Stubborn customer in Liverpool Wetherspoons refuses to queue for beer as it's 'anti-British'
A stubborn Wetherspoons customer claims he refused to QUEUE for his beer as it's 'anti-British' - only for staff to give in and serve him after 10 minutes.
Jack Hopkins went for a pint at The North Western Wetherspoons, Lime Street, Liverpool, while waiting for a pal before a gig on November 13.
Believing it's an 'unwritten rule' that you don't queue at a bar, the 24-year-old barman was stunned to spot ten people in an orderly line waiting for their drinks.
Jack refused to join the queues, instead 'standing his ground', claiming he propped up the bar for 10 minutes until he was served.
Baffled Jack, shared a snap of the queue on X, slamming it as a 'disgusting and uncouth disregard for sacred tradition'.
The tongue-in-cheek post went viral, racking up more than 3,100 likes.
Many were quick to back Jack, highlighting that single-file pub queueing is 'disgraceful etiquette', while others said he should have ordered using the app.
Jack, who lives in Birkenhead, Merseyside, said: "It's going against British tradition and it's just wrong. It's not like they're doing anything inherently bad but it's an unwritten rule you don't queue at a bar.
"I just walked in and saw the queue, I was somewhat in shock. I just stood there, it was madness. If I go to pubs and if I see a big queue I'm going straight to the bar and I usually end up getting served before them but that wasn't the case. It was about 10 minutes.
"I thought 'eventually the queue's going to die down and there'll be a lull in activity and then I'll get served so I might as well stand my ground'. I'm just stubborn. It's not like there were any seats, there were no tables available. I just stood at the bar because it was the only free gap that I saw.
"I understand when you're ordering food, that's fair enough. But you get people coming up ordering one drink stood in a big line. It's a bar, it's long for a reason and you spread out across it.
"I'm a barman myself so I do understand why people queue, but if you're a good barman you know at least three people ahead who's next. I prefer it when they're all spread out because I can see everyone's face and I know exactly who I'm going to.
"Obviously if someone bumps in ahead of you, you might go 'sorry mate, I was first'."
It was reported in May that Wetherspoons tried to implement new queueing regulations supposedly aimed at benefitting Gen Z punters and staff who didn't understand the bar scrum.
However, after The Surrey Docks boozer in Rotherhithe, South East London, faced backlash for it, staff quickly ditched this rule.
Social media users were split on the queueing system. Many agreed with Jack, while others told him he should have ordered on the app.
One wrote: "Disgraceful. We used to be a proper country."
Another commented: "Wetherspoons queues are a blight on the boozing community."
A third added: "I can't stand conga-style queueing, ruins a pub having people weave in and out of tables waiting to get served. It's ridiculous."
A fourth user wrote: "I walked in and saw that. Turned around. Disgraceful etiquette."
Other users pointed out that using the app would have saved the need to queue.
One wrote: "Use the app and sit at a table."
Another commented: "Use the app. Why anyone queues in Spoons is beyond me, their app is fab and they serve quicker than people waiting."
Wetherspoons declined to comment.