Crushed and Devalued?

[Sue]

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1625565,1625657#msg-1625657

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1590943,page=1

Or is it just me?

[tomskip]

To use one of your favourite comments ...

Eh?

[minder]

Yes, well done for raising the ?2,500 you mention for your cause but let somebody else get a look in too!

[edhistory]

A look in to do what?

John K

[red devil]

tomskip Wrote:

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> To use one of your favourite comments ...

>

> Eh?

Yep, I'm not sure what Sue's point is either...

[BrandNewGuy]

I think she's suggesting that someone with a similar name to Mr Save Southwark Woods (though a different gender) has signed up to ask about local 'woods' etc. And whether or not that's a coincidence.

[red devil]

I see, I still don't get how that relates to the title of the thread though.

And it's not like our Sue to be so coy. Say it like it is Sue... :)

[JohnL]

Crushed and Devalued was the 'fake' thread wasn't it.

[Sue]

I'm amazed nobody remembers!

It was somebody from the "old" Cherry Tree (actually it might have been the pub's previous name, but I can't now remember what that was) who put a fake post on the forum bigging up the Cherry Tree and saying that they were new to the area (I think) and had been trying out the local pubs, and all the other pubs nearby were crap and the Cherry Tree was wonderful.

They used the (what I thought was) famous phrase along the lines of "and the customer service in x was so bad that I felt crushed and devalued".

Unfortunately for them, somebody noticed that their previous post had been - I think - advertising for staff in (drum roll) The Cherry Tree!!

DUH :))

[Sue]

minder Wrote:

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> Yes, well done for raising the ?2,500 you mention

> for your cause but let somebody else get a look in

> too!

Sorry?

I mentioned that in the other thread because the Woods people are having a benefit but they aren't saying (or hadn't yesterday, maybe they have now, I haven't been on the forum today until now) what the money will be used for.

Whereas ours (and I would have thought all other??) benefit gigs made it quite clear in all the publicity where the money would be going.

I'm not at all clear what your point is about "letting somebody else get a look in"??

I'm all for raising money for charity, the more benefit gigs the better as far as I'm concerned, provided it's for a worthy cause.

But I shan't be doing another one in the near future, it's a hell of a lot of work even with many brilliant helpers :))

[LondonMix]

I got the Cherry Tree / Vale reference :)

Sue Wrote:

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> I'm amazed nobody remembers!

>

> It was somebody from the "old" Cherry Tree

> (actually it might have been the pub's previous

> name, but I can't now remember what that was) who

> put a fake post on the forum bigging up the Cherry

> Tree and saying that they were new to the area (I

> think) and had been trying out the local pubs, and

> all the other pubs nearby were crap and the Cherry

> Tree was wonderful.

>

> They used the (what I thought was) famous phrase

> along the lines of "and the customer service in x

> was so bad that I felt crushed and devalued".

>

> Unfortunately for them, somebody noticed that

> their previous post had been - I think -

> advertising for staff in (drum roll) The Cherry

> Tree!!

>

> DUH :))

[red devil]

Sue Wrote:

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> They used the (what I thought was) famous phrase

> along the lines of "and the customer service in x

> was so bad that I felt crushed and devalued".

It is a phrase that is part of EDF folklore, but I hadn't realised it had become synonymous with a suspected fake post. I thought people used it in a general p!ss take way, a bit like 'gang activity'. Not to worry...

[Administrator]

Here you go...

(Edited to add apologies this wasn't the first mention of the phrase, please skip to the next posts in this thread)

5/27/2009 11:25 PM

Username: SE22JAM

Subject: Re: Lunch at the Vale

Forum: General ED issues / gossip

Link: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,279511,280760#msg-280760

I had a great evening out on the lane, hope everyone else had a good Wednesday evening too. I had a great time checking out mid week offerings of the pubs in ED. It was a surprisingly miserable evening and the football was on, we started by taking shelter from the rain in The Vale which was totally lacking in atmosphere, such an uncomfortable place to be especially when it?ss damp and cold outside and a tantalizingly short trot to the bright lights of the lane. The beer is relatively cheap in there but a bit too flat for me and at nearly ?3.00 for a pint and some rather dubious clientele to boot it seemed to offer very little in the way of value for money. We then headed down to the EDT and although the beer is better, the staff were extremely busy dealing with the overload of rowdy Man U supporters and we soon gave up the wait and moved on. So infuriating. Next stop was The Bishop. The football was being screened at the back end of the bar with the sound turned down so as not to detract from the general atmosphere which was great. I must say I don?t really head down that way much but I had an excellent time. I saw the match whilst enjoying a decent conversation with my friends and then we headed out into the back yard for a fag and a chat with Clarence. I read somewhere that there was a new chef there (or am I confusing it with The Vale?). Anyway, it was excellent, I had the steak burger and my veggie Aussie friend had the aubergine burger, both of which were top notch and very reasonably priced. It really was fantastic. The staff were so friendly, it was busy but not once did I feel crushed or devalued. I will certainly head down there more often. Roll on the next mid week evening out!

[KidKruger]

Not what I remember, Admin.

I thought it was someone feeling C&D'd from the experience in (a pub like) the EDT, then moving on to the Vale for a life-changing experience ?

Maybe I read it too fast last time and got wrong end of stick...

Either way, top catchphrase !

[tomskip]

Ah right. In-joke about a post from six years ago.

[red devil]

This was posted on the 26th May 2009, a day before SE22Jam's in Admin's post...

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,279511,279511#msg-279511

[Sue]

Sorry just seen link above, had posted to say admin's post referred to a subsequent post, if you see what I mean, and that KK was right :))

[red devil]

Read my last post Sue and all will be revealed...

[Sue]

Aha. Psychic :))

[Sue]

Crikey, reading the threads from those links, how many places have gone since 2009!

The Vale, the CPT, the Black Cherry ....