the drinks situation

[Casino]

Fair enough

From my experience, its a lack of turnstiles thats the issue

[Leyther_Matt]

1 hour ago, Casino said:

Fair enough

From my experience, its a lack of turnstiles thats the issue

Certainly didn't help on Saturday that season tickets had to queue up for two turnstiles in NSL while cash turnstile remaining relatively quiet

[Tonge moor green jacket]

6 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Certainly didn't help on Saturday that season tickets had to queue up for two turnstiles in NSL while cash turnstile remaining relatively quiet

Only two open at block d for wsl.

Given the number of tickets they'd sold, I'd have expected better. Sure it will improve. 

[marple whites]

10 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said:

We generally tend to arrive at 2.50ish but for the MK game arrived deliberately early. Concourse was very busy at 2.20

That was because you couldn’t get in anywhere for a pint so the only option was the ground.  I was in at 2, I have never been in a ground so early.  It was crap.

[MickyD]

Maybe a question for Victor Meldrew:

Is there a bar fridge which loads from the back?  I honestly can't see anyone of the current bar staff getting their heads around keep losing and rotating bottles so you're only ever selling cold ones rather than the ones just restocked. 

[Rudy]

3 minutes ago, MickyD said:

Maybe a question for Victor Meldrew:

Is there a bar fridge which loads from the back?  I honestly can't see anyone of the current bar staff getting their heads around keep losing and rotating bottles so you're only ever selling cold ones rather than the ones just restocked. 

Fill all the fridges up. Only take from one until it’s empty. When it is empty move onto the next one fill the other one up and you use that last

Jesus if they can’t work that out then they may as well give up 

[MickyD]

4 minutes ago, Rudy said:

Fill all the fridges up. Only take from one until it’s empty. When it is empty move onto the next one fill the other one up and you use that last

Jesus if they can’t work that out then they may as well give up 

You hold then in higher regards than I do. No way will they be disciplined enough to only use one fridge. 

[Horwich]

On 13/08/2021 at 12:59, Casino said:

Fair enough

From my experience, its a lack of turnstiles thats the issue

The issue is everyone turning up at the last minute 

[Traf]

On 13/08/2021 at 12:59, Casino said:

Fair enough

From my experience, its a lack of turnstiles thats the issue

 

1 hour ago, Horwich said:

The issue is everyone turning up at the last minute 

Compounded by you having to give/show your ticket to someone who can't operate a hand held scanner properly before he manually releases the turnstile.

Why not self scan and the turnstile opens? I know it'll only save a few seconds, but a few seconds for 2,000 people soon adds up.

[Horwich]

Can you imagine how many junior season ticket holders we would have if you could let yourself in 🙄

[stevieb]

20 minutes ago, Horwich said:

Can you imagine how many junior season ticket holders we would have if you could let yourself in 🙄

Them were the days... 🤣 

[Zico]

21 minutes ago, Horwich said:

Can you imagine how many junior season ticket holders we would have if you could let yourself in 🙄

Out of interest do turnstile operators ever question such things? 

[Horwich]

They should do.

[FrancisFogarty]

15 minutes ago, Zico said:

Out of interest do turnstile operators ever question such things? 

Doubt it, a click's a click to a turnstile jockey I imagine.

[Leyther_Matt]

Concession checking generally happens when they have the hit squad outside a certain block of turnstiles for one particular game.

In theory the current system is so that turnstile op can retain the card/ticket if it’s an adult using a kid etc, but that ship has sailed now that it’s on your phone etc so not actually handing anything over. Would cost thousands to go to an automatic system though (having literally finished doing tests this week on such an installation)  

[Horwich]

The hotel are getting some of those “pour from the bottom” pint things.

Lets hope they appear of the concourses in the next 12 months

[radcliffe white]

More like 12 years 

[MickyD]

2 hours ago, Horwich said:

The hotel are getting some of those “pour from the bottom” pint things.

Lets hope they appear of the concourses in the next 12 months

They had them at the ESLSC a few seasons ago. Only on that one bar though. Are those pumps still there?

[tshape]

9 hours ago, MickyD said:

They had them at the ESLSC a few seasons ago. Only on that one bar though. Are those pumps still there?

I remember that. Felt like they were only there for a few games max. Couldn't help fucking about with the disc in the bottom of it and losing half the pint anyway.

[Rudy]

12 hours ago, Horwich said:

The hotel are getting some of those “pour from the bottom” pint things.

Lets hope they appear of the concourses in the next 12 months

Hamburg SV trialled them as self serving. Imagine that here

[L/H White]

went to the epsom derby a couple of years back, they had them there, no mither to get served, work really well

[MickyD]

Thing is, we’ve been to a lot of grounds where different methods result in different levels of success. Tuesday at Lincoln; ambient temperature lager is very much a no-no. For the sake of a few bags of ice and a big plasterer’s bucket they could at least have chilled it.

Barnsley always seem decent pre-game but then by half time are also serving room temperature.

The decent grounds have half the staff just pouring and half selling. Like a conveyor line.
 

That’s probably favourite for getting as many folk served in as short a period as possible. 

[victor meldrew]

2 hours ago, MickyD said:

Thing is, we’ve been to a lot of grounds where different methods result in different levels of success. Tuesday at Lincoln; ambient temperature lager is very much a no-no. For the sake of a few bags of ice and a big plasterer’s bucket they could at least have chilled it.

Barnsley always seem decent pre-game but then by half time are also serving room temperature.

The decent grounds have half the staff just pouring and half selling. Like a conveyor line.
 

That’s probably favourite for getting as many folk served in as short a period as possible. 

birmingham is probably the best example

[stevieb]

9 hours ago, tshape said:

I remember that. Felt like they were only there for a few games max. Couldn't help fucking about with the disc in the bottom of it and losing half the pint anyway.

Yeah it was for a season. They were alright but you wasted a good pint a game pissing about with them or your mates shoving their finger up the bottom.... Of the pint