Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
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Certainly bring some drinks for the kids as a minimum, even if only as a backup. With the size of the catering queues they are otherwise likely to get seriously thirsty.
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- Thread starter crabface
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Certainly bring some drinks for the kids as a minimum, even if only as a backup. With the size of the catering queues they are otherwise likely to get seriously thirsty.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Take water and a snack as good as every game ..rucksack gets searched and not a word said
Hillian1
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The suggestion on the other thread to take frankfurters in a wide necked flask with some rolls is bloody genius.
Pavilionaire
Well-known member
- Jul 7, 2003
- 30,636
Mystic Meg time: A baking hot day and with no home game til Sat 10 Sep I'm expecting the Amex to run out of lager before the final whistle and run out of pies by half-time.
New staff, new chefs, new products, it'll settle down
This is illegal, if they have an offer the till MUST calculate at the price of that offer, removing the risk of human error.
Stuart Munday
Well-known member
Queues a lot better tonight but service terrible, took 5 minutes to order a pie, pint and twix and then got overcharged, it appears that the pizza outlet in the North Stand sells beer but they don't advertise it.
ChickenBaltiPie
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- Jan 3, 2014
- 807
That's an easy one. The catering company are TIGHT and are trying to avoid paying the price of cards. Really annoys me! Twice as many cash tills than card, and twice as slow.
They should be encouraging card to speed up the queues and sell more. The number one factor at the ground that constrains spending is the queues.
Most people will pay with cash if the queue is shorter, or they happen to find themselves in a cash queue without realising and they know it.
I asked for the NSC consensus on this previously but seemed to be in the minority. The ageing, working class football fan prefers to deal in cash too apparently.
AmexRuislip
Trainee Spy 🕵️♂️
Warren Aspinall has got he BBC Sussex commentator a drink, he's moaning nobody looks after the talent
This is really annoying - contactless debit cards are the way forward.....every till should accept themThat's an easy one. The catering company are TIGHT and are trying to avoid paying the price of cards. Really annoys me! Twice as many cash tills than card, and twice as slow.
They should be encouraging card to speed up the queues and sell more. The number one factor at the ground that constrains spending is the queues.
Most people will pay with cash if the queue is shorter, or they happen to find themselves in a cash queue without realising and they know it.
I asked for the NSC consensus on this previously but seemed to be in the minority. The ageing, working class football fan prefers to deal in cash too apparently.
Wouldn't help me tonight mind, stuck listening to Warren on player in an airport lounge :-(
You should reply with a list of their controversies, check their Wiki page for starters.
Where have the Harvey's wagons gone from the north? If there was anyone with half a brain at sodexo they would realise that dedicated beer lines such as the above would dramatically improve service. The amount by which people ordering food and, worse, hot drinks slows the queues down is huge
The 'cash only' and 'all cards accepted' signs reappeared above the south end WSL kiosk tonight. 1 till was cards, the rest cash, why? Contactless is surely the norm these days, it can't all be about the caterers trying to save a few quid on card charges can it?
My frustration compounded by the man in front of me who took 5 mins to order 2 hot drinks and some crisps and then despite having a contactless card chose to put his pin in (which he incorrectly entered on the first time of asking).
That's it, they win, I'm bringing cash in future.
My frustration compounded by the man in front of me who took 5 mins to order 2 hot drinks and some crisps and then despite having a contactless card chose to put his pin in (which he incorrectly entered on the first time of asking).
That's it, they win, I'm bringing cash in future.
Spot on, lager and small queues because not many like gnats piss. Bring back the Sussex Bitter to the wagons.
Is it? My card isn't contactless (as I found out when I tried a London Underground barrier). There doesn't seem to be a way of getting them, either your bank offers one or doesn't.
Thought the queues were shocking tonight, fortunately it was something for my daughter and she missed the first five minutes of the second half. Not sure how a queue moves so slowly
My h/t chicken pie from WSU north end was hot, crispy and delicious.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Learned my lesson the other night and abandoned the non-moving WSU sauna queues.
Instead I went to Dicks and bought a couple of pints for me and my lad, which we then took outside to enjoy in the sunshine. Its the future (until the weather turns at least).
Instead I went to Dicks and bought a couple of pints for me and my lad, which we then took outside to enjoy in the sunshine. Its the future (until the weather turns at least).
Super Steve Earle
Well-known member
Tried the chicken in a box last night which was excellent. They forgot the the coleslaw, but I didn't, and that was really good too.
Interesting points about contactless cards. Surely all the big banks have contactless cards available now, although I know some credit cards, such as M & S don't. As for Cash only, this always looks like a new business or market stall mentality. Banks usually charge more to handle cash than electronic transactions.
Interesting points about contactless cards. Surely all the big banks have contactless cards available now, although I know some credit cards, such as M & S don't. As for Cash only, this always looks like a new business or market stall mentality. Banks usually charge more to handle cash than electronic transactions.
Marty___Mcfly
I see your wicked plan - I’m a junglist.
- Sep 14, 2011
- 2,251
10 minute queue pre match in West Lower- no butter chicken pies but I'll get over it. Made me chuckle to see after the match all the pie warming stores were then rammed full of pies. I asked if they ever sell any off cheap when they have so many left- 'nah, they all get chucked In the bin' was the response.
I wonder if there is a charity or something who might want to collect all that food going to waste? There must be loads of it some days.
I wonder if there is a charity or something who might want to collect all that food going to waste? There must be loads of it some days.