Wetherspoons

[Tashyboy]

Me and Missis T are sat supping in one.
Having read folks thoughts on here..they tend not to be peoples favourite places Probably fair to say that wetherspoons are the Mike ashley/ sports direct of the pub world.
But, for a wednesday night the one am in, it is full of folks of all ages chewing the cud. In fact a guy in his late 60's has just walked in shouting " nah then yer (Mod Edit)
Made me smile.
But the 2 main things I like about wetherspoons. 1 the price. 2 the iconic and historic buildings they are saving on the High Street.
Thoughts me dears.

 

[Kellfire]

Scumbag company who shaft local breweries, treat staff like dirt and the ownership holds repugnant social and political views.

 

[SaintHacker]

Scumbag company who shaft local breweries, treat staff like dirt and the ownership holds repugnant social and political views.

How? Surely they support local breweries by having local beers on tap, something the smaller pubs can't do as they're held over a barrel (pun intended) by the larger breweries?

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I give them a big thumbs up. They have done great work with many unloved buildings, are huge employers, offer a wide selection of beers, great value, have a large welcoming space for people with push chairs wanting teas and coffees. Go anywhere, see a Spoons and you know what you are getting.

Put aside the political views of the main man and they are a huge success story.

 

[chico]

I thought the way they treated their employee's at the start of the pandemic was atrocious, so much so that I would not go in even for the cheap prices.

 

[Tashyboy]

When you have folk on ignore you obviously cannot see what rubbish they post. However if someone highlights/ copy and pastes there post in response you can via email notifications. So ave just read a response and asked the duty manager his thoughts on working for wetherspoons. He had worked for wetherspoons for 5 1/2 years and thanked his lord he did. He said wetherspooons have been brilliant through furlough etc. The hardest work was waiting on tables which was not wetherspoons policy.
He can se himself working here for a good few years.

 

[Jamesbrown]

Used to work in one for a second job.

I held the record for lowest score and highest score for service by the in-house mystery shoppers at the pub I was at.
Asking for a coffee when busy did not get a welcome response from me.

Good employer, was always flexible with me and my main job. Good prices.

 

[IanM]

I won't set foot in there while Trump owns it.... oh hang on , that's Turnberry.

 

[Tashyboy]

Just been for a pee

Used to work in one for a second job.

I held the record for lowest score and highest score for service by the in-house mystery shoppers at the pub I was at.
Asking for a coffee when busy did not get a welcome response from me.

Good employer, was always flexible with me and my main job. Good prices.

Am sorry James, but even though you once worked there and it dont fit the media's mantra or folks on here..yer opinion don't count ?
Oddly enough and I didn't know this til I went for a pee. Wetherspoons say they promote local micro breweries. Which I didn't know. I took a photo but cannot post the link.

 

[Dando]

Scumbag company who shaft local breweries, treat staff like dirt and the ownership holds repugnant social and political views.

?

 

[RichA]

Obviously, they aren't all the same, but every Spoons I've been in has been a horrible pub with brilliant draught ales.

 

[ColchesterFC]

I thought the way they treated their employee's at the start of the pandemic was atrocious, so much so that I would not go in even for the cheap prices.

Hasn't this story been debunked? At the start of the pandemic it was reported that the boss had told staff to go and find another job but I thought it subsequently came out that he'd said that he supported staff who chose to find another job in a supermarket or wherever it may be. I don't personally use my local Wetherspoons but several of their staff have posted on the local Facebook group to say the original story was nonsense.

 

[chico]

Hasn't this story been debunked? At the start of the pandemic it was reported that the boss had told staff to go and find another job but I thought it subsequently came out that he'd said that he supported staff who chose to find another job in a supermarket or wherever it may be. I don't personally use my local Wetherspoons but several of their staff have posted on the local Facebook group to say the original story was nonsense.

I wasn't aware of that. If that's the case fair play. Still don't like the guy who owns it though.

 

[fundy]

I wasn't aware of that. If that's the case fair play. Still don't like the guy who owns it though.

do you not like him, or what youve heard about him?

 

[chico]

do you not like him, or what youve heard about him?

Seen him interviewed on T. V. several times, seems like a complete a*** to me but obviously don't know him personally.

 

[Kellfire]

How? Surely they support local breweries by having local beers on tap, something the smaller pubs can't do as they're held over a barrel (pun intended) by the larger breweries?

The price they’ll pay for beer is far too low and so they drive quality down. They move into areas and act as a loss leader to attract the student and poorer clientele so that local breweries end up with no other people to sell their beer to meaning the breweries have to cut corners and the quality drops. Vicious cycle.

 

[backwoodsman]

IMO there's two types of 'Spoons - there's those where your glass sticks to the table, and those where it doesn't. Sadly, the former seem to outnumber the latter. I avoid the former but will happily visit the latter . Living in London there's loads to choose from within easy distance. Sadly, the four nearest are all grot-holes - sticky tables & full of old men who smell of wee. But go a bit further, and there's a couple of decent ones

 

[Deleted member 25172]

I won’t go out of my way to go to a Spoons, and as much as I like to support independent pubs the prices are starting to get so steep that eventually it’ll leave a lot of people with not a lot of choice if they like to go out for a few drinks. I think the cheapest lager at my local now for example is £5.85 for a Heineken.

Vicious circle.

 

[spongebob59]

The local spoons is dreadful, pissheads queuing up for a pint and breakfast.
Always smells of piss and stale fags when you walk by.

 

[Hobbit]

Been in a few when out with the lads. Sticky floor, sticky tables, sticky bar tops. Usually big old buildings that are soulless and echoey.

Not my kind of pub.