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mmm, some pubs are better than others with the alc free choices, I love the fentimans ginger beer in the regent, but the c&h are not so good, got a bit 'tudey and tried to charge for tap water when asked for mineral water, when we went for the bake-off.
In my previous life as boozy man,I would have said,tough shit, it's a pub FFS, drink booze or fuck off. But I appreciate a pub now if it has the choices, and the attitude* for people to enjoy coming in regardless of whether they are drinking something with alchohol in or not. I gladly pay for what I have, as I am usually eating in a pub too, but do slightly resent being asked for over £2 for some shitty soda and "juice" being squirted into a glass full of ice. It's not the 70s any more.
*don't get the attitude of some pub staff when asked for non-alcoholic drinks, like somehow you are less important or some kind of mug, I grew up in pubs from age 6, my parents ran them. I probably know more about the licensed trade than some snotty 20-something with a hangover and no short term memory who thinks he's tom cruise in cocktail. Besides, pubs must have loads of non-drinkers, people who drive etc..it's hardly news.