Coachella

[goonerben]

Coachella (food and drink) prices are insane - but this is creeping over here too. 

A pint of Guinness at the Cheltenham Festival last month was £20 (Twenty Pounds).  Pure greed - just because they can.

[Simsy]

34 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

and this shit is hilarious and its not the onion. Theyre totally serious. 

 

https://www.insider.com/coachella-weekend-parties-better-than-festival-2023-3

 

"I don't like festivals, I like parties with goody bags. Let me tell you why Coachella is rubbish". Great article 🤣

[Rose-Colored Boy]

39 minutes ago, goonerben said:

Coachella (food and drink) prices are insane - but this is creeping over here too. 

A pint of Guinness at the Cheltenham Festival last month was £20 (Twenty Pounds).  Pure greed - just because they can.

if you’re the sort of person to support animal cruelty then you deserve to be mugged off

do agree with your general point though - £16 for a small hot dog at the Commonwealth Games last summer was a real eye opener 

[balti-pie]

39 minutes ago, goonerben said:

Coachella (food and drink) prices are insane - but this is creeping over here too. 

A pint of Guinness at the Cheltenham Festival last month was £20 (Twenty Pounds).  Pure greed - just because they can.

Nah, that was a pint of Black Velvet - half guinness, half fizzy wine (supposed to be champagne!) - normal pints were £7.50. I cant believe im defending £7.50 pints 😄

[fraybentos1]

55 minutes ago, goonerben said:

Coachella (food and drink) prices are insane - but this is creeping over here too. 

A pint of Guinness at the Cheltenham Festival last month was £20 (Twenty Pounds).  Pure greed - just because they can.

No way a pint was 20 quid even at Cheltenham lol 

[mike86]

6 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

No way a pint was 20 quid even at Cheltenham lol 

I heard it was £30.

[gfa]

9 hours ago, Suprefan said:

And I talked about the food prices last year. Why is there shock with inflation kicked into full gear.

Its always been far more expensive, TPD were paying 20$ for pints last year too.

Hardly shocking 

[gfa]

27 minutes ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

if you’re the sort of person to support animal cruelty then you deserve to be mugged off

do agree with your general point though - £16 for a small hot dog at the Commonwealth Games last summer was a real eye opener 

Yeah could not careless if mugs at a racecourse are being mugged off - thats after paying for entry too lol

Not even correct anyway as others have said, £20 was for a special guinness thing.

paid £7.50 for pints in birmingham the other day at Albert's Schloss but it was free entry and had live entertainment so feel like the difference would have paid entry anyway

[balti-pie]

i can get behind food being expensive. You have to have staff, ingredients, a kitchen, a decent process going, and all that costs money. so $20-odd for a really decent Banh mi is expensive, but entirely understandable.

But a vodka red bull doesnt involve anybody skilled - its opening two sealed products, sticking em in a cup with ice, and then absolutely robbing the poor bugger in front of you.  its a nonsense. 

[Nicklord]

10 hours ago, JudgeGrumpy said:

Same at Basketball, Baseball etc. Most events in the US booze and food is ridiculous. 

I was in New York for a business trip and stayed there a few days on my own, watched 2 NBA games. I knew it was going to be expensive but the MSG beer glass looked cool so wanted to keep it... $13.5 lol they even asked for a tip

Edited April 18, 2023 by Nicklord

[gfa]

45 minutes ago, Nicklord said:

I was in New York for a business trip and stayed there a few days on my own, watched 2 NBA games. I knew it was going to be expensive but the MSG beer glass looked cool so wanted to keep it... $13.5 lol they even asked for a tip

yeah they ask for a tip at coachella too

[Rose-Colored Boy]

The American tipping system is possibly the most exploitative anti-workers thing I’ve ever witnessed. Honestly if aliens landed they wouldn’t believe some of the things American working class people tolerate considering their national anthem literally contains the words ‘the land of the free’ 🤯

[TheDayman]

18 minutes ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

The American tipping system is possibly the most exploitative anti-workers thing I’ve ever witnessed. Honestly if aliens landed they wouldn’t believe some of the things American working class people tolerate considering their national anthem literally contains the words ‘the land of the free’ 🤯

Its mental.

Land of opportunities, that is, unless you're a service worker where you'll get paid a God awful wage which society is then expected to supplement under the guise of some sort of patriotism.

How about just enforce a proper minimum/living wage.

[duke88]

50 minutes ago, gfa said:

yeah they ask for a tip at coachella too

So they're charging $20+ for a drink, but still not paying the bar staff properly?!

[gfa]

51 minutes ago, duke88 said:

So they're charging $20+ for a drink, but still not paying the bar staff properly?!

Similar happens here. So many bars have tipping options on the card machine now.

Buy a double with red bull and thats around £15 then it will ask for a tip

[duke88]

3 hours ago, gfa said:

Similar happens here. So many bars have tipping options on the card machine now.

Buy a double with red bull and thats around £15 then it will ask for a tip

I obviously don't go to the right places, never see anything about tips in the pubs round here.

[Olshansky]

6 hours ago, Nicklord said:

I was in New York for a business trip and stayed there a few days on my own, watched 2 NBA games. I knew it was going to be expensive but the MSG beer glass looked cool so wanted to keep it... $13.5 lol they even asked for a tip

I think they've gone up since then - Last time i was at MSG I remember paying $16.  Thankfully that's not typical outside of sports venues but it's still robbery.  

 

5 hours ago, Rose-Colored Boy said:

The American tipping system is possibly the most exploitative anti-workers thing I’ve ever witnessed. Honestly if aliens landed they wouldn’t believe some of the things American working class people tolerate considering their national anthem literally contains the words ‘the land of the free’ 🤯

I listened to a podcast once that discussed the origins of the American tipping system; basically that it was born from slavery.  After emancipation businesses still didn't want to pay the newly freed slaves, and so tipping became the way to justify the low wages.  Over the years it's ballooned into businesses exploiting all kinds of workers.  Depending on the state you live in, your hourly wage can still be as low as $2.15/hour which is justified because servers get tipped.  It's a constant argument here.

[clarkete]

6 hours ago, balti-pie said:

But a vodka red bull doesnt involve anybody skilled - its opening two sealed products, sticking em in a cup with ice, and then absolutely robbing the poor bugger in front of you.  its a nonsense. 

Wait, you want ice too?  Honestly some people 😉

I've sometimes returned to specific bars at Glastonbury as they gave you ice. 

8 minutes ago, Olshansky said:

I listened to a podcast once that discussed the origins of the American tipping system; basically that it was born from slavery.  After emancipation businesses still didn't want to pay the newly freed slaves, and so tipping became the way to justify the low wages.  Over the years it's ballooned into businesses exploiting all kinds of workers.  Depending on the state you live in, your hourly wage can still be as low as $2.15/hour which is justified because servers get tipped.  It's a constant argument here.

Quite off the original topic, but John Oliver this week talked about farming and how during the last century whenever laws were introduced to give people basic rights they explicitly excluded farm workers. They have dreadful rates of pay, often work in terrible conditions and in lots of places can employ kids from twelve years plus for long physical days. 

[Olshansky]

36 minutes ago, clarkete said:

 

I've sometimes returned to specific bars at Glastonbury as they gave you ice. 

 

Im also an ice lover 

I bet ice is an extra $5 at Coachella (thankfully, 100 cash registers to purchase it at)

[stanh]

Tonights viewing sorted:

 

[Xeph1995]

19 minutes ago, stanh said:

Tonights viewing sorted:

 

American crowds look so dead. 

[Suprefan]

13 minutes ago, Xeph1995 said:

American crowds look so dead. 

Come play with us and we'll set you straight cause we'll make ya dead. 
 

 

 

The lads got guest passes btw. But they still dont know how to go to any stage named Outdoor Theater, Sonora, Gobi, Mojave or Yuma. And even Despacio. Or Heineken House! 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Not going to watch it to find out whether or not they got their Do Lab on.

[stuie]

9 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

Come play with us and we'll set you straight cause we'll make ya dead. 
 

 

What fresh hell is this? 
That’s not the kind of alive we’re looking for. 

[Gnomicide]

25 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

Come play with us and we'll set you straight cause we'll make ya dead. 
 

 

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