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Wetherspoons Pub Drops Bar Queue Trial After Brief Test

The company says the bar-line experiment was a local trial rather than a new policy.

Overview

  • The Surrey Docks in Rotherhithe posted signs instructing customers to form a single-file line at one point on the bar with a notice citing fair service.
  • A Wetherspoons spokesman denied the change was aimed at helping Gen Z and confirmed the notices were not chain-wide.
  • The Scottish Sun later observed the sign had been removed at the site, with some customers still lining up and others heading straight to the bar.
  • Patrons offered mixed reactions, with some praising clearer fairness and others dismissing it as unnecessary or like school dinners.
  • Founder Tim Martin has previously said queuing rules are decided by individual pubs and that he prefers the traditional non-queue approach.