Comments on: Barmaid as Sex Object

By: Pete Brown

Pete Brown — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:54:08 +0000

Just to be clear, my comments about the barmaid in Wales were part of the picture I was painting of the pub, its clientele and the dynamics of the relationship between the two. Her appearance was totally relevant to that. There’s a rather large difference between noticing that a person is attractive, and leching over her, and I hope you’re not trying to imply any blurring between the two on my part.

By: Ed Carson

Ed Carson — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:51:30 +0000

Well, the first one did read like a personal from “The New York Review of Books”

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:39:16 +0000

Nice (well, nicer) copy, shame about the graphic.

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:43:18 +0000

Just to prove Canadians are quite nice and helpful, the brewery in question has now amended its requirements and even let me know by reply on Twitter: http://www.centralcitybrewing.com/red-racer-girl-search/

By: Maxwell

Maxwell — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:13:50 +0000

I walked past a fast food joint near Charing Cross station last week known for its Bratwurst and saw they were advertising for staff.

“All CVs must be accompanied by a photo.”

There goes my dream of selling tasty German snacks.

By: Bailey

Bailey — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:06:20 +0000

Customised to fit under that low glass shelf…?

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:50:17 +0000

I’m intrigued by those pump handles – they look rather short by contemporary standards, although that may just be because the ‘handle’ part is shorter. Anyone recognise them?

(OK, so this wasn’t the first thing my eye fell on… hang on, does that sound even worse? Nerd or lech? What a choice!)

By: John Clarke

John Clarke — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:51:09 +0000

No. I’m not reading this at all.

By: Bailey

Bailey — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:15:11 +0000

Dave — good question! Pierrepont’s other job was extra-curricular, though, and surely it only counts if the pub is the shopfront from the additional service in question?

Phil — I guess there’s room for debate over what friendly means. Some might suggest that refusing to enter into flirtatious banter is ‘unfriendly’…

Mark — the ******* in Walthamstow had a clever trick: they put up posters advertising for bar staff only in the ladies toilet, and so had an entirely female staff without *actively* saying they were after ‘barmaids’. (Probably still breaks the rules, though.)

Curmudgeon — in answer to your first question, the answer is probably yes. When I was a teenaged waiter, I used to hate serving hen parties. I was all pimples, and wearing a candy strip shirt and pink bow tie, but they were too drunk too care. *shudder*

Alan — “I prefer 1952″ — well, you can’t say he’s insincere.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:07:31 +0000

It’s always going to be the case with men that, no matter where it is – a pub, bar, sandwich shop or shoe shop – if a lady in there is worth a little comment, she’ll get it. I means that in the most honest sense. Yes, introducing alcohol to the mix enhances this….it’s a tinderbox, a pub, really.