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Went out for a meal, was quiet, which was nice. City centre (York) was surprisingly quiet too. I'm sure there'll have been a few idiots taking things too far but that was the case pre-lockdown and sometimes even during lockdown.
It’s always been illegal – and a breach of licensing – to serve people who are drunk. A lot of the trouble with the easing of lockdown, and general poor behaviour in normal times in town centres, would go away if that one rule was followed properly.
That'd be weatherspoons business model stuffed then!
It’s always been illegal – and a breach of licensing – to serve people who are drunk. A lot of the trouble with the easing of lockdown, and general poor behaviour in normal times in town centres, would go away if that one rule was followed properly.
That'd be weatherspoons business model stuffed then!
Pub in my village was quiet, even though we are 5 min away from the city. Best avoid the tabloid pictures cos they will make your blood boil.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-5329668 9"> http://BBC News - Coronavirus: 'Crystal clear' drunk people will not socially distance https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53296689
Genius headline from the BBC
In other news, the sky is blue and dogs have 4 legs
Genius headline from the BBC
To be fair to the BBC, all they had done is quote the chairman of the Police federation John Apter.
He also said about his shift:
dealt with "naked men, happy drunks, angry drunks, fights and more angry drunks" on shift in Southampton.
two days, two different pubs, two very different sets of arrangements.
yesterday has clearly dreamt up their system under full panic conditions, enforced hand sanitiser, crazy queuing (might have worked if it was busy..), plastics........ nice to see some friendly faces even from a distance
todays landlord happy to admit they are having to change/adapt as they go along, sensible(ish) route to order, pay/collect, depart, glasses and designated collection points, all very chilled and great to get a great beer in a real glass without the need to remortgage.....
nobody really thinks they can survive for long like this tho 🙁
TR was that in Culter? Was considering a mosey out there tomorrow.
Well I had an ounce of hope that the nation would be a bit more restrained.
Even after brexit and voting the tories in again.... Surely all hope was gone after that....
Strange, because bars, beer gardens and restaurants have been open a while here in Germany, yet we've seen nothing like the pictures in Soho.
Ignoring clickbait headlines and apparently isolated issues, all the police and ambulance service comments I've read today have suggested the vast majority of people were sensible and it was quieter than they feared.
Went out for a curry on Eccy Road in Sheffield about 6pm last night, obviously service was a bit different but a well missed treat. Stopped for a pint or two at the Dev at Baslow on one of the benches out front. Again all very civilised and social distancy but it was all relatively early doors. A lot different than a lot of the stuff I've seen in the media, looks like the government will have the perfect opportunity to blame us all for the herd immunity.
Well I had an ounce of hope that the nation would be a bit more restrained.
This is Britain, we don't do restrained when it comes to alcohol.
nobody really thinks they can survive for long like this tho
This ^^^^^.
We really should have got on top of this thing early and properly. But because we've got a bluff, crass, unbelievably thick and gittish* 'bit of a laugh' in charge we went full "it couldn't happen in good old Blighty".
*With thanks to Blackadder III.
I've just added a fourth part to my 'what is Boris Johnson a hybrid of' theme.
Zippy from Rainbow.
Toad from Wind in the Willows.
Rowley Birkin QC.
The Prince Regent from Blackadder III.
I'm in two minds about what the misbehaviour will do to the infection rate. Either - it will go up, or - the small proportion of the population who have been reckless is the same small proportion who have been reckless all the time (VE day, beaches, etc) so the rate will stay the same. Probably somewhere between the two, as there will be some people who went to the pub intending to play by the rules, but didn't get out fast enough when the crowds arrived.
Went for a walk this afternoon from a nearby village, and the pub was open. They have a one-way system, in the front door, get drinks, etc, then out of the side door. No sitting inside, or food, except for takeaway orders, so I sat outside in the sunshine happily drinking a pint of Timothy Taylor Landlord and eating a packet of Reggae Reggae crisps.
Really not surprised that a bunch of assholes around city centre pubs are behaving like assholes, it’s almost part of the culture.
Out here in the sticks us yokels touch our forelocks to the local squire, and know our place, don’t want to get into trouble... 😉
A lot different than a lot of the stuff I’ve seen in the media
It’s almost like they are trying to make it sound worse than it actually was/is...
2nd pub trip of the weekend to my local on the way back from a run.
It was quiet, as it often is on a Sunday afternoon, well organised, with a few old boys enjoying a beer or 2 as they always have.
It was lovely.
Don’t believe the media hype, the huge majority have been very calm and relaxed.
People seem quick to slam “the media” for reporting what has happened elsewhere, because it doesn’t match their experience locally. Which is a very odd but popular trend at the moment.
Non-pub related, but I was in York today and the wall walk is open again - in one direction only (clockwise).
No surprise that lots of people can't understand such a simple message. Arghhhh....
It’s almost like they are trying to make it sound worse than it actually was/is…
Are they? I was simply relating my experience to what I saw in the media. I don't usually compare Baslow to Soho, in anything but a flippant way.
TJ, you'd be welcome round for a pint!
Currently pouring a very light English style pale ale, an American west coast IPA and some barley wine.
People seem quick to slam “the media” for reporting what has happened elsewhere, because it doesn’t match their experience locally. Which is a very odd but popular trend at the moment.
Quite
Out of all the media events, drunken behaviour will bring back a spike or two. Being on a busy beach or outdoor protests wont as we've seen.
Indoor pubs/nightclubs are seen as the highest spreaders, not because of the room but what's going on in the room.
However let the Londonites/other idiot locations have their party, if it leads to a lockdown for them then maybe they (wont) learn and reign it in.
People seem quick to slam “the media” for reporting what has happened elsewhere, because it doesn’t match their experience locally.
I think it’s more that the media seemed to be looking for the “drunk idiots” story and then found it. It was then reported as the norm when for the vast majority of places it was nothing like that at all.
Even in a city centre it will have been one or two pubs (it was in Birmingham anyway), with the rest either very quiet, very well organised or both.
It’s almost like they are trying to make it sound worse than it actually was/is…
Yet this morning it’s the opposite - congrats all round for the majority restraint and good behaviour throughout the headlines.
TJ, you’d be welcome round for a pint!
Currently pouring a very light English style pale ale, an American west coast IPA and some barley wine.
On my way.....................
It was then reported as the norm
It wasn’t.
I think there’s also a big problem with there being very little ‘news ‘ made so any morsels a feeding frenzy for them.
Went past a few of our locals in Highgate. Lots of space, not really busy at all. We stayed for a number of pints.
Got a little bit busier later on, but generally speaking super civilised and safe. It was fun having a sense of normality back, and table service at a pub is kind of novel. No danger here and a far cry from Soho!
When people who work in “the media” can see crowded streets and pubs from their office windows, should they not report that, because it doesn’t reflect your local experience? I think the coverage has generally been very fair, lots of journalists have been reporting from semi-rural pubs handling social distancing admirably … but many pubs were stuck between policy and reality … they have businesses that only make money if they allow busy crowded periods … some chose to not open this weekend because of that, others did open … either way many are likely to be losing money.
Went to the local yesterday with the family, it's set out very well and looked great as been decorated in lockdown. Only spoilt by one annoying woman and her daughter who thought they just plonk themselves right down next to my wife rather than keeping distance. I think she may have took the hint with my loud bemoaning of it, others who we know just shook their heads in disbelief, there's always one lot I guess. I suspect it was an effort to 'encourage' us to move out of the seating area they wanted.
So the predictable headlines with London, Hampshire and Essex seeming to be the hot beds of debauchery. It Was always going to happen though.
That’s just the usual London S/E media bias, plenty of action elsewhere.
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/local-news/moment-mass-brawl-erupts-staffordshire-4296908
https://www.hull****/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/mass-brawl-pub-super-saturday-4296293
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/drinkers-brawl-first-day-pubs-18546461