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Very grubby workmen going into pub after work..

103 replies

mdinbc · 19/10/2023 22:54

I was out walking the other day and noticed a bunch of young workmen going into a pub after work. They were in their work clothes, but one in particular was really grubby. His jeans covered in grease and dirt.

I realize they were going to a pub, but same pub's clientele gets a bit fancier dressed later on, and many office workers go there for lunch. Some of the seats are padded vinyl, the ones up against the wall are upholstered in cloth.

What do you thing the protocol for this would be from the server's point of view? Direct him to the vinyl seats, give him a newspaper to sit on, refuse him entry? I know I wouldn't want to sit in the seat after he had been there.

OP posts:
TomeTome · 19/10/2023 23:22

Well I can see it’s a dilemma. Is he offensive to all senses?

sight, I suggest dimming the lights
hearing, perhaps some mood music
smell, perhaps spritz him gently
touch, ask first
taste……honestly I wouldn’t lick him, it just seems so forward from bar staff

I can’t remember the other senses, this has all been a little overwhelming

Myhusbandearns150k · 19/10/2023 23:22

That’s why in the old days there were two sides to a pub.. public bar for the farmers and workmen on the way home etc

Myhusbandearns150k · 19/10/2023 23:23

But at this point I think pubs are happy for any and all custom.

OooPourUsACupLove · 19/10/2023 23:25

This is why back in the day pubs had a bar and a lounge. The lounge had a carpet and nice wood, the bar had lino and formica. Lads coming in for lunch from dirty jobs drank in the bar. And the beer was 2p cheaper 😁

EdgeK · 19/10/2023 23:25

Maybe you could ask them to use the trade entrance and sit in the bar?
Then you can have your amontillado in the lounge and not hear any course language.
FFS. They'll spend more in a night than you do in a month.

Lovepeaceunderstanding · 19/10/2023 23:26

Lord you’re utterly miserable and I think nasty. Bog off and if you don’t like the clientele don’t go there. Not sure I fancy inhabiting a seat you sat on. 🤢

Findyourneutralspace · 19/10/2023 23:26

The workmen round here all hover round the bar here. They don’t do sitting down in the pub.

Forgotmylogindetails · 19/10/2023 23:26

someones life is boring

Westfacing · 19/10/2023 23:31

Back in the day some pubs had a sign 'No overalls or work clothes' - don't think they'd get away with that now!

jc12689 · 19/10/2023 23:32

Surely these people have pubs of their own they can go to.

OP I'm so sorry you've been you had to witness people who do manual work walking into a pub where you sometimes meet up for lunch.

Someoneonlyyouknow · 19/10/2023 23:49

This is why I always carry a copy of a quality piece of print media - The Lady or Horse and Hound. I never have to worry who has placed their grubby posterior on a seat before me.

SinnerBoy · 19/10/2023 23:54

EdgeK · Today 23:25

Then you can have your amontillado in the lounge and not hear any course language.

Is the pub full of university types?

MatthewsMumFromTikTok · 19/10/2023 23:55

It's a pub... not the bloody Ritz!

They deserve food/drink

GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut · 19/10/2023 23:56

As someone who has grown up in pubs with an early eve crowd of people who did grubby jobs (including a septic tank emptying job!) I can make an educated guess that the staff response will be to sell him a pint (or 3) and the man will in all likelyhood prefer to stand up at the bar or stand with a group of mates. But should he want to sit down that would be fine too.

SinnerBoy · 19/10/2023 23:56

That may be the first time I've taken the piss out of a typo, without making one myself!

😁

OhNoForever · 19/10/2023 23:56

Oh my lord. Would you not be better off in a wine bar darling.

Hentic · 19/10/2023 23:59

OP do you often find yourself thinking about what you would do if you sat on a seat after a DIRTY DIRTY MAN had sat on it previous? Do you? Think about all of his oil and grease? Do you? Think about the GREASE ON HIS SEAT? DO YOU??!!

gossipgurl · 20/10/2023 00:01

I’m really curious as to what he was doing to be literally greasy to the extent his jeans changed colour and that he’s soiling pub seating

Rogue1001MNer · 20/10/2023 00:01

This thread is nor going as op hoped it would

@jc12689, your response was my favourite ❤️❤️

Hentic · 20/10/2023 00:01

Shat himself

SoundTheSirens · 20/10/2023 00:03

Go, greased workman, you're messing up the clean pub seat
(Greased workman, go, greased workman)
(Go) Go, greased workman, you should sit on a paper sheet
(Greased workman, go, greased workman)
You are too stained (ah-ah), MN will faint (ah-ah), at greased workman

XenoBitch · 20/10/2023 00:06

Are you the lady I saw in a cafe this summer who got in an absolute rage because there was a sweaty man sat near her?

Hentic · 20/10/2023 00:07

Possibly.

Did that guy grease himself up too?

MyCatsAreFuckwits · 20/10/2023 00:08

Funnily enough the "bread and butter" ("profit") of public houses came from the working man after a hard day's graft. This is how they ran a business for centuries.
Not from the well dressed "office workers" who may choose an infrequent drink....hence all the pubs going out of business.

MatthewsMumFromTikTok · 20/10/2023 00:11

😆

OP has well and truly had her arse handed to her...