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To not want to eat in Wetherspoons?

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giveitarestplease · 27/10/2021 23:13

Popped out with BIL and OH today, I absolutely despise Wetherspoons but they love a bargain and aren't too fussy.

I'm not a snob in anyway shape or form I just can't stand it. I eventually went with them and sat in there and waited until they finished.

I just hate the old dirty pubs and how fast the rancid food comes out 🤢 the alcoholics that have been sat there since the moment they opened the doors on the morning.

I'd much rather go to one of our local independent cafes and have a nice lunch and I know it's not coming out of the microwave. I know it's not the same price bracket but you know what I mean.

They always laugh and joke and call me a snob and say I think I'm better than everyone else. But I'm really not and I don't think that.

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FlamingElle · 28/10/2021 22:20

I went off 'Spoons a bit when I asked for a poached egg on my brekkie. They couldn't oblige because they'd ran out of poached eggs, but they had some fried eggs and some scrambled eggs. Turns out, unless you have a fried egg, 'Spoons eggs are pre-cooked and require warming up before serving Confused

FluffyBooBoo · 28/10/2021 22:51

@FlamingElle

I went off 'Spoons a bit when I asked for a poached egg on my brekkie. They couldn't oblige because they'd ran out of poached eggs, but they had some fried eggs and some scrambled eggs. Turns out, unless you have a fried egg, 'Spoons eggs are pre-cooked and require warming up before serving Confused
You think it's unusual to have breakfast food pre-prepared and just needing to be heated? That's not just happening in spoons...
2Two · 28/10/2021 23:03

while telling his staff at the start of lockdown to “go get a job in Tesco” if they weren’t happy about not being paid through covid (until he was forced to). He’s not a nice oerson

Except that didn't happen. DN and all other permanent staff that he worked with were paid normally to begin with and were then put on furlough.

BeaLola · 28/10/2021 23:06

@SatsumaPumpkinFace

I just hate the old dirty pubs and how fast the rancid food comes out 🤢 the alcoholics that have been sat there since the moment they opened the doors on the morning.

Where the hell did you go? All the Wetherspoons I've been to are not like this, or are you exaggerating a tad to get your point across?

I agree - depends on the Wetherspoons - yes some are grotty - others very nice - went to a lovely spotless one with welcoming helpful staff in Penarth , equally lovely visit to the one at Victoria Station
BigFatLiar · 28/10/2021 23:16

@2Two

while telling his staff at the start of lockdown to “go get a job in Tesco” if they weren’t happy about not being paid through covid (until he was forced to). He’s not a nice oerson

Except that didn't happen. DN and all other permanent staff that he worked with were paid normally to begin with and were then put on furlough.

It doesn't have to be true to be believed even if you have proof people will still believe it because it's what they want to believe. Mulder Lives!
Blurryeyedbeast · 29/10/2021 03:18

So glad you posted that justasking
Obviously a lot won't agree with his political views but let's not perpetuate lies. He never sacked all his staff, that's just not true.

LabStan · 29/10/2021 03:59

I'd rather go hungry!! I'd probably just have a glass off wine and eat a well prepared sandwich when I got home!!!
Hate Weatherspoons shit food

hibye123 · 29/10/2021 05:05

Food at Spoons actually taste like shit. I don't know how people are saying you're a snob or judgmental just because you're not a fan. I find it so budget and just overall really bleurgh

Simonjt · 29/10/2021 07:04

@FlamingElle

I went off 'Spoons a bit when I asked for a poached egg on my brekkie. They couldn't oblige because they'd ran out of poached eggs, but they had some fried eggs and some scrambled eggs. Turns out, unless you have a fried egg, 'Spoons eggs are pre-cooked and require warming up before serving Confused
Virtually all poached eggs you eat out are warmed up before serving, you make a batch and then they sit in iced water until they’re ordered and you dunk them in boiling water for 60 seconds.

So you also should be put off virtually anywhere servinf poached eggs, including sone michelin stat restaurants.

Do you also think your meat (apart from steak) is pan fried and then oven roasted to order?

ZealAndArdour · 29/10/2021 07:33

You are not being unreasonable and you don’t sound like a snob. They’re horrible, depressing places. I’d rather miss a meal than eat there. And Tim Martin is a fucking arsehole and will never have another penny of my money.

MsTSwift · 29/10/2021 08:08

Why does not wanting to eat in a not very nice chain pub make you a snob? Inverted snobbery alive and well it seems.

GreenFingersWouldBeHandy · 29/10/2021 08:09

Think my mum and dad would die a bit inside if they seen me eating in there

But you're not a snob. Right... don't eat with them there then. Simple.

FluffyBooBoo · 29/10/2021 08:11

@MsTSwift

Why does not wanting to eat in a not very nice chain pub make you a snob? Inverted snobbery alive and well it seems.
It doesn't.

Calling the food rancid, the clientele alcoholics and saying that her parents would 'die a bit inside' if they saw her there does.

Pottedpalm · 29/10/2021 08:15

@Simonjt yes I do expect my ‘meat’ to be cooked to order! Unless it was a Sunday lunch carvery.

LittleBearPad · 29/10/2021 08:19

Virtually all poached eggs you eat out are warmed up before serving, you make a batch and then they sit in iced water until they’re ordered and you dunk them in boiling water for 60 seconds.

So you also should be put off virtually anywhere servinf poached eggs, including sone michelin stat restaurants.

But it should still be possible for someone to cook a new one if ordered rather than say they’ve run out.

ImInStealthMode · 29/10/2021 08:21

Sorry OP you really do sound like a snob. Perhaps you're choosing branches badly? This one's not a dirty old shit hole either....

To not want to eat in Wetherspoons?
To not want to eat in Wetherspoons?
luckylavender · 29/10/2021 08:22

I wouldn't go to Wetherspoons. It's not because I'm a snob, it's because of the way Tim Martin has behaved to his staff and his suppliers during Covid and over Brexit.

BigFatLiar · 29/10/2021 08:25

@LittleBearPad

Virtually all poached eggs you eat out are warmed up before serving, you make a batch and then they sit in iced water until they’re ordered and you dunk them in boiling water for 60 seconds.

So you also should be put off virtually anywhere servinf poached eggs, including sone michelin stat restaurants.

But it should still be possible for someone to cook a new one if ordered rather than say they’ve run out.

How would you know the difference?
LittleBearPad · 29/10/2021 08:33

@BigFatLiar In the example above I’d know because there’d be a poached egg on my plate rather than none. I don’t think you read what I said….

Elphame · 29/10/2021 08:35

Wetherspoons is on my “do not visit’ list too.

Leaving aside that the owner is a despicable human being and that our local one is full of sad people who have been downing the cheap beer since they opened with predictable results, I normally have the dogs with me so the owner doesn’t want my money anyway.

Luckily that suits me fine.

MajorCarolDanvers · 29/10/2021 08:40

It wouldn't be my first choice either but to just sit there like a martyr not eating is pathetic and snobby.

Soup, toasties, baked potato - even Wetherspoons can usually manage these alright.

hibye123 · 29/10/2021 09:13

Just saw your parents are West Indian😂 that defo makes sense. If my grandma ever saw what a plate of food looked like she'd cuss me for eating in there. My mum would probably do the same and she was born here lol

Rivermonsters · 29/10/2021 09:23

@Daphnise it’s a restaurant love, not that deep 😂 bloody hell you’re all like a mini cult

HailAdrian · 29/10/2021 09:23

So you also should be put off virtually anywhere servinf poached eggs, including sone michelin stat restaurants.

I call bullshit.

RampantIvy · 29/10/2021 09:25

@MajorCarolDanvers

It wouldn't be my first choice either but to just sit there like a martyr not eating is pathetic and snobby.

Soup, toasties, baked potato - even Wetherspoons can usually manage these alright.

This ^^ And childish. I once sat next to someone at a work night out, who sulked all the way through the meal because the restaurant was not of her choosing so she chose not to eat at all. It really spoiled the evening for everyone sat at our table.