MY WIFE AND I HAVE MANAGED A SOCIAL CLUB FOR ALMOST NINE YEARS NOW , SITUATED ON A HOUSING ESTATE , GOOD FAMILY TYPE OF SOCIAL CLUB , UNTIL FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN MUSIC TV'S AND LIVE ENTERTAINMENT WERE TAKEN FROM US , WEVE HAD THREE A /M's IN AS MANY YEARS , ALL OF WHOM SEEMED TO BE SURPRISED IN THE BUSINESSES DOWNTURN , AND APPARENTLY THINK THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH LACK OF ENTERTAINMENT , MUSIC , TV'S ( WE ARE IN AN AREA WHERE FOOTBALL IS A RELIGION ) , OR THE SMOKING BAN ( I'M APPARENTLY NOT ALLOWED TO PUT WASTE BINS OUTSIDE WHICH LEADS TO THE STREET BEING STREWN WITH CIGGY STUMPS ) , INSTEAD WE ARE CONSTANTLY BEING TOLD BY OUR A / M HOW CHEAP OUR BEER IS AND WE ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OUR WEEKLY TAKINGS , INCREASE OUR CUSTOMER BASE , AND ABOVE ALL FORGET THE PAST CHANGES BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SITUATION WE ARE IN . OK SOOOO..........WE'LL TAKE NO NOTICE OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS BY OUR LOYAL CUSTOMERS ABOUT HOW THEY'D LIKE TO BE ENTERTAINED , AND FORGET ABOUT THE GUYS WHO LIKE TO PUT A BET ON AT THE BOOKIES , AND THEN COME BACK AND WATCH THE RACE ON TV WITH A PINT , AND CARRY ON TELLING CUSTOMERS THAT THEY CAN HAVE THEIR BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY / CHRISTENING / ENGAGEMENT / WEDDING PARTIES BUT UNFORTUNATELY NO MUSIC PLEASE BECAUSE ITS NOT ALLOWED ........ AND WE'LL TRY NOT TO LOOK SAD AS THEY BOOK THEIR PARTIES AT OTHER PUBS , OR GO AND WATCH THE HORSE RACING ON THE TV AT OTHER PUBS , AND WHEN BOTH LOCAL FOOTBALL TEAMS HAVE TELEVISED MATCHES : - ONE AT NOON , THE OTHER AT 3 O' CLOCK WE'LL CAST AN EYE ACROSS THE THREE PEOPLE IN THE CLUB , THINK OF ALL THE OTHERS IN THE OTHER PUBS WATCHING THE GAMES , AND WONDER WHAT WE ARE POSSIBLY DOING WRONG ................
? TO ALL OF YOU OUT THERE WITH SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES , KEEP THE FAITH , DONT DOUBT YOUR ABILITIES , IT IS NOT OUR FAULT .................JUST WISH I COULD PUT MY FINGER ON IT
