Personal cleanliness

rosequartz you make a very good point about the roaming cats. My DD lives in an area we call 'Cat City', there are so many of them, and they all seem to use her front garden as their toilet. We're always being warned about picking up after our dogs, with threats of fines if we don't, but no-one in authority says a damn thing about letting your cats out to foul other people's property. I suppose, just because they tend to do their business on private land rather than in public parks and pavements, it doesn't matter. But it does matter to the people whose gardens are stinking because of their neighbours' cats

Apparently dogs must be kept under control but cats are free to roam.

The pharmacist (chemist? ) who gave us our flu jabs yesterday had a cold. And last time I had an eye test in Tesco the fitting-the-glasses lady had a raging cold. I caught that one. Sigh.

There's trouble everywhere out there.

Agree with you on that Indinana. And beside the poo, I get really annoyed when they dig up my new planted flowers too. Have used that cat away sprinkle stuff but it doesn't seem to work.

Just received a letter from the NT thanking me for pointing out that one of their staff had dirty nails. They said the Catering Manager would be asked to speak to all the staff in the cafe about personal cleanliness.

It will be a bit like Downton Abbey when all the staff stand outside the front entrance and they will present their nails for inspection.

I'm a bit disappointed they didn't ask me to do it.

I had to see a Dr last week for more antibiotics, and he suddenly caught sight of his own dirty nails, and wondered how they got like that as he had scrubbed them. I said, 'Thank heavens I'm not here for an internal then' and he looked quite shocked.

I read that some branches of Costa Coffee have very dirty kitchens (with unwanted visitors) and that one branch in London had no hot water for staff to wash their hands after using the toilet.

I must say that the staff at the NT café we visited yesterday looked very clean and used tongs to handle the food.

We had a lovely meal at a local restaurant with a reputation for good food, (and the food was good) then later saw the Council's hygiene reports. 1* out of 5* for hygiene and cleanliness!

Blimey a 1 star means they need to make urgent and major changes to their hygiene standards. Yuk!

Thanks Elegran, I didn't know there was a list of acronyms. Very useful.

I would never eat anywhere with less than 5 Scores on the Doors. There is a pub in Abergavenny with only 1 (!) - and it was always packed out at lunchtimes. Weird!

Where you get your herd immunity from.

Or typhoid outbreaks

There is a pub in Abergavenny with only 1 (!) - and it was always packed out at lunchtimes.
Ooh, which one?

There must be a few mucky pubs around here then

Have just looked online: most of the places we go to around here have a 5, our favourite garden centre only has 3 and one place owned by someone famous where we take the children only has a 1! Although there are lots of notices around telling us to wash our hands after we have touched the animals.
The food is lovely! .

As DM said, we eat a peck of dirt before we die

Blimey a 1 star means they need to make urgent and major changes to their hygiene standards. Yuk!

I have just checked and they now have a 4 rating - so obviously got disinfecting and scrubbing!

rosequarz DH says it was actually in Monmouth. Not Aber. The Robin Hood.

yes. It was the Robin Hood, Monmouth. Link here

Glad we just ate fish and chips sitting by the river!

rosequarz DH says it was actually in Monmouth. Not Aber. The Robin Hood. aargh!

Actually, haven't been in that one for years - and I'm not going in again
Although the Indian hasn't got a great rating either!
The 1 star which now has a 4 star is just outside Monmouth too ........

I am eating at home in my own kitchen (just don't look in the oven).

Did the ducks come and pinch your fish and chips?

I gave DGD2 a piece of bread to throw to those blasted ducks, she threw it so enthusiastically she nearly went hurtling down the bank into the river ..... just managed to grab her dress.

I see that HMP Usk has a 5 star rating!
Maybe we'll try there next time.

Oh dear I think I must be in a minority of one on this.

rq No. It's the seagulls I'm more wary of. But they seemed well behaved. I liked the ducks.