Gin and tonic

tosscat

Does it rile anyone else when someone makes you a drink and they fail to put in enough ice because they think it'll water down the drink, when really the converse is true because it just melts in the too warm drink? It makes me want to scream.

dominic

What a peculiar thing to say.

andy

I can't help but feel there's a hidden agenda behind this comment, but I don't know what it is. On a related note, I bought a pint of orange juice in the Old Dairy and watched with horror as the pint glass got filled with ice, the ice-filled glass was filled with less than half a carton of Sunpride Orange Juice from Concentrate ( [12 cartons for 12 quid](http://www.majestic.co.uk/find/category-is-Beer,+Spirits+and+Soft+Drinks/category-is-Water+and+Soft+Drinks/product-is-26180) ) and with a **smile** I was asked for £2.60.

SimonB

Ask for less ice? :P

David

Outrageously proactive suggestion, Simon.

andy

A litre is 2.11 pints. So a full pint would be less than half a litre. Or 47p. So £2.60 is a markup of 553% Even without the ice, that's a pretty lucrative markup. So I EVEN IF I was incredibly proactive, it wouldn't change the fact that I'm being ripped off.

David

Order tap water next time.

andy

Thanks for the helpful comments, D. Maybe you could write a new, regular feature that mixes lifestyle advice and money-saving tips in light, yet direct style? You could call it WHY DON"T YOU SHUT UP AND DRINK TAP WATER. I'm sure the Camden New Journal would pick it up.

SimonB

OR ... go and buy a carton of OJ ... go into the Dairy and ask for a glass with some ice in it ... go outside and look in the window while you pour yourself a nice drink ... talk to some smokers...

David

Or go and drink in the White Lion. It's very reasonably priced in there. Accept what you pay for Andy, its not just the orange. Those lampshades aren't some benevolent act of the landlord.

katiejane

I think tosscat has some personal ice issues...

Andy - if you go for a drink in the White Lion, don't forget to step outside and have a brawl.

andy

David - you wouldn't say that if you were paying £8 for a pint.

David

You clearly prefer establishments with a bit of gentrification about them - Diary, Noble, Front Room Cafe, it's futile moaning about the well-known mark-ups that go with these places. At £8 a pint, I'd be drinking in the White Lion and that would be that.

jandb

Is my (admittedly poor) memory playing tricks, or was the White Lion quite upmarket once ... a kind of late 1980's version of the Dairy?

Ali

Your right Full of Guardian readers at the time !

David

I bet they overcharged for orange juice back then too.