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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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ThePoshUns · 07/04/2024 16:20

I once had afternoon tea where they served soup poured from a tea pot. It was most bizarre.

MississippiAF · 07/04/2024 16:20

I don’t really like afternoon tea… so I don’t go.

That’s always worked for me. I must be a man.

Marghogeth · 07/04/2024 16:20

Good point, OP. Women should meet at the local truckers' greasy spoon outlet (cargo container for bonus points) and have a round of bacon sarnies and a builders' brew apiece, all for a fiver. That'll show the patriarchy.

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Coddy · 07/04/2024 16:20

Lol @Testina oh God, now I’m thinking about bacon

maybe someone could do all the swish of lazing around with an afternoon tea, but just like force fed little tiny mini bacon sandwiches on sticks

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MagentaRocks · 07/04/2024 16:19

I enjoy an afternoon tea, usually because of the company and it is nice that there isn’t masses of food. There is one we have done that is fantastic value for money and you can take home what you don’t eat for £20pp. The food is delicious too.

Testina · 07/04/2024 16:19

It’s similar when you compare a builder’s tea from a van and a bacon sarnie, versus the bottom brunch with Prosecco. It’s so sad that woman can’t… make choices 🤣

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.

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Coddy · 07/04/2024 16:18

Well I see your point, but honestly the price of the actual team must be like £4

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Testina · 07/04/2024 16:18

Yeah it’s really unfair. Everyone knows that women’s brains can’t do maths so we can’t work out what’s value for money for us as individuals.

Still, the menz have been convinced they can’t socialise without golf, and that’s more expensive so… maybe that’s fair.