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#3384512 15-Jun-2025 22:07

geoffwnz:

Handsomedan:

Being ripped off. That really annoys me.
$32 for fish and chips.

Please name and shame as I'd like to avoid ever making the same mistake of entering that establishment and expecting a fulfilling meal worthy of the price.

$32 at the local F&C shop would feed a family.

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Good George on North Wharf in Auckland.
The staff were great, the food tasty and the beer moist, but as you can see - the portion size was appalling.

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#3384513 15-Jun-2025 22:07

Behodar:

And also more chips, and more fish.

The salad/slaw element looks about right though.

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#3384515 15-Jun-2025 22:29

Behodar:

And also more chips, and more fish.

… of what food quality? I think the methylmercury in it is also free. 😉

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#3384522 15-Jun-2025 22:34

Handsomedan:

Being ripped off. That really annoys me. $32 for fish and chips.

After all, it is fresh parsley, not dried. 😉

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#3384536 15-Jun-2025 23:54

Handsomedan:

Good George on North Wharf in Auckland.
The staff were great, the food tasty and the beer moist, but as you can see - the portion size was appalling.

How did you handle this at the time - in the restaurant?

Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.

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#3384537 15-Jun-2025 23:56

eracode:

Handsomedan:

Good George on North Wharf in Auckland.
The staff were great, the food tasty and the beer moist, but as you can see - the portion size was appalling.

How did you handle this at the time - in the restaurant?

What does it matter? OP was annoyed, that's what this thread is for, they aren't asking for a solution.

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#3384592 16-Jun-2025 07:15

geoffwnz:

$32 at the local F&C shop would feed a family.

I understand the sentiment but $32 dollars likely wouldn't feed the average family of four at a fish n chip shop these days. Here in New Plymouth, fish of the day will set you back $6.50 a piece (usually warehou), a scoop of chips $6. Both the fish and the scoop of chips are about 2/3 of the size that they used to be. Just to feed myself would be almost $20 - $30 alone, depending on how hungry I was.

Unfortunately, fish is now almost a luxury food.

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#3384594 16-Jun-2025 07:32

John19612:

geoffwnz:

$32 at the local F&C shop would feed a family.

I understand the sentiment but $32 dollars likely wouldn't feed the average family of four at a fish n chip shop these days. Here in New Plymouth, fish of the day will set you back $6.50 a piece (usually warehou), a scoop of chips $6. Both the fish and the scoop of chips are about 2/3 of the size that they used to be. Just to feed myself would be almost $20 - $30 alone, depending on how hungry I was.

Unfortunately, fish is now almost a luxury food.

Would easily do it at ours.

You'd get 4 Fish, 4 crab sticks, 4 potato fritters (more likely about 7 or 8) and a good pile of chips.

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#3384595 16-Jun-2025 07:34

Handle9:

What does it matter? OP was annoyed, that's what this thread is for, they aren't asking for a solution.

You don’t think it’s relevant or interesting whether he just ate it without discussion or complaint and then posted here after the event?

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#3384598 16-Jun-2025 07:42

trig42:

Would easily do it at ours.

You'd get 4 Fish, 4 crab sticks, 4 potato fritters (more likely about 7 or 8) and a good pile of chips.

Without chips that would be $42.80 at my local. Two scoops of chips would take it up to almost $55. This is just a typical local chippy, some are a bit cheaper, some are more expensive. Perhaps they charge a premium because they're in the old KFC building. A nostalgia surcharge.

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#3384606 16-Jun-2025 08:21

And I have no reason to believe the local chippy is getting rich either. We have a high cost environment.

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#3384609 16-Jun-2025 08:40

johno1234:

And I have no reason to believe the local chippy is getting rich either. We have a high cost environment.

A great number of them employ family members using questionable labour practices too. Many takeaway places probably couldn't operate otherwise.

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#3384610 16-Jun-2025 08:48

There's a site that emails a 1-time code for login that I use regularly for work. It expires after 5mins. What annoys me, it always takes 6mins for the email to arrive.

Time to log a ticket with IT.

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#3384652 16-Jun-2025 11:38

eracode:

Handsomedan:

Good George on North Wharf in Auckland.
The staff were great, the food tasty and the beer moist, but as you can see - the portion size was appalling.

How did you handle this at the time - in the restaurant?

To be honest, as we were in a party of around 10 people and we'd organised the venue this time around (it's an annual gathering of old friends) I was just embarrassed and didn't say anything at the time - I also wasn't asked at any point by the staff if I had enjoyed my meal, whether I had any feedback or whether there was anything they could have done to enhance my dining experience.

They did suggest a tip on the EFTPOS machine though - to which I immediately responded "NO".

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#3385178 18-Jun-2025 09:50

What really annoys the crap out of me lately is I have one business I do work for where every email I send one of their staff members they send me back a friggin thumbs up.. Like can you not please?!?

Its fantastic when you get 10 of them all replying with a thumbs up while your in the middle of another job, of course not all at once either.... Nothing quite like an email chain of 100+ emails with half being thumbs up...

Unless something isnt working correctly I really dont want or need a reply.

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