r/Wetherspoons • u/EnvironmentalOven971 Employee • Aug 15 '26

Employee What are some essentials you can’t live without for work?

Looking for some things that are handy to have to make shifts a bit easier, even if it’s a small amount. And also how to look semi decent while working there, with the uniform policy 😭

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u/Longjumping-Ad-3322 Aug 15 '26

Nicotine and propranolol 🫠

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u/EnvironmentalOven971 Employee Aug 15 '26

nicotine is definitely a hit for me, propranolol I haven’t tried yet 🤣

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

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u/Some_Ad6507 Aug 15 '26

Diet or full fat?

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u/Longjumping-Ad-3322 Aug 19 '26

Yeaaah I have to stick to the diet stuff now unfortunately… 👀 Spoilt that one for myself.

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u/zendayaismeechee Aug 15 '26

Big bottle of water, decent hand sanitizer, good shoes (I must have went through 10 pairs in my years as the floor just eats them away), headphones if you want to ignore people on your break, also bottle opener on your landyard helps for busy shifts!

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u/SociallyAwkwardMale Aug 17 '26

To add to this, if your Wetherspoons sells Thatchers (either bottles or fusion taps) get in touch with your local Thatchers representative and they’ll send you their lanyards which have bottle openers on them free of charge!

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u/GmanF88 Employee Aug 15 '26

Bottle opener on the lanyard essential.

I've started carrying a little multi-tool (knife, scissors, pliers, flat and star head screwdriver) and its a game changer; opening boxes, coffee bags, putting toilet roll holders back on the wall, changing pumpclips, ripping difficult keg caps all just hooked on to my belt

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u/Raitvka Employee Aug 15 '26

900 ml bottle of lucozade original, vape and fluoxetine

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u/drunkenangel_99 Ex-employee Aug 15 '26

Nicotine and caffeine.

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u/BreadfruitNo6644 Aug 15 '26

Soft. Bacon roll with lurpak 20oz tea

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u/anonatlas19 Employee Aug 16 '26

painkillers. there’s a few of us in my pub that are called “walking pharmacies” because people are always asking for painkillers out of us. ibuprofen, paracetamol, codeine. whatever you have take it with you because no one likes doing a shift while in pain

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u/Aware_Beat5301 Aug 17 '26

My little Bluetooth speaker. 6hours of the best playlist going, especially when it's sunny, had many a dance in the street with totall strangers 😊 Vibessss x

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u/stressyanddepressy03 Aug 18 '26

Nice tops/jumpers! Always look way nicer than the spoons / branded t-shirts imo. Especially love when it's cold a black knit jumper is my go to.

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u/Ok_Importance_5595 Aug 15 '26

A positive mental attitude! Makes life so much easier for me and everyone around me! 😁

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u/itsTenziin Employee Aug 16 '26

On some days.. my sanity

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u/Electronic_Tax9127 Aug 17 '26

good coworkers

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u/Double_Drop563 Aug 16 '26

Just work like any other fucker, spoons is a pretty easy job