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

What does enjoying a bacon butty have to do with afternoon tea being or not being a rip off though? People who like to go for the occasional afternoon tea might also have bacon butties other days, as afternoon tea isn't usually something people go for regularly. Afternoon tea is usually classed as a special day, which is why it's usually served on fancy cups and plates.

@saraclara

I never said anything about not being able to enjoy both or what my opinion is of afternoon tea. I merely stated what was my idea of heaven and I certainly wasn't crowing about being better than anyone else.

Some of us can enjoy both things. In fact there are lots of different meals that I can enjoy, both at home and when it with friends. One of them is afternoon tea. One is a bacon butty. Neither gives me reason to crow that I'm somehow better than anyone else.

A bacon butty with builders tea sounds like heaven to me.

Ah, what a relief to come across a good old fashioned, down to earth chauvinist previously lurking in a latter Dickensian true story.

Why would I 'carry it around with me in town afterwards'?

I wouldn't go for an afternoon tea - which I consider to be 'going out', and I would probably put a dress and nice shoes on as part of the 'going out' (I realise that isn't compulsory) and then head off round the shops or to do a list of other errands.
I let the server put any spare cakes in the specially designed box, which I carry to the car, and take home. Just the same as if I bought individual cakes in a bakery without having afternoon tea.
Personally I eat the sandwiches there (my favourite bit). then I generally eat the scone, jam, and cream and then I am full. So I don't take any sandwiches home.

Who needs unlimited tea? You still need to make the hour’s train journey back to the deepest darkest Surrey.

Well, news as this might be to you, not all of us make an hour's train journey home from our afternoon teas. Plus, everywhere I have had afternoon tea has had toilets you can use at the venue. As a complete aside, I don't think I've ever been to Surrey - even without having had an afternoon tea first. It is one of the things I want to do when I retire - visit every County in England that I haven't been to.

However, I love drinking tea and chatting to whichever friend is with me.

Its a bit like going to the pub though. Drinks are cheaper in supermarkets.
I tend to meet people of assorted genders and sexes in cafes rather than pubs. I had colleagues of dh round a couple of weeks ago for homemade cake and biscuits. We even had prosecco.
But I have an afternoon tea voucher which was a gift so i appreciate that too. I love a cream tea too!

I buy my own scones and do my own at home for a fraction of the price. Wouldn’t pay it.

A lot of women are gullible.
I’m a man. I get a half decent haircut for £10. I don’t need an expensive manicure either, having just spent 5 mins doing it myself. :-)

Oh wow @MagentaRocks, where is this??!!

Because what you've had is a Cream Tea. That's different.

Afternoon Tea is a whole another level! As described, sandwiches/other savouries, scones, patisserie.

I would think a lot of Hen dos aren’t going to stop at one glass of Prosecco. It just depends on the group. Huge variety in norms for female groups, even restricting to just those that go to Afternoon Tea.

As my son was graduating, we stayed over in Liverpool for two nights, We went to the Panoramic 34 tower for afternoon tea on the Sunday as a special treat for him. I explained that I didn't like strong coffee and it took the waiters/waitresses three attempts to get me a decent cup of coffee, yes it was a rip off, but done as a special treat for d/s.

We then went back to the hotel and ordered an evening meal as we were starving after the mini finger sandwiches!! I wouldn't recommend that you go there if you are hungry

But will they get giggly after a glass of prosecco? I'm paying for the ambience.

I've seen Hen groups start with afternoon teas then move onto cocktails elsewhere.

Perhaps the poster who raised pub crawls routinely goes on a pub crawl after lunch in a restaurant. There's no more reason for going on a pub crawl after a nice lunch than after afternoon tea.

I would quite like a breakfast buffet in a hotel voucher .

I was mainly saying that alcohol and cream teas are not strangers by a long shot. But I don’t think I’ve ever heard of anyone going on what I would consider a pub crawl straight after Afternoon Tea! I guess some people (who are younger than me!) might go on to bars for cocktails after, especially if they had enough Prosecco to take the edge of their best judgement. Some people might call that a pub crawl.

Yes I've seen the prosecco/champagne ones. Somehow I didn't associate champagne with a pub crawl but as I said teetotal so alcohol is a bit of a mystery to me.

Afternoon teas are often advertised with Prosecco or champagne.

Not sure a pint of bitter would go with most though fruit cake, Wensleydale and a pint can be quite nice after a long hike.

It was in response to the nonsense about how overpriced an afternoon tea is.

If you compare the price of uninspired sandwiches and mass produced plastic wrapped cakes if anything is overpriced it's the supermarket sandwiches and mass produced cakes.

A pub crawl after an afternoon tea sounds a bit much. Do cream cakes and alcohol mix? I'm teetotal so no idea.

A bottomless brunch is something I've never tried yet. It sounds nice, or maybe I should save my money by sitting in Greggs instead, to show I'm not a silly, giggling woman who's easily ripped off? ?

How is the price of sandwiches elsewhere off from this topic, when people keep bringing up things like a few sandwiches and cakes wouldn't cost more than about £4.00?

I don't

But then I wasnt the one posting the price of sandwiches at the supermarket so Im not sure how where I shop would be relevant?