bobukbrewer
Landlord.
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see my previous thread - they can't afford good cellarship......
Now here's a sad tale from my sole trader innkeeping days. A fellow licensee from a nearby village was getting on and he had a good trade but lots of physical work in the cellar. So he advertised for a cellarman. So chancer turned up with the gift of the gab swore he knew years of cellar work - difficult back then before mobile phone were everywhere, to check on bona fides. So what happened was, that he was put on the books and did some fumbling around for ca 10 days - then suddenly he cried out from the cellar he needed an ambulance cos he strained his back handling casks. Well he was hospitalised and went on statutory sick pay which the Landlord had to pay. He also had to get in some agency help (another bad story of theft and dirty tricks). This malingerer couldnt be sacked while on sick for 6 months and then it was over, but he took the landlord to the tribunal for unfair dismissal cos he hadnt been given the obligatory health and safety training for handling barrels and didnt have the right equipment and didnt keep a HnS book. Tribunal awarded £2000 compensation. The Landlord was made bankrupt by this.see my previous thread - they can't afford good cellarship......
I think the fashion is a huge thing. "Bitter" congers up images of old men in flat caps drinking beer from old dimple glasses on their way home from the coal mine. People don't want that because that's what old codgers drink.Yes..definitely regional. Bitter as I find,is sometimes labelled as "amber" as its not fashionable to drink bitter. I wonder why drinking pish is fashionable?
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