An occurrence nearly as common as a car on the O-Bahn has happened once again, with a group of friends ending up split between two north-eastern pubs after a series of ambiguous group chat messages.
After waiting 15 minutes at what he thought was the correct location, Ben Kziapark messaged the group from The Grove, which is located on Golden Grove Road in Surrey Downs, but it turns out they were at The Village, located in Golden Grove next to The Grove (not The Grove pub, the shopping centre) which used to be called The Village on either the Grove Way or the Golden Way (because let’s be honest, nobody can remember which one is which).
This marks the 200th time this year in which a recorded mix up has occurred between the two suburban pubs. Resulting in much confusion and perceived Tinder date stand-ups.
Whilst it may be slightly confusing, particularly to those who’ve had any sort of public schooling education in the north-east, the pub workers are looking on the bright side.
‘Look, it happens’, shrugged Bart Ender from The Village ‘At least they’re supporting local business, right? I mean, we definitely haven’t done this deliberately to sell more drinks if that’s what you’re thinking. No, most certainly not’.
Down the road (which we still can’t remember the name of despite being locals) Mick Solojist from The Grove offered a sly smile ‘Just make the most of it. Grab a takeaway pizza and make it a pub crawl. Win-win! Unless you somehow accidentally end up at The Blue Gums, that’s definitely not a win’.
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