The Weekly Gripe

Got the wrong change?

Short change buying a round of drinks

Bar staff that cheat

There's nothing worse than someone trying to rip you off. Add to this someone trying to rip you off when you've had a few drinks and it really will make you see red!



I’ve been short changed when ordering a round of drinks at the bar on many an occasion. Okay, I admit that sometimes I’ve been out with friends and we’ve all been a bit merry and I haven’t checked my change until it was too late.

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16-4-2008Seems to me that some unscrupulous bar staff will take advantage of unsuspecting customers.Had it happen to me more than once in a large chain pub in Southend.Always ask for a reciept,especially when buying a round of drinks.If short changed then kick up a fuss and tell them to get the manager.Take ...morecharlieboy
22-12-2007Yep happened to us last night, we got the come back in the morning when the tills are checked, leave your numbr and the manager will get back to you!!!! Never did, so in I went the following day to ask for my money back..... I had to wait 35minutes at the bar for a manager to show, he never did, s...moreVideoX
04-9-2007I was short changed last night at a night club, and I told her that I gave her a twenty not a ten, she then accused me of lying, I got them to send a manager so I can complain, and he said he couldnt check the till untill the morning, I left my name and number, and guess what, they havent got back t...moreshifty
19-8-2007Watch out for this in the big bars in Newquay, I have been a victim of this so called T@@T tax. I don't Know if the police would even take it seriously. I understand that some staff take home over £100 extra per night at weekendsvictim
03-2-2006I hate getting short changed buying drinks. They're expensive enough to begin with and in every bar I've ever been in here in the UK you just feel like an inconvenience to the bar staff.no more short change
25-11-200524 hr Drinking is not a proplem. Most decent folk will be tucked up in bed at the end of the evening. It'll be th home-less drinking till 5 o'clock in the morning, I just can't see the country sitting around bars till 4/5am, you must bare in mind the cost to do this..We have as a country...moreI.Finlay Southampton
29-7-2005I've been short changed by the bar staff loads of times. They're always giving me the wrong change and being rude. You should be able to buy a round of drinks and not feel you have to count the change all the timeTwistedLemon



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