Pub queues: have we finally crossed a line?
Stephen Mansfield writes that an orderly line at the bar is a vast improvement on the ‘scrum’ of old. Plus, letters by Jacqueline Douglas and Patrick Cosgrove Anyone who prefers...
By Guardian Staff · The Guardian Opinion
Stephen Mansfield writes that an orderly line at the bar is a vast improvement on the ‘scrum’ of old. Plus, letters by Jacqueline Douglas and Patrick Cosgrove Anyone who prefers the good old days of a seething scrum at the bar, rather than orderly queueing, is probably the exact personality type that makes the scrum unpleasant ( ‘It’s ridiculous’: publicans bemused by rise of single-file queues to get served, 31 January ). Bar staff have enough to deal with without trying to ensure that the more diffident, neurodiverse or otherwise differently abled customers are not overlooked or even elbowed out of the way by their brasher, louder, entitled neighbours. I worked in pubs for many years and a clear line of customers would have been an absolute delight. Continue reading...