Society & Culture Things in life you just don't understand - Part 6

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Is it just me or are the lines for grog at the G getting a bit lighter? Used to be huge lines and now it's a breeze

 

[rocker_oz33]

Re gigs .

I find older people cut loose on the drinks ..woohoo no kids for the night , let's get smashed like 1999.
Seen a older couple go looking though all the cans if they left any for Ron ..lol.

At the Rufus gig we were in the mosh all the young ones were better behaved imo.

Some maybe most don't care how a beer or mixed are.

 

[rocker_oz33]

Is it just me or are the lines for grog at the G getting a bit lighter? Used to be huge lines and now it's a breeze

Not sure .
Maybe more places for beers.

I noticed some just go too the footy to drink and talk to friends don't worry about the game.

 

[Madas]

Is it just me or are the lines for grog at the G getting a bit lighter? Used to be huge lines and now it's a breeze

Bad quality beer
Overpriced
Cues to buy
More toilet breaks
Balancing cups walking down the aisles
More litter

Lots of reasons really , if it’s a nice warm autumn afternoon/ evening I’ll have a couple with the old boys behind me but otherwise can’t really be bothered , just watch the footy

 

[Frank Bunn]

Is it just me or are the lines for grog at the G getting a bit lighter? Used to be huge lines and now it's a breeze

They scan your card as you enter the premises. Then they use AI and facial recognition to work out what to charge you.

 

[rocker_oz33]

Someone got charged 300$ for a drink ..
AI doing a great job .

 

[Gough]

Someone got charged 300$ for a drink ..
AI doing a great job .

Could have been worse.

Man charged £55k for a single beer in Manchester hotel

Peter Lalor is waiting for a refund after being mistakenly charged £55,315 for a £5.50 bottle of ale.

www.bbc.com

 

[Shell]

Bad quality beer
Overpriced
Cues to buy
More toilet breaks
Balancing cups walking down the aisles
More litter

Lots of reasons really , if it’s a nice warm autumn afternoon/ evening I’ll have a couple with the old boys behind me but otherwise can’t really be bothered , just watch the footy

Drinks before the footy at a pub is the way to go.

I reckon I can count on one hand the number of beers I've had at the actual game

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

I feel the current price rises were a tipping point. It feels noticably quieter.

Good I say. At some point it can't just keep rising a dollar a year.

 

[Shell]

I hate how the MCG is cashless too. You dont want my cash fine?! I dont want your ****en beer.

 

[Gough]

Doing the till at the end of day would be a dream though, old days at the Chappell Bar I'd have been amazed if they'd have managed to get even close to balancing.

 

[Jatz]

This is worse at concerts.

Why pay several hundred backs for a ticket, to either sit there and drink/chat the whole way through? Such a waste.

That's a bit subjective really. I'm sure they'd tell you they had a great night/time. Otherwise, as you say, why would they do it.

 

[Gough]

It's more an indictment on the modern gig going experience, it should be so loud you can't hear yourself think let alone talk to someone.

 

[Pistol Night]

It's more an indictment on the modern gig going experience, it should be so loud you can't hear yourself think let alone talk to someone.

Some of the smaller venues are the best gigs ive been to. Loud as ****

 

[Scotland]

This is worse at concerts.

Why pay several hundred backs for a ticket, to either sit there and drink/chat the whole way through? Such a waste.

Or film the whole thing on your phone in portrait mode. Yeah heaps on interest in watching that...

 

[raskolnikov]

Purely as a smoker if I died heaven would be early 90s Zimbabwe. There was no such thing as a non smoking area, I was cashing a travellers cheque in a bank, the teller pulled out a pack, lit up and then offered me one. That's customer service.

In Kyrgyzstan I got offered cigarettes for change.

 

[Scotland]

I feel the current price rises were a tipping point. It feels noticably quieter.

Good I say. At some point it can't just keep rising a dollar a year.

One of my favourite things about Japan is their culture doesn't have a convenience tax. A drink from the supermarket is Y100, then from the 7/11 it's Y100, then from a train station it's Y100, and the airport Y100... Here the second you are a captive market you know you are going to be gouged. If a coffee is $5 why is it $8 or $10 at the airport? You aren't in a remote location where you can't get staff or supplies...

I think people are just sick of being rorted. Cost of living is already biting without raising prices because you can. You used to be able to get a carton for $30 and a pint at the pub for $5-6. You knew if you went to the footy or the airport or a concert there would be a premium on top of that. Now you're lucky to get a carton for $50-60 and a beer of the month for $10 and the footy premium keeps being added year on year. $12 for a cup of mid strength, $5 for a water, $6.50 for a Coke. This is just ridiculous. The cold drinks near the tills at Coles sell at 100%+ mark-up. I'd love to see an explanation why stadiums need to make two or three times that.

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

One of my favourite things about Japan is their culture doesn't have a convenience tax. A drink from the supermarket is Y100, then from the 7/11 it's Y100, then from a train station it's Y100, and the airport Y100... Here the second you are a captive market you know you are going to be gouged. If a coffee is $5 why is it $8 or $10 at the airport? You aren't in a remote location where you can't get staff or supplies...

I think people are just sick of being rorted. Cost of living is already biting without raising prices because you can. You used to be able to get a carton for $30 and a pint at the pub for $5-6. You knew if you went to the footy or the airport or a concert there would be a premium on top of that. Now you're lucky to get a carton for $50-60 and a beer of the month for $10 and the footy premium keeps being added year on year. $12 for a cup of mid strength, $5 for a water, $6.50 for a Coke. This is just ridiculous. The cold drinks near the tills at Coles sell at 100%+ mark-up. I'd love to see an explanation why stadiums need to make two or three times that.

I don't see the AFL stopping this anytime soon.

PROFITZZZ!!! SUPPLY CHAYN PRESSHA

 

[Billy ray]

They just need to try for a group of 5 weekends, heavily advertised, halve the prices and see if they double the volume.

 

[Shell]

One of my favourite things about Japan is their culture doesn't have a convenience tax. A drink from the supermarket is Y100, then from the 7/11 it's Y100, then from a train station it's Y100, and the airport Y100... Here the second you are a captive market you know you are going to be gouged. If a coffee is $5 why is it $8 or $10 at the airport? You aren't in a remote location where you can't get staff or supplies...

I think people are just sick of being rorted. Cost of living is already biting without raising prices because you can. You used to be able to get a carton for $30 and a pint at the pub for $5-6. You knew if you went to the footy or the airport or a concert there would be a premium on top of that. Now you're lucky to get a carton for $50-60 and a beer of the month for $10 and the footy premium keeps being added year on year. $12 for a cup of mid strength, $5 for a water, $6.50 for a Coke. This is just ridiculous. The cold drinks near the tills at Coles sell at 100%+ mark-up. I'd love to see an explanation why stadiums need to make two or three times that.

Six packs here are the biggest load of rubbish.

 

[Scotland]

Six packs here are the biggest load of rubbish.

I bought a cube recently because a 4 pack was $26 and a cube was $76. Silly.

Also it's not a cube. It's a rectangular prism. I feel this annoys me more than everyone else buying overpriced beer.

 

[Shell]

I bought a cube recently because a 4 pack was $26 and a cube was $76. Silly.

Also it's not a cube. It's a rectangular prism. I feel this annoys me more than everyone else buying overpriced beer.

Wth is a cube.


I don't mind 12 packs- they are actually priced pretty fair and I can also carry them

 

[dogs105]

I bought a cube recently because a 4 pack was $26 and a cube was $76. Silly.

Also it's not a cube. It's a rectangular prism. I feel this annoys me more than everyone else buying overpriced beer.

This is not one of those pyramid schemes you hear about. Our model is a trapezoid.

 

[Gough]

The prices of alcohol free beer are eye watering for something that doesn't even give you a buzz.

 

[rocker_oz33]

Re alcohol.

I watched an Iceland video they have special places to buy booze and imited what you can buy.