Mitch Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Noticed a few comments in the East Stand thread (which is a hole and knocking it down would be the best option) about catering. Did anyone else notice that the young girls in the old Ladbrokes office in the East Stand were transferring the hot water for tea/bovril in a plastic tub? One you would use for storage? Would be surprised if anyone got a floater free hot drink from that kiosk. Never mind the shit produce (with the exception of the Chicken Balti Pie when you manage to get one) the service is murder. There is one horror in particular who stuck her finger into the middle of a pie to see if it was warm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malky79 Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 I'd forgotten about that method of transfering the hot water. Glad I didn't go near the hot drinks though no doubt many did on a cold day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rightdodgyman Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 I never go near it. Don't eat food prepared by stigs. One of few philosophies on life which has got me where I am today. What are the prices these days? Is a Mars not about £2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 I paid 1.70 for a hot brown water with chocolate(?) from that wee stand, even after 2 sugars, it was manky. Glad I chucked it if that's what they were doing with water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellTiliDie Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Service is shite in the Cooper. The pies weren't ready for the Celtic game the other week not long before kick off. Bring back Chapman pies as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydney devine Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 A girl in the main stand kiosk heats up the burgers by holding them under her oxsters. You really don't want to know how she keeps the hot dogs warm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzie Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 A girl in the main stand kiosk heats up the burgers by holding them under her oxsters. You really don't want to know how she keeps the hot dogs warm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Diggle Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Are her baps roasted or toasted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Is the Catering contract a Motherwell mafia thing - like the old Ice Cream Wars. The drinks are pish, the food is shit. Get them to fuck and replace them with another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishyWell Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 A girl in the main stand kiosk heats up the burgers by holding them under her oxsters. You really don't want to know how she keeps the hot dogs warm... See if someone tells you the burgers are the dog's bollocks, just beware - it's not a recommendation, it's a statement of fact... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydney devine Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 On a serious note, I've wondered for some time now why there's not a Greggs franchise inside every football ground. They know how to delivery flaky pastry to the masses and their grub is 1000 times better than anything you'll get at any stadium in Scotland. Punters would be delighted and the club would get an extra £350 courtesy of new season-ticket holder Michelle McManus... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzie Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 On a serious note, I've wondered for some time now why there's not a Greggs franchise inside every football ground. They know how to delivery flaky pastry to the masses and their grub is 1000 times better than anything you'll get at any stadium in Scotland.Punters would be delighted and the club would get an extra £350 courtesy of new season-ticket holder Michelle McManus... You can tell you sit in the posh seats... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Michelle's anus... Describes the Fir Park catering perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydney devine Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Poor Michelle was bullied at school. One day the bully stole her dinner money and bought a Ford Mondeo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jk2205 Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Always expect to see a review of the Fir Park catering in a Saturdays Record. Always disappointed. Boy that does the column certainly isn't grub shy, and would give Michelle McManus a run for her money. (Well..maybe no a run) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggischomper Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Are her baps roasted or toasted? Bastard. Starbucks down the nose isn't funny at this time of morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigshinyhead Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 On a serious note, I've wondered for some time now why there's not a Greggs franchise inside every football ground. They know how to delivery flaky pastry to the masses and their grub is 1000 times better than anything you'll get at any stadium in Scotland.Punters would be delighted and the club would get an extra £350 courtesy of new season-ticket holder Michelle McManus... On a properly serious note, why does football catering have to be the most fat-laden, unhealthy grub on the planet? I canny be the only one who declines a pie at the fitba' because I know it would mean half a lettuce leaf (nae dressing) for my dinner. While Greggs would indeed be a step up from the shite we're offered, this fact alone is a testament to how bad things really are. It's also complete pish that you can't take your own stuff in with you. The "potential missile" excuse is, of course all nonsense as the clear suggestion is that their own pies are somehow designed by Bae Systems' top aerodynamics experts so that they canny be flung with any accuracy. We all know that the real reason is, if you do get a hankering for a wee coffee, they can charge you £1.70 to scoop a wee spoonful of Nescafe into a polystyrene cup ("sorry son, wu've nae lids, ye'll jist need tae git yir hauns burnt, NIXT!"). There must be a 20,000% mark-up on this. I've seen loan sharks get 5 years for less. Fitba' catering? Don't get me started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzie Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 On a properly serious note, why does football catering have to be the most fat-laden, unhealthy grub on the planet? I canny be the only one who declines a pie at the fitba' because I know it would mean half a lettuce leaf (nae dressing) for my dinner. While Greggs would indeed be a step up from the shite we're offered, this fact alone is a testament to how bad things really are. It's also complete pish that you can't take your own stuff in with you. The "potential missile" excuse is, of course all nonsense as the clear suggestion is that their own pies are somehow designed by Bae Systems' top aerodynamics experts so that they canny be flung with any accuracy. We all know that the real reason is, if you do get a hankering for a wee coffee, they can charge you £1.70 to scoop a wee spoonful of Nescafe into a polystyrene cup ("sorry son, wu've nae lids, ye'll jist need tae git yir hauns burnt, NIXT!"). There must be a 20,000% mark-up on this. I've seen loan sharks get 5 years for less. Fitba' catering? Don't get me started. I completely agree with your second paragraph, but your first one is as gay as fuck. The day that Fir Park offers a healthy menu/vegetarian alternative/poofy nonsense at the pie stall is the day I hang up my scarf. Don't get me wrong - I'm not against good food. I like a nice meal as much as the next guy, but the fitba is not the place I would go looking for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Quite frankly the suggestion of putting a Greggs franchise at Fir Park is a terrible one. I already spend enough money at the football... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaag Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Thankfully the catering is marginally better in the main stand, but every time I've been in the East it's been awful. Can't stand folk preparing and handling food with their bare hands... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigshinyhead Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 I completely agree with your second paragraph, but your first one is as gay as fuck. That's all very well for you to say, presumably you can still see your bell end first thing in the morning. I don't envisage a tomato salad on brown bread with fat-free dressing being compulsory fare but by the same token I'm fed up drilling a wee hole in my pie to drain the grease out before I can eat it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper_no1 Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 In a society with people willing enough to make Mcdonalds incorporate healthy eating on their menu then im afraid a local club,suppost to be working in the community to get kids involved with sport etc really should be serving something better. The truth of the matter is that Motherwell FC (like very other club) tender out their catering services and therefore couldnt give a fuck what is being served in them because they get their £ XXXXX at the start of the season and jobs done as far as they are concerned. The company coming in is purley looking to make as much money out of people as they can in a short space of time so the result is pish sub standard food and service. Again, accept this if you want but don't accept it...buy it...THEN complain about it when you know fine well what is on offer. Noone needs a cup a coffee that badly they go and buy a shite one when they know it's going to be A) Shite and B) expensive, if you do....don't complain about it because you knew what you were getting into. Catering at the football is a disgrace,no doubt about it - and for a country so intent on getting rid of obesity etc they change kids school meals and include healthy options in every walk of lifestyle, but then...randomly decide that football grounds are a different matter reeks to me. Especially when they want kids to go along to the football more often now.....yet want them to come along,eat utter crap...and piss in toilets you wouldn't let ur dug shit in. Some way to treat they kids ain't it? And for the record,personally i'm not on a crusade for healthy food etc a don't really care but im mearly pointing out the stupidity that follows football around sometimes and leaches of the people who religously go week in week out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzie Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 That's all very well for you to say, presumably you can still see your bell end first thing in the morning. I don't envisage a tomato salad on brown bread with fat-free dressing being compulsory fare but by the same token I'm fed up drilling a wee hole in my pie to drain the grease out before I can eat it. When I was a nipper and started going to the games with my old man, one of the first football rituals he taught me was the tearing a wee bit off the pie and pouring the grease down the terracing(which would be a H&S risk on it's own these days!). Now an adult, I haven't turned out to be a fat git despite eating greasy pies at the fitba every week for a couple of decades. Anyone who has turned out to be a fat git can blame the kiosks at the fitba if it makes themselves feel better, but don't force yer salad baguettes onto me - that's the sort of attitude that stopped McDonalds from selling Super Size meals. People have to hold themselves accountable, rather than blame all and sundry to the detriment of the rest of us! Rant over. For now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper_no1 Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Correct - people do need to hold themself responsible a couldn't agree more. It the same people who fucked up drinking at the football,the same people who fucked up mcdonalds meals,the same people who made getting a good bevvy in the pub difficult to do without getting told 'nae mair' and the same people who will be responsible for every other good things in life that most normal people can get on with taken away from us. It's the blame culture, i know my post would suggest that i agree with that but i dont, i was mearly pointing out how society would be allowed to view this. The problem is that in a world where someone can slide on a wet floor and claim for it because there wasn't a wee yellow sign to warn them that the clearly sodden floor was going to be slippy we have so many precidents for the blame culture that we now live in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSteelman Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Thankfully the catering is marginally better in the main stand, but every time I've been in the East it's been awful. Can't stand folk preparing and handling food with their bare hands... I didn't think people were allowed to do that now, maybe i'm wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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