To not want to eat in Wetherspoons?

[giveitarestplease]

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.

@giveitarestplease

I'm not pretentious though because I will happily have a Greggs or get a jacket potato from the van in town. I just don't like spoons.

Good for you

Can’t you just grin and bear it ? Is it really going to kill you or do you always insist on having things your own way.

@TimeForTeaAndG

I'm with you. Though I also now don't frequent Wethersoons because Tim whatshisname is a dickhead who doesn't deserve my hard earned cash.

Same here.

And even if Mr Spoons wasn't a dickhead, I still wouldn't eat there because the food is shite and in most places there are any number of independent cafes and bars where you can get a decent meal, freshly cooked, for not a lot more money.

I'm the same in wetherspoons. The food is dire and it always looks dingy and dirty. Tables are always sticky

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.

This sounds like massive snobbery. Saying 'I'm not a snob' before this does not make it otherwise. Really this is about you wanting to eat in one place and them wanting to eat in another. The reasons why you don't like their choice are kind of irrelevant. I'm sure they could say equally, if different, disparaging things about your choices.

I'm with you, I won't even drink in them let alone eat. Tim Martin is a massive brexiteering knobhead and to top it all they banned dogs even in the beer garden, so they're not getting my money.

I'm not sure why people aren't seeing that its not the fact that op doesn't want to eat in Wetherspoons that makes her appear snobbish. It's the attitude that goes alongside that.

We don't eat in Wetherspoons anymore not after how the owner treated his poor staff.
There's also plenty more exciting places to eat... I was rather shocked when a family member went to London for the weekend recently and told they only ate in Wetherspoons, Breakfast and DInner.... I mean fair enough its cheap, but who'd go all the way to London and not eat somewhere more exciting than bloody spoons?!

I must have low standards then! DH & I go to Wetherspoons occasionally, two/three times a year, the one in our city is really nice. Only had small plates to share and it was really nice every time. DH orders via the app, easy peasy. Thumbs up from us.

You are a snob.

I haven't eaten or drunk in Spoons since lockdown for all the reasons cited on here but when FIL was alive it was one of his favourite places and so we used to go there with him. It's not my favourite but for basic pub grub like ham egg and chips or a basic pub roast dinner it's no worse than many places. It's served hot from a clean kitchen and the value for money is extraordinary. I've paid much more in fancy schmancy places in Shoreditch or Bermondsey or NY etc for food of inferior quality served luke warm on a manky old chopping board.

@Whatiswrongwithmyknee

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.

This sounds like massive snobbery. Saying 'I'm not a snob' before this does not make it otherwise. Really this is about you wanting to eat in one place and them wanting to eat in another. The reasons why you don't like their choice are kind of irrelevant. I'm sure they could say equally, if different, disparaging things about your choices.

I don’t understand how wanting to eat good food somewhere clean with a pleasant atmosphere makes someone a snob.

You're not a snob. I bloody hate Wetherspoons with a passion too and just don't understand the fuss everyone makes about how great it is.

To be honest, politics aside, there are Wetherspoons I have been in which are as you describe, dark, dingy, dirty and full of alcoholic men. And there are other branches that are clean light and airy and fine. The food is bog standard but not awful. The atmosphere, as I said, varies immensely. So I sympathise if your local one is one of the awful ones.

I used to go to Spoons for a cheap meal and booze before heading to night clubs, every single time I used to get cramps after eating their food and that feeling of being unwell all night, when I stopped eating there and only had drinks, felt fine, their food never agreed with me

@Subbaxeo

Why does wanting to eat nice food make you a snob? It’s a British thing for sure-no one in Italy would call you a snob if you expressed disdain for greasy microwaved food. I’d rather go out less frequently but eat nicer things.

The answer is in the question - class. What you like and what you don’t are class markers. That’s why you get comments about ‘hoity toity’ cafes.

I have Italian relatives, have lived in Italy and know many Italians. Including a couple of privileged individuals who make my eyes roll with their out of touch pronouncements (like the friend who earnestly told us you should only ever buy property with cash), but I haven’t come across an obsession with snobbishness, poshness, etc. I’m sure it exists, but here in the uk we are saturated in it. Which is why saying something like ‘I don’t like such-and-such thing / place / trend’ on here often ends up going down those lines.

@SatsumaPumpkinFace

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

Hmm, wonder where you got your snobbishness views from? 🤨

This. Unfortunately people can be snobby but it doesn't buy you class..you were extremely rude just to sit there, why didn't you just go for a wander or go somewhere different for your own lunch and regrouped after it? You wanted to make a statement but you've just looked silly.

@giveitarestplease

I did speak up but they want to eat there so I sit with them. I'm not a snob I'm far from it infact! I just don't enjoy the atmosphere or the food. Think my mum and dad would die a bit inside if they seen me eating in there 🤣

Yes you are a snob. So are your parents. You must live in a really bad area because our local Wetherspoon is really nice. No alcoholics, it's clean and the pub itself is in a beautiful old building with all the original features kept. the food is ok, good choice of drinks. Lots of families use it, it has a nice outdoor space. Perhaps you could consider moving to a better area?

I don't like weatherspoons food and don't eat there myself. I also wouldn't stop in for a drink as I don't want to help line Tim Martins pockets.

I don't think not liking the food, or preferring to support small businesses makes you a snob.
However your descriptions and saying your mother and father would die if they saw you eating in there does come off as snob like.

If they wanted a pint with a meal, weren't there any other pub options nearby that could have made you all happy?

Downside of Wetherspoons. He is a hypocritical twat who I hate with a passion.
Upside they have saved 2 buildings in places where I have lived.
But yabu to go along and sit there. Either join in or don't go.

I think you could do it to make them happy rather than sitting watching them eat! Or just go to the cafe and meet them afterwards

I won't go in one because of that awful Brexit-themed scarecrow who owns it. He got what he wanted and still moaned.

There are some reasonable Wetherspoons around, to be fair to them though. Some are in amazing old buildings, but I just won't give that man a penny.

Spoons is cheap and cheerful but sadly the owner is a Brexit supporting tosser who wanted to sack his staff during lockdown. I wouldn't give him a lick of my shite tbh.

Agree with you completely.
If you’re being called a snob, it’s likely because you’ve insulted someone that is fond of them.
Awful places.

YANBU for not liking it there if it's not for you. But YABU to be so sneery and vile about other people who do.

Basically this ^^

Sorry, but you do sound like an insufferable snob. So, you sat there and watched them eat? How joyless, and how uncomfortable that must have been for the people you were with. Not all Wetherspoons are dirty, and no, it isn’t gourmet food, but perfectly adequate for what it is.

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

I might die a bit if my daughter held your snobby views.
I wouldn’t choose to eat in Spoons and would rather eat at an independent place, but Wetherspoons have found a formula that works. The food isn’t “rancid”, Just perfectly standard cook chill pub grub. DH drinks real ale and he likes their model of selling cheaper beer that is just before is use by date.

Political reasons aside, what’s the betting that everyone who says the food is crap has never eaten in a Wetherspoons?

The photos are of out local "shithole" Spoons in a northern ex mining town not known for its affluence. It is clean and much brighter in there than it looks like in the photos. Also, DD says they make the best onion rings ever.

Just don't go with them next time. I would hate to eat a meal with someone watching me because they are too good for the venue.

You have the cheek to call out the op for snobbery? After stating that she lives in a dodgy area and needs to move. Wow