Once again, we don't know the full story. I grew up near an RAF base, and there were several pubs where service personnel were not allowed, purely because of the trouble/damage/complaints.
And, that well known clubbing destination in Cyprus, Ayia Napa, the squaddies were banned from the entire area (by their superiors, and by the local government) due to the trouble caused (final straw seemed to be the rape and killing of a Danish tour guide IIRC, but it was on the cards long before).
Now, I'm not for one minute suggesting all service personnel are trouble makers, but IME, without doubt, there does appear to be a hard core of them in the army and RAF (can't speak for the Navy, living as inland as I do).
The landlord is perfectly entitled to allow/disallow anyone he/she sees fit, as with any other business (excluding essential utility firms). As a business, consider why they are doing this. Turning away customers is on the face of it bad for business. So I'd wager there is a perfectly good reason.
The UK media like to hype stuff up, and if that means inaccurately reporting to create a slightly different picture, they will. The old saying, "why let the truth get in the way of a good story".
I note good ol' BT are taking flack from the FT, over their MyDonate service - a free online donation platform for any charitable organisation to use. It seems JustGiving, another similar service (but chargable) who are in it to make money, have a monk on, and have a tame FT journalist on their side. WTF?
But as its sensationalist news, and the British public cannot get enough of it (who cares if the articles are accurate, neutral, unbiased or uncorrupt), so the cycle gets ever more intense. And depressing.
As much as it pains me to ever agree with gayboy gixer, he does raise a perfectly valid point, even if not worded particularly eloquently, and came over a bit abrasive.
We do live in relatively hard times (than we've seen for a generation), and things aren't set to improve for some time. OOF, in my mind, is a way of trying to help - allowing us to save on garage bills, make the pennies go a little further. As an extension of that, lets try to instil a little more happiness into our interactions.
I reckon, we can leaving the depressing stuff to the BBC, Uncle Rupert and friends, and concentrate more on the happier side of things here.
What do you reckon, OOFers?
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