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sort the catering out please. its farcical



brianwade

Well-known member
Jan 31, 2008
422
Agency people serving who Dont know What they are doing and done
care.Massive queues in the Upper West making it impossible to get served . Get permanente staff and manage it yourselves . Bloke who served me yesterday did not know What a snickers bar looked like. Why Is nt it as good as the first year ? Why Dont you want to sell us stuff quickly and efficiently . Poor and unprofessional . Has anyone else any thoughts on how we might improve things ?
 




Perkino

Well-known member
Dec 11, 2009
6,053
Agency people serving who Dont know What they are doing and done
care.Massive queues in the Upper West making it impossible to get served . Get permanente staff and manage it yourselves . Bloke who served me yesterday did not know What a snickers bar looked like. Why Is nt it as good as the first year ? Why Dont you want to sell us stuff quickly and efficiently . Poor and unprofessional . Has anyone else any thoughts on how we might improve things ?

Cashless kiosks.

Significantly faster payments and no staff having to work out change
 


Diego Napier

Well-known member
Mar 27, 2010
4,416
Have you told the club?
 


Guy Fawkes

The voice of treason
Sep 29, 2007
8,297
Agency people serving who Dont know What they are doing and done
care.Massive queues in the Upper West making it impossible to get served . Get permanente staff and manage it yourselves . Bloke who served me yesterday did not know What a snickers bar looked like. Why Is nt it as good as the first year ? Why Dont you want to sell us stuff quickly and efficiently . Poor and unprofessional . Has anyone else any thoughts on how we might improve things ?

Unrealistic expectations of what can be achieved in a short space of time when demand is always going to outstrip the ability to supply and it would be unprofitable to increase outlets and staffing to try to meet that extra demand (ie, employ somone for 3 to 4 hours just to meet a demand that lasts for 15 minutes at half time & no-one would just take a job to work for half time as their costs of getting there are probably going to be higher than their earnings)

Maybe fans expectations need to be reduced to realistic levels rather than blaming everyone else.
 






VAL1850

Well-known member
Nov 22, 2008
2,019
Beachy Head & WSU
Never complained before but after match on WSU

South West Kiosk closed
North West Kiosk only half open
Not all tills maned on centre kiosk

WSU not crowded but still huge queues to long after full time - Left at 5.20 beerless - miserable day all round - Swan or Lewes for me next time if I see Kiosks closed
 


The Merry Prankster

Pactum serva
Aug 19, 2006
5,578
Shoreham Beach
No Maltesers in the 1901. They were the only confection that could have got me through the second half with any degree of mental equilibrium but do I come on here moaning about it? No, instead, I have bombarded to club with emails, torn up my season ticket and chained myself to the club shop.
 






Blue Valkyrie

Not seen such Bravery!
Sep 1, 2012
32,165
Valhalla
Couldn't find any mustard for the burgers.

Disgrace.
 


Questions

Habitual User
Oct 18, 2006
25,512
Worthing
What is the game of the company who hold the franchise at the Amex for the catering ?
 


El Turi

Injured
Aug 13, 2005
7,178
Argentina
It seemed like loads of tills were closed yesterday causing the queues to be even larger than usual. Cost cutting I guess?
 




bennibenj

Well-known member
Mar 6, 2011
2,063
Sompting
Unrealistic expectations of what can be achieved in a short space of time when demand is always going to outstrip the ability to supply and it would be unprofitable to increase outlets and staffing to try to meet that extra demand (ie, employ somone for 3 to 4 hours just to meet a demand that lasts for 15 minutes at half time & no-one would just take a job to work for half time as their costs of getting there are probably going to be higher than their earnings)

Maybe fans expectations need to be reduced to realistic levels rather than blaming everyone else.

Have to agree with you - there seems to be very little patience anymore - more fans acting like spoilt little brats who want everything now now now
 


The Merry Prankster

Pactum serva
Aug 19, 2006
5,578
Shoreham Beach
We had loads of the little b'stards in our lounge. No Twix though, which is what I normally have and would have bought.

We had bucket loads of Twixes. Surely there is a simple catering matrix that would align my Malteser needs with my lounge and your Twix one with your lounge. If we can afford to pay Chris O'Grady £13 000 a week then surely we can afford some basic chocolate technology. Barber out!
 


Herr Tubthumper

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jul 11, 2003
62,716
The Fatherland
Unrealistic expectations of what can be achieved in a short space of time when demand is always going to outstrip the ability to supply and it would be unprofitable to increase outlets and staffing to try to meet that extra demand (ie, employ somone for 3 to 4 hours just to meet a demand that lasts for 15 minutes at half time & no-one would just take a job to work for half time as their costs of getting there are probably going to be higher than their earnings)

Maybe fans expectations need to be reduced to realistic levels rather than blaming everyone else.

Nonsense. I've been to plenty of arenas and stadia in the UK and around the world which have got it right or done a much better job than the current lot. Get a specialist company in, not a bunch of school dinner merchants.
 










wadhurstseagull

Active member
Jul 26, 2003
496
It was a complete joke yesterday, the worst I have experienced it. Up until yesterday I had resisted this season but thought I would give it another go as the WSU was quiet due to people enjoying the outside entertainment. Very very poor - infact embarrassing. Never again.
 




*Gullsworth*

My Hair is like his hair
Jan 20, 2006
9,351
West...West.......WEST SUSSEX
Never complained before but after match on WSU

South West Kiosk closed
North West Kiosk only half open
Not all tills maned on centre kiosk

WSU not crowded but still huge queues to long after full time - Left at 5.20 beerless - miserable day all round - Swan or Lewes for me next time if I see Kiosks closed
very much this. Queued for ages for 2 Pints of Harveys at full time..didn't look good when some bloke after waiting ages stormed our murmuring ffs....and sure enough when was my time to served...no Harveys. Kiosks were closed, only 2 people serving at the one I was served. Don't get me wrong I had two pints of lager instead of Harveys but i don't think I will queue for ages will the possibility of only gnats pee available. So that's 2 customers lost....not really encouraging supporters to stay for a drink is it? I really hate criticising the club but I don't think the catering is great
 




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