the old pubs were though. The cheapest place you could get casually fucked up. The new pubs are closing because they are not profitable as they are dead 80% of the time and the rest of the time they have to make up for the staffing costs. It's a dying business. The only successful one is the pubs like spoons which are completely harmful to society. Not a puritan. Just realistic. I don't care what you do. People care what they do and the end game is they started caring about themselves more.