Aberdeen City Centre

[Beachend Bootboy]

6 minutes ago, BrianFaePerth said:

Appreciated BB. Don’t let it happen again.

Ok min.

[Beachend Bootboy]

8 minutes ago, Sooper-hanz said:

Get one of a caravan BB then we’ll know it’s you.
Hopefully one going over a cliff.👍

Cheers pal, that's appreciated.

[Misers Hill]

Dynamic Pricing🤔....yeah summin "Dynamic" aboot Murdos on a Saterday👽...

https://www.aberdeenlive.news/news/aberdeen-news/aberdeen-pub-punters-face-20p-8744688

[dave_min]

6 minutes ago, Misers Hill said:

Dynamic Pricing🤔....yeah summin "Dynamic" aboot Murdos on a Saterday👽...

https://www.aberdeenlive.news/news/aberdeen-news/aberdeen-pub-punters-face-20p-8744688

It’s not allowed in Scotland, so 🤷🏼

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

4 minutes ago, dave_min said:

It’s not allowed in Scotland, so 🤷🏼

All that I can think of min is that they have been granted permission to implement this pricing policy for a probationary period after applying to do so via the licensing board of Aberdeen City Council.

Any operational change(s) in a licenced hospitality business has to be relayed to the administrative local authority of where the premises is situated. Failure to do so could result in their licence being revoked.

This type of pricing policy has been on the go since the turn of the millennium since when patrons of hostelries have been well and truly shafted by the "take it or leave it approach" of publicans or leisure companies who own licenced premises such as Luminar.

They have free rein to charge whatever they like for goods they have on offer for purchasing or admission fees at any given time and/or day of the week.

[Don Fonte]

19 minutes ago, Matt Armstrong's Dog said:

All that I can think of min is that they have been granted permission to implement this pricing policy for a probationary period after applying to do so via the licensing board of Aberdeen City Council.

Any operational change(s) in a licenced hospitality business has to be relayed to the administrative local authority of where the premises is situated. Failure to do so could result in their licence being revoked.

This type of pricing policy has been on the go since the turn of the millennium since when patrons of hostelries have been well and truly shafted by the "take it or leave it approach" of publicans or leisure companies who own licenced premises such as Luminar.

They have free rein to charge whatever they like for goods they have on offer for purchasing or admission fees at any given time and/or day of the week.

Price changes in Scotland need to be in place for at least 72 hours.  There is no way round that.

[dazzy_deff]

4 minutes ago, Don Fonte said:

Price changes in Scotland need to be in place for at least 72 hours.  There is no way round that.

Correct. Hence happy hours and such like are not allowed in Scotland.

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

7 minutes ago, Don Fonte said:

Price changes in Scotland need to be in place for at least 72 hours.  There is no way round that.

That's correct min.

That is one of the primary reasons happy hours were sadly abolished, not long after the implementation of smoking bans in Scotland's hospitality businesses on 26 March 2006, the date the pub trade up here started slowly dying. 

[dave_min]

4 minutes ago, Matt Armstrong's Dog said:

That's correct min.

That is one of the primary reasons happy hours were sadly abolished, not long after the implementation of smoking bans in Scotland's hospitality businesses on 26 March 2006, the date the pub trade up here started slowly dying. 

Shite min. Name a decent pub that’s closed down since then?

[Joe pike]

On 9/10/2023 at 11:52 AM, Howard Marks said:

Taxi drivers don't seem to want to work weekend evenings when there is actually demand for them. Would rather be stacked the full length of Back Wynd or wherever, Monday to Friday, 8-4. Weird behaviour. Genuinely like a Mafia this lot. A cartel at worst.

I'm fairly certain they have something to do with the lack of funding and reinstatement of night buses in the City Centre. Definitely some brown envelopes being passed.

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/crime-courts/6139603/passengers-vicious-fire-extinguisher-attack-on-aberdeen-taxi-driver/
 

Amazing they don’t want to work late.

[Howard Marks]

3 minutes ago, dave_min said:

Shite min. Name a decent pub that’s closed down since then?

Stevenson's Last Chance Saloon.

[Howard Marks]

2 minutes ago, Joe pike said:

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/crime-courts/6139603/passengers-vicious-fire-extinguisher-attack-on-aberdeen-taxi-driver/
 

Amazing they don’t want to work late.

He could hire a bouncer to work in his cab. Sorted.

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

15 minutes ago, dave_min said:

Shite min. Name a decent pub that’s closed down since then?

The Oak Tree, The Crown Bar, Carriages, Station Bar, Fraserburgh Football Social Club (an inside job never helped min), The Zoo, and The Mariners, all in the Broch. 

Each had there own unique characteristic but are all no longer. 

[perthshirered]

23 minutes ago, Matt Armstrong's Dog said:

That's correct min.

That is one of the primary reasons happy hours were sadly abolished, not long after the implementation of smoking bans in Scotland's hospitality businesses on 26 March 2006, the date the pub trade up here started slowly dying. 

Nah it's ever since all those faggotty boozers like Brewdog  and the wanky "look at me drinking IPA" crowds appeared. That's where it all started going wrong. 

[dave_min]

5 minutes ago, Matt Armstrong's Dog said:

The Oak Tree, The Crown Bar, Carriages, Station Bar, Fraserburgh Football Social Club (an inside job never helped min), The Zoo, and The Mariners, all in the Broch. 

Each had there own unique characteristic but are all no longer. 

Jeez min, I’ve never even heard of these places. When did they close? 20+ years ago?

3 minutes ago, perthshirered said:

Nah it's ever since all those faggotty boozers like Brewdog  and the wanky "look at me drinking IPA" crowds appeared. That's where it all started going wrong. 

That’s when it all started going right.

Mon ih IPAs.

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

3 minutes ago, perthshirered said:

Nah it's ever since all those faggotty boozers like Brewdog  and the wanky "look at me drinking IPA" crowds appeared. That's where it all started going wrong. 

That's definitely been a factor min. Culture changes haven't helped either like fake sensitivity, subservience, wokeness and an immeasurable increase in cliqueyness.

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

Just now, dave_min said:

Jeez min, I’ve never even heard of these places. When did they close? 20+ years ago?

That’s when it all started going right.

Mon ih IPAs.

The Oak Tree closed around the end of 2006. Renamed as Beluga then thereafter The Oak Tree II but building is currently derelict.

The Crown Bar must've went out of business in 2011(ish). 

The Zoo = 2006. Building former part of a Wetherspoon's hotel for the last 7 years or so but no longer trading as Wetherspoon's.

Carriages = 2010. Now part of a doss house.

The Station Bar/The Boozer = 2009. Now part of the same doss house as the above.

FFSC = closed 2 days before smoking ban kicked in. 

The Mariners = 2006(ish). Has subsequently reopened as George and The Dragon, The Black Sands, and The Anchor. Latter only opens as and when required.

[Parklife]

The smoking ban was/is absolutely magic. Both for most pub goers and for folk working in them. 

[RAZOR]

26 minutes ago, Matt Armstrong's Dog said:

The Oak Tree, The Crown Bar, Carriages, Station Bar, Fraserburgh Football Social Club (an inside job never helped min), The Zoo, and The Mariners, all in the Broch. 

Each had there own unique characteristic but are all no longer. 

Stirling Miners Club

'Smack is gid' smeared on the walls at the entrance 🤣

[Redforever86]

21 minutes ago, perthshirered said:

Nah it's ever since all those faggotty boozers like Brewdog  and the wanky "look at me drinking IPA" crowds appeared. That's where it all started going wrong. 

Sure, bringing more choice and selection to punters will lead to fewer coming into town.... 

Folk drink less, get over it. 

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

6 minutes ago, Parklife said:

The smoking ban was/is absolutely magic. Both for most pub goers and for folk working in them. 

I disagree min as being a once-upon-a-time pub-goer up here, as well as working in a couple of boozers and a nightclub for a few years in Fraserburgh.

I don't smoke either. 

It's a way of life for some folk so don't see why they should be dictated to when it comes to smoking, a form of comfort for them.

[dave_min]

3 minutes ago, Matt Armstrong's Dog said:

I disagree min as being a once-upon-a-time pub-goer up here, as well as working in a couple of boozers and a nightclub for a few years in Fraserburgh.

I don't smoke either. 

It's a way of life for some folk so don't see why they should be dictated to when it comes to smoking, a form of comfort for them.

And they can still smoke, outside.

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

7 minutes ago, RAZOR said:

Stirling Miners Club

'Smack is gid' smeared on the walls at the entrance 🤣

A truly novel premises was the Miners Club.

Seeing folk snort powder off the bog seat whilst I was waiting to get served at the bar, as well as the "Smack is Gid" graffiti on the way in made this pub very memorable indeed.😄

[Parklife]

9 minutes ago, Matt Armstrong's Dog said:

I disagree min as being a once-upon-a-time pub-goer up here, as well as working in a couple of boozers and a nightclub for a few years in Fraserburgh.

I don't smoke either. 

It's a way of life for some folk so don't see why they should be dictated to when it comes to smoking, a form of comfort for them.

They're not being stopped from smoking. They're just being stopped from making everyone else in the pub smoke too. 

[For Fecks Sake]

10 minutes ago, Matt Armstrong's Dog said:

I disagree min as being a once-upon-a-time pub-goer up here, as well as working in a couple of boozers and a nightclub for a few years in Fraserburgh.

I don't smoke either. 

It's a way of life for some folk so don't see why they should be dictated to when it comes to smoking, a form of comfort for them.

Society and tastes change and the drinking culture we once had is nowhere near as prevalent as it once was - thankfully.

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

7 minutes ago, dave_min said:

And they can still smoke, outside.

Very true but I just find it creates an unnecessary inconvenience, especially if you had been playing snooker, pool, darts, or cards with a smoker. 

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

Just now, For Fecks Sake said:

Society and tastes change and the drinking culture we once had is nowhere near as prevalent as it once was - thankfully.

Aye, yer right. Change happens liberally by choice or it's enforced, whether we like it or not.

Sometimes change isn't required though.

[dave_min]

7 minutes ago, Matt Armstrong's Dog said:

Very true but I just find it creates an unnecessary inconvenience, especially if you had been playing snooker, pool, darts, or cards with a smoker. 

And as a drinker I find it inconvenient when drinking is interrupted by childish pub games.

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

4 minutes ago, Parklife said:

They're not being stopped from smoking. They're just being stopped from making everyone else in the pub smoke too. 

I know they're not being stopped from smoking but if breathing in passive smoking was lethal (I do understand it may be a symptom that contributes to one's demise) and to encourage a healthier, cleaner environment for patrons to enjoy a drink in, why wasn't it implemented globally after the G8 summit the previous year?

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

1 minute ago, dave_min said:

And as a drinker I find it inconvenient when drinking is interrupted by childish pub games.

You don't have to participate though.😉

It only becomes childish when folk snap cues when beaten at snooker or pool, throw their darts away after losing, or don't pay up if they have lost a hand or game of cards.