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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2014 22:03:27 GMT
Is this a new thing to wind people up? Last week i purchased a diet coke and they gave me one without the cap, i questioned this and the girl said "Its been policy for a few years now". I've not heard of it before, but in fairness, i usually get a tea or bovril. This has to be against trading standards..No? you buy a product and if a 3rd party chooses to remove part of the integral make up of the product, then that is not right. I spoke to the manager on duty but he just said, "it's just a cap" more or less and it is done for H&S reasons.. nonsense.. What would happen if something got into it between the cap being taken off & drinking it? and you fell Ill. Stupid little things i know, but still, i should be able to choose when i drink it fresh.  TEST |
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Post by prem4stoke on Aug 22, 2014 22:09:12 GMT
It certainly makes it a lot harder to carry when you have a few drinks and food. I also like it when they get kicked over that is really good especially when you paid 4 times the normal retail value.
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Post by Gods on Aug 22, 2014 22:11:53 GMT
They do it anywhere and everywhere where there is a public gathering from football matches to rock concerts.
Drives me nuts.
It's like being treated as a 6 years old.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Aug 22, 2014 22:12:31 GMT
They've done this for years. It is supposed to stop the bottle being used (full of liquid with the top on) as a missile.
The solution is simple - always take your own bottle cap to the match.
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Post by keasie1863 on Aug 22, 2014 22:16:44 GMT
They've done this for years. It is supposed to stop the bottle being used (full of liquid with the top on) as a missile. The solution is simple - always take your own bottle cap to the match. I like it. |
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Post by nottspotter on Aug 22, 2014 22:18:18 GMT
They've done this for years. It is supposed to stop the bottle being used (full of liquid with the top on) as a missile. The solution is simple - always take your own bottle cap to the match. I used to do this.. But it's been the case for years. Only time I have ever seen a bottle with a cap on at a game was at the burton pre-season friendly. |
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Post by stokeramblers on Aug 22, 2014 22:18:32 GMT
They've done this for years. It is supposed to stop the bottle being used (full of liquid with the top on) as a missile. The solution is simple - always take your own bottle cap to the match. Hooligan ;D |
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Post by RipRoaringPotter on Aug 22, 2014 22:18:57 GMT
I was most unhappy to see that crips are now served without a bag as well.  |
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Post by RipRoaringPotter on Aug 22, 2014 22:23:58 GMT
They've done this for years. It is supposed to stop the bottle being used (full of liquid with the top on) as a missile. The solution is simple - always take your own bottle cap to the match. I used to do this.. But it's been the case for years. Only time I have ever seen a bottle with a cap on at a game was at the burton pre-season friendly. I think I read about that in Stoke's 101 Greatest Matches book - the Burton Bottletop Bonanza I think it was called. |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 22, 2014 22:24:57 GMT
It's been the way of doing it since forever hasn't it?
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Aug 22, 2014 22:24:59 GMT
They've done this for years. It is supposed to stop the bottle being used (full of liquid with the top on) as a missile. The solution is simple - always take your own bottle cap to the match. I used to do this.. But it's been the case for years. Only time I have ever seen a bottle with a cap on at a game was at the burton pre-season friendly. What - you used to take a bottle cap to the match or you used to use the bottle as a missile? Or both?  |
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Post by tijuanabrass on Aug 22, 2014 22:27:05 GMT
They've done this for years. It is supposed to stop the bottle being used (full of liquid with the top on) as a missile. The solution is simple - always take your own bottle cap to the match. Or bring some petrol and a rag et voila you suddenly have your missile. |
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Post by nottspotter on Aug 22, 2014 22:30:53 GMT
They've done this for years. It is supposed to stop the bottle being used (full of liquid with the top on) as a missile. The solution is simple - always take your own bottle cap to the match. Or bring some petrol and a rag et voila you suddenly have your missile. Hey! Just because I'm from Nottingham! used to do all of the above until the really thorough 'let me look in your club shop bag' Searches started at the turnstiles.. |
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Post by Linx on Aug 22, 2014 22:52:27 GMT
It's all part of a world in which the majority get inconvenienced by the actions of a minority. Football matches are a small part of it; air travel is much worse. I resent having to publicly remove my shoes, belt, empty my pockets, get searched like a captured POW and have my stuff nicked (sorry, confiscated) just to get on an aeroplane.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2014 22:52:38 GMT
Just another sign that the country's gone mad IMHO. There is so much bullshit nowadays, it's unbelievable!
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Post by discokaraoke on Aug 22, 2014 23:37:03 GMT
They do it anywhere and everywhere where there is a public gathering from football matches to rock concerts. Drives me nuts. It's like being treated as a 6 years old. I went the Rod Stewart gig and got served a few times and they left the top on the bottles of beer. Felt strange as you could even take it pitch side. |
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Post by tijuanabrass on Aug 23, 2014 0:02:46 GMT
They do it anywhere and everywhere where there is a public gathering from football matches to rock concerts. Drives me nuts. It's like being treated as a 6 years old. I went the Rod Stewart gig and got served a few times and they left the top on the bottles of beer. Felt strange as you could even take it pitch side. And to be fair, if ever you were going to want a handy missile to lob ... |
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Post by retired1 on Aug 23, 2014 0:03:14 GMT
They've done this for years. It is supposed to stop the bottle being used (full of liquid with the top on) as a missile. The solution is simple - always take your own bottle cap to the match. People at concerts just throw plastic glasses with either beer or piss in them so it make no sense to deprive me of a cap seeing as I dodn't throw bottles. Plus I have had numerous bottles kicked over by people at shows. Ask for water and some venues pour it from a plastic bottle into a plastic glass. Go figure as the americans say. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2014 0:20:10 GMT
You queue outside the ground with your bottle of coke. As you're about to go in, the steward tells you that you have to remove the cap or you can't go in. You dutifully oblige with the smallest hint of protest - just to feel you've done your bit to acknowledge how pathetic this regulation is.
Once you're inside the ground, you reach inside your pocket and pull out the spare cap that you'd brought with you, cos you knew this was the one rule they were guaranteed to make you comply with. You place it on the top of your coke bottle and walk towards your seat.
As you undo the cap to take a swig of the coke (which you've brought from the supermarket for a quid cheaper than they're selling it at the ground), you celebrate one of life's little victories.
Like a Bojan goal in a friendly, it feels good.
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Post by NassauDave on Aug 23, 2014 4:34:08 GMT
Is this a new thing to wind people up? Last week i purchased a diet coke and they gave me one without the cap, i questioned this and the girl said "Its been policy for a few years now". I've not heard of it before, but in fairness, i usually get a tea or bovril. This has to be against trading standards..No? you buy a product and if a 3rd party chooses to remove part of the integral make up of the product, then that is not right. I spoke to the manager on duty but he just said, "it's just a cap" more or less and it is done for H&S reasons.. nonsense.. What would happen if something got into it between the cap being taken off & drinking it? and you fell Ill. Stupid little things i know, but still, i should be able to choose when i drink it fresh. Only since at least 2002 at the World Cup. TEST |
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Post by harryburrows on Aug 23, 2014 4:44:54 GMT
i cant see how the removal of the cap prevents it being thrown , during our promotion season i went to the brit to watch a live televised game , cant remember who it was against , some of our fans [morons]
rained bottles down on our stewards
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Post by rawli on Aug 23, 2014 5:40:49 GMT
Flasks are immune. They are like playing a joker. You could take anything into any ground as long as it fits into a thermos.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Aug 23, 2014 5:49:53 GMT
Tests on Tomorrow's World years ago conclusively proved that a vacuum flask is physically incapable of injuring anyone no matter how hard it is thrown - even by Olympic athletes! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2014 7:03:11 GMT
You are allowed to take a bottle in with a sports cap.
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Post by robwahlmann on Aug 23, 2014 7:08:16 GMT
...., but we always order a bottle with something and never mention the cap! I'll get me coat!  |
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Post by Linx on Aug 23, 2014 7:15:11 GMT
Flasks are immune. They are like playing a joker. You could take anything into any ground as long as it fits into a thermos. Yes, but the sort of person who owns a flask isn't likely to want to throw it. But it is peculiar; it's an ideal container for all sorts of dangerous stuff: a knife, a flare, a bomb....... . The stewards need to adjust the profile of potential trouble makers to middle aged guys with day sacks who arrive in Morris 1000 Travellers. |
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Post by stayingupforalasrimmed on Aug 23, 2014 7:16:15 GMT
Is this a new thing to wind people up? Last week i purchased a diet coke and they gave me one without the cap, i questioned this and the girl said "Its been policy for a few years now". I've not heard of it before, but in fairness, i usually get a tea or bovril. This has to be against trading standards..No? you buy a product and if a 3rd party chooses to remove part of the integral make up of the product, then that is not right. I spoke to the manager on duty but he just said, "it's just a cap" more or less and it is done for H&S reasons.. nonsense.. What would happen if something got into it between the cap being taken off & drinking it? and you fell Ill. Stupid little things i know, but still, i should be able to choose when i drink it fresh. Sunflower, that is truly shocking. You drink tea, bovril and diet coke at football matches. A party animal like you deserves to have their bottle tops confiscated. TEST |
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Post by njkk on Aug 23, 2014 7:27:23 GMT
Flasks are immune. They are like playing a joker. You could take anything into any ground as long as it fits into a thermos. Yes, but the sort of person who owns a flask isn't likely to want to throw it. But it is peculiar; it's an ideal container for all sorts of dangerous stuff: a knife, a flare, a bomb....... . The stewards need to adjust the profile of potential trouble makers to middle aged guys with day sacks who arrive in Morris 1000 Travellers. I've got a thermos (oo'er missus) and I like to throw stuff and stab things now and again, I know you didn't ask but what I keep in my day sacks is my own business, I'm not middle aged either , just a bit bolloxed |
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Post by jeycov on Aug 23, 2014 8:34:01 GMT
Flasks are immune. They are like playing a joker. You could take anything into any ground as long as it fits into a thermos. I had this conversation with one of the stewards and in fact with someone at the club. As well as flasks, umbrellas are allowed as long as they don't have points on the end, but not plastic bottles of water I'm not sure if you can carry a "topless???" bottle into the ground? Surely prioritising those who manage to smuggle a flare would make more sense! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2014 8:43:30 GMT
Last time I went, they'd taken the cap off our Powerade bottles, saying (as above) that it's to stop them being used as missiles. Flasks would do way more damage.
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