The weird workings of pricing alcohol in bars/pubs
Ok my usual tipple when going out is bacardi and sambuca. But on saturday night I just wanted a few beers, so I walk into Bar Risa its a club/bar in the centre of Birmingham. I go to the main bar downstairs and ask for a pint of stella, the girl comes back its poured and says £2.80, that didnt shock me im in a club, nothing surprising, so i move upstairs to the main bar upstairs, ask for another pint its £2.80.
I then move to a lounge type place, anyone whos been to risa in brimingham will know that its almost like beds where you lie down with a girl and just drink and chat and it has some very nice seats where you can sit down, tempo is slowed down and its relaxed. So now I walk up to the bar, ask for another pint, I get this
"we dont do pints here, we only serve them at the 3 main bars, but we do bottles of stella"
so I reply
"Ok, a bottle is fine"
she comes back
"that will be £3 please"
I reply
"how much"
her
"£3"
I then proceed to argue/discuss how thats ridiculous, she got in a huff and her "manager/supervisor came over" I went into his little office and he said whats the problem, I told him i refused to pay £3 for a bottle of stella when a pint is £2.80, finally he saw where I was coming from, apologised for the hassle and said the pricing structure of the bar will be looked it, to which I replied I will be speaking to trading standards, to which he replied
"may I offer you a drink on the house"
Bars in the UK
Pint of Stella 562 ml £2.80
Bottle of Stella 330ml £3
fkin rediculous.
Anyway do you have any similar stories?
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