20 Problems Only People From Sheffield Will Understand
6. Being Hassled By Terrible Local Bands
If it's not enough to have to pretend to care about terrible local bands, for fear of reprisal from their numerous local fans/friends/family members, you also have to contend with the possibility of bumping into them around town. Sometimes coming across a musician you like in one of the city's numerous drinking establishments is a nice surprise, a chance to tell someone how much you respect their work. More often than not, however, you're in a pub being told that you have to abandon your game of pool halfway through so that some jumped-up vocalist in a leather jacket can use the table instead, or you're bumping into a haircut with no personality in the Bowery who demands you replace an expensive drink you weren't actually responsible for spilling.
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