Tuesday, 17 March 2020

Wow, that happened fast!

...quoth Josh Lyman from The West Wing.

No sooner than we think about going to a quieter pub than it becomes our last pub trip for a while.

There's a lot of fury about the government's request to people to stop congregating in public spaces as an epidemic management device.

I'm not an expert so I don't know whether this is proportionate, right, likely to be effective or a devious attempt help buddies of the PM.

What I'm interested to see is how quickly some people just complain about the issue, and others (often much smaller businesses who are used to thinking on their feet) explain why this is bad for them but then also take practical measures to continue to offer their services in some shape or form.

This is one of my favourites from a restaurant I like in Bristol but haven't managed to get back to, yet,

HERE


Also, our local bottle shop reacted immediately to say they'd be working on home deliveries soon.

I also see breweries in Sussex and Bristol offering to deliver to people.

Do I think that government needs to offer financial support to businesses?  I'm also more likely to put myself out for a smaller trader who is taking practical steps for themselves.

Me?

I'll be heading to Bottle Grove in the next couple of days to pick up some take-out beer, I've also resolved to go to my local butcher more often.

I'm really going to miss the pub, though.





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