To not understand the Wetherspoons game on social media?

Former spoons employee here - we fucking hate them. I used to love kicking them out or cutting them off, like I would actually come out of the office to do it myself. It’s extremely annoying for the staff, especially the kitchen staff who already have it extremely shit (aircon never works, something is always broken, burning yourself on the pizza tray).

Former spoons employee here - we fucking hate them. I used to love kicking them out or cutting them off, like I would actually come out of the office to do it myself. It’s extremely annoying for the staff, especially the kitchen staff who already have it extremely shit (aircon never works, something is always broken, burning yourself on the pizza tray).

OK, if actual staff don't like it that's another matter. Do they really get that many orders coming in for it? Is it not good to improve sales and publicity?

(I never heard of this game until this thread. Don't know what people are struggling to understand though, concept seems pretty simple to me.)

Former spoons employee here - we fucking hate them. I used to love kicking them out or cutting them off, like I would actually come out of the office to do it myself. It’s extremely annoying for the staff, especially the kitchen staff who already have it extremely shit (aircon never works, something is always broken, burning yourself on the pizza tray).

How are the staff treated? I'm not the biggest fan of Martin but I don't think anyone can say with conviction that all staff aren't treated well. I know people who have worked for them for over 20 years

”I’m aware of fun” but I just don’t participate in such trivial activities, me, my starched knickers and pearls couldn’t possibly lower standards beyond a good game of bridge and raising my nightie on birthdays at any cost 🙄

i do feel sorry for you as you come across as someone that has forgotten how to belly laugh with real friends and live in the moment even if just for a few hours.

Has nobody got any self respect any more?
Absolutely gross begging strangers for drinks.
Nothing funny about it at all.

@ScholesPanda
I'm not forcing any one to live by my rules.

OP started this thread because she said she didn't understand the rules of this " game". I'd never heard of the thing before this thread. I voiced my opinion on it and have replied to various posters who have commented on what I've said.

Tbh although I used to like Wetherspoons when the brand was first introduced myself and most people I know actively boycott their pubs now because of the way their staff are treated and because of the views of their owner.

This " game" has confirmed my low opinion of what Wetherspoon's pubs have become and if this is what goes on in them I'm glad I don't go in them anymore.
But I'm not stopping the people who actually want to participate in this ridiculous nonsense doing so. I just thank goodness I don't have to witness it

Yes I'm aware of fun.

How is freeloading drinks and food " fun"?

In my world freeloaders are " insufferable.

Since when did this become a " fun" way to behave?

I’m convinced it’s a wind up , clearly nothing better to do . Prop do them good to get down to a weatherspoons and have a drink 🤣

Yes I'm aware of fun.

How is freeloading drinks and food " fun"?

In my world freeloaders are " insufferable.

Since when did this become a " fun" way to behave?

It's hardly begging, is it? There's no pressure on anyone to buy anything. Often people don't get anything at all.

I don't understand what people don't get about it. It's really not that deep, or complicated.

The benefit to the drinker is potentially getting free items, and a funny story.
The benefit to the donater is a feeling of goodwill (i.e. like literally any other good deed) if they buy something nice, and a (mildly) funny joke if they buy something silly.
Both benefit from a bit of human connection from strangers they'd have otherwise never interacted with.
The benefit to wetherspoons is making money by having people who aren't even in their pub spending money.

Everyone's benefitting apart from sad losers who have nothing better to do than moan about something that doesn't affect them in the slightest.

I've never played but have seen it come up on FB a few times. The people who tend to get a lot of items usually have a funny/cute/heartwarming story that people like to donate to.

It's pretty hilarious wherever you plonk it. She's talking about consensually sending pints and peas to a random table somewhere.

As I've already said I gave up on Wetherspoons a long time ago. And reading this thread has confirmed i made the right decision. I honestly didn't know it had sunk quite so low.

saying this while posting on MN is hilarious .

I occasionally see posts from a Wetherspoons game group on FB, whereby people in a branch of Wetherspoons post a photo of themselves and who they’re with, their table number, and ask strangers to buy them table-service drinks via the app.

I don’t really understand what the game element is, or what the buyers get out of this?

Has anyone else seen this? Can anyone explain?

Please explain it to me then.

I'm certainly struggling to see anything at all positive in this.

Well yes actually.

I think the very fact you and your pals on this thread think that this is normal and acceptable behaviour, that you all are trying to present it as "fun" , is very much a symptom of a society that has been totally warped by Social Media.

A society that has totally lost it's way as regards normal and decent behaviour. And people who can't hack it in the real world because everything has to be played out for the benefit of Social Media.

I hope there are laws passed to outlaw the use of Social Media for under 16s. Unfortunately it's too late for the generations that have already been skewed by it

Well yes actually.

I think the very fact you and your pals on this thread think that this is normal and acceptable behaviour, that you all are trying to present it as "fun" , is very much a symptom of a society that has been totally warped by Social Media.

A society that has totally lost it's way as regards normal and decent behaviour. And people who can't hack it in the real world because everything has to be played out for the benefit of Social Media.

I hope there are laws passed to outlaw the use of Social Media for under 16s. Unfortunately it's too late for the generations that have already been skewed by it