Tim Martin Wants To Keep Wetherspoons Open As Long As Possible

[sp1814]

Are these practical measures?

- No standing at the bar
- Frequent surface wipedowns
- Customers being asked to sit far apart from each other where possible.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/20/coronavirus-wetherspoons-boss-says-uk-pubs-will-stay-open-as-long-as-possible

[AuntPollyGrey]

No he is totally irresponsible and will put pressure on other establishments to follow suite with perhaps less attention to hygiene than his staff.

[Jordyboy9]

https://youtu.be/ETxmCCsMoD0
Yes

[DTCwordfan]

Hope he is ready for the lawsuits.

[Tilly2]

Of course he does!

I don't care what measures he's implementing, people would be taking a risk in going to a 'public' house.

[jno]

fine by me; I don't have to go there if I don't want to (and I won't). If the government wants to order such establishments closed, they can do so; instead, rather than grasp nettles, they've settled for "advice" to people not to go there

[Ken4155]

He was on Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 trying to defend his stance. And failing miserably, imho. How big do these pubs need to be for customers to sit far apart from each other?

[SlackAlice]

No, the man is a moron, only thinking about his profits.

[jno]

he was a hero a few months ago when he was backing Brexit. Far be it from me to suggest Brexit leaches away the brain cells...

[New Judge]

It's no more moronic to suggest that pubs should stay open than it is to suggest that supermarkets do so. As I explained in another thread, I felt far more at risk when I spent an hour being jostled in a supermarket than I did shortly afterwards having a coffee in the pub. As well as that, the more food and drink I have out, the fewer trips I have to make to the far more hazardous supermarkets.

By all means shut the pubs - seems eminently sensible to me in many respects. But before that find a way to prevent the rugby scrums that currently take place in supermarkets.

[sp1814]

NJ

Is there an equivalency between going to the pub and going to buy food at a supermarket?

I would've thought that one was a necessity, and the other, not so much.

Pubs, like restaurants, gym and cinemas don't //have// to be open, but supermarkets do.

[Cloverjo]

‘Too many people are still going to pubs’ is what I heard on the radio this morning. How many is too many? How do we know if we might be the tipping point?
Don’t just ‘advise’ people not to go. If no one should go then shut them.

[jno]

NJ, I've been in half a dozen supermarkets (in different chains) in the past week, mostly looking for things that weren't there, but not once did I come across anything like a scrum. There were no more shoppers than usual, and that's at the times I normally visit. Only Tesco's seemed really busy, and it always does.

[ToraToraTora]

good, if your cretinous hoarder mates keep going that's where I'll be eating and pooping!

[sp1814]

Cloverjo

Apparently, that's what's going to be announced tonight.

I can understand where Tony Martin's coming from though - yes, there is self-interest, but also there's his staff to think about to. If he has to close, without being *told* to close, then there's no way he can claim compensation from his insurers (at least that's the opinion of a restaurant-owner who was in telly a couple of nights ago).

[jim360]

Welp, only takeaway food from now on.

[Peter Pedant]

well all of this is abit post-mature ( opposite of premature(
as the govt has ordered pubs clubs theatres and gyms to close

and is kinda gonna pay their wages a bit

I thought the school closure was a shock but the world wise Abers told me it was not

[sp1814]

PP...so it's happened then? They've ordered them closed?

[Peter Pedant]

// It's no more moronic to suggest that pubs should stay open than it is to suggest that supermarkets do so. //
jesus - pure AB in full flow

[sp1814]

Blimey...just seen confirmation.

[Peter Pedant]

sur la television at this very moment ( thanks to Tel Wogan)
channel 231