[DouglasS]

I am going on Saturday, had to pay a deposit to book the table as well and it was very expensive! (£10 per a person!). I’ve also got my haircut booked in the morning

[rusticgal]

We like to go to the pub now and then just for one/two drinks. But we will let things settle down more before we go. We found a nice spot by the canal...so during lockdown and the nice weather we took a drink down there...it was lovely.

[reece(:]

No since all my friends can't go and meet on the same table so we're gonna keep doing house parties and drinks at the park for now.

All the rules and guidelines just makes it sound too restricted and miserable too.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by reece(:

No since all my friends can't go and meet on the same table so we're gonna keep doing house parties and drinks at the park for now.

All the rules and guidelines just makes it sound too restricted and miserable too.

I agree with that too although I'd totally go to a restaurant where all of the tables are separated by big dividers. I wish they had always been like that .

I've come up with this concept where you go to the restaurant, go down a corridor into a nice little "pod" with your table, order on an app and then your meal arrives via a little elevator. You never even see another human face except the people you're with. BLISS.

[caprimint]

No, pubs are overrated anyway without having restrictions in them

[Brother Leon]

Doesn’t really appeal to me anymore at the best of times, never mind in these.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Don't go to pubs so no but if I was a youngster o would go and not bother. Such tiny risk

[MTVN]

Yes the pubs around me have all been very creative in responding to the new restrictions and have laid out numerous measures to keep things safe. In my county the number of cases is down to almost 1 in every 200,000 people so the risk is not a big one. I've worked throughout the lockdown when the risk was much higher so I'm not going to be too worried about the pub

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Yes the pubs around me have all been very creative in responding to the new restrictions and have laid out numerous measures to keep things safe. In my county the number of cases is down to almost 1 in every 200,000 people so the risk is not a big one. I've worked throughout the lockdown when the risk was much higher so I'm not going to be too worried about the pub

...yeah I’ve worked throughout also, so I wouldn’t have any concerns as such as restrictions will be there...although I don’t have any plans to go, I’m not a pub person...enjoy your pint, though....

[Kazanne]

We will be going just to meet some friends and have a couple we wont be going mad ,but will sit in the garden if we can and socialize again, I'm looking forward to it and supporting our locals.

[Dogeatdog]

I’m probably not gonna go to one straight away as I can imagine they’ll be very busy but after maybe a month (or maybe longer tbh) I’ll go back to one.

[Cal.]

No not for a while

[Firewire]

Nah but I don’t go to the pub often anyway

Ours don’t properly open until the 15th

[caprimint]

What a silly statement to make trying to make it about politics

[Babayaro.]

I'll wait a few weeks for it to die down first, I think.

[Babayaro.]

Originally Posted by Smithy

The ones that’ll be there are the all lives matter crowd

Originally Posted by Glenn.

Pretty much

I don't understand this logic?

[Glenn.]

What don’t you understand?

[DouglasS]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

What don’t you understand?

He has already said, the logic. It’s a completely random statement

[Babayaro.]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

What don’t you understand?

That by going to the pub translates to you being apart of the 'all lives matter' brigade

idk if its meant to be a joke or

[Ashley.]

I think the point is that the same people using the protests as a way of hounding people for not adhering to social distancing and constantly explaining the 'risks' they are taking will no doubt be in the pub come Saturday, ironically complaining about the protests while brushing past tens of people on their way to the bathroom/to the bar.

Of course this is an exaggerated example but I believe that was Glenn's logic. It's not a political statement, just an example of the hypocrisy that will probably occur.

[DouglasS]

Originally Posted by Ashley.

I think the point is that the same people using the protests as a way of hounding people for not adhering to social distancing and constantly explaining the 'risks' they are taking will no doubt be in the pub come Saturday, ironically complaining about the protests while brushing past tens of people on their way to the bathroom.

Of course this is an exaggerated example but I believe that was Glenn's logic. It's not a political statement, just an example of the hypocrisy that will probably occur.

This seems to be a never ending cycle because I’m sure many attending protests were complaining about the beaches / tubes / traffic a few days/weeks before also. Smithy/Glenn’s comments just seem to be making everything tik for tac and political for little reason

[Ashley.]

Originally Posted by DouglasS

This seems to be a never ending cycle because I’m sure many attending protests were complaining about the beaches / tubes / traffic a few days/weeks before also. It just seems to be making everything tik for tac and political for little reason

I think most would probably agree though that protesting for equality is a fairer reason to break social distancing rules than going to the beach, or to the pub. Plus, most attending these protests did adhere to the rules and wore face-masks. Sadly though, it was minority of protests that clearly broke these rules and descended into chaos that made the papers, in the same way that the same image of the same beach was reported on several times by the media.

In conclusion, **** the media for making us all despise one another I guess?

[bots]

i think they have shown both here and in america that the protests did not increase the numbers of infected. In America, the major contributor to infection increase was people indoors in bars not social distancing properly, so much so that states have now closed the bars down again. You would have thought the government here would have taken note of that, but no ... we are pushing ahead opening up bars. I hope I'm not saying told you so in a couple of weeks time

[Babayaro.]

Originally Posted by Ashley.

I think the point is that the same people using the protests as a way of hounding people for not adhering to social distancing and constantly explaining the 'risks' they are taking will no doubt be in the pub come Saturday, ironically complaining about the protests while brushing past tens of people on their way to the bathroom/to the bar.

Of course this is an exaggerated example but I believe that was Glenn's logic. It's not a political statement, just an example of the hypocrisy that will probably occur.

Thanks for explaining, I understand now. I agree tbh, but it was the generalisation of the 'all lives matter' bit that confused me.

[JerseyWins]

I'm not sure when they're re-opening around here but when they do I'll most likely wait until after a few weeks at least. Let the others be the guinea pigs

That said, I'll be at a little house party thing tomorrow for pre 4th of July & that's prob just as bad for potential corona spreading oop.