Why Aren't You In The Pub?

[barry1010]

It's Friday night, you can have a lie in tomorrow so why aren't you in your local or a trendy city centre pub or bargain basement Weather spoons?

29 pubs a week are closing in the UK.  Why is it happening, in your opinion? 

[retrocop]

Our local Wetherspoons is cheap as chips. My wife and I go in our branch most days. We are known by all in there as the 'Crossword Couple' we always take a couple of copies of the Metro Cryptic and Quick Crosswords and then do Wordle. My wife enjoys the companionship and is a good socialiser. I share the driving with her and last night I was on sparkling water at £1.56 a bottle. Her two Large Merlots cost about £5 .70p. When I drink a pint of Rev James and not driving I pay £2.41p a pint. As I say it's cheap as chips considering we live in a London Borough.

[Hazlinny]

As has been mentioned, the cost of drinks in pubs/hotels compared to buying in supermarkets, etc., and having them at home has affected pubs closing down - in this area, at least, pubs which sell food seem to do well and one (which is next to Ladbrokes), is always busy with male drinkers.  In the city, a cocktail served in the lounge of a very new upmarket hotel costs £14!  It is sad to see long-established pubs, once popular, closing down.  

[Countrylover]

Retro, Country pubs in our part of North Norfolk are dear because of rich tourists and second home owners.  We don't stand much of a chance!   

[fiveleaves]

40 years pubs could get by just offering a couple of rooms for drinking and packets of pork scrachings.

Nowadays I think people want more from pubs, proper meals, play areas for children, tv's. For watching big sports matches pubs work well.

There are other problems. The police are much stricter on drink driving these days. Buses in the evenings are reduced or non existent. Many of our city centres are hostile, unwelcoming places of limited appeal to anyone over 30.

[Vagus]

Never been much of a pub goer.
Since retirement we've visited more pubs than ever, but that's at lunchtime for a meal and a shared bottle of wine. Can't actually remember the last time we went to a pub in the evening...

[douglas9401]

Friday because I was up early for a course this morning and tonight because I'm up even earlier tomorrow to go to Warrington.

Every other day because they're mostly populated with knobs I don't want to rub shoulders with and it's far too dear.

[barry1010]

I've walked out of many a pub as soon as I've walked in because they are just too noisy.  Not jukeboxes but those infernal coffee machines and the heavy furniture scraping on hard floors.  They seem to be echo chambers, I can hear people sat at the far side of the room more clearly than I can hear my companion.  Add in a few bandit machines and they are hell on earth for me.  'Sizzling pubs' are a good example - the ones local to me, anyway.  They literally (in the literal sense) make my ears ring and my head pound.

[royfromaus]

Because I was out last night. The pub put on a band so it was my duty to go and support both the pub and the band. 

I  haven't ruled out going to the pub tonight.

 

[maggiebee]

Don't drink alcohol and refuse to pay £3 for a pint of draught coke.

[barry1010]

Go and do your duty, roy.  You know you must.

I do think society has changed a lot over the last 40 years.  It used to be common that wives stayed at home with the children and husband went to the pub.   Many men used to go to the pub most lunchtimes and often stopped off on the way home, too.  Family life has changed.

 

[gulliver1]

10.10 "They do a special price on one of there ales. It has been 99p in the past ....twenty years ago.🤣