The Swan, Ash Vale

Very sad to see The Swan getting such a slating from some quarters.
My better half & I did much of our dating there so I have fond memories of the place. Haven�t been lately because of little ones & credit crunch but I always had the impression of good people doing their level best under hectic circumstances, & some of the customers don�t make it any easier for them.
The night I proposed was a case in point. It was a packed Friday night & the bar staff had been at full tilt since we had arrived in the late afternoon.
While my card was going through the machine my brand new fianc�e & the rather splendidly proportioned bar lady were doing the female thing of cooing over the ring when a vertically challenged beer gut in a football jersey started bellowing at her because he had not been served immediately on arrival & didn�t seem to be able to discern that currently she was serving us & that there was a queue of people waiting.
He was handled with infinitely more grace than he deserved, & I remember thinking at the time that the staff can�t possibly be paid enough money to justify having to put up with such moronic treatment.
I�ve gone on for rather longer than I planned. Mainly I intended to say that some people are unreasonable & will always complain, & that there appears to be quite a few of those types on this site.

10 Sep 2008 14:36