I absolutely loved running pubs for a long time,
But my priorities changed, now my job is alright, but my home life is far more satisfying and important. I did like working in a library too, but I imagine that's probably a bit dull now.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 19 Feb 2014, 18:47, 2 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

I'd love to have a boozer.
I imagine it's a fuck of a lot of hard work though.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 18:50, Reply)

Yeah, it's crazy hard work,
Bit I think the biggest drain is that you have to make it your life, you can't do it and then also go out and have mates and stuff like normal. I think most people that get in to it don't realise that.
I remember meeting a couple that had bought a pub as their retirement thing, lasted 6 months and sold up.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 19 Feb 2014, 18:53, Reply)

^
Even being a bar manager drains you. it really does become your life.
Say goodbye to weekends and public holidays.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 18:59, Reply)

Alright Jason,
I thought every night was the weekend in the gay quarter?

I actually did a relief month in a gay bar in a gay bar, those poor cleaners had to deal with a lot of stuff I wouldn't touch.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:06, Reply)

hand relief

(katie hopkins telling it where its at, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:15, Reply)

Nonsense, it is hardly coal mining. Don't confuse hard work with long hours.
Working for a chain, brewery, being a tenant or leaseholder then pubs are a mugs game. Free of Tie and then you should really find it impossible to not make money - unless of course you overstaff and the staff are thieving robbing bastards and you are too stupid to do regular stock checks.
( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:04, Reply)

i think a lot of people could fuck it up royally, tbh

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:07, Reply)

You're a moron.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:08, Reply)

i did bar work for years, when i wanted to prove to my dad that i could do two jobs, and then found i loved it
it's great fun, but physically exhausting. I can only imagine what being in charge must be like.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:10, Reply)

It's trying to combine running a business,
And all the administration and organisation and training a invoicing and everything involved in running a full time business, with a staff that are mostly morons with customers that have little or no respect for you, and working the nights and weekends while trying to hold together a social life and a drinking habit that get you.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:14, Reply)

I've done plenty of bar work myself
But I'd never have gone down the management/tenant road.

Having said that - you put that on your CV and you've ticked an awful lot of boxes.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:19, Reply)

I've done bar work too!
I found it exhausting but fun!
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:27, Reply)

ahahaha nice try, trollololol junior
you'd be a terrible barman. sneering at their tastes and leering at their feet.

urrrrrgh.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:28, Reply)

no, I really really have

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:28, Reply)

i'm sure you have
i'm sure you were terrible.

boring the tits off everyone about fucking whisky.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:30, Reply)

nah, this was when I was a student and not into whisky

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:34, Reply)

well hurry up and get to kensington so we can not meet you in a pub
or tell you the wrong pub or something
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:35, Reply)

xmas

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:37, Reply)

idiot
that's ages
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:37, Reply)

the summer staff do is either Kenzers or Amsterdam

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:39, Reply)

Bar work is fun, I do miss it a bit.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:28, Reply)

it was a long time ago
But yeah, it was fun.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:29, Reply)

My brother has run pubs all his working life
It's a succession of being fucked over for very little money.

He was diagnosed with Lymphoma a few years ago (Hodgkins - whichever the not fatal version is) and was immediately evicted from the bar he was running by the chain that owned it.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 18:56, Reply)

Sounds about right.
Working for the chains never works out for anyone.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 19 Feb 2014, 18:58, Reply)

have you seen how badly fucked Punch are?

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:00, Reply)

the worst job i had was a massive pub administration
they failed to pay the December quarter's rent and we all got hauled in on boxing day and thereafter to chase the guarantor. the worst bit was being bombarded with complaints by people who were planning to celebrate Nye in the pubs that got shut.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:01, Reply)

Punch have assets of 79m and debts of 2.3bn
Fucked.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:04, Reply)

use 'em or lose 'em
if people stay in and don't go out, pubs will go bust. they are closing across the country at a shocking rate.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:08, Reply)

Not really,
I've sort of stopped paying attention to it all really, they've been struggling for a while though haven't they?
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:03, Reply)

administration

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:05, Reply)

Ha, fuck 'em.
I have only heard horror stories.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:07, Reply)

it won't be the people in charge who suffer though
it never is
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:09, Reply)

Well, no, but punch have been heading hat way for a while,
Anyone daft enough to still be there probably deserves it.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:16, Reply)

Our local is a free house.
Owners rake in a fucking fortune.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:17, Reply)

Same here, a good free house is a gold mine.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:20, Reply)

This place is.Good booze, good clientele and staff, nice food, just pricey.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:22, Reply)

I think we have similar locals,
But I don't mind it bring a little pricey because it's always good.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:25, Reply)

Beer is not too bad, 2.80 pint for their house ale. Food os steep though.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:28, Reply)

They mark up a lot on the grub, beer prices not too bad.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:20, Reply)

An independent owned house can make a lot of money
There's no shortage of beer or food suppliers.

You loose the Carling drinkers - but if you want a good boozer it's no loss.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:23, Reply)

This place is a real ale boozer.
You get punters from all over, coach trips etc. It really is a goldmine, but the pwners stick some zerious hours in.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:27, Reply)

all your beers are belong to us?

(katie hopkins telling it where its at, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:28, Reply)

Location is important,
Some places can't support the pricier things. And not everyone has the skill or kitchen to make a destination place work.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:27, Reply)

Got a good amount of locals and lot of passing trade. The guy does a lot of beer festivals etc.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:30, Reply)

I bet he puts some serious hours in.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:31, Reply)

i got my brother a thing for christmas where he gets 12 rare real ales a month for 6 months
the guy who runs that little business basically spends his life going around tiny microbreweries, sampling and selling them. nice work if you can get it.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:35, Reply)

It's only nice work if it's making you a profit.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:39, Reply)

i suspect he spends most of his days in a fat alcoholic daze
and so doesn't care...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:41, Reply)

Battered, or the real ale guy?

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:42, Reply)

Does yeah.
Pub is basically their life. Social, work everything really.
(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:53, Reply)

We've dismissed chains
But my local is one of these:-

markettowntaverns.co.uk/

It's a small chain but well placed.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:34, Reply)

Does 4pm on Sunday work? Somewhere near the train station?

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 18:56, Reply)

Yeah, I live literally across the road from the station and the boozer by me is top.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 19 Feb 2014, 18:57, Reply)

Excellent.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 18:58, Reply)

Look up a pub called the punter,
I love just round the corner from there and the station is about 5 minutes.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 19 Feb 2014, 18:59, Reply)

well that typo changes the plans somewhat
keep it to gaz, eh?!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:00, Reply)

Well, yeah.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 19 Feb 2014, 19:02, Reply)