Page 3 | Very grubby workmen going into pub after work..

mdinbc · 2023-10-19T21:54:58+00:00

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.

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 20/10/2023 00:17

You do realise this "dirty man" and his pals are keeping the pub economy alive?! I live in a northern Dock city and you'll see all the docker lads in the pubs in their overalls. And there's no way I'd begrudge them a fresh pint on their way home after 8-12 hours of serious physical labour.
If there's no dress code, then it's fair game. Maybe take a pack of baby wipes in your handbag if it bothers you so much or ask the server to give the seat a bit of a spray and wipe with the blue roll.
I bet you are a joy when you have workmen round at your house ha... use the back door only, don't use my toilet and I certainly won't be offering you a brew!

GarlicGrace · 20/10/2023 00:20

MatthewsMumFromTikTok · 20/10/2023 00:11

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

Her clean, fragrant arse, lightly sheathed in silk of palest hue. Her arse of refinement and dignity. An arse more exquisite than any common workman dare imagine. An arse whose delicacy casts into high relief the coarse, rough-clad arse of a man who works with base substances. The muscular, oiled arse of a man in tune with the elements, his instincts ... a powerfully built man ... oh, Mellors! No! Maybe! Why not? Oh, Mellors!!!!

happyasaseagullstealingchips · 20/10/2023 00:21

Last of the Summer Wine, Wesley 😜 as she lays papers before him as he walks in the house.

Ps if he smelled of engine oil, and grease I would have been so tempted to sniff him 😂

ImNotReallySpartacus · 20/10/2023 00:24

I'd be a lot more worried that some dog had had its shitty arse on the seat, to be honest.

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 20/10/2023 00:26

GarlicGrace · 20/10/2023 00:20

Her clean, fragrant arse, lightly sheathed in silk of palest hue. Her arse of refinement and dignity. An arse more exquisite than any common workman dare imagine. An arse whose delicacy casts into high relief the coarse, rough-clad arse of a man who works with base substances. The muscular, oiled arse of a man in tune with the elements, his instincts ... a powerfully built man ... oh, Mellors! No! Maybe! Why not? Oh, Mellors!!!!

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I'm cackling so loud!!! I'm supposed to be trying to get to sleep but this is too funny.
Now that's a mills & boon I would read hahahaha.
I have to admit, stick a pair of safety boots and a high viz on a man and il instantly find him 10 times more attractive. Bonus points for facial hair and paint marks on their trousers.

BasiliskStare · 20/10/2023 00:29

@mdinbc As I think you know fine well , the owners / staff in the pub will make their own decision about who is let in. But you have given some a laugh so hey ho.

QueSyrahSyrah · 20/10/2023 00:30

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!

'No soiled work clothes' is still a thing around here, at least from the pearl clutchy 'naice' pubs.

The pubs that actually want to make money allow workmen in, and some of them still have the taproom / lounge set up of old.

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 20/10/2023 00:33

QueSyrahSyrah · 20/10/2023 00:30

'No soiled work clothes' is still a thing around here, at least from the pearl clutchy 'naice' pubs.

The pubs that actually want to make money allow workmen in, and some of them still have the taproom / lounge set up of old.

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One of our canal side pubs had a refurb and now has a sign saying "no trackies or fishing gear". Which prior to then was basically the entire clientele.

Greenshake · 20/10/2023 00:40

@GarlicGrace just brilliant 😂😂

Millybob · 20/10/2023 00:43

That's why most pubs used to have a public bar where the drinks were cheaper.

QueSyrahSyrah · 20/10/2023 00:44

@Wavescrashingonthebeach There's a place near us that literally opens on to the beach, tried 'no shorts and flip flops' when they refurbed. That didn't last long

Ponderingwindow · 20/10/2023 00:45

pubs never have to wipe up spills. It’s amazing that drinks and food just magically evaporate if they don’t make it from the serving container to the patrons stomach for any reason.

Kweenbee · 20/10/2023 00:45

Viz top tip: Ensure maximum hostelry enjoyment by carrying a double cotton sheet with you at all times in order to ensure your own posterior remains unsullied by the sheddings of the riffraff should you be required to sit on the same banquette, simultaneously or subsequently.

GarlicGrace · 20/10/2023 00:53

I thank you, @Greenshake 😂 <curtseys>

SplendidDaysInTheGarden · 20/10/2023 01:03

"Tradesmen, I want you to do the dirty work but I don't want to see you do it or, in fact, be a real living, breathing human being who frequents the places that I may do with evidence of that vital dirty work you've being doing in case I am offended" 🙄

UnwantedOpinionBelow · 20/10/2023 01:12

Dispicable! I would have shooed them out with a broom immediately.

Back to the streets where they belong 🙄

cassiatwenty · 20/10/2023 01:30

GarlicGrace · 20/10/2023 00:20

Her clean, fragrant arse, lightly sheathed in silk of palest hue. Her arse of refinement and dignity. An arse more exquisite than any common workman dare imagine. An arse whose delicacy casts into high relief the coarse, rough-clad arse of a man who works with base substances. The muscular, oiled arse of a man in tune with the elements, his instincts ... a powerfully built man ... oh, Mellors! No! Maybe! Why not? Oh, Mellors!!!!

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Mellors 😂

AngelAurora · 20/10/2023 01:32

I do not think anyone other than you OP cares?

Stravaig · 20/10/2023 01:48

This reminds me of dashing in late to meals, still wearing work clothes, flushed and sweaty and streaked in dirt from the fields. Of looks and mutterings from There's Always One, as they loaded their plate with vegetables that I'd grown for them, that I'd harvested earlier that day. Mutterings which intensified as gardeners were ushered with respect and appreciation to the front of the queue, or presented with heaped plates set aside for us.

OP, never, ever be snooty about the people who keep your life running comfortably for you, who make your life possible at all. You look utterly ridiculous to everyone wiser and humbler than you are.

Stravaig · 20/10/2023 01:51

@SoundTheSirens @GarlicGrace 😆😍🤣

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mdinbc · 20/10/2023 01:54

Well, I guess I certainly have had 'my arse handed to me', and been called vile etc. I had heard of the darker side of this forum, and have seen it today. Instead of having a conversation, I think some of you really do enjoy having a go at someone for entertainment's sake, and wonder if you would speak to them face to face like that. That being said...

I do come from a working family and proud of it. My Dad wore overalls daily, but took them off at the door. My sons are hardworking steel toe and high vis types, as occasionally I am in my job. If my sons come by for a beer after work, they will not sit on the furniture with their work clothes. And my DIL works at said pub, so no, I don't consider myself a snob. I will ask her about it when I next see her, and I'm sure she won't tell me to nob off.
There's also a certain amount of honest working-person grub that is acceptable, one of the group was well beyond a normal level of grime. I would hope that they stood around the bar, or at one of the vinyl covered seats. And when I do go out to either that pub or any other, while I know I am sitting in a seat where many have sat before, I wouldn't expect grease or tar (or whatever he was covered with) to be on the seats.

Anyway, enough rambling from me.

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Judashascomeintosomemoney · 20/10/2023 01:56

CrapBucket · 19/10/2023 23:00

What newspaper are you thinking of? I don’t mind sitting on a greasy seat but I wouldn’t frequent any establishment that carried The Sun.

😂 It’s the use of the word ‘carried’ that makes this chef’s kiss 😚!

Icepinkeskimo · 20/10/2023 02:01

MatthewsMumFromTikTok · 20/10/2023 00:11

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

Yes hopefully she’s having to have the ignition of sitting on a copy of a vile working class tabloid. Quick hand her the smelling salts…

WomanStanleyWoman2 · 20/10/2023 02:05

Well, I guess I certainly have had 'my arse handed to me', and been called vile etc. I had heard of the darker side of this forum, and have seen it today. Instead of having a conversation, I think some of you really do enjoy having a go at someone for entertainment's sake, and wonder if you would speak to them face to face like that. That being said.…

If anyone needs the shortened version of this, it’s basically:

”Waaaaahhh!!! Mummy!!!”

pirateeilish · 20/10/2023 02:05

mdinbc · 20/10/2023 01:54

Well, I guess I certainly have had 'my arse handed to me', and been called vile etc. I had heard of the darker side of this forum, and have seen it today. Instead of having a conversation, I think some of you really do enjoy having a go at someone for entertainment's sake, and wonder if you would speak to them face to face like that. That being said...

I do come from a working family and proud of it. My Dad wore overalls daily, but took them off at the door. My sons are hardworking steel toe and high vis types, as occasionally I am in my job. If my sons come by for a beer after work, they will not sit on the furniture with their work clothes. And my DIL works at said pub, so no, I don't consider myself a snob. I will ask her about it when I next see her, and I'm sure she won't tell me to nob off.
There's also a certain amount of honest working-person grub that is acceptable, one of the group was well beyond a normal level of grime. I would hope that they stood around the bar, or at one of the vinyl covered seats. And when I do go out to either that pub or any other, while I know I am sitting in a seat where many have sat before, I wouldn't expect grease or tar (or whatever he was covered with) to be on the seats.

Anyway, enough rambling from me.

Darker side of the forum? 🙈🙈

Good grief OP you do live an extremely sheltered life.