I wrote about the latest Government advice about drinking and eating in pubs, bars and restaurants in a blog at the beginning of July, and it appeared pretty clear what licensees were meant to ensure was carried out on their premises if they wanted to reopen and stay open. The first 2 weekends, 4th/5th and 10th/12th of July saw a not unexpected heavy police and licensing authority presence touring the licensed premises of Hastings, indeed, bars were closed down and/or had their opening hours curtailed.
Added to lighten the blog
However! It appears that many licensees have forgotten they could, and probably should, be closed down because it appears they are now being totally disrespectful of the rules, disrespectful of their staff, and disrespectful of their customers and the general population. What is not to understand?!?
I am not a 'going out in the evening' regularly person, getting older changes your habits, but I have heard from 2 separate sources from the Saturday evening just gone (22nd of August) that most of the pubs and bars in George Street were, frankly, completely disrespectful of the rest of Hastings population! I shan't name and shame particular pubs/bars, but it appears that few had 'track & trace' facilities being carried out, 'social distancing' rules were completely ignored, people were standing up drinking rather than sitting at tables, indeed tables were not being cleaned/sanitized, toilets were dirty/not sanitized and up to 6 people were seen in a pub/bar toilet at a time, entrance and exit door policy was ignored by many, and there was insufficient staff on duty to ensure that safe rules to ensure the Government expected 'mitigations' were in force.
Don't be surprised when pubs and bars get closed down again...
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