Drinkers in Spoons

[TheDaringOliveNewt]

I'm away and at spoons having breakfast.

Every single table apart from mine has pints going, at 8.30.

Aibu thinking it's weird?

Pubs are for drinking not eating breakfast. There are cafes for that.

Our Spoons is one of the only places open every day to have meals. Also the pubs in town are pretty much the only places open in the evening if you want a meal especially on certain days of the week

People can have a drink you don't need to drink until you're pissed

Pubs are for drinking not eating breakfast. There are cafes for that

And pubs are for drinking in not sleeping. There are hotels for that.

And yet there are literally thousands of pubs who do bed and breakfast.
Funny that.

We're no longer living in the 70's.

Spot the person banging on the door at 8.30am desperate for their first pint 😂

Drinking in weatherspoons is akin to being in an airport at 6am and drinking. Does not matter the reason they are in the place but they are drinking, quite simply, because they can.

We no longer have any pubs.

I must be living in a fantasy town there, as we have multiple pubs within walking distance of our house 🤔

I'm away and at spoons having breakfast.
Every single table apart from mine has pints going, at 8.30.
Aibu thinking it's weird?

I have done this twice but years apart and for the same reason. I was supposed to be on a sleep over at work, meaning you would only get up if the wake night catch person needed support and then you would ho back to sleep once resolved.
I started my shift at 11:30hrs, as usual and should have been on sleep iver from 23:00hrs. However it was the night from hell, with no chance of going to bed. Staff were being attacked by a child, windows were smashed, building trashed. Manager came in at 06:00hrs and once paperworkwas done told us go home.
My colleague just said ' come on, lets have a swifty at Spoons to decompress!'
it helped!

Well of course it makes a difference if someone works a night shift 🙄 The time to worry when someone works nights is when they have a drink with their partner/mates before they go on shift. Unwinding with a drink with their workmates when they finish work is no more of an issue if they finish at 8 am than if they finish at 8 pm . Think about it.

Really? I know people in the emergency services and after a 'hard, fast paced stressful night' no one goes to the pub. They go home to bed. Well, apart form those with alcohol problems of course but nope, I've never experienced partying at 8am post night shift.

You either don't know alit of people or they just aren't telling you because they can see how judgemental you are.

Please explain to me how a pint at 8am is worse for me than a pint at 8.30pm?

Also who mentioned partying? Nobody.

You're very hyperbolic, aren't you?

Crikey - I didn’t know you could drink at that time in the morning in England.

in Scotland you can’t get a pint before 10am. (Airports being the exception)

Why are you so bothered and so judgemental about this?

FYI in some countries it’s culturally acceptable and quite normal to have alcohol in the mornings (Spain for example). Doesn’t make everybody who does it an alcoholic.

Personally, I find it more strange you would choose to go to Spoons, of all places, for your breakfast. I thought the ONLY point of that place was cheap booze?

But I doubt I’d make an outraged thread about it, because live and let live.

You’ve not seen all the retired folk in there then ? 🤣

Perhaps your colleagues just didn’t fancy a drink with you !

If you are truly an alcoholic and are only in spoons for the alcohol wouldn’t you just stock up on cheap booze from the supermarket and drink at home. While it’s inexpensive it still costs more than the supermarket. It’s companionship as much as anything else. With fellow workers after night shift, friends for a fun outing, quick filling cheap breakfast, insomniacs or just a bit of company. Even a way to limit how much you drink. Stop judging.

So many people quote that stat without realising it was massively skewed by the huge child mortality at the time. If you survived childhood, and childbirth as a woman then you had a pretty good chance of reaching old age.

Hardly partying FGS.

Personally, I find it more strange you would choose to go to Spoons, of all places, for your breakfast. I thought the ONLY point of that place was cheap booze?

Spoons does a surprisingly good breakfast - it's cheap, hot, filling and you know exactly what you're getting for your money. I love their breakfast wraps.

okay fair, I didn’t know that (I don’t go to Spoons!)