Opening of "No-Food" pubs pushed out again

hynesie08 · 03-09-2020 12:23AM

It does feel like the winds are shifting, be interesting to see what happens, the gardai having executive powers to shut down bars should be the last dash over the finish line....

But I've gotten my hopes up before....

PTH2009 · 03-09-2020 12:44AM

Please lord they open and you can buy drink just drink

Can't take this mandatory meal for much longer. Food is nice in some places (cheap pizza is muck) but its just more of an annoyance esp if you just want a few post work/walk etc

With wet pub's open the spontaneity of it is on its way back. Obviously could be an issue if its still table service but suppose you have more of a choice of places to go

SusieBlue · 03-09-2020 01:24AM

I have a friend working as a chef in a city centre bar in Cork and she told me earlier that they’ve significantly reduced the portion size of meals served after 8pm during weekends because their waste/refuse charges are gone through the roof, cause most of the food ordered after that time is going into the bin uneaten and untouched.
It’s so wasteful on every level, not just financially but environmentally and a waste of labour as well.
It must be soul destroying putting such effort into your work, particularly during busy periods, only for the vast majority of it to go in the bin.

PommieBast · 03-09-2020 03:40AM

Most people want the food at the end of the 2 hours, not at the start...

stephenjmcd · 03-09-2020 06:07AM

MrStuffins wrote: »

Glad we're finally on the same page! Not only was I in the pub last Sat, I'll be going to a different one THIS Sat. Will the Guinness be delicious? We'll just have to wait and see!

My guess is that you went to one of the many many open pubs, had a few scoops and realised "Wait, MrStuffins was right. This is a pub and it's also open".

No need to apologise, but if you insist I'll let you buy me a tasty pint!

You actually are a broken down record. Pints are tasty and delicious we get it, do you need to repeat it every single day?

No point in going around and having the same conversation with you day after day. Its tedious and quite clear most of your posts are to get a rise out of people.

"Wait Mr Stuffins was right" oh was he can I go for a pint without food ? Nope I can't ok so pubs as pubs aren't open. Great glad we've cleared that up. The day you can just walk in for a pint the pubs are open.

Don't think there'll be many lining up to get you a pint. But I can bet it'll be described as delicious

stephenjmcd · 03-09-2020 06:14AM

Hunky Monster wrote: »

"tHe PuBs ArE oPen"

Not only was I in a pub last Saturday and the Saturday before that but I visit multiple pubs and drink multiple pints of delicious tasty Guinness during which I take part in the pint Olympics

Anyone who claims to drink 7 Guinness in 1hr 45 mins on top of food is talking out of their arse. Also seems that 7 pints makes no difference to some of the sh1te they post here

copeyhagen · 03-09-2020 07:37AM

SusieBlue wrote: »

I have a friend working as a chef in a city centre bar in Cork and she told me earlier that they’ve significantly reduced the portion size of meals served after 8pm during weekends because their waste/refuse charges are gone through the roof, cause most of the food ordered after that time is going into the bin uneaten and untouched.
It’s so wasteful on every level, not just financially but environmentally and a waste of labour as well.
It must be soul destroying putting such effort into your work, particularly during busy periods, only for the vast majority of it to go in the bin.

always eat before the cocaine...always....

hetuzozaho · 03-09-2020 08:08AM

It's sounding positive isn't it? Personally cannot wait for a pub without the need to get food. Table service everything else is fine.

And if it happens I'll buy McStuffins a tasty Guinness! Dunno why Stephen is being so mean

Simon201 · 03-09-2020 08:13AM

MrStuffins wrote: »

Nah, they only sell Beamish! Who am I? Paddy Losty?

Well with the amount of delicious and tasty pints you appear to consume in your 1 hour and 45 minutes sessions you're not far behind him

Working class heroes · 03-09-2020 08:22AM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Not only was I in a pub last Saturday and the Saturday before that but I visit multiple pubs and drink multiple pints of delicious tasty Guinness during which I take part in the pint Olympics

Anyone who claims to drink 7 Guinness in 1hr 45 mins on top of food is talking out of their arse. Also seems that 7 pints makes no difference to some of the sh1te they post here

No issue here drinking seven pints in that time after food for me. None at all.
I’ll gladly show anyone here how it’s done:)

stephenjmcd · 03-09-2020 08:22AM

hetuzozaho wrote: »

It's sounding positive isn't it? Personally cannot wait for a pub without the need to get food. Table service everything else is fine.

And if it happens I'll buy McStuffins a tasty Guinness! Dunno why Stephen is being so mean

Because he's a complete wind up merchant that posts the same stuff about tasty pints day in day out. Tedious stuff

stephenjmcd · 03-09-2020 08:23AM

Working class heroes wrote: »

No issue here drinking seven pints in that time after food for me. None at all.
I’ll gladly show anyone here how it’s done:)

Time and place, I'll be there when the pubs reopen haha

MrStuffins · 03-09-2020 08:24AM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Anyone who claims to drink 7 Guinness in 1hr 45 mins on top of food is talking out of their arse. Also seems that 7 pints makes no difference to some of the sh1te they post here

The way my arse was the next morning after 7 pints of deliciousness and a substantial portion of chili nachos, I wouldn't have been surprised if some of those noises were considered talking in some languages!

Pretty sure my posterior was speaking in tongues at one point!

Working class heroes · 03-09-2020 08:25AM

MrStuffins wrote: »

The way my arse was the next morning after 7 pints of deliciousness and a substantial portion of chili nachos, I wouldn't have been surprised if some of those noises were considered talking in some languages!

Pretty sure my posterior was speaking in tongues at one point!

Top tip. Keep the toilet roll in the fridge.

hmmm · 03-09-2020 08:27AM

I don't know where Leo is going with this one. It's not fair to keep dangling the prospect of businesses reopening when they know there is only a very slim hope.

LessOutragePlz · 03-09-2020 08:28AM

hmmm wrote: »

I don't know where Leo is going with this one. It's not fair to keep dangling the prospect of businesses reopening when they know there is only a very slim hope.

The worst is over pubs in the UK are open with no adverse effects so far.

There's absolutely no reason not to open the pubs IMO.

MrStuffins · 03-09-2020 08:29AM

Working class heroes wrote: »

Top tip. Keep the toilet roll in the fridge.

That's actually genius!

stephenjmcd · 03-09-2020 08:29AM

hmmm wrote: »

I don't know where Leo is going with this one. It's not fair to keep dangling the prospect of businesses reopening when they know there is only a very slim hope.

Not sure its that slim anymore. Seems to have been a shift in what they're saying in the last day or two both publicly and privately through the "sources" you read about

hmmm · 03-09-2020 08:31AM

LessOutragePlz wrote: »

The worst is over pubs in the UK are open with no adverse effects so far.

There's absolutely no reason not to open the pubs IMO.

It's hard to see how you can open anything new (not just pubs) when our schools have just reopened, the modelers think our R number is above one, hospitalisations are rising. Our health people are going to want at least a month, and maybe more, until we find out whether cases are going to keep rising or start dropping.

It's creating false hope I think.

03-09-2020 08:38AM

hmmm wrote: »

It's hard to see how you can open anything new (not just pubs) when our schools have just reopened, the modelers think our R number is above one, hospitalisations are rising. Our health people are going to want at least a month, and maybe more, until we find out whether cases are going to keep rising or start dropping.

It's creating false hope I think.

4 died in August. Think we'll be ok.

Simon201 · 03-09-2020 08:39AM

MrStuffins wrote: »

Pretty sure my posterior was speaking in tongues at one point!

Finally glad you're admitting to talking out your arse most of the time here

LessOutragePlz · 03-09-2020 08:40AM

hmmm wrote: »

It's hard to see how you can open anything new (not just pubs) when our schools have just reopened, the modelers think our R number is above one, hospitalisations are rising. Our health people are going to want at least a month, and maybe more, until we find out whether cases are going to keep rising or start dropping.

It's creating false hope I think.

It can be done cases haven't exploded in the UK and the hospitals aren't overcrowded either.

The key part is they "think" it's over 1 no evidence to suggest that is true.

Even if it is above one it doesn't matter as long as hospitalisations and deaths remain low which they do at the moment.

03-09-2020 08:42AM

MrStuffins wrote: »

Not financially viable to the tune of 30k out of work? Is this what you're saying?

Seems to be plenty viable for everyone else. Seems to be viable for the pubs around here and the others i've been to.

You're just plucking things from the sky. "Too small". Laughable! These tiny pubs must be employing 100 people each considering you're attributing 30k out of work to pubs being too small!

"Can't team up with a food reseller". Codswallop!

Once again, the pubs are open. Want a pint? Go have one! They're delicious.

MrStuffins wrote: »

As previously stated, pubs are already open.

The Guinness is my local is still as delicious as before.

MrStuffins wrote: »

They can all open tomorrow if they want. Most of them already are

MrStuffins wrote: »

The pubs are already open though.

MrStuffins wrote: »

And they're open. Selling pints. I've been there. The pints are still as nice as they were pre-Covid.

MrStuffins wrote: »

11:30pm.

It's good you recognise that they're open. Have you been? It's quite nice

MrStuffins wrote: »

Nah, it's definitely a pub. I've been going there for years.

Going again on Saturday. Well, to a different one. But it's definitely a pub. They were selling food and drink a year ago, they're selling the same today.

MrStuffins wrote: »

You're the one talking about Romayos and snack boxes, not me.

So these people desperate for a pint, the lifeblood of your business and the ones keeping you afloat, won't come if they have to have a bite to eat with their pints?

Doesn't sound like they're the ones to be relied upon.

Or, if you have an ounce of sense, you make a deal with the food providers like everyone else is doing.

It is allowed. Pubs are open.

MrStuffins wrote: »

This is the issue though isn't it? It's about what a minority of people "want".

Notice that the people on this thread shouting for everything to be open are the same people spouting conspiracy theories, protesting against masks and salivating over Gemma O'Doherty's Twitter (RIP).

The people who will jeopardise the health and lives of the rest of us if it means that they can shoehorn their paranoid agenda onto the rest of us.

They don't even want to go to the pub. If they did, they'd go! The pubs are open. Go have a pint and think about what hobbies you could pick up they don't involve burning down 5G masts and calling people "sheep"

MrStuffins wrote: »

Both.

Pubs are allowed open. Most of them are open.

Some are not even though they can. These ones just have to open and they can do business.

Try to keep up

MrStuffins wrote: »

The pubs ARE open.

See? This poster has been to the pub twice already this week.

If you want a pint, go have one.

MrStuffins wrote: »

Great news guys!

I went to the pub tonight.

After reading loads about the pubs being closed, turns out the one I was at this evening was open.

Had many pints of Guinness and, may I say, the pints were delicious.

Looking forward to more pints in that, or another, pub soon!

MrStuffins wrote: »

Think you might be wrong here. I was in the pub yesterday. It was very open.

I was in the same pub last year. Had some nachos and a few pints, watched some football.

Went to the same place yesterday and had the same. Nachos, some pints, watched the football.

The pints of Guinness are very nice I must say

MrStuffins wrote: »

You know what, I think we can end the thread here. This poster has absolutely nailed it.

If I went to the cinema and watched a movie, adding a pint and consuming it on the cinema premises does not make it a pub.

Just like going to the pub, having delicious pints and adding a plate of nachos to this doesn't make it a restaurant.

It's a good way of putting it at the end of the day.

I'm looking forward to my next trip to the pub.

MrStuffins wrote: »

This is not true. I was in the pub on Saturday. I had 7 tasty pints of Guinness. Watched a bit of football. Really enjoyed it!

MrStuffins wrote: »

Who said I went out to watch a game? I never said I did.

I went to the pub for pints. I went out for 4 - 5 pints but ended up having 7.

MrStuffins wrote: »

There's your answer. No imagination required by me.

Wetherspoons, like many many other pubs, are currently open.

Do Wetherspoons do Guinness? If so I might have to pop in!

MrStuffins wrote: »

Glad we're finally on the same page! Not only was I in the pub last Sat, I'll be going to a different one THIS Sat. Will the Guinness be delicious? We'll just have to wait and see!

My guess is that you went to one of the many many open pubs, had a few scoops and realised "Wait, MrStuffins was right. This is a pub and it's also open".

No need to apologise, but if you insist I'll let you buy me a tasty pint!

Jesus lads, haven't you heard the pubs are open? May as well shut the thread

hmmm · 03-09-2020 08:44AM

Deleted User wrote: »

4 died in August. Think we'll be ok.

Deaths of course are a severely lagging indicator of the current trends in the virus (wasn't the death reported yesterday from June?), and probably be the best indicator we have (the public) is the number of hospitalisations. With any luck that starts to level off and decline, in which case we know we have got this under control.

I realise the R number is only a best estimate, but no-one is going to be recommending relaxing restrictions while that estimate is showing that the virus is still spreading, and there is the risk of schools causing a big increase. It'll take time before we know whether things are under control.

MrStuffins · 03-09-2020 08:55AM

AdamD wrote: »

Jesus lads, haven't you heard the pubs are open? May as well shut the thread

It's funny though, because there are some on the thread who don't think any pubs are open at all, even accusing me of lying about having been to one this past weekend because they are so steadfast in their belief that there are none open.

But, alas, it is not the case.

03-09-2020 09:01AM

hmmm wrote: »

Deaths of course are a severely lagging indicator of the current trends in the virus (wasn't the death reported yesterday from June?), and probably be the best indicator we have (the public) is the number of hospitalisations. With any luck that starts to level off and decline, in which case we know we have got this under control.

I realise the R number is only a best estimate, but no-one is going to be recommending relaxing restrictions while that estimate is showing that the virus is still spreading, and there is the risk of schools causing a big increase. It'll take time before we know whether things are under control.

The rumours are that the pubs will reopen soon.
I can't see any reason why they wouldn't. They are open in every other country.

Seems like the government might finally be accepting that we have to start living again.

niallo27 · 03-09-2020 09:11AM

AdamD wrote: »

Jesus lads, haven't you heard the pubs are open? May as well shut the thread

I live in a town of about 6k people, no pubs are open or even look like they are opening. No pub open in the next town over either.

Geuze · 03-09-2020 09:27AM

niallo27 wrote: »

I live in a town of about 6k people, no pubs are open or even look like they are opening. No pub open in the next town over either.

Odd.

I know a small town of 5,000 pop, with five pubs, of which four are open.

Two of the five always served food.

The other two have started.

deckie66 · 03-09-2020 09:38AM

looks like the pubs will be open by the end of the month and when we go to them, surprise surprise, the protocols and limitations in place will be no different to those currently in place for gastro pubs and we'll all look back and wonder what the fuss was all about

bucketybuck · 03-09-2020 10:15AM

hmmm wrote: »

hospitalisations are rising.

You keep saying this in multiple threads and have been called out on it multiple times, where are the facts for rising hospitalisations? Here is a quote from Paul Reid yesterday:

HSE CHIEF PAUL Reid has said deaths and numbers of patients hospitalised with Covid-19 are remaining low despite rising case numbers across the country

Deaths are low, numbers in ICU remain low, hospitalisations remain low and yet you keep peddling your fear mongering narrative.

Opening of "No-Food" pubs pushed out again

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