The Plough, Coldharbour

OK let's clear one thing up.

The law requires establishments that serve food to provide tap water if requested. However, that same tap water CAN be legally charged for.

Why should a pub with expensive overheads not charge for tap water? After all, the water is metered and is filtered and chilled, it requires time and staff to serve it, the glass needs collecting and washing. A proportion of glasses will get broken or go missing. Further, the pub needs heating, business rates and other taxes must be paid, repair bills must be met and staff paid.

From my personal experience of many years behind the bar, the type of people who ask for tap water are a) generally women, b) tight, c) up-tight and d) think the world owes them a living. Get over yourselves.

Thousands of pubs are going out of business and all you care about is how you expected something for nothing and when you were reasonably asked to contribute toward it, having a hissy fit and bleating on about it in forums like this.

10 Feb 2008 14:47