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Gatorade me, Bitch!
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Is this a bad idea or are people overreacting to it? Discuss...
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What's the point? Drink driving is illegal, why from a business point of view would you open a pub in a motorway service station? Okay people might come and sit there with an orange juice for a while if they're wanting to take a break from driving but they could do that at a cafe... I can understand the opposition completely
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This Witch doesn't burn
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This has got to be the worst idea in the history of bad ideas.
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many will use it without drinking , though
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Very bad idea
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Excellent idea. The amount of times I've been driving on the motorway at 3.55 am thinking about having some shots are too many to count. I foresee no potential problems with this at all.
Although if you can't see a pub without having to have a drink, then that's your issue. Last edited by Jesus.; 21-01-2014 at 11:31 AM. |
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I don't think it's that big a deal anyway, ok so it's right by a motorway but all pubs are by roadsides anyway really aren't they, if someone was driving and really did want a drink they could leave the motorway and be at a pub within not that long usually. This might be more convenient but people are sensible enough to not suddenly start chucking drink down their neck just cos there's a pub in a service station. I imagine most of the drink trade will be things like big coachloads of people and that sort of thing. Last edited by MTVN; 21-01-2014 at 11:33 AM. |
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Over here people go to the pub on their lunch breaks alot for food, they have trays with pints of water lined up on the counter, pubs make big money on food. So yeah, in short I don't see the problem
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This is the worst idea since Abraham Lincoln said to his wife "I'm sick of kicking around the house all day, let's go take in a show"
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This is a very bad idea as tempts people to have an alcoholic drink and then go and drive at 80mph on a Motorway...
I'm seeing major death and disaster ahead. Cannot understand how permission for this was granted...!!!!
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![]() Let's not get carried away by scaremongering; if someone is inclined to drink and drive then it's in their character and they will do it anyway. Consider this, many a service station has a Pizza Hut in the locality, they serve alcoholic drinks, I've never heard anyone protesting about that? I don't see a problem.
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Yes they do here as well Niamh. Good point.
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I just don't get this logic though, there are pubs everywhere, if someone wants to drink and drive having one less pub isn't going to stop that. And people who aren't inclined to drink and drive aren't going to suddenly start doing so because there's a pub nearby
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Maybe, I deleted the post after you quoted, because I read that the pub was a Weatherspoons, not a pub-pub as I first thought, lol.
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I'm sceptical, in theory it sounds like a recipe for disaster but in practice who knows?
Mobile breathalysers would be a fantastic addition to places like this, most I'm sure wouldn't risk more than one drink if any. But if you wanted to make sure? however, then you would be trapped up the M40.... ![]()
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Oh I'm sorry, i didn't notice you had deleted it
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Well, I don't think a pub that didn't serve food would even want to open on a motorway, I doubt financially it would make any sense to them, there's a big market and big money for the food trade on a motorway though I would imagine
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Meh. I would stop by there for some food if I had a long journey and I suppose any passengers in the car could have a quick drink. No problem to me. It's up to the driver to be responsible really.
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I deal for passengers who fancy a pint or if you fancy a quick 2 pints on your journey.
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Precisely this
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Gatorade me, Bitch!
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The guy from JDW was on the Sky News this morning and he made the point that there are any number of places where alcohol can be bought and consumed if the driver just leaves the motorway for a mile or two, therefore anyone wishing to have a drink, whether they are driving or not, can feasibly get one anyway. I do see his point.
However, I think it's a bold move business-wise because it's already attracting negative attention. All it's going to take now is for someone to decide to get drunk at that pub, then drive, and you know there will be a media shit-storm.
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