In pubs, coffee shops, restaurants etc I’d generally have a total in my head after ordering (it’s a kind of mental arithmetic game I play) and cross check that when it comes to paying and the total is called out, and query it if the difference is significant. The contactless terminal being pointed at me without a grunt of the amount I’m being charged is nothing other than plain rude and I have no issue whatsoever asking for the total. If nothing else it guards against human error and fat finger issues.
Why do you never get a receipt in a pub anymore
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I always pay cash. Hand in my €20 note. Given my change. Subtract the amount of change from €20.........that's how I find out the price of my pint.
Much nicer to be given a receipt....especially if the machine spits it out.....why throw it in the litter bin?
Much nicer to be given a receipt....especially if the machine spits it out.....why throw it in the litter bin?
Yes, but that's usually only a card transaction receipt, so if you've bought a few different drinks, crisps, peanuts or whatever, it's still not telling you the price of each individual item.
I don’t mind not getting a paper receipt normally but before tapping I ask ‘how much is that please’ , I strain my neck so the employee knows to show me the display on the card device. I am on the same page as the OP, it’s rude to wave the machine and simply expect the customer to tap not knowing the amount.
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I have never been to Downey's, the pint looks good, at €5 a pint, it is very cheap, but from the very small bit of the pub you see in the photo, it doesn't look the cleanest.Downey's in Cabra where it's €5 (cash!) for a pint.
It's an old school pub - friend of mine was brought there by her father for her first drink at 18 as they lived nearby and it was his local....that friend is now in her 70s!
Anyway....
It isn't just pubs that don't issue receipts (although the Oliver St John Gogarty seems to, going by regular social media posts on the prices!), there are 2 convenience stores near me (Londis and Centra) which never issue receipts, not even card receipts. The 2 shops are also very lax on shelf pricing too (items are either not priced at all or don't have prices adjacent to the items).
Anyway....
It isn't just pubs that don't issue receipts (although the Oliver St John Gogarty seems to, going by regular social media posts on the prices!), there are 2 convenience stores near me (Londis and Centra) which never issue receipts, not even card receipts. The 2 shops are also very lax on shelf pricing too (items are either not priced at all or don't have prices adjacent to the items).
Neither have I but as its on DNS, we'll make allowances
Probably to short circuit the outraged "How much?"
Barmen can just point to the receipt and tell them its all there in black and white
.....suckas.@Shelby219 in the preceding post set me thinking. In 1968 approaching my mid teens I acquired my first job as a barman. Pint of Stout 2/3d, half whiskey 2/9d, half gin 2/6d. Pint of flagoned cider 1/9d. Gin (mother’s little helper) was increased to 2/9d because of its popularity, well really not because of its popularity. In pubs ladies’ toilets were usually the bathroom of the publican’s private house. The men had a toilet that wouldn’t pass the current HSE guidelines (understatement). The demand for vodka was in its infancy.
There were snugs (cordoned small area from main bar where women could have a furtive drop of sherry or tawny. The bank manager could pop into the snug too just for a quick drop). Times were different then.
Pubs had “grab value” as the pint was not too dear and bringing your wife to the pub was a rarity. I ain’t sayin’ women usen’t drink alcohol before somebody decides to jump down my throat. That’s the way things were. Alcohol was cheap, the pub was there for everybody. If you had visitors there was no shame in bringing them to Pajo’s (or wherever), it didnt break the bank and you didn’t even have to worry about the breathalyser no matter how far you were driving.
The late 1960’s brought the new lounges. Carpets, women’s’ toilets and an extra penny on each drink in the lounge. Still there was no need for receipts.
Through the 1970’s pubs became even more sophisticated. Televisions increasingly appeared (having started as a dribble in the late 1960’s). Still no need for receipts; alcohol was affordable.
The 80’s and 90’s showed somewhat of a cost of living increase in the pint of plain. But, the 2000’s showed greater greed in the pub owners. Alcohol skyrocketed in price. Publicans tried to put the frighteners on off-licences, supermarkets and any other shop in competition with them. Publicans strove to have the “baby” bottle of soft drinks mixers introduced and succeeded. No more could you get your soft drinks mixers used in two vodkas, I used the word greed earlier, because that was it.
. . . and now you’re complaining’ because you are not issued with receipts in your pub of choice? Use your head, drink wisely at home.
We (dressed in goddawful Sports Direct Red Jerseys) went to support UD Almeria earlier in the week in a pre season friendly. It wasn’t El Classico, but we stopped in a local bar - 2 vodkas (not the teaspoon measure in Templebar), 1 Fanta Lemon (not the baby issue as in Ireland), 1 Coca-Cola (for Ol’ Lep), 2 Pints of Spanish Lager. Total Cost incl tip €22.00 and receipt issued without asking.
Now, what are you doing wrong? The possible least paying question on Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
A - Drinking in the wrong country
B -Filling out a Money Makeover Form
C - You’re thinking of applying for an Afterlife Loan
D - You should be in the Costas with Ol’ Lep
There were snugs (cordoned small area from main bar where women could have a furtive drop of sherry or tawny. The bank manager could pop into the snug too just for a quick drop). Times were different then.
Pubs had “grab value” as the pint was not too dear and bringing your wife to the pub was a rarity. I ain’t sayin’ women usen’t drink alcohol before somebody decides to jump down my throat. That’s the way things were. Alcohol was cheap, the pub was there for everybody. If you had visitors there was no shame in bringing them to Pajo’s (or wherever), it didnt break the bank and you didn’t even have to worry about the breathalyser no matter how far you were driving.
The late 1960’s brought the new lounges. Carpets, women’s’ toilets and an extra penny on each drink in the lounge. Still there was no need for receipts.
Through the 1970’s pubs became even more sophisticated. Televisions increasingly appeared (having started as a dribble in the late 1960’s). Still no need for receipts; alcohol was affordable.
The 80’s and 90’s showed somewhat of a cost of living increase in the pint of plain. But, the 2000’s showed greater greed in the pub owners. Alcohol skyrocketed in price. Publicans tried to put the frighteners on off-licences, supermarkets and any other shop in competition with them. Publicans strove to have the “baby” bottle of soft drinks mixers introduced and succeeded. No more could you get your soft drinks mixers used in two vodkas, I used the word greed earlier, because that was it.
. . . and now you’re complaining’ because you are not issued with receipts in your pub of choice? Use your head, drink wisely at home.
We (dressed in goddawful Sports Direct Red Jerseys) went to support UD Almeria earlier in the week in a pre season friendly. It wasn’t El Classico, but we stopped in a local bar - 2 vodkas (not the teaspoon measure in Templebar), 1 Fanta Lemon (not the baby issue as in Ireland), 1 Coca-Cola (for Ol’ Lep), 2 Pints of Spanish Lager. Total Cost incl tip €22.00 and receipt issued without asking.
Now, what are you doing wrong? The possible least paying question on Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
A - Drinking in the wrong country
B -Filling out a Money Makeover Form
C - You’re thinking of applying for an Afterlife Loan
D - You should be in the Costas with Ol’ Lep
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I'm thinking of going with D as it looks like the obvious one but before I give my final answer I'd like to ask the audience
Is this before or after I have to pay for flights, car rental and accommodation or am I overthinking this and I should just go and have some fun??
I'm a receipt collector as most of you should know by now, but I find nowadays I'm increasingly asking for one when I pay
and it's probably down to the fact that I pay by card now whereas before when they came back with my change the receipt came with it
Given that I see more and more people use their phone and am thinking cards are probably on the way out and cash is almost dead,
Do we not have the technology for the till/card reader or whatever payment device you tap, to then send a receipt to the phone
My local Spar refuses to give me a card payment receipt when asked citing they're not required to but will gladly give me a till receipt when asked
Of the two of them I feel the card receipt is the more important as that's the proof of what I actually paid, the till receipt is just an itemised listing
I was in Spain earlier this summer, and the card machines in most bars and restaurants I went to would send a receipt to my phone every time I tapped. Annoyingly, it was the useless card machine receipt rather than the till receipt, but it seems the technology is there.
I would disagree. The till receipt should show the method of payment, even if it's cash or card. The card receipt is redundant when you have access to your transactions digitally. Mrs Fortune was recently able to return a faulty electrical item using only a transaction on her banking app. It's definitely a lot better than trying to use a cheque stub as proof of purchase as was suggested in my Junior Cert business studies textbook.
I would agree and you definitely see it in bigger shops and branded stores but when it comes to the smaller and independent shops and businesses it's very much hit and miss, like how many times have you got the bill in a restaurant or café only for them to come back with the card machine and then check the till receipt for the amount to be charged because the two systems are independent of each other
Maybe their combined when the till is balanced at the end of the day but some till receipts don't show the payment method
Yes it's not the only way to prove your purchase and I've also done that myself many years ago with a bank statement when I couldn't find the receipt
LIDL certainly do if you sign up for LIDL Plus and you tick the option for digital receipts. They're sent straight to the app. Very handy, very green.
Rules on displaying prices, for Pubs, bars and other licensed premises:
These rules are in the Retail Price (Beverages in Licensed Premises) Display Order, 1999.
So, the rules are very clear...
I think it's time to start formally reporting pubs and other venues, for not obeying the law, but how ?
- Two lists of drinks prices must be displayed – a full list of all items sold and a summary list of the 16 most popular drinks for sale. The 16-drink list must be clearly displayed either inside or directly outside the entrance to the premises.
- If there are different prices in different areas of the licensed premises (for example, prices for drinks in the lounge and in the bar) these notices need to be displayed prominently in all areas where the products are sold.
- If the prices change after a certain time (for example, after 11pm), this also needs to be displayed on the notice
These rules are in the Retail Price (Beverages in Licensed Premises) Display Order, 1999.
So, the rules are very clear...
I think it's time to start formally reporting pubs and other venues, for not obeying the law, but how ?
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What's wrong with the mods these days, a new sense of humour deficit? I like the odd pun.
@Leper , when we first arrived in the pub, around 1973/74 I remember a pint was 19p and a half one (whiskey) 21p , if some wanted to buy another customer a drink they would always insist on them having a "half one" as it was more expensive, I have a memory of the minister for finance, Richie Ryan at some stage putting 5p on the pint and my father saying that's the end of the pubs now, all my teenage years spent living in a pub , but on the serving side , 10.30am - 11/ 11.30pm , no bar food only the odd ham sandwich,