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Shit................just plain fucking shit


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Yep, Friday midday get down there, about 20 people trying to get a drink and one member of staff. Ridiculous!

Whats coxernator like?

Was he wearing a cowboy hat?   :D

Fred got kicked out at 9  :D

Kicked out?!!!

Why?

They don't allow children after 9 o'clock

Was he drunk and rowdy ? :D

No, he had Jenna with him.

You're joking? They kicked him out cos he had his kid with him?

the merlin are cunts to imo.stopped me going in with my lad, after drinking in there for years pre match.
i'm surprised the dockle kick you out with kids,its hardly walkabout or similar.its a food and quietish pub aint it?

It's a Lloyds/Wetherspoons place.

Their licence only allows kids until 9pm.

I got food poisoining from there once - The best thing was I was only in there because my dad was doing a mystery shop!!

there are pubs where kids shouldn't be in them.the dockle aint one of them imo

I thought their advertising claimed they were a family-friendly pub, not after 9 pm it would appear!!  Utter crap, need reporting to the advertising authorities.

Im of the opinion that its a Pub and children shouldnt be in there after 9.00 anyway.Get a Baby Sitter.

It's not a pub - pub though is it Yeovil.

It's family eating pub like a Beefeater.

 Damn right Yeovil...if you have kids you've got to be responsible and accept there are certain freedoms which you lose.

I tried to go in the Merlin before a game last season, but because I had my lad with me I couldn't.

I can understand it in the evening, but a Saturday afternoon?

Can't remember if it was the same when it was the Oxford?

I've took my mate's kid in the Merlin with me before on a match day.

the merlin thing happend at the start of the season about 2-3 years ago.i had previously gone in there pre every home game for years from midday usually.it was all of a sudden i was told i would have to drink outside as i had my son with me.i was with a group of friends but my son the only child.
they were happy to take my cash for years but treated me like shit in the end.that northern cunt landlord got a peice of mind.

did the same with us, when we went in with family....we had to leave at 9 because my cousin Thomas is only 16.

Dont see what harm it does having kids in past 9pm....but if its in the license, its in the license.

Didnt make it in the end, our 6-a-side game was 8:30 and I was a bit wet afterwards!! we won 11-2 though  8)

It took the piss last night to be honest. Jenna was sat there good as gold doing her colouring-in, and had only just been served her dinner.

Meanwhile a group of about eight little shits were running around the pub screaming and shouting. And they were still there until about half nine.

Got Jen a meal and when it arrived I would not even feed it to my dog it was so shit.

Took it back and complained and reordered a bowl of chips and a bowl of fresh veg.

3/4 hr later I went back and asked where the replacement meal was.

It came about 8.45 with the manager saying that we had to be out by 9.00.

Fucking cuntish.

As Sussex said, If Jenna was running around and screaming like a lunatic I could perfectly understand, but she wasn't.

They could make so much money if they got their customer Service hat on.

Fucking hell Yeovil.

They should not advertise it as Swindons premier "family venue" then. Its not like its the Greyhound or The Grapes mate

 :evil:

I think the people that say 'kids shouldn't be in pubs' are mostly folk that don't have kids of their own.

If i had a child, i'd like to be able to enjoy a pint with my family.

even more so now the smoking ban comes in, as most parents done take their kids to pub due to the smokey atmosphere.

its out of order at the end of the day.

I can't believe i've gone 15 days without smoking.

Stop thinking about it. You did well Saturday though, fair play!

I've put on 3 pounds since quitting smoking!

i put on 3 pounds and i still smoke, so dont worry about it ralphy

Too much polish sausage.

God that sounds wrong.

i've put on 3 stone since i packed up! i'm a lazy bastard though

Nobody said kids shouldnt be allowed in Pubs just that its not entirely unacceptable to ask parents to have them out by 9.00pm.

Which is absolutely fine Yeovil. The bit we were in though, was basically a restaurant and in a different bit to the actual pub.

I was more pissed off that it was no-smoking, got bloody soaked 3 times per hour!

 :D

Ha ha wait till July 1st Sussex!

Don't count your chickens Ralphus!!

I'm cured!

 Not so Ralphy....kids in pubs is just wrong.

  When I was a kid you sat outside in the car, had a coke and a bag of crisps, brought at regular intervals, and read books by the companion light.

  That's responsible parenting.

Hope you are.

EDIT: re: Ralphs post, not Reg's.

Times have changed Reginald.

The pub is no longer a smoke filled, male dominated place.

Some are family orientated. :D

You're old school Reg and it does have it's good points.

what, drinking and driving reg?

   Back then there ws no such thing.......

my dad tells me many a story when he would drive to oxford with mates have several pints sometimes up to 10 and one of em would drive back.

i was jesting.but it was hardly responsible really.times change and all that.
irelands drink limits are much higher than here today.and there fatality rates on roads are high.
crazy!many drive to pubs over there

I dont take Gianluca into pub's alot cos he is hyper... and the last thing you want when drinking is annoying kids running around!
But on the occasion when i drug him up and he sits nice and quietly with his gameboy and crisps i see no problem.
I understand most places have a 9pm curfew... What annoys me is the lack of places i can go to watch a televised match most places kids are not allowed in the bar where the football is on!
Pipers was really nice Saturday though! Never been to the
Dockle cos i hvae heard eveil things about it.

Yeah but lets not get started on Gianluca at pubs Michelle.  

Gianluca: Are you ash
Me: Yeah
Gianluca: My mum says your gay
Miss Angry: :oops:

Ahahahahaha......classic.

Gianluca sounds ace.

Is he taller than you yet Ash?

I still feel ashamed! It's not as if i said "here son, there's a lad i know called ash and he's one of those gay's!"
Little ears are bloody everywhere!

 :shock:

Hes ace. Fact, wore his town shirt to the pub which shows how loyal he is.

I do worry what she said tho!

He has A.D.H.D so he does have drugs... but i usually only use them for school and football matches. He is also available for hire.

Miss Angry puts them in her blokes food to stop him getting randy

haha no i just send him over to you to get it out of his system! Gay boys! Frost not Gianni!

Ah, I see, my nephew has the same. I don't think my sister hires him out though :D

You should never ever ever ever ever ever order food in the Dockle, and I've found double rounds are order of the day.  We only use it when it's nice weather to let my daughter run around in the garden.

It's a shame because the place should be an absolute goldmine but before long everyone in Town will have experienced the pain of placing a food order or trying to buy a pint in there.

what do you mean by double rounds?
i had a brekkie in there last week,seemed fine to me

I think he's saying you buy double what you normally do so you only go to the bar half the time.

Double rounds means buying two drinks at a time to save queuing.

I'm presuming he's refering to painfully slow barpeeps. Getting 2 pints at a time means you don't have to wait to get served so long.

The Savoy can get painful for that. They seemed to have mastered the slow mo tactics of asking what you want, going all the way to the other end of the bar to use the furthest away beer taps. coming back, taking your cash and then going along to the furthest away till.

Actually I'm being a bit harsh as I think they've got a bit better. Used to be hardcore though.

ahhh,i see.i thought it related to the food in some way?

buy two drinks per person.  I've seen people wait a good 20 mins to get served.  I went in there once and 3 items on the menu had run out (including the Burgers!) by 12.15pm.

Double rounds are Ben's idea of heaven.

An excuse to buy 2 pints instead of 1.

Ben doesn't buy drinks

Doesnt work that.  He never buys a round

Indeed Ralphy. It can get continuously better with triple rounds too. However quadruple get a bit silly and as a rule, should only be called upon when last orders has been called.

You owe him drinks anyway.

Yeah you do ash, you cheeky cunt.

what for now?!?!?! You cant live off me, get a job

It was you who said it not me....

Our most recent msn conversation..



Anyone fancy the pub?

Ash owes me a drink too

fuck me, you saved that? I am working at teh mo, fancy a pint later tho? we could go to the county?

nah I didn't save it. I've just got a really ace memory. I think I was sober at the time.

Might be up for a pint. County is a bit of a massive walk though and the weathers shit.

Give us a bell when you are going to finish work.

I'll come!

Ash owes me a few pints too.

As always Bushey cabs will pick you up. Give me an hour but im only having a couple of shandys

Ralph you popping over to swindon?

Everyone should come!!

I would have popped over if mother wasn't serving dinner up.

Agreed Yeovil, but This place is not even marketed as your normal pub, it is supposed to be the "family venue" in Swindon.

That is my point, couple that with the fact that it is a BH weekend and half term, I just think a lot more could be done to live up to their image so to speak.

Dont get me wrong, I would never dream of taking Jenna into the New Inn in the evening, she would not like it and, it would be wrong.

But its horses for courses, dont brand yourself as family friendly when clearly you are not.

Its not all about license restrictions either, temporary license change applications happen all the time.

And as for Customer Service, I went round there today to complain about the food and service again, only to be fobbed off that no management were present again.

No management present on a BH weekend ?

For someone that lives 500yds away, and with a family, I will certainly not be gracing that establishment again

Well Ash is giving me a lift at 7 so just after then. You are all invited. Because I love you all. And I'm scared of being alone with Ash. That dude has issues. I'll be keeping an eye on my drink. They don't call him Mr. Rohypnol for nothing.

write to their head office fred.

Fred they are hopless - me and my dad both do mystery shops for weatherspoons and Lloyds no 1 pubs - everytime we go (and we dread it now!) we mark them down for terrible service and food but nothing ever gets done about it

Go in some orange clobber, stand outside and shout "I want my Jenna back". I bet they draw the curtains.

dont bother writing to head office fred!seems a waste of time then

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Thats an ace job Charlotte.

Do you test their wine and beer too?




'After 10 glasses of vino, the food tasted fantastic. I liked the waiter too'

By Charlotte Hand.

Despite Fred getting kicked out last night, it was a pretty good night. Repeating what Sussex said earlier, there were a group of other kids in the shitty bar that were there way after 9:30 - clearly one rule if you know the landlord, another if you don't, which absolutely fucking sucks.

Anyway, good to meet y'all who turned up, and for those that didn't bother  :fu:

Sorry I couldn't stay longer on Saturday in the Merlin, but needed to get back pronto. I did get a bit of earache last night after Sussex let the secret slip, but it wasn't too bad. Sussex, I still owe you some beer, and I won't take no for an answer next time you big gay bear. And Birdy, no tongues next time please  :wink:

Even Rachel enjoyed herself last night, and promised to come to a few games with me - she's only coming for the beer me thinks...I need some advice on how to make her love STFC as much as I do.

Agreed mate

I just think I will vote with my feet

Sorry i didn't make it Coxernator.

Any lady that necks pints of Strongbow is tops with me fella

Oh,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and introduce her to Lee Peacock, you wont keep her away from SN1

 :wink:

500 yards from the Dockle, which direction Fred, I am about a mile away, other end of Gypsy Lane and up Cricklade Road a bit!

[quote="Ralphy"

Thats an ace job Charlotte.

Do you test their wine and beer too?




'After 10 glasses of vino, the food tasted fantastic. I liked the waiter too'

By Charlotte Hand.[/quote]

No its crap - I dont even bother doing them anymore - getting food poisioning from the Dockle was the final straw!! - you only normally got 1/2 drinks and then after a while they chose what you had to eat and stuff rather then letting you pick whatever. just wasnt worth the money really. we had to do the savoy and the Litten tree as well

'There are no issues of Rohipomal' Bob Holt

You know the big scenes in A Clockwork Orange, where they make the main dude hate stuff my giving him drugs and eye drops whilst watching it on the big screen?

Well you want to do the opposite. Tie her down, force feed her happy pills and make her watch a few videos of town games. Sorted.

No its crap - I dont even bother doing them anymore - getting food poisioning from the Dockle was the final straw!! - you only normally got 1/2 drinks and then after a while they chose what you had to eat and stuff rather then letting you pick whatever. just wasnt worth the money really. we had to do the savoy and the Litten tree as well[/quote]

Bet you loved them places!

Half way up Grange Drive Ronnie

Ah, sorry about that, I'd been warning Birdy not to use that word all afternoon too..  :doh:

What word is that?  :D

Not that secret numb-nuts, the fact that I'd slipped into the Merlin for a quick pint yesterday was what got me in trouble...

 :mrgreen:

Oh yeah, that one. Soz  :--

Cunt.

Birdy does use that alot  :D

You're forgiven mate. I guess I'd best go and be sociable with my old folks now  :cry:

You had a lucky escape there Fred, we were about to buy a house in Grange Drive, on the left hand side as you go down from the New Inn, right by a post box!!  Our offer for the house in Wheeler Avenue was accepted and so we didn't pursue it! :oops:

Virtually next door Ronnie

that chippy is good on grange drive.

Used to be arriba when Noff had it

The best chippy in Stratton now IMHO is the one by Kingsdown Park

that's absolute shit fred, especially if they promote themselves as a family pub. they clearly din't take too kindly to your complaints.

my dad used to take me down the pub when i was little. i'd have a glass of lemonade and play aunt sally or bar billiards. ace fun.

I think it's sad that dad's these days tell their children the tooth fairy doesn't exist coz they are too tight to pay up.

When we had a 1 hour wait for our food in there once I went up to complain that the steak had in fact arrived cold and uncooked.  Got to the bar waiting for someone to complain to and found a small queue had formed for the same purpose.  The bloke in front of me then completely lost it and tried jumping over the bar ranting that not only had the service been shit, the food wrong and the wait too long, but while he'd been up to chase the order someone decided to clean his table and took his pint and packet of fags!!!!!

It was cracking entertainment and they just gave everyone else whatever they wanted after that, although replacement food was not best advised.

Only drink there now when we take Shannon on a sunny day, even that is an effort.

I went through a spell last year where I had 4 meals out in a month and ended up getting all of them free due to bad service.

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :evil:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

She's 10 for god sake

 :wink:

Same here mate

Ah well lesson learned

We were having a great time too

Too young to buy cigarette papers  :D  :wink:  Your daughter is pure ace  :mrgreen:

Oh shit !, I was waiting for this to come out, stitched up good and proper

 :oops:

Yes, I am a dick !

 :oops:  :oops:  :oops:  :oops:

Nice to meet you as well Coxy.

Despite all the food problems, it was a good night, except me getting a good soaking there and a even bigger soaking walking back home due to the crappy weather.

And Fred :

Bring Jenna out more often, she's pure class !!!

I'd have given you a lift if you'd asked Alan...

Fred - Jenna was an ace laugh last night. She's certainly got your number...

Thanks a lot anyway Coxy, but I thought it was hardly raining, and I didn't want to put you out.

You been there lately Arriba, it was the best for miles when Noff had it, but when those Indibums got hold of it I thought it went down hill fast!  Superfry on Ferndale Road for me these days!

She certainly has mate

Going back to the off topic before this thread got on topic again, me and ash had lot's of fun in the merlin in the end. He remembered that he'd trashed every other pub's toilets whilst he was driving towards them, and was too afraid to go back. He's one crazy drunk.

It wasnt me!

not for a while.since moving house i use my local chip shop

A few of us from college tried to go there on Friday at lunchtime, they said there was a 20 min wait for drinks and an hour wait for food. We didn't stay there in the end and ended up at the Grove.

Or Michael Pook... :evil: