Can you survive five hours?
Good Friday always brings the best out of people what with the reduced drinking hours.
And despite signs on the doors and at the bar, despite being told by the bar staff and waiting staff things like this keep happening....
And despite signs on the doors and at the bar, despite being told by the bar staff and waiting staff things like this keep happening....
between the hours of 12 and 5 this is a water glassk?
"Can I get a pint?"
"No, it's Good Friday, no alcohol of any sort until 5pm sir. Sorry bout that."
It went quiet for a moment whilst he considered his next move. I stood there with a forced smile. It was dragging on a bit so I thought I should help him out and I offered him a few options.
"Coke, water, orange, coffee?"
He raised a finger to stop me and said, "I'll have the fish special and a glass of Chardonnay."
"Eh no sir, wine is off the menu until 5pm. That's what I meant by no alcohol."
He tutted and opined, "It's not really alcohol....'
Que?
Now I'm no expert, saying that I have done a wine course, but I'm pretty damn sure that wine is an alcohol based beverage.
He looked me straight in the eyes and said/begged, "If you put 2 in a pint glass no one will know, eh eh." He thought this was genius of course.
"Not gonna happen sir. You wanna coke or summat?"
He didn't like it, didn't like it at all and shooed me away with an order for the fish special and a jug of water.
When I cleared his mains away I offered him the whiskey trifle, he didn't like that idea either.
"No, it's Good Friday, no alcohol of any sort until 5pm sir. Sorry bout that."
It went quiet for a moment whilst he considered his next move. I stood there with a forced smile. It was dragging on a bit so I thought I should help him out and I offered him a few options.
"Coke, water, orange, coffee?"
He raised a finger to stop me and said, "I'll have the fish special and a glass of Chardonnay."
"Eh no sir, wine is off the menu until 5pm. That's what I meant by no alcohol."
He tutted and opined, "It's not really alcohol....'
Que?
Now I'm no expert, saying that I have done a wine course, but I'm pretty damn sure that wine is an alcohol based beverage.
He looked me straight in the eyes and said/begged, "If you put 2 in a pint glass no one will know, eh eh." He thought this was genius of course.
"Not gonna happen sir. You wanna coke or summat?"
He didn't like it, didn't like it at all and shooed me away with an order for the fish special and a jug of water.
When I cleared his mains away I offered him the whiskey trifle, he didn't like that idea either.
Pfft......
Five hours, that's all it is, five whole hours without booze. Five tiny hours a year, and people go mental. They lose all sense of proportion and start screaming about their human rights. I'm not sure I ever read the UN declaration on the right to get blitzed everyday of the year. Still it makes me giggle every year without fail.
