Wetherspoons

[Lord Tyrion]

Totally agree, but still doesn’t excuse him. Hundreds of business’s were in the same predicament, but they didn’t release videos telling Staff they weren’t going to be paid.

As I said, it was clumsy and poorly judged. Like a number of companies that have 'mavericks' in charge, they often speak without having their words vetted by their PR or marketing team. I'm sure the bods at Wetherspoons were shaking their heads when he posted it. It was a statement that backfired on him.

 

[Deleted member 21258]

They have saved some lovely buildings and many look amazing on the outside as a result. Some better than others inside. Pleasant enough for typically what is a very big pub setup.

It reminds me, many years again used to visit one a local one, for lunch in leigh(Elms I think it was called?) for a Pint and burger/chips deal for IIRC £4.99 at the time, many a good lunchtime spent there with a friend I no longer see. Good times.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

As I said, it was clumsy and poorly judged. Like a number of companies that have 'mavericks' in charge, they often speak without having their words vetted by their PR or marketing team. I'm sure the bods at Wetherspoons were shaking their heads when he posted it. It was a statement that backfired on him.

This post paints a different picture to the one you painted this morning.

All I was pointing out it that it wasn’t the media who caused this, if anything it was the media calling him out and him doing a u-turn, possibly something we’ll never know.

Like you I have no issue with the pubs themselves and none of us are forced to use them, there are certainly nice ones and awful ones, ours here in Seaham is like the Star Wars bar and should be avoided at all costs.

 

[Rooter]

Did you know that every single spoons pub has a different carpet??

https://www.wetherspoonscarpets.co.uk/

 

[bluewolf]

If anyone thinks all Wetherspoons are unpleasant and devoid of character, something I would challenge for most sites although if you have enough then some are bound to be, then google The Winter Gardens Wetherspoons, Harrogate. Just a fabulous building, interior and sympathetically kept.
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I'm sure they have some very nice flagship pubs, but none are near me. Every one in my area is a hub for the stereotypical "Old Lush" and "Disco Dazza/Shazza". They pump out cheap ale/food in high volumes. They're soulless.

I much prefer smaller independent pubs with character. I'm not going out for 10 pints, so I'm willing to spend a little bit more for a good beer and a nice bit of food with the family. As often as not we take the kids out with us when we go out. Wetherspoons is not somewhere I'd take the kids in my local area (Wigan).

 

[Imurg]

Did you know that every single spoons pub has a different carpet??

https://www.wetherspoonscarpets.co.uk/

You need to get out more

 

[Rooter]

You need to get out more

Can't say I have ever knowingly set foot in one!

 

[Dando]

the spoons near my office, The Liberty Bounds, is actually pretty decent and considering it's at Tower Hill the prices aren't horrific

 

[Beezerk]

Don't mind a bit of Spoons now and again, cheap ale and food when needs must. I'm surprised how some people buy underwear or clothes or food going on how they refuse to go into a pub due to its owner ?

 

[Miller]

I don't think I've been to a Wetherspoons in a good 15 years or so.

There's mainly gastro pubs around here and I gave up the art of getting completely bladdered many years ago. I normally go to pubs to eat these days.

 

[Dando]

Don't mind a but of Spoons now and again, cheap ale and food when needs must. I'm surprised how some people buy underwear or clothes or food going on how they refuse to go into a pub due to its owner ?

there are some who won't play golf at the world's best courses due to the owner

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I'm sure they have some very nice flagship pubs, but none are near me. Every one in my area is a hub for the stereotypical "Old Lush" and "Disco Dazza/Shazza". They pump out cheap ale/food in high volumes. They're soulless.

I much prefer smaller independent pubs with character. I'm not going out for 10 pints, so I'm willing to spend a little bit more for a good beer and a nice bit of food with the family. As often as not we take the kids out with us when we go out. Wetherspoons is not somewhere I'd take the kids in my local area (Wigan).

Funnily enough the Spoons in my town, Morpeth, is very popular with families in the day. It is clean, lots of natural light, plenty of space, affordable.

If you have as many sites as they have there are bound to be a mix of good, bad and somewhere in the middle. I've walked into some and turned around straight away .

It is not somewhere I would go at night on the whole, like you I'd choose a smaller pub. They have their place though and a Spoons breakfast on an away trip is always cheap and reliable

 

[Lord Tyrion]

This post paints a different picture to the one you painted this morning.

All I was pointing out it that it wasn’t the media who caused this, if anything it was the media calling him out and him doing a u-turn, possibly something we’ll never know.

Like you I have no issue with the pubs themselves and none of us are forced to use them, there are certainly nice ones and awful ones, ours here in Seaham is like the Star Wars bar and should be avoided at all costs.

I'd say it was 50-50. His comments were clumsy, the media went for him. He is like O'Leary at Ryanair, good media fare.

 

[Ethan]

Don't mind a but of Spoons now and again, cheap ale and food when needs must. I'm surprised how some people buy underwear or clothes or food going on how they refuse to go into a pub due to its owner ?

Simple enough. If I have a choice whether to give my money to someone or an organisation whose values I fundamentally disagree with, I will exercise it. The odious Tim Martin has a personal fortune of almost half a billion. I have no desire to add a brass farthing to that.

 

[Beezerk]

there are some who won't play golf at the world's best courses due to the owner

Virtue signallers ?

 

[Deleted member 29109]

there are some who won't play golf at the world's best courses due to the owner

I'm sure there are a lot of people who won't.

 

[Deleted member 29109]

Virtue signallers ?

What virtue would those people be signalling?

 

[cliveb]

Haven't been in a Weatherspoons for years, but I do recall that the best thing about them was that there was NO PIPED MUSIC.
Is that still the case?
God how I hate that there is piped music everywhere you go.

 

[SocketRocket]

Simple enough. If I have a choice whether to give my money to someone or an organisation whose values I fundamentally disagree with, I will exercise it. The odious Tim Martin has a personal fortune of almost half a billion. I have no desire to add a brass farthing to that.

He wasn't gifted that money. I have a suspicion you don't like him for his political views but I can't see how anyone can take away his business achievements.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

What virtue would those people be signalling?

It's usually moral superiority. Selective of course.