Outrageous price ?

We early for our meal in the Shard so went into the bar opposite the restaurant.
My G&T was about £25?
Lemon , only had tea and coffee so far. No excuse.

I would have to be a millionaire or just desperate for food and a drink to justify paying these over the top prices.

Although it sounds a lot, that is the going price for a glass in most London retaurants. I guess it's where they make their greatest profit.

Standard price at Wimbledon for fizz last year. £8 for a Pimms.

Watch the film Temple Grandin and then look at Gatwick Airport - you will have your answer.

Of course it’s a lot of money, but you can’t compare it to buying a bottle of fizz at your local supermarket. The overheads at these events are huge, and, of course, nobody is forcing you to buy it. Also many of the ‘waiting staff’ are youngsters who are now on a minimum wage, which pushes up the overall pricing.

For the price of ten drinks, you could buy a lovely scarf which would give lasting pleasure.

[ducks for cover]

I think I agree with Urmstongran - you know it's a special day out, so you bite the bullet and pay their prices.

When I go to Concerts, I tend to always buy a programme as I want a souvenir of the event.

Although if they charged £7.00 a glass, I am sure they would sell a lot more but then maybe have to deal with more drunken guests. Who knows?

London theatres are the same. I refuse to pay these outrageous prices & take my own in a lidded plastic coffee mug.

Last week, we took a trip to the viewing platform at the top of the Shard in London.

On the 71st floor, there is a bar. I asked what the price of a glass of wine was. £14.!,,I politely declined and bought two bottles of lager at £6 each.
Lovely view up there with tables and chairs, Astro turf even on the floor. But not lovely prices. I always knew London was expensive, but this is taking the Mick.

My bil recently went on one of those anti Brexit marches, someone was selling cans of Coke for £6 !

JackyB
That was your problem; St Marks Square is dreadfully expensive. We went to Florians, but we knew it would be dear, and allowed for it. Cafes just off the Square are a lot cheaper. Like Paris, you're paying for the experience.

I remember being charged over £7 for a very little bottle of water at the back of Notre Dame years and years ago but I was with a 14 year old and we needed water! Then he got head-butted by a donkey that was dressed up in ridiculous clothes a few seconds later...............we never forgot that visit!!

Well, if you’re going somewhere special you know it’s going to cost a lot more than you might normally pay. It’s all part of the enjoyment of it being a ‘treat’. Most of us spend our lives watching the pennies and sometimes we just have to push the boat out !

We went to Sheffield Arena a few weeks ago and a bottle of wine was £22! Someone behind us was thrown out fo being drunk and had apparently had 3 bottles of the stuff! A pint of beer was £11!

I've gone to festivals for years and prices have gone up over time - a cup of coffee or bottle of water was minimum £2, a slice of pizza £7 and fish and chips £10. That was 3 years ago so no doubt even more now.

I don't drink alcohol but would balk at paying per glass what I could pay per bottle with substantial savings at major supermarkets.

You can buy mini bottles of fizz and cans so next time take a mini cool bag with ice packs and a couple of plastic glasses and you are all set. We paid extra for Music when we had a drink in St Marks Square but you only do these things once so sometimes it is worth it for the memories.

I was in Venice earlier this year and we sat outside a beautiful cafe in full view of the water and drinks and pizza was really reasonable - cheap I would say compared to Sussex. Perhaps these Venetians have had to bring their prices down !

Callistemon you are naughty
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I'm with Urmstongran on this. If you're going to push the boat out then you have to either do it completely or simply not bother.

22 euros for a tiny coffee 27 years ago! £25 for a g & t! No, I'd never ever pay those prices.

But some quoted on here seem quite reasonable at an event, even to a skinflint like me. I'd take the £10 fish and chips and the £22 bottle of wine.

I did decline a glass of fizz at the Royal Albert Hall last year. Being ripped off wouldn't have enhanced the lovely experience of going to the Proms in any way. Especially served in plastic glasses.

I agree with Maggie, those sort of prices take the shine off a special day out for me (unless someone elsi is paying and I don't know the cost!)

It's so much cheaper when you don't drink alcohol!

Johno.

Oh! Now you've got me all curious! I remember about Temple Grandin - my professional life was very much involved with Autism, but I have no idea about the Gatwick reference ... I have no chance of going there.

Please. help me out!!

Johno

Just want to thank you for reminding me about Temple Grandin. She's a heroine of mine. Not only did she advance the knowledge of Autism lifting it out of the Dark Ages, she is herself Autistic, which runs in my family of gentle, honest and straight-forward, hard-working people, she is a Psychologist (me too) and she worked with Cows - my family were Dairy Farmers.
Is the Gatwick ref. to do with people being crushed together? I can't work it out. I mean, Temple developed the squeeze apparatus used to calm cattle for calming anxiety in Autistic people, so is the Gatwick reference about calming humans by squashing them? Where do high prices come in? Do people get calmed so much they pay a lot for their drinks etc.?

Sorry if I'm way-off the mark. I am genuinely interested. Like an Autistic person, I don't make sarcastic remarks or "jokes" with double meanings about what people say. I really am interested in what you said about Temple Grandin and Gatwick.

Thanks.