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Drinkers lose up to £114 a year over beer and wine short measures, study reveals
(www.standard.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 26 May 2024
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Is this a problem of imperial pints vs USC pints?
No, just sloppy pouring mostly
aka fraud
Sure, technically, but I doubt it's always on purpose.
Yeh, fraud implies/requires intent.
For a criminal charge, absolutely, and that's as it should be. But in lay terms there is a bit of a grey area. I think you can be an overworked bartender who at some level does realise that the pour isn't 100% up to the line (so the customer won't be getting the full pint they ordered), but is too busy or distracted or lazy to really give a shit about making it exactly perfect. Who among us would make every burger perfect if we worked fast food? None, but it's technically illegal in this case. But a punter who'd send a pint back for being less than an ounce under is pretty rare, nobody really cares that much.
I think the real news is that the average pub goer is spending almost three grand a year. Jfc.
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What is USC? If you mean US sizes, why would they be used in the UK?
USC = US Customary unit of measurement, which is different than imperial unit of measurement. Many people don't know, so if a bar owner buys pint glasses online, they may have no idea there's a difference between them.
British people know how big their pints are meant to be ahaha
Clearly based on the OP they don't 😛
Haha. But I mean they're too polite and nonconfrontational to argue about less than an ounce, but an American pint is like 100 mL smaller, it's really noticeable