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Opening of "No-Food" pubs pushed out again

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  • #8012
    sasta le
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,586 ✭✭✭sasta le


    I work in the hospitality sector and it's a nightmare the minute but can see the reasons why...if we are locking down then it's needs to be a total lockdown


  • #8013
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 676 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Was out in 2 pubs in Swords on Saturday night. Both pubs were well set up and everyone in them were well behaved. Plenty of spaces between tables, and loads of hand sanitizer. First pub we were in we had food. The 2nd pub we didnt need to get food. Nice to get out for a few pints with friends


  • #8014
    sasta le
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,586 ✭✭✭sasta le


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Was out in 2 pubs in Swords on Saturday night. Both pubs were well set up and everyone in them were well behaved. Plenty of spaces between tables, and loads of hand sanitizer. First pub we were in we had food. The 2nd pub we didnt need to get food. Nice to get out for a few pints with friends

    Thought you had to order a 9euro meal


  • #8015
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 676 ✭ [Deleted User]


    sasta le wrote: »
    Thought you had to order a 9euro meal

    We didnt in the 2nd pub.When we got there they asked if we wanted food and we said no. They said grand and showed us to our table. Stayed there for 4 hours


  • #8016
    John O.Groats
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 837 ✭✭✭John O.Groats


    Deleted User wrote: »
    We didnt in the 2nd pub.When we got there they asked if we wanted food and we said no. They said grand and showed us to our table. Stayed there for 4 hours

    Should have been reported.


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  • #8017
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 676 ✭ [Deleted User]


    John O.Groats wrote: »
    Should have been reported.

    Why should they be reported? They were still serving food. As i said in an earlier post the place was well set up and everyone was well behaved. If you left your table to go to the bathroom without a face mask the staff were quick to tell you to put it on


  • #8018
    AdrianBalboa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 475 ✭✭AdrianBalboa


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Was out in 2 pubs in Swords on Saturday night. Both pubs were well set up and everyone in them were well behaved. Plenty of spaces between tables, and loads of hand sanitizer. First pub we were in we had food. The 2nd pub we didnt need to get food. Nice to get out for a few pints with friends
    Where?


  • #8019
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,216 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    sasta le wrote: »
    Thought you had to order a 9euro meal

    Thats only in the respectable businesses.


  • #8020
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 676 ✭ [Deleted User]


    AdrianBalboa wrote: »
    Where?

    Mo's Tavern,have you heard of it :D


  • #8021
    John O.Groats
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 837 ✭✭✭John O.Groats


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Why should they be reported? They were still serving food. As i said in an earlier post the place was well set up and everyone was well behaved. If you left your table to go to the bathroom without a face mask the staff were quick to tell you to put it on

    If you didn`t want food you should have been told to leave the premises straight away without being served any alcohol. The rules were flouted.


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  • #8022
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 676 ✭ [Deleted User]


    John O.Groats wrote: »
    If you didn`t want food you should have been told to leave the premises straight away without being served any alcohol. The rules were flouted.

    You know whats wrong with this country. Theres too many people like you that cant keep there nose out of things. As i said before. The place was well run and no one was acting the bollox. If we had to get food we would have got some but we didnt need too


  • #8023
    John O.Groats
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 837 ✭✭✭John O.Groats


    Deleted User wrote: »
    You know whats wrong with this country. Theres too many people like you that cant keep there nose out of things. As i said before. The place was well run and no one was acting the bollox. If we had to get food we would have got some but we didnt need too

    Irrelevant.The rule is no food no booze.


  • #8024
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 676 ✭ [Deleted User]


    John O.Groats wrote: »
    Irrelevant.The rule is no food no booze.

    It wouldnt have bothered me if i had to have ordered food. I still got to enjoy a few nice pints for 4 hours :D


  • #8025
    SAMTALK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,353 ✭✭✭SAMTALK


    Deleted User wrote: »
    You know whats wrong with this country. Theres too many people like you that cant keep there nose out of things. As i said before. The place was well run and no one was acting the bollox. If we had to get food we would have got some but we didnt need too

    What's wrong with this country is that too many people are flouting the rules actually


  • #8026
    ginoginelli
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭ginoginelli


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    It wouldnt have bothered me if i had to have ordered food. I still got to enjoy a few nice pints for 4 hours :D

    People like you and the pub that served you are the driving force behind this epidemic. Shame on you.


  • #8027
    Oops!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,282 ✭✭✭Oops!


    ginoginelli wrote: »
    People like you and the pub that served you are the driving force behind this epidemic. Shame on you.

    No... They are not.


  • #8028
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 676 ✭ [Deleted User]


    ginoginelli wrote: »
    People like you and the pub that served you are the driving force behind this epidemic. Shame on you.

    No we are not. Maybe you have been hiding under your bed for the last nine months but the pubs have been closed for most of the time during the pandemic so how the hell are they the driving force behind it. Show me the numbers


  • #8029
    Dub81
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 55 ✭✭Dub81


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Was out in 2 pubs in Swords on Saturday night. Both pubs were well set up and everyone in them were well behaved. Plenty of spaces between tables, and loads of hand sanitizer. First pub we were in we had food. The 2nd pub we didnt need to get food. Nice to get out for a few pints with friends

    i wasnt asked to have food either but seen as i hadnt eaten and i was expecting them to put a menu in front of me i ordered food anyway, like yourelf the pub well set up,plenty of spaces and hand sanitizer there great aul session was had, the anti pub brigade are insufferable still droning on about the "dangers of the pubs" despite the actual facts saying the opposite :rolleyes:

    Pubs are safe environments, anyone who says otherwise is deluded and clearly has it in for pubs, a bit like a certain Dr of misery.


  • #8030
    SAMTALK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,353 ✭✭✭SAMTALK


    Dub81 wrote: »
    i wasnt asked to have food either but seen as i hadnt eaten and i was expecting them to put a menu in front of me i ordered food anyway, like yourelf the pub well set up,plenty of spaces and hand sanitizer there great aul session was had, the anti pub brigade are insufferable still droning on about the "dangers of the pubs" despite the actual facts saying the opposite :rolleyes:

    Pubs are safe environments, anyone who says otherwise is deluded and clearly has it in for pubs, a bit like a certain Dr of misery.

    That's the pubs you were in, but you can't say all pubs will do what is required.


  • #8031
    Dub81
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 55 ✭✭Dub81


    SAMTALK wrote: »
    That's the pubs you were in, but you can't say all pubs will do what is required.

    lets not fool ourselves here,the vast majority of pubs will do as required, and have bent over backwards to ensure safety is paramount whilst in the pub.

    Any pub ive been in has abided by every single thing required.


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  • #8032
    SAMTALK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,353 ✭✭✭SAMTALK


    Dub81 wrote: »
    lets not fool ourselves here,the vast majority of pubs will do as required, and have bent over backwards to ensure safety is paramount whilst in the pub.

    Any pub ive been in has abided by every single thing required.

    But all it takes is for the minority not to do it right. This is what causes the problem for the rest.


  • #8033
    Dub81
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 55 ✭✭Dub81


    SAMTALK wrote: »
    But all it takes is for the minority not to do it right. This is what causes the problem for the rest.

    lets not scrape the barrel here, the same can be said about any industry not just pubs.


  • #8034
    SAMTALK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,353 ✭✭✭SAMTALK


    Dub81 wrote: »
    lets not scrape the barrel here, the same can be said about any industry not just pubs.

    Absoutely, but we were discussing pubs here were we not ?


  • #8035
    Dub81
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 55 ✭✭Dub81


    SAMTALK wrote: »
    Absoutely, but we were discussing pubs here were we not ?

    yes indeed, but lets not deflect from that fact that it can happen anywhere, not just pubs, so lets not demonise pubs.


  • #8036
    Russman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,984 ✭✭✭Russman


    Dub81 wrote: »
    Pubs are safe environments, anyone who says otherwise is deluded and clearly has it in for pubs, a bit like a certain Dr of misery.

    I'm sure some are safer than others, but to say anyone who suggests that a relatively poorly ventilated space, with people in close proximity, consuming alcohol, might not be safe in the midst of this pandemic, given what we know about the spread of it, is deluded and clearly has it in for pubs is surely a bit off the wall.

    Any thoughts as to why most European governments have closed bars and indoor dining ?


  • #8037
    SAMTALK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,353 ✭✭✭SAMTALK


    Dub81 wrote: »
    yes indeed, but lets not deflect from that fact that it can happen anywhere, not just pubs, so lets not demonise pubs.

    Yes it can happen anywhere and is as I have agreed, but also let's not deflect from the fact that alcohol plays a bigger role in this scenario


  • #8038
    end of the road
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,537 ✭✭✭✭end of the road


    GT89 wrote: »
    Won't be happening for much longer unfortunately. My only hope is that when the next lockdown is imposed more businesses including pubs and induviduals ignore it and open their doors and people gather in large groups sticking the two fingers up to anymore covid related social austerity.

    The fact of the matter is if everyone breaks the rules imposed the Gardai cannot do anything. They cannot shut every pub or bsuiness that breaks any restructions and they cannot arrest everyone. The more non compliance the better.


    you think yeah?
    very easy to implement enforcement if it is needed.
    doesn't need to involve arresting everyone.

    I'm very highly educated. I know words, i have the best words, nobody has better words then me.



  • #8039
    Shanotheslayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,191 ✭✭✭✭Shanotheslayer


    Dub81 wrote: »

    Any pub ive been in has abided by every single thing required.

    Except the food requirement :pac:


  • #8040
    Fattybojangles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,128 ✭✭✭Fattybojangles


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Why should they be reported? They were still serving food. As i said in an earlier post the place was well set up and everyone was well behaved. If you left your table to go to the bathroom without a face mask the staff were quick to tell you to put it on

    There's no reasoning with these lockdown curtain twitching fanatics


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  • #8041
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Gosh_idiots wrote: »
    I think you'd be fooling yourself thinking that most pubs will abide by the restrictions to the point they wouldn't cause an issue. Yes, some might.. But many won't. Every time the country starts to open up again the pubs are jammed to the rafters. Drunk people don't have the same mentality and same boundaries attached as when they're sober and who's going to enforce the guidelines in every pub in the country? You can expect door staff to be everywhere at once, can't rely on people to social distance themselves, can't expect the guards to be in every pub in the country and the bar staff definitely can't do it! While it could be said of any business its obvious alcohol is a major factor in the spread of covid. If its not in pubs its house parties at home. It's so sad and devastating to many business owners up and down the country but leaving pubs and restaurants open.. Where people can mingle.. Is obviously gonna add to an upsurge in cases.

    I’ve yet to see, even a video, of a pub jammed to the rafters since March of this year.


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