Pubs opening June 4th

How does app ordering work Teetime? Is the menu displayed on your phone? Does it work for both food and drinks?

In terms of the economy I do wonder about the long term affects on peoples behaviour. I have changed a lot of my behaviour completely and cant imagine reverting to old behaviours. I cant be the only one. I pretty much popped into a shop every day, I wont ever do that again, I live 40 mins from my work, if there was a work do in a pub or restaurant I would travel to go there, I wont do that again, I think many of us have learnt what we actually like doing during this period rather than what we have become accustomed to doing.

Pubs and cafes here have been getting ready to open their gardens and outdoor areas and some have spent a great deal of money putting up screens, semi permanent outdoor structures, installing ap ordering etc and many are saying it will be reservations only for meals. We are really looking forward to going back to our local watering holes and I am looking forward to having someone cook the dinner a couple of times a week.

And then there's the children in pubs who will lick their fingers and then play on the equipment or use the toilet. And also the football fanatics who will watch the matches on the TV and cheer at the goals and expel particles everywhere!

I agree Calendargirl and Sparklefizz. Personally I prefer waiter service where the food is brought to me on a plate at the table. It's all part of the experience.
There are, however, lots of people who like to pile up their pub meals from food lying on the hot plates or on the salad bars. Especially senior citizens who get a discount on certain days of the week. Oh dear, another rethink.

My daughter has worked non stop teaching. So many ignorant people about who assume teachers have an easy ride!

I think carveries in pubs will be a thing of the past, the same as buffet meals in hotels, at least for some time in the future.

Why am I rising to the bait ..... Jennifer Eccles there has been more than “some teaching”
It is kind of soul destroying to hear you say that when,if you read carefully, you can see how much work teachers have been doing and to be quite honest I don’t think they will stop for the usual amount of time

We'd love to be going to our local for the weekly pub quiz which we've been attending for many years. It's really enjoyable. I can't see it happening in the near future.

Ellianne How does that work then with carveries in pubs? I mean the ones where we all line up in a queue, people cough over the food, all touch the same serving spoons and dig around in the troughs, then all touch the handle of the gravy jug before proceeding to our table?

Well, frankly, who would ever want to eat there in the first place??

Well yes I know there has been some teaching but couldn’t the holiday period be reduced to a couple of weeks?

If children don’t return until September they will have been off for nearly six months.
It’s feared that some from deprived households will never catch up.

I believe Danish children returned a few weeks ago and there has been no noticeable increase in transmission there since then.

How does that work then with carveries in pubs? I mean the ones where we all line up in a queue, people cough over the food, all touch the same serving spoons and dig around in the troughs, then all touch the handle of the gravy jug before proceeding to our table?

Yes the care homes situation was very sad but other European countries also had serious outbreaks in theirs too.

Our PM wasn’t responsible for those was he?

There was a world wide shortage of PPE and sadly decisions had to be made in terms of priority.

The NHS obviously came first.

Jennifereccles - where on earth did you get the idea that teachers have had time off???? They have all been continuing to work - for most even longer hours than they had done previously. Providing on -line lessons, attending their normal plus extra compulsory on-line meetings, marking work, individual on-line teaching, on-line group meetings.,

I know of teachers who have now been told they have to produce and submit THREE different lots of lesson plans for next September - (first for blended learning - that is combination of on-line and in school teaching, second for in -school teaching with 2m distancing rule, and third for in-school teaching with 1m distancing rule).

Teachers who are employed part time normally, have now been working more than full-time trying to look after their pupils. They really do need holiday time this summer in order to re-charge their very low batteries AND give some time to their own families.

There really so much ignorance about what is going on and Jennyeccles, you do seem to only see what you wish to and not what is really happening.

Most of our local pubs serve very good meals, and employ many young people working behind the bar or waiting on tables. It’s part of our culture and I really hope we don’t lose it as it’s a very enjoyable alternative to mum cooking a meal at home for a large extended family or just spending a lunchtime or evening with friends.
I understand everything will need to be spaced at appropriate distances - which will definitely affect profits - but it’s do-able. Take extra care with cleanliness, people washing hands, cleaning the toilet after them, it’s the way it always should have been.

Independence Day. We can all do what we like! Let me think ........
Do pubs serve cream teas?

Sorry I did mean July 4th

JenniferEccles Teachers have effectively already had weeks off haven’t they?

Do you mean that tongue in cheek? Surely you know that they have been working non-stop all the way through?

My daughter is a teacher and has been teaching the children of key workers in school on a rota system with her colleagues, also through the Easter and halfterm holidays so that their parents could work, simultaneously teaching her GCSE and A Level students online every day.... plus home schooling her own 2 children.

Teachers have not been furloughed.

I see Katie Hopkins has been banned from Twitter!

Of course the Leftist teachers unions were always going to make life difficult for the government in their plan

Spoken like a true Boris believer!

Pity those who died needlessly in Care Homes because they had no one to speak up for them. Where was Boris’ plan then?

I feel sorry for those who have been unable to work and understand their need to be earning but sitting in a pub does not feature in my life.
If I was a beer drinker I may feel differently but wine tends to be just plonk.
We have quite a few pubs within walking distance of us and it has been so peaceful on an evening. Not looking forward to the late night noise again.

I’m not sure it’s been officially announced but it’s good news as it indicates that the distancing rule will be reduced.

I think it’s ridiculous that schools are not open as well though. Why wait until September? Why not abandon the Summer holiday?

Teachers have effectively already had weeks off haven’t they?

Of course the Leftist teachers unions were always going to make life difficult for the government in their plan.

It seems crazy to me that children can wander around potentially crowded shopping centres with (and without in the case of older ones) their parents yet it’s deemed ‘not safe’ to be in schools.

I can’t see the logic in that.

Obviously that's not going to happen Furret we have to learn how to live and deal with this. We can't hide away forever,

If they don’t open soon though, it’ll be too late. Many pubs and restaurants were going through hard times even before lockdown and some just won’t re-open. Why do you think we don’t need them, Nanderin?

I'm in two minds as always, one minute I'm still frightened and want to carry on isolating, the next I want to throw caution to the wind and book those trips on my to do list. I guess in the end it'll be something in the middle.