Regular readers of this blog will know that I play five a side football every Thursday night at Powerleague (and every Sunday). Whilst it might surprise you to know that none of the squad were selected by Fabio Capello for a trip to South Africa, what may surprise you less is the fact that after our kickaround, we retire to a certain well known hostelry in Mill Hill. Now I have no desire to embarrass the manager of it, so I won't name and shame it here, but in our post match analysis, our multi national panel of experts discussed some rather interesting facts. Our little group has been playing together for approx 12 year. In this time w reckon we've spent £50,000 on drinks in the pub during our Thursday night gatherings. We all usually have three drinks - average price approx £2.75. Add to that a tenners worth of crisps, nuts etc and the fact usually about ten of us go for a drink, it has totted up to a staggering amount of money.
Guess how many times since the existing pubco bought it, we've been given "drinks on the house"? Any idea? None. Guess how many times they've given us a free snack? Any idea? Once. We were once given a plate of sandwiches because "The funeral reception hadn't eaten them". Now I regularly dine at both The Day of The Raj and The Mill Hill Tandoori. Been going there for years. The governers of both institutions nearly always finish the meal by providing drinks on the house. It is just good business sense.
Anyway, last night the conversation turned to whether we should continue to patronise such an ungrateful institution. The incident that sparked the conversation was when we had to wait ten minutes to get served because there was only one member of staff actually serving, despite a busy pub. The manager was having a drink with friends (although presumably working). We discussed the possibility of switching to another pub, just to see if it might be better.
Anyway, sadly for us, the most likely venue, The Adam and Eve recently closed down. Had this not been the case, I'm sure that a decision would have been made there and then. How strange it was to see that I had a new blog follower today. Even stranger that they have just started writing a blog themselves. I'm not going to spoil the fun JUST CLICK HERE TO SEE WHAT THIS EXCELLENT PIECE OF NEWS FOR MILL HILL IS. I wish my new blog competetor well.
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No competition at all for an accomplished blogger like your good self, I'm afraid to say. New to quite a bit of the technology, but learning fast. But heart-felt thanks for the mention. Hope to keep in touch. Nick
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