Just done it in France

comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 27 minutes ago
Just done it in France
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We should lock down too?

I think yes.

Fooking end of times stuff.

Stay healthy dudes.

Pretty unhelpful comments from Boris there imo.

Advising people to avoid bars and pubs whilst not forcing closures keeps the responsibility with the employers to manage the situation. If they forced closures they would have to do more to help the industry out.

Now we have to keep the lights on and the venues staffed with even less footfall. Proper d!ck move.

comment by gratedbean (U4885)
posted 50 seconds ago
Pretty unhelpful comments from Boris there imo.

Advising people to avoid bars and pubs whilst not forcing closures keeps the responsibility with the employers to manage the situation. If they forced closures they would have to do more to help the industry out.

Now we have to keep the lights on and the venues staffed with even less footfall. Proper d!ck move.
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Precisely grated, they want to appear to be doing something while not doing anything.

Bet you a tenner that they announce lockdown to coincide with the Easter school holidays too in order to avoid helping out further.

I finished my Monday by going through a list of everyone still in their probation period and having to cut it in half, and we’re one of the fortunate venues that hasn’t been savagely hit. Meanwhile that spineless pr!ck has just made the mess bigger for thousands of people up and down the country.

comment by gratedbean (U4885)
posted 5 minutes ago
I finished my Monday by going through a list of everyone still in their probation period and having to cut it in half, and we’re one of the fortunate venues that hasn’t been savagely hit. Meanwhile that spineless pr!ck has just made the mess bigger for thousands of people up and down the country.
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That sucks. You're in hospitality industry then grated ?

Yeah man. It’s a 5hit situation for everyone, you are either the one making the decision or the one the decisions are being made about.

Strikes me that this prioritises the insurance companies, whether intentional or not. Need more info though

This really is a black swan event for the hospitality and catering industry.
To add context, people treated going out for meals/coffees/nights out as a normal every day thing. Spending their disposable incomes in that way of convenience no problem.

If for example people stay away for 2 months or more, it could be habit forming where people looking at the balances end of month (for those working) see the amount saved.

People could reduce their visits in the short term to those establishments by 90% as they become more sufficient / less frivolous.

It really is an absolute hammer blow, and this pr!ck wants to basically have plausible deniability in that he didn't ask anyone to close, it was just common sense.

Deniability = no responsibility to helping the sector where insurance companies will say it wasn't an enforced closure.

Really is sitting on the fence and dithering

comment by Redinthehead - FreeGaza - فلسطين (U1860)
posted 17 seconds ago
This really is a black swan event for the hospitality and catering industry.
To add context, people treated going out for meals/coffees/nights out as a normal every day thing. Spending their disposable incomes in that way of convenience no problem.

If for example people stay away for 2 months or more, it could be habit forming where people looking at the balances end of month (for those working) see the amount saved.

People could reduce their visits in the short term to those establishments by 90% as they become more sufficient / less frivolous.

It really is an absolute hammer blow, and this pr!ck wants to basically have plausible deniability in that he didn't ask anyone to close, it was just common sense.

Deniability = no responsibility to helping the sector where insurance companies will say it wasn't an enforced closure.

Really is sitting on the fence and dithering
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You didn't expect anything less from Boris and his chums in the insurance industry? They've been in cahoots for years and when governments start bending over to corporations then we enter the realms of a fascist state. This doesn't surprise me and it's as if they want a sheite show to occur. I dismissed all this a week ago and now the stark reality is we will most likely hit Marshall law with a load of Draconian laws that will classed as temporary until this blows over. However you can your bottom dollar that they won't be repealed afterwards despite the promises.

Ironically, everyone said Brexit would be the end of everything, not looking that way now. We're fecked, feck it!

Don’t no to the pub, but do send your kids to school.

Absurd.

There’s an initiative called #putitonmytab aimed at keeping cash flow going in small venues where you can pay and then redeem the drinks at a later date when we are through CV19. Definitely worth a look for anyone with such leanings, if you have a favourite little bar I’m sure they will appreciate any support.

comment by gratedbean (U4885)
posted 25 seconds ago
There’s an initiative called #putitonmytab aimed at keeping cash flow going in small venues where you can pay and then redeem the drinks at a later date when we are through CV19. Definitely worth a look for anyone with such leanings, if you have a favourite little bar I’m sure they will appreciate any support.
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Surprise surprise.

Last year Boris was paid 25k as a key speaker at an event hosted by the British Insurance Brokers Association.

comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 1 hour, 42 minutes ago
Don’t no to the pub, but do send your kids to school.

Absurd.
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This ^