I avoid eating in central London and the West End as much as possible, for various reasons, but sometimes you just have to.
So, the other week I found a quiet pub and I was having a nice lunch and a glass of wine in a corner, minding my own business, when two American tourists came and sat at the next table.
i have nothing in general against Americans, and know many, but American tourists have a reputation. This is not to say anything against anyone, this is just what happened.
How did I know they were American? He had a loud shirt on and shorts and a backwards baseball-type cap. I saw later it was MAGA. She had pink trainers, the kind five year olds would wear. They were in their fifties. Oh, and they were very loud and very noisy.
I ignored them.
They started on me. Did I know this pub did not sell Diet Coke? They had come in for burgers and diet cokes and no Coke. It’s what they always had.
I wouldn’t go to a pub for only burgers and cokes. I always understood soft drinks in pubs are expensive. Go to McDonald’s. Trump likes McDonald’s, and Diet Coke.
Isn’t some part of going on holiday trying different things? Have a beer.