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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not surprised. All my costs are going up and I have to make cutbacks. When a single pint is £5-6.50, that's something I can't justify.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wetherspoons in my area does £2/pint ales

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

That's true. And I'm not usually a massive fan of Doombar but it was £1.49 in a spoons (relatively) near me recently, so I couldn't say no.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can't believe the Brits are becoming halal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

That's how a revolution starts

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Doesn't help that a pint of supermarket beer in a London pub is upwards of £7.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's true, but this report specifically excludes London.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hah. I read inside London. My bad.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Coupled with the image, I read it as”outside after work drinks”.

“Okay. Everyone went inside?”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

Lol. I completely understand! It's been a long week. Almost time for a cuppa here. I think I'll have it early.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Come out to Zone 4. £2 ales.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Really?

Good ones? And not Timothy Taylor.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Since when are Ale's "good"? Just drink the bath slop and be thankful

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago

Lots of good ales my dude

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

With the latest ethanol trade deal with the US, I can only imagine there is going to be another big push to eliminate WFH/hybrid working in a lot of businesses.

That's right, us peasants shouldn't be at home with our families and loved ones, we should be working long hours, sitting in traffic or stood waiting for another late train, and then spending what we've earned on drowning our frustrations of the hamster wheel we're on at the end of the day.

I'm really hoping this whole push to get everyone back in to the office is a generational thing from the boomers, and once they're finally retired we can see a new shift in the workplace. But then that is probably being too optimistic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago

But muh property holdings!

Eta: how proud Dickens would be, with the global state of things.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (12 children)

With the latest ethanol trade deal with the US, I can only imagine there is going to be another big push to eliminate WFH/hybrid working in a lot of businesses.

why?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

I already spend too much time with work people and I have my own shit to do.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I'm a bit surprised this is news - our work dos were always on Thursday. Better to be hung over on company time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I kind of feel like outside of really big cities there transport network isn't good enough to do this. You don't want to drink, then drive but getting the bus or train too or from work is too much of a pain

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thursday is bigger in Edinburgh too. Friday is a ghost town in many an office

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Eugh, fucking Thursday "mandatory fun time". All I can think about is that I still have to work tomorrow.

It's alright for the C levels and managers who don't really do anything anyway.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

As a manager, fuck Thursdays too

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