Lion in Winter

Dear god I miss a good pub.

I thought I was stuck here, and then suddenly I got fired and after three months of job hunting got one that would allow me to make the move.

You just never know what life will hand you.

SultanOfSwing

My wallet doesn't ...

Yeah, I don't want to get fired, I am not mentally equipped to deal with that.

BristolUK

My stepdaughter is feeling burnout, not from the pandemic, but people complaining about it.

She works retail and part of her duties include asking people to wear masks properly, keep distance etc

Since day one she's been listening to people tell her directly or just over hearing how they've travelled to other parts of the province (against instructions because it's a hot area) or have travelled in to this part of the province; have said they couldn't go to work 'today' because someone in the house has covid (so why are they in a non essential retail store); complaints about the cart handle being wet - because it's just been sanitised; "it's just flu/cold"; "how come I can go to a restaurant for a meal not have people home for meal?" (because restaurants can control the environment, police vaccine passports etc and you can't...how many more times?; people buying fr the guest room for the visitors they are not supposed to have etc.

All things that at one time another have been subject to restrictions and measures but these people are not following them.

If she had her way, we'd be back on lockdown - like for the original 6 weeks (and only 6 weeks) but not at all since then - even if there were no compensation payments.

BristolUK

Take away table service and some places here are very much like the UK except for one detail. Even where they have more 'ale' type beers they're still served up ice cold.

Lion in Winter

That is true, pubs empty the wallet a lot faster than they used to. Plus it's good that the food in them is better, but it costs a LOT more than the scotch egg and packet of crisps used to.

I don't think getting fired is necessary to the whole thing, it just worked out that way for me. It could all have gone very bad indeed. I got lucky.

Lion in Winter

I would imagine making people wear masks when they don't want to is not an enviable job at all.

The thing with pubs is that cultural differences make them feel different, just as with any country. It's beyond the beer and food, etc.

BristolUK

Yes, but I think the difference isn't as great (or numerous) as used to be the case.

It was changing a lot in the years before I moved to Canada, it looks like that has continued apace reading reports of New year celebrations last night.. So many places with no draft beers and just being given an open bottle unless specifically asking for a glass.






I wonder why peas get an apostrophe but chips don't.

Lion in Winter

Anarchic Canadians.

old.sparkles

Is it Canadian? The prices are in pounds?

Lion in Winter

So they are. I just assumed because Bristol is in Canada and didn't look carefully.

Does this explain the apostrophe on the peas but not the chips?

old.sparkles

No - you need to get back and sort them out

BristolUK

That's weird. I know I typed out something about it being my old local and a Toastie was the only thing on the menu back then.

I think it got caught up in a different edit.

Lion in Winter

I've made a note.

Lion in Winter

Well you're still ahead of me. My old local closed down after one stabbing too many

Shard

Very reasonable prices. I'd normally peg a burger or F&C at around £10-12.

I tend to use apostrophes fairly "aesthetically". I'll add one if I think it makes the word look better, even when I know it's incorrect.