I don't think booking is mandatory in England this weekend - but the choice for most pubs will be to have booked slots, or huge queues and public order issues. So that's what they'll do.
Ministers target July 4th for reopening of England’s pubs and restaurants
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BoxRoom
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Save up?
Universal credit does not allow for saving
Likewise! Having cancer and being unemployed doesn't really pay the rent! How can we save up for a pub slot?
I live in England and some pubs where I live are doing the slot booking thing and others are saying that you should just turn up and take your chances, because once they reach capacity then that'll be it; no one else can go in til someone else leaves.
What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
Mrs Miggins
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I don't know...unless you live somewhere populated by arseholes, I imagine people will queue up like they have been doing for the supermarket and either wait long enough to get in or fuck off when they get bored waiting.I live in England and some pubs where I live are doing the slot booking thing and others are saying that you should just turn up and take your chances, because once they reach capacity then that'll be it; no one else can go in til someone else leaves.
What could possibly go wrong?
Maybe I have too rosey a view of human nature.
Mrs Miggins
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The thing is, nobody has any idea how it's going to work or how many people will show up so I guess "go with the flow" is the only real option.
crikey. what kind of pubs are doing the free-for-all?I live in England and some pubs where I live are doing the slot booking thing and others are saying that you should just turn up and take your chances, because once they reach capacity then that'll be it; no one else can go in til someone else leaves.
What could possibly go wrong?
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Under the rules, pubs should have done full risk assessments, many insurance companies are insisting on having copies & making them a condition on continuing to provide cover. Councils & police are planning on doing spot checks.
Pubs will just have to police themselves, otherwise they risk losing their licences and/or insurance cover.
Pubs will just have to police themselves, otherwise they risk losing their licences and/or insurance cover.
mx wcfc
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Spoke to a colleague today. She's off out with mates on Saturday night. The "Gin Bar" is doing 2 hour table bookings. She's booked one from 8 to 10. Her mate has booked one for 10 to 12. Sounds like a plan. I mean, nothing could possibly go wrong with that, could it?I live in England and some pubs where I live are doing the slot booking thing and others are saying that you should just turn up and take your chances, because once they reach capacity then that'll be it; no one else can go in til someone else leaves.
What could possibly go wrong?
Numbers
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Just serve takeout pints to the queue too
Little, local and usually not that busy ones I would have thought. I can think of a few round my way who can probably get their head around the fact everyone needs to be seated and table service but pre-booking and time slots? No chance.
My experience of distancing and politeness in supermarkets has not been 100% positive.
Mrs Miggins
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Mine really has! Guess people are decent around where I live.
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I have risked it a couple of times and people just don't give a fuck. Aside from one nervous bloke in an FFP2 mask not seen anyone else in one in there apart from me either.
My local is not opening in July. It is a very big place and does an epic Sunday roast which is a you need to book a table in advance for anyway.
The landlord said they don't want the hassle and potential bad pr if there is an issue with infection in the pub. Also said running the pub at a loss to serve a small number of customers while turning most away is not what a pub is about.
The landlord said they don't want the hassle and potential bad pr if there is an issue with infection in the pub. Also said running the pub at a loss to serve a small number of customers while turning most away is not what a pub is about.
Where do you live? Outside the UK I assume
I guess that's fair enough. Plenty of smaller boozers probably don't have the means to run a complex booking system, and it might not be necessary anyway. Be a bit nerve-racking come saturday though...
Makes you proud to be Britishits going to be an absolute fucking shitshow
A few of the real ale houses. I suppose if they only get the Camra lot in, they'll be alright and behave themselves.
Spoons are doing it, though and a lot of pubs that the tourists use and the locals don't. This is a seaside town where some of the hotels and B&Bs are opening. I'm staying in on Saturday.
Mrs Miggins
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BrixtonWhere do you live? Outside the UK I assume
I've only witnessed one incidence of a young fella being an arsehole and piling into the local shop when there were already 3 people in there. The shop keeper and everyone else told him to naff off and he did. So it was fine really.
Mrs Miggins
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Seriously. Everyone's been really patient and good in all the shops I've been in. Having said that, I haven't been to the big Tesco. Could have been a different story there I guess. I've only been in the smaller shops were everyone has behaved well the whole time. I've been amazed if I'm honest.
I have found the little shops round my way better than supermarkets. Easier to manage a small space I guess
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Ditto here, although I've been in the local big Tesco too, everyone respectfully queues to get in, follows the one way system & largely respects social distancing.
We're very civilised in Worthing, don't you know.
Pour in some booze and hot weather and it will go well
For pubs, I think the lack of hot/sunny weather in the forecast for most? English areas on Saturday will help the 'Grand Re-Opening' (R, TM ) work a bit? less disastrously than if a mega-heatwave had returned?? :comfused:
Important factor, I'd say ...
) work a bit? less disastrously than if a mega-heatwave had returned?? :comfused:Important factor, I'd say ...
Mrs Miggins : good on you for not having bad experiences in Brixton shops 
-- glad it's worked out.
For us, Wales (OK, Swansea!) has been really similar (shops-wise) to Brixton, from what you describe 
-- glad it's worked out.For us, Wales (OK, Swansea!) has been really similar (shops-wise) to Brixton
, from what you describe
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
My gut feeling has always been, whilst there maybe the odd pub here & there that has initial problems, overall the vast majority will operate within the rules and without crowding problems, as a lot of people will be weary about going to the pubs, as reflected by several posters on here.
That view has been reinforced by this YouGov poll for sky news.
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That view has been reinforced by this YouGov poll for sky news.
Coronavirus: Britons would strongly back second lockdown if COVID-19 cases spike, poll reveals
As lockdown restrictions ease, more than eight in 10 people said they would back another shutdown if there is a second spike.
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Well, it's illegal for pubs to serve drunk people and that obviously works doesn't it?
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