Ripped off in trendy bars

why do fools pay up to 8 pounds a pint to drink out of bottles ?
if you say to these a holes why dont you drink a half of lager from the pump, they say I dont drink halves theyre for women , well what is a bottle ? its a half you dicks,
but its trendy to drink from a bottle that has been in a filthy crate , probably been pissed on , out in all weathers and not cleaned once it gets to the pub.and you wanna put the neck of it in your moths ?
designer drinking is for fools with more money than sense,
its like ive had morons say to me if im having a bottle of cider ,( coz they havnt got any draught,)
people will say wheres your ice, just coz theyve seen the advert which suggests you must have ice in it , they cant believe you would want to actually have your own choice as to how you want to drink it .
lets all march to the tune of the adverts, lets give our minds away in everything we do , even as to how and what we drink .
wise up please.

You know you are in a "trendy" bar when ....

There's a meathead baldy no-neck bouncer with tattooed arms like tree trunks and gold chains on the door looking you up and down before deciding if he'll let you in.

The tables are black or chrome and it has low level blue or red lighting.

You know you are in a "trendy" bar when they profer a small saucer with your change, implying that they want a tip.

Or they have a cocktail waitress with a very short skirt and long legs serving you at table.

When the round comes to more than 1 day's wages.

Was the price list clearly displayed? Sufficiently displayed that a person in wheelchair coming to bar could read it without having to stand up?

Did you get a receipt for your purchases?

Was a full range of beer on display, including real ales?

Were the taps/pumps on the bar all chrome-plated?

Was the name of the bar something like "Iguana" or "Oasis"?

Wet your pants and leave instantly.

Matrix, love that last posting, it reminded me of 1983 when I got a pint of lager in a trendy bar and gave the barman a £1-00 coin, he put it in the till, and just stood there, after a minute I asked for my change, and I was flabbergasted when the barman told me that lager was now a £1-00 a pint, (that was my first £1-00 pint of lager).

I was in a group of 8 people in a J.D. Wetherspoon pub.
The round came to about £22.
Some of the girls wanted to go across the road to a place called "the sports bar" in Glasgow.
The same round came to £56.
We simply refused to pay it, placed the drinks back on the bar and turned to leave as the stunned barman just stood there with his mouth open in disbelief.
Fat bouncers tried to stop us.
Big mistake as 3 of the party were Police officers and advised the fat bouncers of the illegality of their attempt to hold us hostage and asked them if they'd like a room booked for them at the local station.
We went back to Wetherspoons as the fat bouncers shouted not to come back "cos yir barred".
Hmmmmmmm at £56 for 8 drinks there wasn't any chance we'd be back.

Well I read "the same bottle of beer" and can't for the life of me think why I'd want to pay more in a noisy place with dance floor flashing lights and boozy yobs. I also wouldn't describe it as trendy either.

"People like you are responsible for these places getting away with ripping people off."

Nobody is ripped off. There is a choice, and if you choose to go into an expensive upmarket bar you must expect to be charged more for your drink. If you want a pint of Crappo Lager for £1.00 then go to a cheap nasty pub full of boozy yobs wearing Burberry and baseball hats and 'combat' trousers. As Cal du Monde says, the decent places and those who frequent them will survive without you.

If you want a cheap car you don't go to a Ferrari dealer and complain that their prices are a ripoff, or if you do, then you're a complete idiot.

Cal du-monde, you condescending @rsehole, who the hell do you think you are? People like you are responsible for these places getting away with ripping people off. A bottle of beer is a bottle of beer and @rsehole pseudo-snobs like you seem to think that paying more for it in some trendy joint makes you better than everyone else. F-----g dick!

What about £4.20 for a (small) can of red bull? This was in the Spa, Tunbridge Wells. Surely she got it wrong???

A price list should be on display.
If you think you are not going to pay that listed... do a walk.

Go to cheaper pubs. I'm sure you wont be missed. You dont expect to pay £50,000 for a Mini and you dont expect to pay £15,000 for an Aston Martin. Venus are the same, you are making the mistake of thinking its the bottle of beer you pay for - TWIT

It's because Wetherspoons have got such enormous purchasing power that they can undercut most other establishments because they pay naff all for their stock.