Opening Hours on Bank Holiday Monday
The pub is the one beacon of hope. Oh, but beware—it’s a treacherous lighthouse. The pub will open at noon, but the kitchen will close at 2:00 PM. Why? Because the chef also heard the siren song of the beach.
You are legally allowed to drink, but you cannot eat. It’s the ultimate slap in the face. You’ll be nursing a single bag of dry peanuts as if they were gold bullion.
I once watched a man eat a pickled egg for lunch because the chip shop was “off until Tuesday.” The look in his eyes was not hunger; it was acceptance. Deep, philosophical acceptance.
Parking: The Final Frontier
And then there’s parking. The council, in their infinite wisdom, decides that Bank Holiday Monday is the perfect day to introduce free parking. Sounds great, right? Wrong.
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Because the parking meters are broken. The machines have been possessed by a ghost that only accepts 10p coins minted before 1998. You will spend 20 minutes digging through your car’s glovebox for a single, dusty coin.
You’ll find a button, a used bus pass, and a fossilized French fry. No 10p. You park anyway, trembling, waiting for the parking warden’s sweet, judgmental whistle.