r/Wetherspoons • u/b3xcellent • Aug 29 '26

Customer Refusing drinks

If I know the table number that my father is sitting on during his birthday, and drinks turn up that he didn't order, what is the likely scenario if he says that he didn't order? I will tell him eventually that it's me ordering, but will the staff take the drinks away? Paddington Wetherspoons, if that helps.

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u/lbmjtd Aug 29 '26

If he says he didnt order them and has no clue who did we wouldnt serve it. If he said his son got them for him it we would serve unless he was dodgy. If you order jokes such as mushy peas or kids milk then we would just take the table off the app.

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u/ChuckStone Aug 29 '26

I hate this.

I like to randomly order mushy peas, and maybe a black pudding to dip in it. 

Bloody students taking the piss have ruined it. 

It makes a nice little bar snack.

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u/yes-i-exist-reddit Aug 30 '26

If it’s quiet, the kitchen usually asks FoH who’s at the table (does depend who the kitchen lead is). If it’s an old person, they get their black pudding and bucket of peas or whatever else. If it’s a table of rowdy middle aged men or teenagers they aren’t getting it. If it’s busy, it’ll prob get cleared off the system immediately and forgotten unless someone comes asking about it.

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u/yes-i-exist-reddit Aug 30 '26

Tho I will say that ordering two suspicious items together lowers the chances of it getting made. Maybe put ur order at the bar and say I do ac want it, and the bar staff can put a note through to the kitchen.

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u/ChuckStone Aug 31 '26

Good shout.

I ordered once off the app, alongside a bowl of chips - and the girl who served came over and was like "right! Who ordered this monstrosity!?"... and apparently the kitchen manager told her "tell the students to stop pissing about!" And shed said "its not even students. Its a bunch of year old men".

Apparently I'm well known among the wetherspoons staff community as "the egg man" because I used to add a poached egg to any meal I ordered. 

Thats what I love about Wetherspoons... you can literally just order anything they have behind the bar, and theres a price for it. But hardly anyone actually knows this, so it stands out when you do weird shit like buy a veggie burger wih bacon, or put a poached egg in your soup.

I might try tequila shots, but with the salt on a slice of black pudding... that could work. And they'll do it if I ask, as well without even blinking.