People have started queuing in pubs to get served and it’s tearing the nation apart – 19 responses worth raising a glass to
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Had someone of American persuasion in the Salisbury this evening enquire if they were behind or in front of me in the queue – explained that they just needed to go for it. Education is never a waste.
— Chris Howell (@ChrisHowellCam) June 25, 2024
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Quite right. We cannot be bystanders in this battle for the soul of our nation.
We also need pubs to put up signs to embolden people to do the right thing (and educate misguided barstaff).— Dr Nigel Fletcher (@nigelfletcher) June 26, 2024
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Can’t believe this is even up for debate. The reason people dont queue in a pub is because the majority of pubs aren’t big enough to have a queue like that. Having a bar means the people waiting is spread evenly across the length of the bar and not stretching through the pub.
— Rich G (@richgranville) June 26, 2024
13.
Keep fighting the good fight. I’ve personally witnessed an alarming rise in queues at bars lately. Being served at a bar the correct way is the last bastion of a civilised society.
— Nick ️ (@ricknees) June 26, 2024
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Queuing at bus stops yes, in pubs no, no, and thrice no. Good bar staff should have a general awareness of the order in which to serve people and customers should politely defer to those who were there first if offered service out of turn.
— Michael Woods (@mikewcdx) June 26, 2024
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Walked in a pub Saturday. 2 lads getting served with 2 staff. 2 people waiting stood like 3 paces from bar like covid times. Then give me the evils when I lean on bar. Some more people come in then and do the same as me. If we stood where they wanted we’d have been on the road
— Oriel Caziado (@CanningtonCaz) June 26, 2024
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This is such a weird trait and only seems to have developed in the last couple of years.
You wait at the bar and slot in next to each other, you take your chances and if it’s not too busy you may to point out if someone was before you (good manners). If it’s packed tough!
— TiggerGooner (@tim_aggett) June 26, 2024
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It’s been happening slowly over years. First English bar workers started forgetting how bars work and now, inevitably, English punters have forgotten how bars work. They think a bar is just an airy single hatch https://t.co/vXbDsz6t8u
— Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera (@PantiBliss) June 26, 2024
Though, queuing has its supporters too.
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Or maybe people realised they preferred the pub when you don’t have to stand close to some sweaty dickhead waving a 20 curled between his fingers leaning over the bar every time you want a drink.
Sometimes change is good actually— 2002 Volkswagen Passat tdi (@2002VWPassat) June 26, 2024
Though we’ll leave the final word on the matter to this Glasgow person:
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This happened to my husband when he went back home to Glasgow last week lol. “Fannies queuing for a pint, have they no been to a pub before?”
— Maggie Jones ⚡️ (@MJRabble_Rouser) June 26, 2024
Source: @MattinW00lich
