Pub Sunday snacks

[sprayer]

My local pub always used to put cheese & biscuits, pickled onions, peanuts etc. on the bar on a Sunday morning as a way of saying thanks to the regulars for their support and custom throughout the week.
It only cost a very small amount, but they have now stopped doing it saying that health & saftey was the reason because people were visiting the toilet, not washing their hands and then handling the food on the bar. If this is the case why are bar staff not made to wash hands more often or wear disposable gloves as they are
handling dirty money that has been in peoples pockets,
are often seen running fingers through their hair, pick up empty glasses by putting their fingers inside where people have been drinking from, wiping tables and the bar with old dish cloths.... the list goes on, to me it is just penny pinching, but all the time the price of drinks keeps going up. What do you all think ???

[puddicat]

I used to run a couple of pubs,we didnt put out snacks it wasnt company policy, to be honest would you want the barstaff serving you with rubber gloves on eh?next we will be all sitting in a airtight bubble to stop any germs getting through!!!

[sprayer]

I quite agree with you, That was my point I honestly think we have gone to far with health and safety and hygiene laws that is proberbly why people are always ill these days,
they have been so protected that they have not built up any resistance to bugs, dont get me wrong its good to have some sort of laws I just think they are now over the top

[hundreddolla]

In my pub we used to do the Sunday free bar snacks. We did all of the above mentioned, we also did mussels, cockles and at 4pm did roast potatoes. When i first took over the pub it was something i'd never experienced before. I still haven't visited another pub where it's done.

[abstract]

health and safety might have something to do with it but as you said its probably more to do with tight fistedness and the health and saftey things just an excuse!

[code1]

With pubs closing at about 5 a week plus so I hear, you would think that the bars would be full of food to get the punters in !.
When I ran my pub I always put very salty peanuts on the bar everynight. Salty peanuts make you thirsty thus Increasing drink sales..
I would see people go for a wee, then not wash their hands and then buy a packet of crisps.
My staff always washed thier hands, and never picked a clean glass up by the inside.
I sent all the staff on a health and hygene courses, and constantly told them about health risks.
Handling money is a dirty business, and I get your point, but unless you have direct contact with an item, then you just have to accept it, everywhere you go, even top places have an element of risk, the ideal way would be for somebody to take the money and another just serve, but thats 2 staff held up on 1 customer.
We cleaned tables with a contact spray and paper towel, not a dish cloth as your right this does transfer germs from place to place.
I invited the health department to view my kitchens, and kept on top of things for 5 years, even gaining an award from the council for a clean premises, but there are those out there who cut corners and have filthy kitchens, but thats the world over sadly.