Quiet music and ordering apps: Helston pubs in time of coronavirus
By The Editor
24th Jun 2020 | Local News
Music must be turned down low, ketchup sachets will replace
bottles and pints should be ordered on your smartphone in pubsand restaurants in England, new guidance from the Government has said.
The guidelines published on Wednesday, ahead of lockdown measures easing on July 4, ask restaurant and pub bosses to ensure that customers and staff can be safe while enjoying a drink or a meal.
It includes obvious measures, such as ensuring social distancing,
cleaning bathrooms and reducing contact between people. However, the atmosphere inside venues is also likely to changeconsiderably.
Not only will they welcome fewer people in order to ensure that
customers are sat further apart, but the stereo, or football match onthe TV will also be turned down.
The guidance reads:
"All venues should ensure that steps are taken to avoid people needing to unduly raise their voices to each other.
"This includes, but is not limited to, refraining from playing music or
broadcasts that may encourage shouting, including if played at avolume that makes normal conversation difficult."
This is because as people start shouting or speaking up they are
more likely to launch the virus into the air and spread it to othercustomers - so-called aerosol transmission.
Pubs and restaurants will also be asked to get their customers to
order food directly to their tables using a smartphone app, wherepossible.
Another casualty of the coronavirus restrictions is likely to be the
bottle of vinegar or jar of mayonnaise, as the Governmentencourages businesses to replace these with disposable
alternatives. And gone are the days of picking up your own knives and forks atthe counter. Cutlery should only be brought to the table with the
food, according to the Government recommendations. Meanwhile, queues are here to stay, as the guidance to ensure thatpeople wait their turn outside venues.
This will mean that managers have to cooperate with their
neighbours to ensure that queues waiting to get into two places donot mingle.
This cooperation could stretch as far as staggering opening times to
ensure that people are not queuing and taking public transport tothe venue at the same time.
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