Getting A Pint In A Pub - You Need An App.

[Gromit]

Obviously that is never going to happen.
There are no apps currently available.
Landlords do not know how to implement them.

Are the Governments advisors not living in the real world? Do the not realise there isn’t a chance of that working.

After the Corona App fiasco have they not learned anything.

[Buenchico]

Eagle Eye's system is already in use in New Zealand and I can't see why it shouldn't work well here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53171031

[Togo]

What is the name of the app? The one that isn't available.

[tiggerblue10]

I've heard of some places that use apps to order food/drinks.

[woofgang]

don't Spoons already use one?

[royfromaus]

Who says an app is needed?

[Buenchico]

Also many firms have already got apps allowing customers to order food and drink from their tables. e.g. https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/order-and-pay-app

[woofgang]

yep https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/order-and-pay-app

[woofgang]

ha ha Chris snap

[fiction-factory]

Necessity is the mother of invention.
I'm sure people could wait a bit longer if necessary to go in their preferred pub.

[Zacs-Master]

Waitress / waiter service. Sorted.

[fiction-factory]

But of course you don't need an app and as some have said apps are available if needed.
From the BBC site:
Music should be kept quiet and customers encouraged to order through apps, under updated guidance for businesses reopening from 4 July.

There is also advice to reconfigure seating, minimise self-service, cancel live acts and stagger arrivals.

Places like pubs, restaurants, hotels and hairdressers are asked to keep a temporary record of customers and visitors for 21 days, to support the test and trace system.

Customers will be encouraged to book in advance and order food and drink direct to their tables through a smartphone app.

No mention of COMPULSORY

[Gromit]

Wetherspoons turnover is £1.2Billion so it can afford an app.
But your local boozer down the road cannot afford apps or third parties taking a fee for orders. Landlords and punters don’t want it, so they won’t use it.
Impossible to police, so it won’t happen.

[Zacs-Master]

It’s all cobblers. There will be no apps. How do you keep a record of people who pay with cash?

[fiction-factory]

I think you have misunderstood, Gromit

[Zacs-Master]

Not quite as simple as turnover, Gromit.
https://markets.ft.com/data/equities/tearsheet/financials?s=JDW:LSE

[fiction-factory]

How do you keep a record of people who pay with cash?
Some may accept cash but everyone I knows pays by debit card contactless now.
Restaurants will ask for details at the booking stage.
Maybe with limited spaces in pubs it will a table service and they could ask for details.
But it will all be forgotten.
It's a process that is best practice. Even if only half do it it's better than none. I'd choose a pub that follows the recommended practice rather than a crowded pub with no sanitisers, cash only, no toilet cleansing, dirty glasses...

[Gromit]

Fiction-factory,

How is it supposed to work ?

[fiction-factory]

It's recommended but not compulsory.
Some restaurants and Wetherspoons already manage such a system.
Come back here in a month and you'll see there wasn't a problem.

[fiction-factory]

Would you prefer that restaurants and pubs stay shut, Gromit?

[Gromit]

F-f,
Pubs that do not already have an app will have no chance getting anything sorted before 4th July. And the majority of punters don’t use smartphones in that way.
I predict that 95% of pubs will not use an app.
It is a scheme devised by idiots who don’t have a clue how pubs work outside London’s large chains.