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Afternoon tea is a rip off largely aimed at ripping women off

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Coddy · 07/04/2024 16:16

Somebody suggested this to me and I’ve never thought of it that way.

You don’t get very men going for afternoon tea do you? The Mark up on afternoon tea is absolutely enormous aside from staffing and cost of the building and stuff- it must be money for old rope for the businesses concerned. Specially the ones that charge over 50 quid ahead.

Are we being conned by the whole afternoon tea debacle?

(yes cake is nice I get that)

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EmpressOfTheThread · 07/04/2024 17:48

TheGiantEmperor · 07/04/2024 17:46

I paid £300 for me and my 5 year old at The Plaza last week. Almost died when I got the bill.

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The Plaza in Stockport ?
Sounds like a rip off.

YaMuvva · 07/04/2024 17:48

TheGiantEmperor · 07/04/2024 17:46

I paid £300 for me and my 5 year old at The Plaza last week. Almost died when I got the bill.

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£150pp including a small child 😱how?!

TheGiantEmperor · 07/04/2024 17:46

ThePoshUns · 07/04/2024 16:19

Absolutely, often £30 a head upwards for some itty bitty sandwiches and cake. If you’re lucky a glass of cheap Prosecco thrown in. I’ve only been once and would never do one again.

I paid £300 for me and my 5 year old at The Plaza last week. Almost died when I got the bill.

YaMuvva · 07/04/2024 17:45

MissingMoominMamma · 07/04/2024 17:39

Where can you get a pub lunch for £7 pp?

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Loads of places do mid-week or 2 for £X deals

MinnieMountain · 07/04/2024 17:45

Exactly @dimllaishebiaith . My DH generally has the latest hockey stick and multiple pairs of skis. My hobby is swimming.

TorroFerney · 07/04/2024 17:44

Wagonwheelforme · 07/04/2024 16:48

I agree with this - the customer service is always amazing.

the staff know it’s a treat and so they are very attentive. I went with my elderly mother and they really made a fuss.

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Agree, we used to go to go to one nearby (Northcote) but they don't seem to do it any more which is sad. Obviously the women of the Ribble Valley are too tight or there is better business with a three course meal/tasting menu ??

But yes i want to pay a lot and have a lovely place with no scumbags in it. I want to be the most common person there!

YouHaveToGetMeOutOfThis · 07/04/2024 17:44

What about a spa? Surely that's just water and a bit of soap? A spa combined with afternoon tea? The horror, the horror 😱😂

BlueThursday · 07/04/2024 17:42

Coddy · 07/04/2024 17:30

No way? Really?

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Our drinking is very curbed by the SG.

customers can’t be offered a double spirit or a large glass of wine. It has to be a single or small unless requested. Trebles are illegal

nocoolnamesleft · 07/04/2024 17:41

I really like a decent quality afternoon tea. Civilised.

Hiker50 · 07/04/2024 17:41

It's too much food.

rwalker · 07/04/2024 17:40

TonTonMacoute · 07/04/2024 16:21

Afternoon tea is a bit of a rip off, I grant you.

As a weapon designed to target women!? Since when are women forced to partake of afternoon tea, but men aren’t?

Your friend needs to find something else to get outraged about.

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Just to even it out take friend to a football match get pie chips and drink that’ll be similar to an afternoon tea

BlueThursday · 07/04/2024 17:39

MississippiAF · 07/04/2024 17:34

Why? Was this another of Nutjob Nicola’s rules?

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Got it in one.

MissingMoominMamma · 07/04/2024 17:39

YaMuvva · 07/04/2024 16:56

Last time we went to Maccy’s a few weeks ago we as a family of 4 including a child getting a happy meal spent £28!! I could have bought us all a pub lunch for that. Not been since and have no plans to go.

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Where can you get a pub lunch for £7 pp?

Pottedpalm · 07/04/2024 17:39

Testina · 07/04/2024 16:22

And actually, in my local village (full of oldies) the afternoon tea market is all women of about 55 living it large on their slightly older (early) retired husband’s pension, with their boomer cheap housing long paid off. So the menz are paying 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I’m really seeing this as a common sense issue not a feminist issue.

Yeah, all those 55 year olds living it up while you work
to pay their pensions. Bad innit!

dimllaishebiaith · 07/04/2024 17:37

BurntOutNurseryNurse · 07/04/2024 16:48

Anyone else confused about why the OP keeps going on about "giggling" and "oooh"? [Confused]

Because shes "not like other women"...

dimllaishebiaith · 07/04/2024 17:36

kitsuneghost · 07/04/2024 16:52

Women ARE an easier target though. You wouldn't catch a man paying £50 for afternoon tea. You also don't find them paying:
£30 for quick hair trim
£30 to get their nails coloured in
£300 for a handbag
£50 for a pot of face cream
Add you own to this

I do recognise the some men do and some women don't argumrnts but you gotta admit spending money on frivolous shit is predominantly female hobby

Only because marketing has told us that the more feminine activites are "frivolous" whilst more manly (and more expensive) activities like road bikes, golf, football and fishing are somehow not frivolous

They might not pay £300 for a handbag, but they would pay £3000 for a road bike, or £700 for a golf club membership or £80 for the latest seasons football shirt

squeaver · 07/04/2024 17:35

"Go for afternoon tea" has become the new "book yourself a spa day", I see.

Nice to move the discourse on, Coddy, good work.

MississippiAF · 07/04/2024 17:34

BlueThursday · 07/04/2024 17:29

I quite fancy a bottomless brunch simply because they’re forbidden in Scotland

we can’t be trusted with more than a thimbleful of Prosecco with our sandwiches

Why? Was this another of Nutjob Nicola’s rules?

notacooldad · 07/04/2024 17:34

Me and Dh go to afternoon tea quite often. We usually go to ones recommended by friends and have has some really lovely afternoons.
Those saying it's just cheap food and even cheaper prosecco should look at where they are going first.
Near me, some of the nicer cafes offer a afternoon tea and it's great having a few hours with my friends to catch up.
Incidentally I bought two male friends afternoon tea gift cards. One was for Christmas and other a birthday. That seemed to be a good choice and they sent photos of the food. It seemed like money well spent!

noworklifebalance · 07/04/2024 17:34

I love the occasional afternoon tea.

What is a rip-off is football - huge amounts of money spent on tickets, merch, travel to stand outside in all weathers and potentially see your team lose/be robbed of a win/dull 0-0 draw. Repeat 38+ times in a season and then be relegated.
Oe pay ££ for tv rights and watch your team be relegated.
Don’t tell the thicko men that I am also partial to watching a game of football and my team are shite

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Coddy · 07/04/2024 17:30

BlueThursday · 07/04/2024 17:29

I quite fancy a bottomless brunch simply because they’re forbidden in Scotland

we can’t be trusted with more than a thimbleful of Prosecco with our sandwiches

No way? Really?

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tellmewhenthespaceshiplandscoz · 07/04/2024 17:30

Actually @GoldenSpraint I can't recall, I think the sadness of it all has made my poor brain forget. Self preserve-ation, if you will Grin

BlueThursday · 07/04/2024 17:29

I quite fancy a bottomless brunch simply because they’re forbidden in Scotland

we can’t be trusted with more than a thimbleful of Prosecco with our sandwiches

OakleyStreetisnotinChelsea · 07/04/2024 17:28

Place near me does Cake Tapas. 4 slices of cake, you choose from whatever they have on the counter that day. £10. Bargain.

Don't see the point of afternoon tea.

shellyleppard · 07/04/2024 17:27

Theworldie..... burger king???? At least you would smell slightly of char grill meat 🤔🤔🤣🤣