Don't Get It

[teacake44]

Don't eat to many fish and chips, but when I do fancy them, then the chippy shop is good. Now working in a fish and chip shop is not rocket science is it, and normally very friendly and on the whole happy, ( unlike me today) What I can't understand is why none of the servers know how to apply salt and vinegar to those fish and chips.

You go in and ask for fish and chips, ( no problem there then) they scope up about 1 kilo of chips plonk them on the paper, then lay the whale on the top, then the problem starts, the whale on the top gets smothered in salt a vinegar, and not one chip gets any. So when you come to eat the fish, its burns your bloody mouth off, ( just in the one place) so you consume all the salt and vinegar in one go. What's the problem in leaving the fish to one side so as the chips get a chance. Surely anyone can sprinkle salt and vinegar EVENLY over food.

[dannyk13]

Have you thought about telling them that you would prefer to put your own salt and vinegar on ?

[Bobbisox1]

Oh-oh , hold that crabiness, you might need it haha x

[ummmm]

That's a simple solution or ask for only S&V on your chips. Or even better wait until you get home.

[dannyk13]

Incidentally, I have never been in a fish and chip shop where they put salt and vinegar on before serving.

[jim360]

Most of the best chippies let you do it yourself. So find a different chippy :P

[teacake44]

danny, I have enough crap in the car without the salt and vinegar bottle standing on the dash board. :)

[teacake44]

Well I'm going to pop down to Morrisons before they close, and see what they got reduced, my be some nice cod and I'll do my own fish and chips today. sod em! and you lot are not agreeing with me this morning so that's not helping on my bad day. :)

[dannyk13]

Teacake, //, I have enough crap in the car without the salt and vinegar bottle standing on the dash board. :)//
Every fish and chip shop I have visited had salt and vinegar on the counter for the use of customers.

[Sparkles62]

Teacake, I agree.
All our chippys round here put it on for you . Never any on the counter to help yourself.
I always ask for the fish to be wrapped separate so I get s+v on all the chips.

[Maydup]

If you ask them nicely teacake, be friendly, kind and give them a smile, those chippy folk will do just about anything you ask them to do with your salt and vinegar.

If on the other hand you are cross and crabby, they'll pour the whole lot all over you fish and add an extra double dollop for luck!

[teacake44]

I just don't see that serving fish and chips is that difficult to get right, all they have to do is lift the fish with the little finger, and sprinkle away, drop the fish down, and repeat. You don't think I'm over the top with my complaint do you? When you think they've gone to all that trouble to get the batter nice and crispy, and you end up with salty and soggy batter. What' the point. I'm going to have a word with Boris about this.

[dannyk13]

//You don't think I'm over the top with my complaint do you? //
Just a bit.As I said you can always ask to use the condiments yourself.

[teacake44]

16.17 Do you think they may be following strict health and safety rules, because if everyone handled the salt and vinegar bottle, well who knows, I'll see what happens when we leave the EU :) Maydup I'm always nice and friendly :o(

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.handyminipacks.co.uk/condiments-c-65/lichfields-salt-sachet-p-203.html

http://www.handyminipacks.co.uk/condiments-c-65/heinz-malt-vinegar-7g-sachet-p-188.html

Glove box, sorted.

[Baldric]

// all they have to do is lift the fish with the little finger //

I would really prefer they did not handle my food.

[sanmac]

After Brexit, the holes in the salt dispensers will be made larger...Not a lot of people know that.

[teacake44]

16.38 they wear food gloves :) Mam, why should I have to pay extra, salt and vinegar is part of the package, plus the sachet is creating more rubbish.

[Mamyalynne]

Well then, you're up t'creek without paddle Teacake if you won't ask them and won't do your own aren't you.

Have you always built barriers as you take each step along life's highway?

[Bazile]

After Brexit you'll only be able to buy the salt n vinegar
The fish and spuds will be only available on the black market

[sherrardk]

Be thankful that this petty grievance is all you’ve got to drone on about.