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01/01/2008 by Richie

The Stone House

Is anyone able to answer a question that has been puzzling me and my friends for some time? Why do the bouncers make you queue outside the stonehouse in the cold and wet when it is quite apparent that there is plenty of room inside for another coachload let alone the poor five people being herded outside? I would ask the bouncers but don't think they would understand the question. oh... and then have to pay to get in?????? is there anywhere else you can get a drink into the early hours?


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Reply ID 47335

01/01/2008 by hertford born and bred

You should put your request to the stonehouse management as the doorstaff are only doing what they are told to do...Im sure if you get there very early it is proballay free admission..PS Does the blackbirds charge.[?]Any one know


Reply ID 47339

01/01/2008 by JohnSmith

The Blackbirds doesn't charge. There is a queue as they can only accommodate a very resticted number of clients due to fire regulations. When you get in it is probably the most spacious pub in Hertford.


Reply ID 47479

08/01/2008 by Sargasso

This is a free marketing technique they use. If folks are bothering to queue outside then from a distance it looks a hip and happening place and more people will swarm towards it. I used to fall for that back in the day.


Reply ID 47507

08/01/2008 by Richie

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Originally posted by Sargasso
This is a free marketing technique they use. If folks are bothering to queue outside then from a distance it looks a hip and happening place and more people will swarm towards it. I used to fall for that back in the day.
Thanks Sargasso! that is more like the response I was anticipating. Would they employ the same methods if there was an alternative venue for a late one? It just embarasses me that a local "business" could treat it's townfolk like that. In london I would expect it, but Hertford [?] [V]


Reply ID 47511

09/01/2008 by spitfire

It might look like theres lots of space inside, there are no doubt a fair number of customers out the back having a smoke. It always amuses me to see queues of people standing in the cold and rain waiting to get into these places!!


Reply ID 47538

09/01/2008 by Wrapper

Get there earlier and drink downstairs and then queue to get upstairs in the warm. A no brainer methinks.


Reply ID 47542

09/01/2008 by Rachel

[:)] 16-24s don't mind queueing outside Hertford pubs because: a) it's cheap. Standing around outside gives you all the advantages of eyeing up the talent, chatting, hearing the music etc without having to spend your hard earned McWages on a drink. You will either have cheap booze in your bag or you will have had a skinful beforehand, at home or on Hartham or Tellytubbyland (the Castle grounds) b) you can smoke in the queue, you can't in the pub. c) you might not get in if your ID is dodgy (using an older sibling's legit ID [of the same sex, obviously!] is favourite). But even someone who has no hope of getting past the bouncers can put on their best clobber and enjoy the buzz of the queue for up to 45 minutes before getting to the front - that's when you pretend to have a text calling you away and you go and join another queue rather than face the humiliation of the bouncers turning you away. [;)][:)]


Reply ID 47562

09/01/2008 by Richie

quote:
Originally posted by Wrapper
Get there earlier and drink downstairs and then queue to get upstairs in the warm. A no brainer methinks.
Erm, why would you want to get there early [?] I wouldn't want to get there at all if there was a decent nice quiet place to have a drink later than midnight! it's not all about being drunk and gasping for another! Some people don't finish work until late. [:(]


Reply ID 47568

09/01/2008 by aubend

quote:
Originally posted by Richie
Is anyone able to answer a question that has been puzzling me and my friends for some time? Why do the bouncers make you queue outside the stonehouse in the cold and wet when it is quite apparent that there is plenty of room inside for another coachload let alone the poor five people being herded outside? I would ask the bouncers but don't think they would understand the question. oh... and then have to pay to get in?????? is there anywhere else you can get a drink into the early hours?
Good point. It's a bit like when people queue outside Next when the sales are on. Surely a fiver off a pair of 80s chino's isn't that exciting is it?


Reply ID 47587

10/01/2008 by spitfire

Its not just the Mercury that trawl this forum for story's !. This weeks Herald covers this topic on page 21!


Reply ID 47606

10/01/2008 by Wrapper

quote:
Originally posted by Richie
quote:
Originally posted by Wrapper
Get there earlier and drink downstairs and then queue to get upstairs in the warm. A no brainer methinks.
Erm, why would you want to get there early [?] I wouldn't want to get there at all if there was a decent nice quiet place to have a drink later than midnight! it's not all about being drunk and gasping for another! Some people don't finish work until late. [:(]
THEN WHY ARE YOU MOANING???[V][V][V]


Reply ID 47642

10/01/2008 by Richie

quote:
Originally posted by Wrapper
quote:
Originally posted by Richie
quote:
Originally posted by Wrapper
Get there earlier and drink downstairs and then queue to get upstairs in the warm. A no brainer methinks.
Erm, why would you want to get there early [?] I wouldn't want to get there at all if there was a decent nice quiet place to have a drink later than midnight! it's not all about being drunk and gasping for another! Some people don't finish work until late. [:(]
THEN WHY ARE YOU MOANING???[V][V][V]
Erm... like I said, I would like a nice place to have a late drink in town without having to queue! was that not clear Wrapper? Why are you SHOUTING? Did you get to Stone House early by any chance to save queuing, but are now drunk [?] [;)]


Reply ID 47666

11/01/2008 by Wrapper

quote:
Originally posted by Richie
quote:
Originally posted by Wrapper
quote:
Originally posted by Richie
quote:
Originally posted by Wrapper
Get there earlier and drink downstairs and then queue to get upstairs in the warm. A no brainer methinks.
Erm, why would you want to get there early [?] I wouldn't want to get there at all if there was a decent nice quiet place to have a drink later than midnight! it's not all about being drunk and gasping for another! Some people don't finish work until late. [:(]
THEN WHY ARE YOU MOANING???[V][V][V]
Erm... like I said, I would like a nice place to have a late drink in town without having to queue! was that not clear Wrapper? Why are you SHOUTING? Did you get to Stone House early by any chance to save queuing, but are now drunk [?] [;)]
I wouldn't queue outside to get in fella but wouldn't go in there anyway!!!


Reply ID 47689

11/01/2008 by Richie

So where would you go for a late drink [?]


Reply ID 47699

11/01/2008 by Deveraux

quote:
Originally posted by Richie
So where would you go for a late drink [?]
Home [}:)]


Reply ID 47701

12/01/2008 by James007

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Originally posted by Deveraux
quote:
Originally posted by Richie
So where would you go for a late drink [?]
Home [}:)]
Ditto [:)]


Reply ID 47702

12/01/2008 by shunt

Queues exist because people are prepared, or even drawn, to stand in them. When I ran a club we'd purposely create a queue, even on a quiet night. Late nighters go where they think everybody else is trying to go.


Reply ID 47707

12/01/2008 by Richie

No mates deveraux [?] [;)]


Reply ID 47708

12/01/2008 by Richie

quote:
Originally posted by shunt
Queues exist because people are prepared, or even drawn, to stand in them. When I ran a club we'd purposely create a queue, even on a quiet night. Late nighters go where they think everybody else is trying to go.
Valued your customers then [?] Makes you embarassed to be english [V]


Reply ID 47709

12/01/2008 by shunt

quote:
Originally posted by Richie
quote:
Originally posted by shunt
Queues exist because people are prepared, or even drawn, to stand in them. When I ran a club we'd purposely create a queue, even on a quiet night. Late nighters go where they think everybody else is trying to go.
Valued your customers then [?] Makes you embarassed to be english [V]
Absolutely. My customers indicated their preference to queue and I gave them that opportunity. If they'd responded to a lack of queue I'd have given them that. There are queues because people queue. Sheep mentality is not a uniquely British thing either. Go into a previously empty Spanish shop and half the street will follow you to see whether they also want what you are interested in.[:D]


Reply ID 47714

12/01/2008 by Richie

quote:
Originally posted by Richie
quote:
Originally posted by shunt
quote:
Originally posted by Richie
quote:
Originally posted by shunt
Queues exist because people are prepared, or even drawn, to stand in them. When I ran a club we'd purposely create a queue, even on a quiet night. Late nighters go where they think everybody else is trying to go.
Valued your customers then [?] Makes you embarassed to be english [V]
Absolutely. My customers indicated their preference to queue and I gave them that opportunity. If they'd responded to a lack of queue I'd have given them that. There are queues because people queue. Sheep mentality is not a uniquely British thing either. Go into a previously empty Spanish shop and half the street will follow you to see whether they also want what you are interested in.[:D]

Preference to queue??? Are you for real [:o)] Gave them that opportunity??? What a gent [:o)] What is a Spanish shop [?]


Reply ID 47715

12/01/2008 by shunt

quote:
Originally posted by Richie
quote:
Originally posted by Richie
quote:
Originally posted by shunt
quote:
Originally posted by Richie
quote:
Originally posted by shunt
Queues exist because people are prepared, or even drawn, to stand in them. When I ran a club we'd purposely create a queue, even on a quiet night. Late nighters go where they think everybody else is trying to go.
Valued your customers then [?] Makes you embarassed to be english [V]
Absolutely. My customers indicated their preference to queue and I gave them that opportunity. If they'd responded to a lack of queue I'd have given them that. There are queues because people queue. Sheep mentality is not a uniquely British thing either. Go into a previously empty Spanish shop and half the street will follow you to see whether they also want what you are interested in.[:D]

Preference to queue??? Are you for real [:o)] Gave them that opportunity??? What a gent [:o)] What is a Spanish shop [?]
In the case of nightclub or late night social venue, people tend to go where they think there will be lots of people to meet, hence a queue is attractive to them. A Spanish shop is a shop in Spain.


Reply ID 47716

12/01/2008 by Richie

I don't believe you are qualified to state that people go for a late drink to meet people and therefore look for a queue. Where do you get this information from? I know plenty of people who like a late drink to chat with their friends and would choose one venue over another due to the fact that it did not have a queue!


Reply ID 47718

12/01/2008 by JohnSmith

Casting my mind back to my early to mid 20s I would say that people of a similar age would gravitate to the place that everyone else seemed to go to irrespective of the fact that there was no where to sit and it took most of the night to get served. I lived in Cheshunt back then. The Haunch Of Venison was a typical "local" pub. The owner stripped out all of the furniture, painted it purple inside and got a DJ. Fridays and Saturdays it seemed that the entire population of Cheshunt packed into the place. Once I hit 30, I found that a degree of comfort was acceptable. Take a look at the age of the punters queueing up outside the Stone House. No different to when I was younger, just a different venue.


Reply ID 47739

14/01/2008 by Wrapper

Richie, Are you drunk man?


Reply ID 47748

14/01/2008 by shunt

quote:
Originally posted by Richie
I don't believe you are qualified to state that people go for a late drink to meet people and therefore look for a queue. Where do you get this information from? I know plenty of people who like a late drink to chat with their friends and would choose one venue over another due to the fact that it did not have a queue!
Of course it doesn't apply to everybody or those who have pre-arranged to meet someone specific.


Reply ID 47830

15/01/2008 by Mad Mick

Just by way of putting in my 2p worth.. I would never EVER queue to get into a pub!


Reply ID 47831

15/01/2008 by Steve

Make that 4p. Me neither!


Reply ID 47840

16/01/2008 by shunt

quote:
Originally posted by Steve
Make that 4p. Me neither!
Maybe that's because, for us, the alternative is not taking a kebab back to a bedroom in mum and dad's house and watching Sexcetara on the cable channels on our own.


Reply ID 47847

16/01/2008 by JohnSmith

quote:
Originally posted by shunt
Maybe that's because, for us, the alternative is not taking a kebab back to a bedroom in mum and dad's house and watching Sexcetara on the cable channels on our own.
Ah, the memories, the memories [:D]


Reply ID 47875

16/01/2008 by Richie

quote:
Originally posted by shunt
quote:
Originally posted by Steve
Make that 4p. Me neither!
Maybe that's because, for us, the alternative is not taking a kebab back to a bedroom in mum and dad's house and watching Sexcetara on the cable channels on our own.
Oh Shunt what an ignorant reply! Not everybody who requires a late drink fits your stereotype! What is your alternative? going home to a one bedroom dingy flat and watching the dating channel? You seem to have missed the point, whereby the desire was for a later venue in order to have a social and quiet drink without the need to queue. Not for a spotty teenager, living at home, to continue getting drunk and throwing up over a girl he is trying to pull. P.S who is "us"? You and the usual hijackers of this forum?


Reply ID 47876

16/01/2008 by JohnSmith

Well, the Stone House isn't somewhere that you can go for a drink and a quiet drink. Seeing as there isn't an alternative venue, I would guess that there isn't the market for it.


Reply ID 47878

16/01/2008 by Steve

quote:
Originally posted by Richie
Oh Shunt what an ignorant reply! Not everybody who requires a late drink fits your stereotype! What is your alternative? going home to a one bedroom dingy flat and watching the dating channel? You seem to have missed the point, whereby the desire was for a later venue in order to have a social and quiet drink without the need to queue. Not for a spotty teenager, living at home, to continue getting drunk and throwing up over a girl he is trying to pull. P.S who is "us"? You and the usual hijackers of this forum?
I think you may just find that Shunt was being ironic [:)]


Reply ID 47880

16/01/2008 by Mad Mick

"Hijackers"? Hmmm... now there IS a thing!


Reply ID 47884

17/01/2008 by shunt

For those who would like a social and quiet late drink, I'd recommend the Stonehouse. Relax in it's peaceful surroundings, whilst enjoying a fine congnac by the fire......... Alternatively, if you'd like a more lively night, join the lively crowd at the Stonehouse. Bangin' tunes and dancing 'til late (be aware you may have to queue for entry).


Reply ID 47901

17/01/2008 by Wrapper

And idiots who want a fight after two lagers. I would prefer No 11 of the Duncombe for a late drink myself. I would rather stick hot pins in my eyes than go in the Stonehouse and I certainly would not queue

quote:
Originally posted by shunt
For those who would like a social and quiet late drink, I'd recommend the Stonehouse. Relax in it's peaceful surroundings, whilst enjoying a fine congnac by the fire......... Alternatively, if you'd like a more lively night, join the lively crowd at the Stonehouse. Bangin' tunes and dancing 'til late (be aware you may have to queue for entry).


Reply ID 47908

17/01/2008 by Mad Mick

quote:
Originally posted by shunt
For those who would like a social and quiet late drink, I'd recommend the Stonehouse. Relax in it's peaceful surroundings, whilst enjoying a fine congnac by the fire......... Alternatively, if you'd like a more lively night, join the lively crowd at the Stonehouse. Bangin' tunes and dancing 'til late (be aware you may have to queue for entry).
Is this you being "ironic" again shunt?


Reply ID 47909

17/01/2008 by shunt

quote:
Originally posted by Mad Mick
quote:
Originally posted by shunt
For those who would like a social and quiet late drink, I'd recommend the Stonehouse. Relax in it's peaceful surroundings, whilst enjoying a fine congnac by the fire......... Alternatively, if you'd like a more lively night, join the lively crowd at the Stonehouse. Bangin' tunes and dancing 'til late (be aware you may have to queue for entry).
Is this you being "ironic" again shunt?
More deliberately self-contradictary.[}:)]


Reply ID 48046

21/01/2008 by elkiev71

quote:
Originally posted by Richie
So where would you go for a late drink [?]
Depends how late you're talking, Richie. [:)] I've sometimes used The White Hart as a late night alternative to The Stonehouse. It was usually half empty so no queue and somewhere to sit, and didn't go overboard on the 'bangin' choons' so you could chat to your mates. It closed at 1am instead of 2am (@ Stonehouse), so unless you're going out at 12:30 you can get some drinking in. (This may not be the case anymore as the White Hart has gone through a number of changes lately). PS 100 Posts!! Woo! Full Member!! [:D]


Reply ID 48047

21/01/2008 by hertford born and bred

quote:
Originally posted by elkiev71 (This may not be the case anymore as the White Hart has gone through a number of changes lately).
Whats the latest change,Please


Reply ID 48100

22/01/2008 by Richie

quote:
Originally posted by elkiev71
quote:
Originally posted by Richie
So where would you go for a late drink [?]
Depends how late you're talking, Richie. [:)] I've sometimes used The White Hart as a late night alternative to The Stonehouse. It was usually half empty so no queue and somewhere to sit, and didn't go overboard on the 'bangin' choons' so you could chat to your mates. It closed at 1am instead of 2am (@ Stonehouse), so unless you're going out at 12:30 you can get some drinking in. (This may not be the case anymore as the White Hart has gone through a number of changes lately). PS 100 Posts!! Woo! Full Member!! [:D]
Thanks Elkiev! an informative reply to the original post! unlike the usual response given by certain people trying to prove their extreme literacy and "clever" worded replys which took them an hour to think of.... and then another hour to spell check 50 times.


Reply ID 48116

23/01/2008 by aubend

quote:
Originally posted by Mad Mick
Just by way of putting in my 2p worth.. I would never EVER queue to get into a pub!
Some people feel the same way about hairdressers [;)][:D]


Reply ID 48228

24/01/2008 by Fish Wife

I don't have the underwear for queuing outside pubs - it seems that most of the 'laydeez' are semi-naked in either their bras and knickers or draped in wisps of hankie material. [:0]


Reply ID 48236

24/01/2008 by Claudia

Three pages of posts about queuing outside pubs? What is the Stonehouse like when you get inside?! I get the impression it is quite pleasant (for us oldies!) earlier in the week and they do good lunches. I have also heard they have got excellent staff.


Reply ID 48328

28/01/2008 by simcut

The White Hart is alright now, used to be very Stonehouse-esque....


Reply ID 48422

29/01/2008 by Wrapper

Bottom bar is fine, even on a busy Friday/Saturday night. Food aint bad at all. Do not venture upstairs on a Friday/Saturday night unless you are under 25 and hammered as it is an interesting experience to say the leats.

quote:
Originally posted by Claudia
Three pages of posts about queuing outside pubs? What is the Stonehouse like when you get inside?! I get the impression it is quite pleasant (for us oldies!) earlier in the week and they do good lunches. I have also heard they have got excellent staff.


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