Pubs Re-Opening

[Bjornebye]

I appreciate it must be very tough for landlords and bar workers right now but the rush to re-open them is really fucking stupid. Imagine how difficult its going to be fore staff to enforce distancing rules. A bunch of pissed up fairy bastards aren't going to abide by any rules, they all just spread the virus from pub to pub. They should have been one of the last things re-opened. 

 

Don't get me wrong, I am really missing a pint in the pub but I very much doubt I'll go into one until the beginning of next season at the earliest. I had a pint outside the Sefton on my own on Sunday which was nice but going into a pub and mingling, fuck that. 

 

Countless people I know are all over Facebook and Instagram rejoicing that the pub is going to be open again when I know full well most of them barely even go the pub when its open anyway. You won't find me anywhere near the absolute cunt-fest of a first few weeks of them re-opening. 

 

[Scooby Dudek]

Plus you will probably be expected to give, name, address and phone number at each pub you go in. Fuck that.

 

I want the pubs to open so I can officially start my Weatherspoons boycott.

[Section_31]

Woolton village was heaving on Saturdsy, a few are doing takeaway pijys and people were sat in the street and on benches, looked like a festival, lunacy.

 

I'm fairly relaxed about the lock down measures that have been lifted so far, but pubs and cafes must surely be the most dangerous in terms of spreading a virus. Even a restaurant has some measure of control to it because you have to book and be shown to your table.

[Dr Nowt]

Not a chance in hell. This is one large-scale social experiment I don’t fancy being a participant in.

[Elite]

Yeah I don't go the pub that much anyway, usually just big prem games and champions league. 

 

I'm happy that things are getting back to some normality and people can start making a living again but it's too soon.

[Vincent Vega]

I’ve met up with a couple of mates to drink a few cans in a local park. I’ll be sticking to that arrangement for as long as the weather allows. 
 

I imagine when they first open it will be like Xmas or New Year with the pubs full of people who never normally visit a pub. 

[Bjornebye]

Just now, Vincent Vega said:

I’ve met up with a couple of mates to drink a few cans in a local park. I’ll be sticking to that arrangement for as long as the weather allows. 
 

I imagine when they first open it will be like Xmas or New Year with the pubs full of people who never normally visit a pub. 

Yep and loads of bastards will drink to excess and start acting the wanker. Its going to be absolute hell, particularly pubs/bars in town and city centres. 

[cloggypop]

Pubs opened here 3 weeks ago and I haven't been back yet. The numbers in the UK are far worse than here.

 

Apart from the safety aspect, I don't fancy having to book a seat in advance, then being stuck in one spec while surrounded by the sort of blerts who don't normally go the pub unless you have to book it in advance. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Pubs have been opened for a while over here. I walked past one yesterday on my way to reha-sport and the door was open, so I took a peak and the bar was packed with stupid fuckers sat next to each other, fuck that. To be fair, a lot of the main pubs over here have beer gardens and you can clearly see that people are using them more and social distancing. Like Captain Milk says, it all seems like a social experiment and why volunteer to be part of it? 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

8 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Yep and loads of bastards will drink to excess and start acting the wanker. Its going to be absolute hell, particularly pubs/bars in town and city centres. 

 

When a certain sport is on, definitely. You'll probably see a spike in those using drinking establishments that show the games. 

[Special K]

I doubt I'll be in a pub any time this side of Christmas to be honest. I miss going out for a pint but there's no doubt in my mind there's going to be an increase of cases once they reopen

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Bjornebye said:

I appreciate it must be very tough for landlords and bar workers right now but the rush to re-open them is really fucking stupid. Imagine how difficult its going to be fore staff to enforce distancing rules. A bunch of pissed up fairy bastards aren't going to abide by any rules, they all just spread the virus from pub to pub. They should have been one of the last things re-opened. 

 

Don't get me wrong, I am really missing a pint in the pub but I very much doubt I'll go into one until the beginning of next season at the earliest. I had a pint outside the Sefton on my own on Sunday which was nice but going into a pub and mingling, fuck that. 

 

Countless people I know are all over Facebook and Instagram rejoicing that the pub is going to be open again when I know full well most of them barely even go the pub when its open anyway. You won't find me anywhere near the absolute cunt-fest of a first few weeks of them re-opening. 

 

If I happen to be walking past a pub with it's doors open and there's not many people in there, I may pop in for a quick half. Fuck knows how I'll drink it though with a mask on. Might have to shove it up my arse.

[RobbieOR]

I'll try and go when they open. My biggest miss over the past few months since I have started socialising again has been a decent pint of Guinness. 

[Trumo]

You are definitely going to see dickheads getting tanked up to make up for those months when they couldn't leave the house.

[Guest]

19 minutes ago, Trumo said:

You are definitely going to see dickheads getting tanked up to make up for those months when they couldn't leave the house.

I'll see you there then?

[tokyojoe]

33 minutes ago, S.i.t.M aka The Boring One™ said:

If I happen to be walking past a pub with it's doors open and there's not many people in there, I may pop in for a quick half. Fuck knows how I'll drink it though with a mask on. Might have to shove it up my arse.

Send for Mook.

[Champ]

2 hours ago, Trumo said:

You are definitely going to see dickheads getting tanked up to make up for those months when they couldn't leave the house.

And I’d be pretty confident that the first ones in there will be those who have been ignoring all the lockdown/social distancing rules anyway.

Yeah, I’ve missed being able to go out but like VV said I’d be meeting up in the open air with people I trust for a good while yet.

[Barrington Womble]

For me it also depends on how pubs end up. It seemed pretty shit all the stuff you read at 2m. All I kept thinking is "sounds better in the garden". 

[Tony Moanero]

A big problem with pubs and restaurants will be the toilets. Will they have members of staff disinfecting toilet seats, taps handles, etc. after every use?

I doubt it. Plus, plenty of toilets don’t have windows, so ventilation will be an issue.

[PestiRed]

Will be interesting to see how people react to things re-opening, this lockdown has had to have an effect on people’s mentalities. Few examples

 

When Shanghai re-opened a while back, I spoke to one of my colleagues out there and she said the the bars and restaurants were dead for a few weeks as nobody seemed to believe they were safe

 

Over here, face masks are compulsory in indoor spaces such as shops. It’s hot so many people are wearing them below their noses. For some reason I am struggling to control a desire to punch them - obviously a bit of an over-reaction

 

My sister went into a city centre for the first time since lockdown (happened to be Birmingham as she was visiting some family) and had a panic attack as she felt that people weren’t distancing when walking down the street

 

I think pubs could be an issue - as above, people are still psychologically reacting to the virus and mixed with alcohol, it might cause a few problems 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

11 minutes ago, PestiRed said:

Will be interesting to see how people react to things re-opening, this lockdown has had to have an effect on people’s mentalities. Few examples

 

When Shanghai re-opened a while back, I spoke to one of my colleagues out there and she said the the bars and restaurants were dead for a few weeks as nobody seemed to believe they were safe

 

Over here, face masks are compulsory in indoor spaces such as shops. It’s hot so many people are wearing them below their noses. For some reason I am struggling to control a desire to punch them - obviously a bit of an over-reaction

 

My sister went into a city centre for the first time since lockdown (happened to be Birmingham as she was visiting some family) and had a panic attack as she felt that people weren’t distancing when walking down the street

 

I think pubs could be an issue - as above, people are still psychologically reacting to the virus and mixed with alcohol, it might cause a few problems 

I don't think this applies to the UK, it's in a massive proportion of the genetic make up to get smashed at every given opportunity and is hugely cultural compared to china, the pubs will be rammed.

[Ezekiel 25:17]

4 hours ago, Scooby Dudek said:

Plus you will probably be expected to give, name, address and phone number at each pub you go in. Fuck that.

 

I want the pubs to open so I can officially start my Weatherspoons boycott.

I don't know my own number, and by pub 3 I don't usually know my own name.

[Nunavut Patrick]

4 hours ago, Vincent Vega said:

I’ve met up with a couple of mates to drink a few cans in a local park. I’ll be sticking to that arrangement for as long as the weather allows. 
 

I imagine when they first open it will be like Xmas or New Year with the pubs full of people who never normally visit a pub. 

 

Four years ago lived in an apartment but there was a nice park across the street so in the summer would go and sit and have a few cans. 

 

It's illegal to drink the park so I enjoyed it even more being a dangerous criminal. 

[Chip Butty]

The first 4-5 weeks of the lock down, I had access to a boozer, so just me and a single mate drinking the last of the ale. Now I'm 8-10 weeks without a pint I'm gagging, however - I'm not daft enough to expect a full open all doors.

I think there will be two ways of going about it - the in town fuck it we're open method, and the more local pub, so locals only at first method.

Speaking to me mate, he'll be going with the latter, so its known people, who know one another, who will afford one another the space and courtesy to adhere to social distancing and also the orderlyness at the bar, that will be a necessity. 

 

 

[Dave D]

52 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

A big problem with pubs and restaurants will be the toilets. Will they have members of staff disinfecting toilet seats, taps handles, etc. after every use?

I doubt it. Plus, plenty of toilets don’t have windows, so ventilation will be an issue.

My local will have to utterly transform the toilets- they were pretty bad, bio hazards at the best of times. Like all pub toilets, they have the 2 heavy doors to get into them which would almost need constantly cleaning.

 

I can guarantee you will STILL get people that dont wash their hands. Pre-virus that used to piss me off, now, I can see fights occurring over that very issue