This really annoys me. We had a lad tonight in the pub who thought it was fine to go and sit with 2 girls and just stare at them. It basically ended up with a barman and a mate seeing if they were ok and then they had to move.

I keep finding that you fiond a lot of weird people hanging around pubs and spoiling people's nights and I'm fed up with it.

I thought this was going to be about me at Sunday's meet when I saw the title Robbie! :hihi:

well the ENTIRE of Sheffield knows about you already:D

I just hope it wasn't slimsid:rolleyes:

I always see/meet/get stalked by weirdos in pubs (and weirdos that think it's ok to see me as they're driving past, find somewhere to park and them come talk to me). I don't know why they insist on talking to me. A guy today in the yorkshire grey (at lunch time, on his own, drinking a bottle of wine) insisted on telling me his life story because i made the mistake of looking at him! Spose he did make me laugh though.

Has anyone accidentally found themselves in the banker's draft during the day?? It's full of weirdos and pervs, it's quite fun

Thats why I always offer the service to my female friends of pretending to be their neanderthal boyfriend when we're out. (That is of course unless their real bf is in tow.)

All you big guys out there - your help will be greatly appreaciated. Nowt gets rid of a weirdo like a "friendly" hand on the shoulder and "Will you stop pestering me lass?". Got many a thank you pint like that.

Come on Robbie, which boozer was this?

Every pub has its wierdos (should the plural for wierdo have an 'e' in it?), some even rely on them for trade. But you're right: We don't need these people!

For some reason, Walkley has more than its fair share of strange dudes (and dudesses). No pub is safe! (Nor any street - I watch them walk past from my business premises on Barber Road. I shudder and duck under the window as their blood-red [yet totally unfocussed] eyes look into mine.)

Infact, come to think of it, we've got this guy who comes into our shop, doesn't want to buy anything but insists on talking to one (male) member of staff. I have to pretend there's a phonecall for the staff member in order to get him out of Mr Lonely's clutches.

I've encountered some scary sites in the Hadfield. And I'm not talking about students.

(Ouch!)

And here was me thinking that all the weird ones only came out when they heard I was doing a karaoke :D

Originally posted by Ousetunes
Come on Robbie, which boozer was this?

Every pub has its wierdos (should the plural for wierdo have an 'e' in it?), some even rely on them for trade. But you're right: We don't need these people!

For some reason, Walkley has more than its fair share of strange dudes (and dudesses). No pub is safe! (Nor any street - I watch them walk past from my business premises on Barber Road. I shudder and duck under the window as their blood-red [yet totally unfocussed] eyes look into mine.)

Infact, come to think of it, we've got this guy who comes into our shop, doesn't want to buy anything but insists on talking to one (male) member of staff. I have to pretend there's a phonecall for the staff member in order to get him out of Mr Lonely's clutches.

I've encountered some scary sites in the Hadfield. And I'm not talking about students.

(Ouch!)

the Springvale. I know we have the care in the community crowd (which aren't really a problem) but this bloke was just a creep.

Which shop do you own?

I watched an England game in the Hadfield and about 30 munites before it started lots of hooligans turned up and occupied one corner of the pub. Never felt so uncomfortable in my life.

Originally posted by Dj_Shadowman
And here was me thinking that all the weird ones only came out when they heard I was doing a karaoke :D

Or do you just ring them up to get them to come out? Eh, Eh? My singing days are now over!

Originally posted by robbie
This really annoys me. We had a lad tonight in the pub who thought it was fine to go and sit with 2 girls and just stare at them.

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Sounds like a certain forummer...

Originally posted by Classic Rock
Or do you just ring them up to get them to come out? Eh, Eh? My singing days are now over!


The ones that were there were a lot weirder than us :D

Yes, it's weird if someone just stares at you, but in general, this is how partners meet, one stares & then comes over & you chat.
I made the point of sitting next to a total stranger on a bus & chatted, she thought i was a strange alcoholic (as i was off to a party & had a bottle of wine in my hand). We ended up together for 2 years! Maybe i was weird doing that, but had i not, it wouldn't have worked!
If you go into a pub, be it girls or guys, expect to be approached, they might like you & want to chat to you!

Yeah, you expect people to talk to but if they just stare its kinda scary. Me and my friend were once sat in the globe during the day when this old bloke came and sat next to us with his whiskey and a pipe. We were sat on a sofa and the pub was fairly empty, but he just walked straight up, practically sat on top of us, and just stared and blew pipe smoke in our faces! The barman rescued us, he must have recognised him! But in general I think there are quite a few weirdo's in pubs!

Originally posted by NicolaE
Yeah, you expect people to talk to but if they just stare its kinda scary. Me and my friend were once sat in the globe during the day when this old bloke came and sat next to us with his whiskey and a pipe. We were sat on a sofa and the pub was fairly empty, but he just walked straight up, practically sat on top of us, and just stared and blew pipe smoke in our faces! The barman rescued us, he must have recognised him! But in general I think there are quite a few weirdo's in pubs!

But you WERE sat in The Globe, whadayaexpect?!!!!

You people need to come and do 'the London Experience'. You've not seen weirdos until you've pubbed it down here. Just the other day I found myself being accosted by 'little Hannah' from neighbours, who is no longer very little....kinda strange being chatted up by a woman with a splendid body but with a 'childs' face! :-S

You need to be very careful that those you label as 'wierdos' are not just lonely men on their own, perhaps (but not necessarily) trying to meet a girl.

I would have thought that there are other types (drunken louts or drug pushers for example) who do a lot more to spoil the atmospher of any pub.

True Sid, but I do know female friends who have been freaked out / intimdated by chaps such as have been described on this thread.

I did know of one girl who made her bf come get her from a pub cos of some character , as she was really para about getting followed home.

Originally posted by JoaquiNation
You people need to come and do 'the London Experience'. You've not seen weirdos until you've pubbed it down here. Just the other day I found myself being accosted by 'little Hannah' from neighbours, who is no longer very little....kinda strange being chatted up by a woman with a splendid body but with a 'childs' face! :-S
You got sexually harassed by Rebbeca Ritters?:hihi:

That must have been a harrowing experience indeed!:gag:

I worked in the Hadfield for 3 years and had a wicked time - got to know all the weirdos, who actually made it quite fun.

The best one was hat guy. He used to come in at various points sporting various hats inclusing a Foreign Legio Kepi, a Russian Chapka and a cowboy hat and once even carrying a large fluffy rabbit.

He didn't harm anyone but was always funny.

Sorry Sid, but a lonely guy who goes about meeting people by parking himself with them univited in a pub or sitting staring at them is still pretty close to being a weirdo in my eyes.

I do think us girls get a bum deal when it comes to attracting wierdos in pubs.

A bloke can go into a pub on his own, buy a drink and sit and read the paper, and noone bats an eyelid.

If a woman goes into a pub on her own, every bloke at the bar seems to think she's fair game. And when you tell them to f*** off, they tend to act genuinely shocked, as if they truly believed that you were enjoying being pestered by them and that they actually stood a chance. Makes my blood boil.

And another classic is when two girls are sat in a pub chatting, and some idiot (egged on by his mates) decided to join them. I've lost count of the number of times some scally bloke has pulled up a chair completely uninvited while me and a friend are in mid-conversation.

And again, they act genuinely shocked when you point out how rude they're being, and tell them to go away.

And in both scenarios you always end up with the classic retort: "That sour faced b**** has got a right chip on her shoulder".

Go figure. Why can't women enjoy a drink in peace?

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There was a bloke in the pub we used to go to at Uni who had hair like Rod Hull and gave out modelling balloons to all and sundry. If he was feeling happy he'd even do a few animals for the punters.

THAT'S the kind of weirdo we need more of in our pubs. :)

Originally posted by Greenback
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I'll second that!

The globe's less full of weirdo's then most places! And I agree with JBee, plonking yourself down next to some random girl and staring or interrupting two girls in conversation isn't going to make you very popular with the ladies!

Although it is even worse when they try and make small talk with you...

'So.... where you ladies off to tonight?'

Answer to be polite, ignore them, or tell them where to go?

Originally posted by NicolaE
The globe's less full of weirdo's then most places! And I agree with JBee, plonking yourself down next to some random girl and staring or interrupting two girls in conversation isn't going to make you very popular with the ladies!

You say that - but what if it was someone with balloon modelling abilities? I'm sure you'd soon change your tune if there was a nice tubular translucent poodle in it for you.

oh yeah thats acceptable! I can understand people wanting company but if you act strangely you'll just scare people off. Theres good weirdo's and bad weirdo's is what I'm trying to say! Good=a person who doesn't look like they may try to fondle you and is genuinly being friendly.
bad=someone who sits VERY close to you and just stares, someone who is incredibly drunk and may vomit on you/ become violent, or some idiot bloke who is trying it on.

I have met very nice people who have talked to me randomly, but I've also met some strange scary people-men and women!

I think it comes down to social skills. If a woman or group of women want to be approached, they will catch the guy's eye, in a come-hither kinda way! Or if it's a balloon modeller, they will express delight, excitement, ect.

But if I woman or two women are not looking around the room, deep in conversation, reading the paper or whatever, then you can be fairly sure they don't want to be disturbed.

I always maintain that'd I'd tell Brad Pitt to sod off if he approached me in a rude or sexually agressive mannor.

I live for the day when I get to test this theory! Tee hee!!!!!

Originally posted by JBee
I do think us girls get a bum deal when it comes to attracting wierdos in pubs.

A bloke can go into a pub on his own, buy a drink and sit and read the paper, and noone bats an eyelid.

If a woman goes into a pub on her own, every bloke at the bar seems to think she's fair game. And when you tell them to f*** off, they tend to act genuinely shocked, as if they truly believed that you were enjoying being pestered by them and that they actually stood a chance. Makes my blood boil.

And another classic is when two girls are sat in a pub chatting, and some idiot (egged on by his mates) decided to join them. I've lost count of the number of times some scally bloke has pulled up a chair completely uninvited while me and a friend are in mid-conversation.

And again, they act genuinely shocked when you point out how rude they're being, and tell them to go away.

And in both scenarios you always end up with the classic retort: "That sour faced b**** has got a right chip on her shoulder".

Go figure. Why can't women enjoy a drink in peace?

on the plus side. Women can go out and pull without making any effort whilst men have to go up and pull a woman (in general). However, you have to put up with the idiots as well.

Originally posted by robbie
on the plus side. Women can go out and pull without making any effort whilst men have to go up and pull a woman (in general). However, you have to put up with the idiots as well.
Women have it reletivly easy. As long as they stick on tight "revealing" clothing when going out for a drink if they wish to do so they tend to have pulled by the end of the night. While guys on the other hand can wear the most expensive suit/trousers & shirt or whatever & still go home alone & wrecked at the end of the night.

i used to drink in the beer engine, behind safeways. before it became dulo and there was always a good supply of strange ones in there. once walked up to the bar and some some guy leans in real close and says, "give me your top." i wasn't sure if he was trying to rob me, i don't think he was too sure either.

however, i used to work in the 'closed shop' in walkley/commonside. that and the hallamshire had some real oddballs... does anyone know of 'counting john'?

Originally posted by awayboy


however, i used to work in the 'closed shop' in walkley/commonside. that and the hallamshire had some real oddballs... does anyone know of 'counting john'?

Yes, Counting John walks past my shop every day, still counting the handful of pennies he has. I wonder how many times he counts it in one day? It's got to be a hundred times at least.

Walkley is well and truly alive to the sound of music when it comes to nutters, oddballs and cast-offs.

Oops, me and my mouth...,

Originally posted by JBee
I think it comes down to social skills. If a woman or group of women want to be approached, they will catch the guy's eye, in a come-hither kinda way! Or if it's a balloon modeller, they will express delight, excitement, ect.

But if I woman or two women are not looking around the room, deep in conversation, reading the paper or whatever, then you can be fairly sure they don't want to be disturbed.

I always maintain that'd I'd tell Brad Pitt to sod off if he approached me in a rude or sexually agressive mannor.

I live for the day when I get to test this theory! Tee hee!!!!!

haha that made me laugh! particularly this part; 'Or if it's a balloon modeller, they will express delight, excitement, ect.'

class :thumbsup:

Counting John sits on a wall on Harcourt Road every morning without fail. There will be a plate on the wall with exactly £21 on it (a £20 note and a pound coin), this happens every morning.

He's a nice enough bloke though and when I say hello he always replies and is usually quite talkative

Originally posted by James_pol
Counting John sits on a wall on Harcourt Road every morning without fail. There will be a plate on the wall with exactly £21 on it (a £20 note and a pound coin), this happens every morning.

He's a nice enough bloke though and when I say hello he always replies and is usually quite talkative

I encountered counting John for the irst time last night in a pub in Walkley, seems nice enough.

He doesn't half talk a lot though.....:P

I was in t'pub other day a bloke across from me and me missus sat there all neyt with a pint of cherryade and a :banana: