 Poster: A snowHead
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To the guys who ordered five beers from "La Ferme" in Les Houches on Friday and then pushed off after the waiter had poured them and without paying for them, learn some manners you rude b****rds. And don't whinge next time when French staff treat you as if Brits are the scum of the earth.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Fingers crossed they're not on here but Karma will sort it.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@oldmike, +1
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@gregonic, just to be clear were the beers drunk/taken? Still rude obviously.. and a bit mysterious tbh.... but better than stealing.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Did they leave them poured but undrunken because the barman had been rude to them?
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Gregonic you’ve got some issues chap. Joining a forum to slag off a nationality?
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Are they still there?
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| Spin Doctor wrote: |
| Gregonic you’ve got some issues chap. Joining a forum to slag off a nationality? |
Have you seen Stanton's posts? 
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I wonder what the other side of the story is?
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maybe something happened on the previous visit/night before.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Weird
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| gregonic wrote: |
| don't whinge next time when French staff treat you as if Brits are the scum of the earth. |
If I was treated as above maybe I wouldn't have stayed and paid.
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| betterinblack wrote: |
| gregonic wrote: |
| don't whinge next time when French staff treat you as if Brits are the scum of the earth. |
If I was treated as above maybe I wouldn't have stayed and paid. |
OKay ................. it was me wot did it! Them pesky French barmen, incroiyable!! Ecume!
Last edited by So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much  on Sun 28-01-18 13:26; edited 1 time in total
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You know it makes sense.
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I wonder what the other side of the story is?
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shyte service, we've been waiting to pay for 45 minutes, and the waiter ignoring us every time we try to grab his attention. sod it. let's go. if us getting all togged up ready to go doesn't get their attention then they obviously aren't that interested in our money.
been there done that.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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shyte service, we've been waiting to pay for 45 minutes, and the waiter ignoring us every time we try to grab his attention. sod it. let's go. if us getting all togged up ready to go doesn't get their attention then they obviously aren't that interested in our money.
been there done that.[/quote]
my thoughts exactly, but you missed out the bit where some blond scandi chicks came in 15 mins after they did and still got served 1st
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Poster: A snowHead
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If , only if, French staff do that, who would blame anyone? I do Ski in Austria, Italy, Switzerland, but not France since around 2007. Saying nothing else! This original post is perhaps an indicator though.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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They ordered the beers, which presumably took some time to come. I watched the waiter pouring them. Just as he finished a member walked up (from outside), announced they had a reservation elsewhere, and left, ignoring the waiter’s protestations.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Spin Doctor wrote: |
| Gregonic you’ve got some issues chap. Joining a forum to slag off a nationality? |
Lol. Which nationality do you imagine I’m slagging off? Read more carefully. I’m slagging off five rude bugs who give Brits a bad name.
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They stole the beer. If they felt they had waited too long for a bill they should have left the approx amount on the table. No excuse.
To infer that all brits are scum based on the actions of 5 is racist. If they did subsequently treat a substantial section of their custom badly their business may fail and rghtly so.
I’ve lunched at le Ferme a few times and always been treated well and been served good food and would recommend it.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| gregonic wrote: |
| They ordered the beers, which presumably took some time to come. I watched the waiter pouring them. Just as he finished a member walked up (from outside), announced they had a reservation elsewhere, and left, ignoring the waiter’s protestations. |
So you're not the waiter.... Do you presume the waiter took 1minute, 2, 5, 10 or 20 minutes and how long is reasonable?
Also what did the waiter do with said beers?
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prolly the same group I saw in a cafe in Les Gets...
"three kappercheeners and a calvados, mate!"
 , you're visiting a foreign country, you've almost certainly done French in school from age 10-16, at least try to make a flippin' effort!
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| jbob wrote: |
They stole the beer. If they felt they had waited too long for a bill they should have left the approx amount on the table. No excuse.
To infer that all brits are scum based on the actions of 5 is racist. If they did subsequently treat a substantial section of their custom badly their business may fail and rghtly so.
I’ve lunched at le Ferme a few times and always been treated well and been served good food and would recommend it. |
Not sure I can agree. The OP has implied in the post two above yours that they waited for a while then left as the beers arrived without drinking them.
As such it would all hinge on how long they waited.
If you popped into a bar to have a quick pint before dinner in another place, ordered the beers, then waited a ridiculous length of time (say 15 or 20mins) to have them arrive just as you had to leave (and ergo could not enjoy the beers) imo it would be reasonable to decline the drinks as they arrived, and leave without drinking them or paying for them.
On the other hand if they only waited 5mins, in a busy bar where a slight wait was clearly on the cards, then they are out of order.
I wasn't there, so I can't say which happened.
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^ This. +1
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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| jbob wrote: |
They stole the beer. If they felt they had waited too long for a bill they should have left the approx amount on the table. No excuse.
To infer that all brits are scum based on the actions of 5 is racist. If they did subsequently treat a substantial section of their custom badly their business may fail and rghtly so.
I’ve lunched at le Ferme a few times and always been treated well and been served good food and would recommend it. |
Lol again. Read the damn post. Im not inferring anything except that these five are rude bxxtards. and I wouldnt blame very pleasant staff at La Ferme or at any other hostelry for generalising from the particular
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| jbob wrote: |
They stole the beer. If they felt they had waited too long for a bill they should have left the approx amount on the table. No excuse.
To infer that all brits are scum based on the actions of 5 is racist. If they did subsequently treat a substantial section of their custom badly their business may fail and rghtly so.
I’ve lunched at le Ferme a few times and always been treated well and been served good food and would recommend it. |
Lol again. Read the damn post. Im not inferring anything except that these five are rude bxxtards. and I wouldnt blame very pleasant staff at La Ferme or at any other hostelry for generalising from the particular
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| jbob wrote: |
They stole the beer. If they felt they had waited too long for a bill they should have left the approx amount on the table. No excuse.
To infer that all brits are scum based on the actions of 5 is racist. If they did subsequently treat a substantial section of their custom badly their business may fail and rghtly so.
I’ve lunched at le Ferme a few times and always been treated well and been served good food and would recommend it. |
Not sure I can agree. The OP has implied in the post two above yours that they waited for a while then left as the beers arrived without drinking them.
As such it would all hinge on how long they waited.
If you popped into a bar to have a quick pint before dinner in another place, ordered the beers, then waited a ridiculous length of time (say 15 or 20mins) to have them arrive just as you had to leave (and ergo could not enjoy the beers) imo it would be reasonable to decline the drinks.
No, it would be reasonable after a short wait to explain that time was of the essence and reach an agreement as to whether they still wanted the drinks. There is no evidence that they did this. The guy made no effort to check if the drinks were ready.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| midgetbiker wrote: |
Not sure I can agree. The OP has implied in the post two above yours that they waited for a while then left as the beers arrived without drinking them.
As such it would all hinge on how long they waited.
If you popped into a bar to have a quick pint before dinner in another place, ordered the beers, then waited a ridiculous length of time (say 15 or 20mins) to have them arrive just as you had to leave (and ergo could not enjoy the beers) imo it would be reasonable to decline the drinks as they arrived, and leave without drinking them or paying for them.
On the other hand if they only waited 5mins, in a busy bar where a slight wait was clearly on the cards, then they are out of order.
I wasn't there, so I can't say which happened. |
^ this
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@gregonic, do you have reason to believe that the guilty parties are snowheads, or have you posted this on every UK-based snow-related forum?
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You know it makes sense.
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We did... 9.75 Euros for large pression in Tignes LB last week!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Holy crap! It won't be the first time, whichever nationality. Get over it. Summats happened, no one knows the full story. End of story. Fake news.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sorry, I thought it was "Pray for Beers", I always do.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@midgetbiker, if they didn’t drink the beer and had waited ages then I agree with you.
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It surely won't take them long to flog 5 more beers will it? Many venues line up em in advance when busy.
Not good form potentially from the customers, but as said, will all depend on the wait time. Why not pass one over when it's poured for distribution?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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They can't have been snowHeads, I've seen s'heads pick up and pay (inc. tip) other people's tab when t'other's rushed off to lessons etc. from the Knife & Fork and forgotten their bill. Good people here in slushNuts. 
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You order, they serve - you pay. You order, they take their sweet time, you leave, they go broke for getting a bad rep - their tough luck.
Thems is the rules - don't break them our we'll get the guys from Argentiere down to sort you out and the last time that happened they dropped a mountain on the poor barstweards concerned then drove them to a tunnel and set the vehicle on fire. Just saying, like.
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What self respecting Brit boozer wouldn’t have downed it in one if it had arrived in a timely fashion? Must have been sloppy service 
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| Spin Doctor wrote: |
| What self respecting Brit boozer wouldn’t have downed it in one if it had arrived in a timely fashion? Must have been sloppy service |
Ha! Never leave a man behind, I say. However, I refuse to blame waiters for slow service -- if that's a problem it's down to how the restaurant/cafe is organized. Been behind the bar myself and sometimes you get in the weeds.
In America, where waiters work for tips, they'd have been chased down and beaten to a pulp.
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