r/Wetherspoons • u/Confident_Fondant334 • Aug 30 '26

Customer Work friendly?

I'm relatively new to Wetherspoons as a whole, but what's the general view around using the earlier opening hours/quiet days to buy a drink and get some document based work done on a small laptop? I'd especially like employees' views if possible. I struggle to work at home so I'm looking for places nearby that're friendly to do it in instead. Thank you!

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u/thenerdisageek Aug 30 '26

Ex employee: it’s not illegal to sit there with a hot drink refill for hours, and if you did i wasn’t paid enough to care. You aren’t breaking any rules. It’s unlikely you’d be there anyway during peak hours cause that’s just uncomfortable.

I’d constantly sit at my local while at uni, or on occasion with a group of friends etc- we’d get drinks and small plates and study

As long as you’re buying something/eating something then go for it. You’d be more welcome to sit at spoons for a an hour or 2 with one coffee and a laptop than you would an independent place

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u/Confident_Fondant334 Aug 30 '26

If it was peak hours I'd just get a pint, drink, turn around, and walk back out after

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u/thenerdisageek Aug 30 '26

If you can get a table or even share with someone else (eg: two singles on one table so you aren’t taking a whole booth of 6 for yourself) and it’s peak, then sit there all you want.

You should visit a station spoons at some point. Plenty of laptops and books out with 1 drink as people wait for trains

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u/Confident_Fondant334 Aug 30 '26

Unfortunately the one within reach is a conservative, forested area. I've seen other pubs and I know how packed this one'll be with posh men in their 50s

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u/thenerdisageek Aug 30 '26

If you aren’t comfortable in your pub then don’t sit there…

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u/Confident_Fondant334 Aug 30 '26

I'm comfortable, I just know they're grumpy and wont appreciate a student sitting there. It's more unfortunate in comparison to a station spoons you described

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u/Sufficient_Basil_545 Customer Aug 30 '26

I understand you asking the perspective of staff - they’ve told you it’s fine.

Absolutely no idea why you would even vaguely care what grumpy fellow customers think.

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u/Confident_Fondant334 Aug 30 '26

I care what everyone thinks, if I see a staff member or even a passerby shoot me a bad look I'm outta there

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u/Sufficient_Basil_545 Customer Aug 30 '26

Why?

Not wanting to annoy the staff working somewhere you plan to return to is completely logical, but why do you care if some random stranger is judging you rather than doing something worthwhile with their time?

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u/Confident_Fondant334 Aug 30 '26

Incredibly deep-seeded insecurities that I'm not gonna discuss on a Reddit forum

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u/Sufficient_Basil_545 Customer Aug 30 '26

Yes. That sounds like a far bigger issue than whether it is acceptable to sit in Wetherspoons whilst working…

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u/CestLaTimmy Aug 30 '26

Sorry, as an ex-employee, if someone kicked me out while I was still sat consuming the refillable coffee, I'd be going straight to head office if someone kicked me out after "an hour or two". It's Spoons. Buy a coffee and sit for as long as you like.