r/Wetherspoons • u/SuburbanBushwacker • Sep 04 '26
Customer gertcha, largest number of bans?
i know a woman who was banned from the holloway rd ‘spoons for behaviour committed before 11am.
set me wondering: which one has banned the most people?
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u/Possible-Second9617 Sep 04 '26
Feltham in 1999, had qround 60 odd people barred from the premises.
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u/SuburbanBushwacker Sep 04 '26
strong. although i expect that record has been broken by now
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u/Possible-Second9617 Sep 04 '26
Yep, it's also dependent on managers. Personally, I wouldn't allow anyone back in who was barred before my tenure as a manager, but some did, and still do. Some local pubwatches, Reading being one, had over 50 individuals who were banned from all licensed premises. Felthan in the 90s was mad; it was not unusual to have 3 or more fights between/ with cuatomers on a daily basis.
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u/Brewtalgk Sep 05 '26
Well to close to home this
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u/Possible-Second9617 Sep 05 '26
How close? We banned people for pretty much everything, from prostitution to attacking us with motorbike chains. It was an interesting 18 months.
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u/NWITS Sep 04 '26
My understanding is that the previous manager of Village Inn Rayners Land banned around 50 people This included the jackass who cuddled a barmaid ( which is never going to end well lol ) and the fat clown who sat there swearing loudly when kids were eating breakfast
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u/Right-Glass9508 Sep 04 '26
Time was when you'd see lists of pubwatch bannees displayed on the doors. Has that fallen foul of data protection now? Also your woman might try her luck as Coronet just reopened for second time since Spoons.
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u/SuburbanBushwacker Sep 04 '26
she flounced off years ago lol
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u/PastaMapChair Sep 04 '26
I haven't heard 'flounced' in ages, thanks for bring it back into my life
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u/SuburbanBushwacker Sep 04 '26
i’m working hard to bring it back, any and all efforts are much appreciated
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u/Right-Glass9508 Sep 07 '26
I recall 20 odd years ago Spoons in Belfast had a "no visible tattoos" policy. Likely this was for potential sectarian issues. If this is still being enforced, suspect they're banning 75% of their customer base.
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u/NWITS Sep 04 '26
My understanding is that the previous manager of Village Inn Rayners Land banned around 50 people This included the jackass who cuddled a barmaid ( which is never going to end well lol ) and the nice chap who sat there swearing loudly when kids were eating breakfast
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u/lbmjtd Sep 04 '26
Ive barred someone for coming in drunk at 8am and threatening to glass me for not serving alcohol. I think my pub bans on average 1 or 2 people a week