Will the Rovers ever Return? Your pub megathread, Part 2 - threadbans in OP

castletownman

PTH2009 wrote: »

T minus 6 Days

The excitement is real.

I'm going to have my earliest ever Sunday night in anticipation of a day event.

saabsaab

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

My biggest worry is that I may now have been institutionalized to the world of beer from cans and I may not now like the taste of the pint from the taps, it has been nearly a full year since I last had draught.

Same here. Fear I have forgotten how to drink more than a can or two as I do at home. May not take to draught again.

PTH2009

castletownman wrote: »

The excitement is real.

I'm going to have my earliest ever Sunday night in anticipation of a day event.

Ill try find somewhere after Work on Monday, finished at 8pm so ill have time for a few sups

fleet_admiral

gansi wrote: »

Heard similar during last lockdown staff wouldn’t come in so businesses had to stay closed. Very selfish that they won’t come back and yet still expect to have a job in September!! . Incidentally was getting takeaway food earlier today and saw new staff being trained up , was thinking that they were students off school or college for Summer as they looked very young.Maybe this could be an option for you to get some waiting staff. Still don’t understand how people get to stay on pup when they’ve a job to go back to.

I was hoping to get the old staff back, and hoping they'd want to come back. I hired my friends daughter as a kp for the summer, she's 16 and delighted to have a job and didn't blink when I explained what a kitchen porters duties are. I like her attitude but hoped the older staff would be similar
Interviewed a chef this morning, offered him 30 hours per week and €13.50 PH with the hours and money increasing once business moves indoors as well. I'll get back to you, I have to see how it affects my pup was his answer

shadyslimshady

gansi wrote: »

Heard similar during last lockdown staff wouldn’t come in so businesses had to stay closed. Very selfish that they won’t come back and yet still expect to have a job in September!! . Incidentally was getting takeaway food earlier today and saw new staff being trained up , was thinking that they were students off school or college for Summer as they looked very young.Maybe this could be an option for you to get some waiting staff. Still don’t understand how people get to stay on pup when they’ve a job to go back to.

Selfish haha. You've obviously never worked in the hospitality trade! Staying on PUP though is another story though.

Anyway i can almost taste the pints and beer garden!

Cork2021

Have the weekend of the 11th June off work. And of course my college course decided to add a lecture for the Saturday morning, still won’t stop me going getting pished!!

PTH2009

shadyslimshady wrote: »

Selfish haha. You've obviously never worked in the hospitality trade! Staying on PUP though is another story though.

Anyway i can almost taste the pints and beer garden!

I thought the PUP would be stopped if you refused to go back to work ?

stephenjmcd

PTH2009 wrote: »

I thought the PUP would be stopped if you refused to go back to work ?

It is, reduced to normal €203

Pauliedragon

PTH2009 wrote: »

I thought the PUP would be stopped if you refused to go back to work ?

It does stop in theory but how does the department of social welfare know who has turned down a return to work?

giveitholly

castletownman wrote: »

The excitement is real.

I'm going to have my earliest ever Sunday night in anticipation of a day event.

You will have to have the dinner at 8.30 in the morning to get a clear run of the day!!!

saabsaab

Pauliedragon wrote: »

It does stop in theory but how does the department of social welfare know who has turned down a return to work?

They may say it themselves or the employer may report it.

castletownman

giveitholly wrote: »

You will have to have the dinner at 8.30 in the morning to get a clear run of the day!!!

So we're having soup.

Then we're having roast spuds, boiled spuds, new spuds, mashed spuds.

We're having roast beef, jelly and ice-cream, sweet cake.

No tae. No wash up. Straight out the door.

I say I'll be at the pub at about 5 to.

PTH2009

castletownman wrote: »

So we're having soup.

Then we're having roast spuds, boiled spuds, new spuds, mashed spuds.

We're having roast beef, jelly and ice-cream, sweet cake.

No tae. No wash up. Straight out the door.

I say I'll be at the pub at about 5 to.

'Doctor Tony will be around'

Cork2021

Soakage lads/lassies you need soakage for serious day drinking!!

PTH2009

Cork2021 wrote: »

Soakage lads/lassies you need soakage for serious day drinking!!

And be out of the pub at 23.30 or the virus will get you

He lurks the shores from 23.31

Cork2021

PTH2009 wrote: »

And be out of the pub at 23.30 or the virus will get you

He lurks the shores from 23.31

Oh fûck I’d be well home by then with my kebab beside as I fall asleep on the couch watching Jurassic park!! 😂

shadyslimshady

shadyslimshady wrote: »

Selfish haha. You've obviously never worked in the hospitality trade! Staying on PUP though is another story though.

Anyway i can almost taste the pints and beer garden!

Did actually as a student and as a graduate when I’d no other job but needed money. Know all about the long hours and being on your feet but I’d do it again if I had to. Actually enjoyed meeting the customers and you’d definitely be fit from being on your feet. It isn’t easy but no job ever is. Staying on pup yes wrong if a job to go to.Enjoy the pints and the beer garden, only a week away now.

fleet_admiral

fleet_admiral wrote: »

I was hoping to get the old staff back, and hoping they'd want to come back. I hired my friends daughter as a kp for the summer, she's 16 and delighted to have a job and didn't blink when I explained what a kitchen porters duties are. I like her attitude but hoped the older staff would be similar
Interviewed a chef this morning, offered him 30 hours per week and €13.50 PH with the hours and money increasing once business moves indoors as well. I'll get back to you, I have to see how it affects my pup was his answer

Well she sounds like a good worker and
starting earning as a young person is s great training, keeps people motivated and kids learn the value of money. Hope the chef comes back to you. Maybe they have their pick of the jobs now or as you say the pup or maybe some doing other jobs now hard to know.Hope things come right for you though and good luck with the reopening.

Dickie10

chap with a gutar playing in beer garden of my local sunday evening next week 13th, is it against the law or just advisory? or is it just indoor restrcition?

Neddyusa

Dickie10 wrote: »

chap with a gutar playing in beer garden of my local sunday evening next week 13th, is it against the law or just advisory? or is it just indoor restrcition?

Who cares?
Go and support your local and don't be putting them on Tictoc or worrying about the curtain twitchers.

Dickie10

im not i think its fantastic

dodzy

fleet_admiral wrote: »

I was hoping to get the old staff back, and hoping they'd want to come back. I hired my friends daughter as a kp for the summer, she's 16 and delighted to have a job and didn't blink when I explained what a kitchen porters duties are. I like her attitude but hoped the older staff would be similar
Interviewed a chef this morning, offered him 30 hours per week and €13.50 PH with the hours and money increasing once business moves indoors as well. I'll get back to you, I have to see how it affects my pup was his answer

Unfortunately, some will see this as a net offer of €65 for a 30hr slog - and that’s before tax. PUP does have a downside. It was always going to be abused in this country.

2ndcoming

Can't think of many other skilled tradesmen who'd come running for 400 quid a week tbh.

hynesie08

2ndcoming wrote: »

Can't think of many other skilled tradesmen who'd come running for 400 quid a week tbh.

Can't think of a single barman with any sort of experience who's still on minimum wage tbh.

shadyslimshady

hynesie08 wrote: »

Can't think of a single barman with any sort of experience who's still on minimum wage tbh.

Most they'd pull is 23K and that's been generous.

Organising a get together with the lads next Monday evening, narrowed down a few likely spots and picked up the phone. "How's it going, what's the lay of the land?" "You'll have to book... " "I'll book nothing". Same response with second tap house. Third time the charm, "yeah, just show up anytime and we'll accommodate ye". Winner alright, "reserve a pint" my back passage. And let me confide in the purists among you, there'll be a keg vanquished that night. Can't bloody wait, we'll break into a ballad or two for poor Tony.

Coillte_Bhoy

Booked a spot in a beer garden for 8pm Saturday week, table in front of TV for the football. Asked was there a time limit. Told "Ye can stay till Tuesday if ye want". Oh to watch football with pints and mates, talking ****e, i cant wait.:)

PTH2009

Full of envy for all those sitting in hotel bars all over the country right now. Delighted for the staff though

Hopefully a month in a half and pubs will be hopefully back to full swing

DessieJames

Belfast again the weekend on the beer im getting used to it up there now it just feels like a second home now, decent bars in the town have to say and the place is lively.

fleet_admiral

Dickie10 wrote: »

chap with a gutar playing in beer garden of my local sunday evening next week 13th, is it against the law or just advisory? or is it just indoor restrcition?

We have ballads this Monday afternoon and a rat pack tribute at 8. If they try close us they won't make it back out the door they came in

PTH2009

Will hotel bars be serving outside for non residents from the 7th June ?

hynesie08

PTH2009 wrote: »

Will hotel bars be serving outside for non residents from the 7th June ?

Why wouldn't they?

MOR316

Booked a few places myself but, I don't think it's necessary for myself. I'll be on my own. I can stand at a barrel.
No point in one person taking up a whole table

Coillte_Bhoy

DessieJames wrote: »

Belfast again the weekend on the beer im getting used to it up there now it just feels like a second home now, decent bars in the town have to say and the place is lively.

Couple of mates up there last weekend, didnt get into one bar at all as they hadn't booked, no walk ins allowed anywhere

celt262

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Couple of mates up there last weekend, didnt get into one bar at all as they hadn't booked, no walk ins allowed anywhere

Were they the lads with the fire extinguisher in the hotel?

shadyslimshady

The Local Beer Garden is the size of a soccer pitch so no booking for me.

Off for the week, major session happening on the Sunday

Can't wait

PTH2009

Are takeaway pints effectively finished from Monday ?

I know in the past you weren't allowed leave the premises with a glass but could be a different story with plastic glasses

Personally i like my pints to be strictly inside/outside a pub and not for takeaway

MOR316

PTH2009 wrote: »

Are takeaway pints effectively finished from Monday ?

I know in the past you weren't allowed leave the premises with a glass but could be a different story with plastic glasses

Personally i like my pints to be strictly inside/outside a pub and not for takeaway

Nah, there'll be takeaways. Limited capacity, some places can't actually open until the 5th of July due to having no outdoor facilities...From a business perspective, it would be madness to stop doing takeaways.

shadyslimshady

Glass in beer gardens, anything outside the front door be plastic.

MOR316

shadyslimshady wrote: »

Glass in beer gardens, anything outside the front door be plastic.

So City and Chelsea fans

questionmark?

shadyslimshady wrote: »

Most they'd pull is 23K and that's been generous.

Ya thats not true. An experienced skilled barman will be earning a good bit more.
What's 23k on a 40 hour week? 11 P/H or so. Maybe a young person on part time at the weekend would be on that low hourly rate but not a full time experienced barman.

shadyslimshady

questionmark? wrote: »

Ya thats not true. An experienced skilled barman will be earning a good bit more.
What's 23k on a 40 hour week? 11 P/H or so. Maybe a young person on part time at the weekend would be on that low hourly rate but not a full time experienced barman.

You'd be surprised. Senior barman might be on 30K in a top establishment but usually comes with a lot more responsibility like ordering stock, supervising and doing rosters.

No difference between a junior or senior bar man flogging pints or double vodkas over a counter in a pub

Chuck Noland

Looking forward to Monday afternoon pints now

mightyreds

Just seen a pub about 15 minutes for me has posted on facebook they are open for food and drinks Monday, 50% booking and 50% walk in.
If you book you have 105 minutes time limit if you walk in theres no time limit.
Rules the business are making up are crazy

dominatinMC

The anticipation is palpable, can't wait for next week, and apparently, we have some fine weather on the way too. Tony et al. must be raging at the gods conspiring against them!

On a more serious note, from looking on social media, it is clear the effort pubs are putting in to get back trading again. I know they have been helped by grants, etc. but some of the beer gardens and outdoor spaces I'm seeing are really impressive. Going forward, I think this will be one lasting legacy that will actually be a positive one - we will have a choice of indoor drinking (will always be my preference) or really decent outdoor space - instead of a few barrels up against a wall. It's not all bad lads

stephenjmcd

Yup looks like next week is shaping up to be a warm one.

Pubs couldn't ask for better for an outdoor opening

funnydoggy

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Yup looks like next week is shaping up to be a warm one.

Pubs couldn't ask for better for an outdoor opening

Missing out on two pints worth of revenue... I'm working all week :(:(

MrMusician18

dominatinMC wrote: »

The anticipation is palpable, can't wait for next week, and apparently, we have some fine weather on the way too. Tony et al. must be raging at the gods conspiring against them!

On a more serious note, from looking on social media, it is clear the effort pubs are putting in to get back trading again. I know they have been helped by grants, etc. but some of the beer gardens and outdoor spaces I'm seeing are really impressive. Going forward, I think this will be one lasting legacy that will actually be a positive one - we will have a choice of indoor drinking (will always be my preference) or really decent outdoor space - instead of a few barrels up against a wall. It's not all bad lads

Persecution complex much?

Tazz T

DessieJames wrote: »

Belfast again the weekend on the beer im getting used to it up there now it just feels like a second home now, decent bars in the town have to say and the place is lively.

Just went through Connolly and there's a sign out saying the Belfast train is sold out. Bunch of hallions so ye all are.

dominatinMC

MrMusician18 wrote: »

Persecution complex much?

Ever hear of a concept called tongue-in-cheek? :rolleyes: