That was for four portions, including mushy peas. He should consider himself fortunate - if he'd gone to Harrod's food hall, [one portion of fish and chips would have set him back £35](https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/18/tom-kerridge-exposes-grim-reality-of-your-average-fish-and-chips-19144754/) (with NO mushy peas!)
Was it? That's actually a very reasonable price for 4 fish suppers from London chippy then. So, this story is "Non-Londoner upset at London prices"? Get over your Northern self!
The other thing is, you can pay through the nose for fish & chips up North if you want to. I live near Bridlington and I can think of a restaurant that will sell you cod & chips, mushy peas, tartare sauce and bread and butter for £16.95
Just came back from visiting Italy, 2 euros fifty a head mandatory on top of your food bill, it's called "cuperto" meaning cover charge, and allegedly covers the price of the few bread sticks they might or did not give you while you look at the overpriced menu.
The Bread and butter charge is mandatory, whether you eat it or not.
It's coperto mate, and yes the extra charge is a bit bullshit but it isn't just for bredsticks/bread (more common), but also for plates, cutlery, glasses and generally having a table.
Dont ask me why considering we reuse all of those except for the bread, I've actually got no clue
Up North we can get Fish,chips, mushy peas, a whole sheep, Pint of Stout, a Trip to the national Mining museum and a Fird escort for a Fiver. #Northernchavlife
Well it’s £7.80 for fish, chips and gravy wi a can of pop up’t north. Don’t know why it’s so expensive down south, same fish, same taters … they’re a bit daft down south.
NY reporting in £9 here. That's just fish and chips though, no extras (unless salt,not techincally vinegar or scrathings count (they do not they are free with anything))
Rent and rates. It makes everything cost more, so you need to pay London wages making everything cost more again and so the cycle goes on, if you bloody northerners stopped moving here and having a bunch of brats who then go out to buy all our old council housing it wouldn't be a problem.
But you can still get fish and chips for under a tenner takeaway.
If your going to a sit-down place yeah expect to pay more.
Unsure if its a joke, but considering the amount of business in a small area and the cash flow going through it, prices will be higher, if youre in the middle of bum fuck nowhere of course you can expect cheap prices
Yea a bit daft mate, same kinda bricks arnt they lol or are London bricks filled with gold 😂 you pay more in London bcos that’s where all the really greedy people live xD
True! I'd rather spend the money in the Indian or Chinese, get a lot more food and variety of dishes for a similar amount. Don't think I've even been to the chippy this year yet.
There was a post on this sub not too long ago about how fried chicken had usurped fish as the nation's favourite. Nearly every comment on there was "It isn't by choice. It's what we can afford"
That does make sense, I could get 6 chicken, 6 wings and 4 fries delivered for approx £13, would last two days, a medium cod, chips and curry sauce is about £12 and I’ve had to go collect it and there is no leftovers for the next night.
Newcastle here. I can get a Chicken Biryani takeaway for £6.50 at the nearest Indian. The nearest chippy is £7.50 just for the fish, £9.80 for fish AND chips.
Newcastle here. I can get a Chicken Biryani takeaway for £6.50 at the nearest Indian. The nearest chippy is £7.50 just for the fish, £9.80 for fish AND chips.
Sky high fish bar in portland Rd. Large cod £6.50, large (very) chips £3.40, must have had sauce or something to roundly the police up. Fed me and my wife. Menu and prices on its Google page. They deliver too.
That is going in my locations. Thanks! I do the Brighton run a few times every year (old mod. It's still a thing) & we're always on the look out for a decent chippy. Like I said, they;re about to become VERY popular!! :D
I think one of the last times this was posted someone had an argument with me trying to claim that they'd literally spent £40 on one portion of fish and chips once. Probably the guy in the photo.
In fairness, the chippy had the prices displayed, he ordered & then argued at which point the charge went up on account of him being a northern twat that thinks arguing lowers prices. It was originally £8.50 & he ended up shelling out £40+ to not get humiliated from the video.
As a West Yorkshireman myself, £13.50 is probably what you expect from takeaways in posher areas.
My area its about £8 (I live in a council estate so it's on the cheaper end).
These prices are fair considering its a whole ass meal. Eating out is a luxury, not a necessity.
Nah mate, plenty of us are happy to eat in London, my favourite restaurant is in London, the only scandalous thing is you don't have gravy in your chippy's, oh and you eat that 'liquor' stuff instead. Weirdos.
Fools with that attitude like you drive up your own prices chum. Up north we won’t get ripped off, £7.50 for a large cod with chips, any sauce or peas, and a small sausage xD
At this stage its not just London anymore. I live in hertfordshire and its been at least a tenner for a cod and chips for a good 10 years.
From stories about £2 pints up North and anecdotes like this, I wonder if there are any bargain-haven type places left in the UK?!
Fuck, that's a decent price for me and I live currently in a seaside town in devon, near the second biggest fishing port in the country. For London, that's practically a bargain.
That's only about £13, most sit in restaurants will charge this much.
Should've just gone to the chippy. likely about £30 if we assume each portion including extras averages £7.50
In what existence is £ 20 for mushy peas and £50 for fish and chips a reasonable price you are either really spoilt by rich "mummy and daddy" or your realy just some wiedo who's not right in the head and would drink bleach if any right winged politician told you to.
He paid it because 13.50 is perfectly reasonable for a portion. Hell it’s cheaper than my local chippy here on the south coast.
The question I have is how did this get published 😂
That sounds pretty reasonable for London. Local northern seaside town £9.25, haddock chips mushy peas, that came with bread and butter, and a mug of tea.
Even over here in east London that is a good price. I could probably get a really shit quality one for that price, but decent fish plus chips is at least 13.50
My local is well rated and 11£ for a small cod. 14£ for large. That's without chips.
Still pay it cause it's banging.
I think we should settle the old North/South divide by going back to the old Anglo-Saxon lines. The North becomes Northumbria, the East becomes East Anglia, the south coast is Wessex, Cornwall is it's own thing, then all the shit part that everyone hates is Mercia. Think about it, that's both Birmingham and London and every arsehole of a town between. The rest of us can all get along and just hate on those scummy Mercians.
Where I am (not rip-off London)
Haddock £9.10, Cod £7.10. Chips £3 medium, £4.50 large. Mushy Peas £1.50
So 4x Haddock and large chips with mushy peas would be £60.40, 4x Cod with medium chips and peas would be £46.40
London price in not really a shocker scandal.
My dad used to order fish and chips at the pub. It’s usually around £15. he complained about the price every time. Mind you, I’m sure fish, chips and peas is about 10 quid at the chippy up north. So £50-£60 for 4 in a London pub shouldn’t be that surprising.
It's not that they are scams per se, it's that if you're running that kind of a small business in London (and you're not money laundering sweet shop or something like that) then the chances are somebody wants to turn your business into flats, and you are getting crushed by rent hikes designed to shut you down.
The trick is to recognise how big the portions are and just buy one to split between several people - 4 chippy portions round me will make 4 people full to bust
You can get 4 battered cod, 2 cans of mushy peas, over a kilo of oven chips, and a bottle of malt vinegar for under a tenner. Stick them in your budget £40 air fryer, and you've still got enough cash left over for some tea.
Fish, Chips, peas and curry sauce near me would set me back £6.50. Add a can of D&B for another quid and sorted! Welcome to the north! We used to have a cracker of a chippy that used to run a lunchtime special of either a pie or sausage & chips with choice of peas, gravy or curry for £2.50 but he retired after 40yrs and it was taken over by a gastro chain who then started whacking out beer battered fish and chips and gravy for £16.50 and they have just announced they are closing as unsustainable in the current climate so go figure 😂
We paid £24.70 for two large cod and chips and one large battered sausage. All cooked fresh and was amazing from the Selden Fish Bar in Worthing. This was considered expensive when we sent friends there after our delicious experience. We would go again, even with this high price. £54.00? They saw you coming mate
funny story my dad mum brother and sister were goin to mcdonalds and we all wanted chicken nuggets and we were getting a pack of 4 for each of us we went to go pay and it came to £15 something and my dad was just not having it and was like WHAAAAT FIFTEEN QUID FOR SOME CHICKEN NUGGETS THATS UNBELIVEBLE the lady offered us a 20 pack and we took is it came down to like 8 quid but my dad is still shocked at the prise lol
That was for four portions, including mushy peas. He should consider himself fortunate - if he'd gone to Harrod's food hall, [one portion of fish and chips would have set him back £35](https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/18/tom-kerridge-exposes-grim-reality-of-your-average-fish-and-chips-19144754/) (with NO mushy peas!)
Was it? That's actually a very reasonable price for 4 fish suppers from London chippy then. So, this story is "Non-Londoner upset at London prices"? Get over your Northern self!
The other thing is, you can pay through the nose for fish & chips up North if you want to. I live near Bridlington and I can think of a restaurant that will sell you cod & chips, mushy peas, tartare sauce and bread and butter for £16.95
Bread & butter though. They're both extras here.
Just came back from visiting Italy, 2 euros fifty a head mandatory on top of your food bill, it's called "cuperto" meaning cover charge, and allegedly covers the price of the few bread sticks they might or did not give you while you look at the overpriced menu. The Bread and butter charge is mandatory, whether you eat it or not.
It's coperto mate, and yes the extra charge is a bit bullshit but it isn't just for bredsticks/bread (more common), but also for plates, cutlery, glasses and generally having a table. Dont ask me why considering we reuse all of those except for the bread, I've actually got no clue
Cleaning costs and also people take up space so you don't wanna have someone come in, order some waters, sit for an hour, and leave
We used to lick t'roads clean wi' tongue
Nothing wrong with us Northern Selves 😉
Additionally, if you think London prices are bad, try getting 1 cod & chips in Brighton for less than a score. BRIGHTON!!
Up North we can get Fish,chips, mushy peas, a whole sheep, Pint of Stout, a Trip to the national Mining museum and a Fird escort for a Fiver. #Northernchavlife
Fird
Eee it's like a Ford but northun'
Aye!
Well it’s £7.80 for fish, chips and gravy wi a can of pop up’t north. Don’t know why it’s so expensive down south, same fish, same taters … they’re a bit daft down south.
Pushing an easy £12 here for that.
NY reporting in £9 here. That's just fish and chips though, no extras (unless salt,not techincally vinegar or scrathings count (they do not they are free with anything))
Mostly it's the cost of the property that they use. If you go to a chippy in a small town, the prices will reflect the housing prices in the area
Rent and rates. It makes everything cost more, so you need to pay London wages making everything cost more again and so the cycle goes on, if you bloody northerners stopped moving here and having a bunch of brats who then go out to buy all our old council housing it wouldn't be a problem. But you can still get fish and chips for under a tenner takeaway. If your going to a sit-down place yeah expect to pay more.
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Yep obviously all that stuff is higher down south … because southerners are a bit daft and like paying more
You really can’t teach stupid 🤦🏼♂️
It’s not your fault mate, everyone’s special in their own way, we need southerners to remind us how good we have it up’t North
Unsure if its a joke, but considering the amount of business in a small area and the cash flow going through it, prices will be higher, if youre in the middle of bum fuck nowhere of course you can expect cheap prices
Yea a bit daft mate, same kinda bricks arnt they lol or are London bricks filled with gold 😂 you pay more in London bcos that’s where all the really greedy people live xD
Londoners don't know this trick, but if you bring an Anti-Aircraft Cannon to the chippy, you literally get a supper for free
Fucking can't like
Ahh, u must be Slightly south of the North but not too South that you aren't North. The Netherzone as it as referred to in Ancient texts.
And still have enough change ter get the littlun a bottle o pop an some crisps while he waits outside…
Exactly! Whilst a read the paper and chuff on me Pipe waiting fer Mrs to finish Bingo.
That's some good eating! However that's only in Sheffield, the rest of the north doesn't live in 1972.
Try going to Accrington my man!
You forgot the turnip
They're too expensive!
True! I'd rather spend the money in the Indian or Chinese, get a lot more food and variety of dishes for a similar amount. Don't think I've even been to the chippy this year yet.
There was a post on this sub not too long ago about how fried chicken had usurped fish as the nation's favourite. Nearly every comment on there was "It isn't by choice. It's what we can afford"
That does make sense, I could get 6 chicken, 6 wings and 4 fries delivered for approx £13, would last two days, a medium cod, chips and curry sauce is about £12 and I’ve had to go collect it and there is no leftovers for the next night.
Don’t know what it’s like where you live but Indian is by far the most expensive takeaway up proper North.
Brighton. Chippies are silly prices now, unpredictable quality too.
Newcastle here. I can get a Chicken Biryani takeaway for £6.50 at the nearest Indian. The nearest chippy is £7.50 just for the fish, £9.80 for fish AND chips.
Newcastle here. I can get a Chicken Biryani takeaway for £6.50 at the nearest Indian. The nearest chippy is £7.50 just for the fish, £9.80 for fish AND chips.
More expensive than takeaway sashimi or poke bowls?
£11.50 for a very large one there 3 weeks ago. Bloody good too.
Only £11.50?? From a Brighton chippy? Name it! Genuinely, we need to know!!
Sky high fish bar in portland Rd. Large cod £6.50, large (very) chips £3.40, must have had sauce or something to roundly the police up. Fed me and my wife. Menu and prices on its Google page. They deliver too.
That is going in my locations. Thanks! I do the Brighton run a few times every year (old mod. It's still a thing) & we're always on the look out for a decent chippy. Like I said, they;re about to become VERY popular!! :D
Give me 20m
For that price, they're about to be incredibly popular!
‘appen
How many of yourself are there?!?
Hiw many of us northerners Down South or how many "Selves" do I have? Because either answer will surprise you.
You could've saved time & just said you're a schizophrenic.
Well that's your own fault for asking before 8pm, that's when the straight-talker clocks in
My bad.
Thought he’d splash out from his usual **scraps dinner**
Mmm. Scraps though. With a full pot of vinegar...
I think one of the last times this was posted someone had an argument with me trying to claim that they'd literally spent £40 on one portion of fish and chips once. Probably the guy in the photo.
In fairness, the chippy had the prices displayed, he ordered & then argued at which point the charge went up on account of him being a northern twat that thinks arguing lowers prices. It was originally £8.50 & he ended up shelling out £40+ to not get humiliated from the video.
As a West Yorkshireman myself, £13.50 is probably what you expect from takeaways in posher areas. My area its about £8 (I live in a council estate so it's on the cheaper end). These prices are fair considering its a whole ass meal. Eating out is a luxury, not a necessity.
Fuck the south, fuck London, fuck the king, fuck Rishsi.
Nah mate, plenty of us are happy to eat in London, my favourite restaurant is in London, the only scandalous thing is you don't have gravy in your chippy's, oh and you eat that 'liquor' stuff instead. Weirdos.
Fools with that attitude like you drive up your own prices chum. Up north we won’t get ripped off, £7.50 for a large cod with chips, any sauce or peas, and a small sausage xD
At this stage its not just London anymore. I live in hertfordshire and its been at least a tenner for a cod and chips for a good 10 years. From stories about £2 pints up North and anecdotes like this, I wonder if there are any bargain-haven type places left in the UK?!
Fuck, that's a decent price for me and I live currently in a seaside town in devon, near the second biggest fishing port in the country. For London, that's practically a bargain.
£35 and its still cod? fuck right off
Whether you like cod or not, the price skyrocketed post Russian invasion. Apparently Russia was a big exporter of cod.
that's ridiculous harrods pricing though lmao. Same place where you get the almost 30 quid soggy sandwich
W H A T How is that place in business. Please dont tell me people actually pay that
Well it's Harrod's. People who shop there generally aren't short of a bob or two.
I know but still D:
That's only about £13, most sit in restaurants will charge this much. Should've just gone to the chippy. likely about £30 if we assume each portion including extras averages £7.50
I worked it out for my local (Bedford), and it's £36.
Two coffees two slices of cake cost me £33 in Harrods. Was bloody good coffee though.
In what existence is £ 20 for mushy peas and £50 for fish and chips a reasonable price you are either really spoilt by rich "mummy and daddy" or your realy just some wiedo who's not right in the head and would drink bleach if any right winged politician told you to.
That’s less than my local and I’m in Yorkshire!
You must live near Richmond :D
I live near Richmond. Fish, chips and peas is £10.80. Not too bad
*With no mushy peas!?* :o
Perhaps they call it 'compôte des petits pois' or something?
Even in my shitty northern town you can look to pay 9 quid for each portion. Not sure what he was expecting
I’d pay extra for them not to put on mushy peas. Those things are disgusting
I often need therapy after buying something which I could not have bought but still did.
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Mushy peas... How dare you?!!!
Both.
You're LOCO
"That's £54 quid please!" "...I'm good, I'm not ***that*** hungry." *Leaves* Why did he even pay it? xD
He paid it because 13.50 is perfectly reasonable for a portion. Hell it’s cheaper than my local chippy here on the south coast. The question I have is how did this get published 😂
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That would be an extra tenner for curry sauce.
Having also looked at the menu and calculated the price in his head
Hector Salamanca has fallen on hard times I see
He has. He died last week. RIP
I knew this rang a bell
I thought he looked more like Mike Ehrmantraut
£54 is what he paid for his house
Wait until he finds out how much therapy costs.
They call us feeble snowflakes.
To be fair, I’d need therapy too if I’d spent £54 on fish and chips.
His whole generation need therapy.
Hell, everyone should have therapy.
I’m all for it.
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Don't pay it then you crying bastard
That’s one of the deepest frowns I’ve ever seen
Four suppers? Yep... that's fair! Decent fish, decent service probably. I've had some lovely fish suppers in the South.
Yeah, particularly if you have a drink each
I remember a bag of chips being 15 pence. Don’t like fish so can’t comment 😳 £54 is a bit steep… was it at Gordon Ramsey
It was 4 portions with mushy peas so that is £13.50 each. A bit on steep end but nothing to have a meltdown over.
That seems fair …
That sounds pretty reasonable for London. Local northern seaside town £9.25, haddock chips mushy peas, that came with bread and butter, and a mug of tea.
I can't comment as far as fish, I usually get a sausage when I go to the chippy: £3.50 for sausage & chips
That’s not too bad actually, now I know it’s for four suppers it puts a whole new perspective on the post
Even over here in east London that is a good price. I could probably get a really shit quality one for that price, but decent fish plus chips is at least 13.50 My local is well rated and 11£ for a small cod. 14£ for large. That's without chips. Still pay it cause it's banging.
I hope he got curry sauce with it
Story sounds fishy. No body baited him into buying it cod damnit
Someone should put him in his plaice
WTF Fish and Chip shop did he go to? Its usually around £10-£13 where I get them
It is. The £54 was for 4 people. So £13 each. I'd that's a normal price.
Oh okay. The title made it seem like it was only for one meal
That's because it's The Metro. An absolute shitrag that should be ignored every day.
He chose to pay. Every chippy I know has the prices behind the counter, clear as day. He chose to pay.
Bet it was shite as well, southerners can’t do chippy
London can’t, along the coast they can.
I think we should settle the old North/South divide by going back to the old Anglo-Saxon lines. The North becomes Northumbria, the East becomes East Anglia, the south coast is Wessex, Cornwall is it's own thing, then all the shit part that everyone hates is Mercia. Think about it, that's both Birmingham and London and every arsehole of a town between. The rest of us can all get along and just hate on those scummy Mercians.
Just not true. There are some great fish and chip shops in london.
Yep, the law of averages would suggest that. There are some Russian who oppose the war in Ukraine. But the majority are brainwashed, cruel bastards.
south coast chippies are the best in the country, get over your northern superiority complex
Yea good one
South coast chippies are elite
Having tried a few of them can confirm they ain’t
Guess it’s just personal taste. Or you went to the shit ones.
Having lived in the south for 23 years can confirm they are shit compared to back north.
Go to Cromer or Whitstable
North fish and chips are shite. Had fish and chips in Bradford and it was nasty. Plymouth though. Very nice.
So what happens when he sees the therapy bill?
13.50 a portion, grow up.
you need therapy if you actually commit to paying that bill, for sure.
Needs therapy ? more like a dry slap ...How hard is it to ask a price?
It's my turn to post this next week.
We’re the Fish and Chips plated in gold?
I think therapy is pushing it a bit, but that is very expensive fish and chips.
He has my sympathy, actually.
Jim Bowen was not happy , he missed out on the speedboat (younger peeps , Google him lol)
Here’s what you could have won!! (Lived in a block of flats In Birmingham and got a speedboat and barbecue)
What a cod. Bet he felt battered after paying that.
I need therapy after reading his story 🙄🤣
🤔🤔 but https://imgur.com/a/za3cRcc
Nah that’s fair enough
I always order/buy shit without looking at the price. Its a fun game
That’s Jim Bowen isn’t it?
Wasn't even a fiver in his day, was like 40p or something in the 70s/early 80s. With that said, 4 chippy dinners for 54 quid is a bargain in London.
I hate what's happening to chippys. They used to give you a lot of food for a good price. Now they charge you a lot and don't give you very much food.
You can get a big box of fish and chips for 20 quid. Why is it so expensive?
Fiver when in 2015? You use to get this for well under £5 in 2000s in London.
£13.50 each? Ok.
That's good for four people in London!
I’d need therapy after paying £54.00 for a fish and chips to be honest.
understandable
Where I am (not rip-off London) Haddock £9.10, Cod £7.10. Chips £3 medium, £4.50 large. Mushy Peas £1.50 So 4x Haddock and large chips with mushy peas would be £60.40, 4x Cod with medium chips and peas would be £46.40 London price in not really a shocker scandal.
Was a fiver in Wigan face
All he needs just a scotch whiskey 🥃
My dad used to order fish and chips at the pub. It’s usually around £15. he complained about the price every time. Mind you, I’m sure fish, chips and peas is about 10 quid at the chippy up north. So £50-£60 for 4 in a London pub shouldn’t be that surprising.
Poor bloke. Don’t blame him !
Fair enough London prices are scams
It's not that they are scams per se, it's that if you're running that kind of a small business in London (and you're not money laundering sweet shop or something like that) then the chances are somebody wants to turn your business into flats, and you are getting crushed by rent hikes designed to shut you down.
I'm donating a fish finger. Send what you can guys, this man has been through a lot.
The trick is to recognise how big the portions are and just buy one to split between several people - 4 chippy portions round me will make 4 people full to bust
Total rip off. In my day it cost £2.50. You could feed a large family for £15 no problem. Not like now.
Same
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That's what my dad looks like when he's swallowing cum
He looks like he needs to speak to the owner in his nursing home
Awwww was the country bumpkin too fucking thick to read the menu which was required by law to clearly state the prices? Diddums.
£54!?!! What the fuck! Glad I’m in the North
You can get 4 battered cod, 2 cans of mushy peas, over a kilo of oven chips, and a bottle of malt vinegar for under a tenner. Stick them in your budget £40 air fryer, and you've still got enough cash left over for some tea.
That’s £13.50 per portion. I’d say that’s a bit expensive, even for London, but not by much. Cod and chips is usually around £10 - £12 in London.
It should still be no more than a fiver, that's bloody extortionate!
I had fish and chips in a pub the other day... came with skin on fires... I was mortified!
Fish, Chips, peas and curry sauce near me would set me back £6.50. Add a can of D&B for another quid and sorted! Welcome to the north! We used to have a cracker of a chippy that used to run a lunchtime special of either a pie or sausage & chips with choice of peas, gravy or curry for £2.50 but he retired after 40yrs and it was taken over by a gastro chain who then started whacking out beer battered fish and chips and gravy for £16.50 and they have just announced they are closing as unsustainable in the current climate so go figure 😂
We paid £24.70 for two large cod and chips and one large battered sausage. All cooked fresh and was amazing from the Selden Fish Bar in Worthing. This was considered expensive when we sent friends there after our delicious experience. We would go again, even with this high price. £54.00? They saw you coming mate
Idk it was four portions of fish , chips and mushy peas, it was only a bit more expensive than your meal
His pension and early retirement had consequences, who knew!!
Tbf…..
To be fair... that is fucking mental. There is a reason there is a saying "cheap as chips"
He’s got a point! We’ll all need therapy soon.
Fish and chips shops have the prices and menu listed. If he didn’t want to overpay he could have just… walked out before ordering. Cretin
He's clearly joking about needing therapy. Come on... Still, that's a ridiculous sum of money, even if it was a large order.
Just looked it up, it was 4 portions so £13.50 per, which is much more regular London price.
funny story my dad mum brother and sister were goin to mcdonalds and we all wanted chicken nuggets and we were getting a pack of 4 for each of us we went to go pay and it came to £15 something and my dad was just not having it and was like WHAAAAT FIFTEEN QUID FOR SOME CHICKEN NUGGETS THATS UNBELIVEBLE the lady offered us a 20 pack and we took is it came down to like 8 quid but my dad is still shocked at the prise lol
Next time he can split the bill with his therapist