I feel bad for anyone who’s job or company is in jeopardy. And I am sorry for the employees of restaurants and bars that may lose their job due to the new laws. By the same token I almost laughed aloud hearing restaurant/pub/bar owners complain that their businesses were suffering so much with the new laws. I am thinking you’re suffering doesn’t begin to touch that of a family that has lost a child/loved one to drinking and driving.
I think it’s great rides are being offered now; why did you wait? The deaths didn’t matter, but your bottom line does?? When I used to go to Foxes for wing night with adults, sat in the bar, drank alcohol and then wanted an ice water from the tap, it was free. If I went with my family didn’t drink alcohol we had to pay for the water. What was that all about? If you drink booze the water is free, if you don’t you have to pay???? No other place I had ever gone to for wings EVER charged me for water, and I’ve been too many. Your staff didn’t care when I complained about paying for water; apparently it was a “management decision.” For the record that policy seems to have changed; but what were you thinking?
For years we have all heard of people being killed, killing others due to drinking and driving. Did this increase the drinking establishments vigilance in clients being “over served.” From the many people I have seen leaving restaurants/drinking establishments apparently “over served” only applied to those not able to walk without falling over. How many times have we read in the local paper that an accident/death due to drinking and driving occurred right after people left Roosters? How many innocent victims have to die before the drinking establishments take some responsibility? And just before everyone gets all up in arms over the whole "being responsible for our own behaviour" bit. Yes, we as individuals need to make sure we don’t drink and drive, we need to make sure we don’t get in a car with someone who has been drinking and driving but there is an accountability on the business end as well. There is not enough people being cut off when they’ve had too much to drink. There is nothing to encourage people to be the designated driver as there once was. As the person who is usually the “designated driver” I get to pay as much for, or even more for my pop, as my friends do for their drinks. I mean really, how much does it cost a restaurant/pub for soda syrup? Perhaps more people would be willing to be the designated driver if there was some sort of accomodation on the establishment’s part. Maybe that would have been more cost effective in the long run than what is happening now.
How about the constant promotions for “2 for 1” highballs, or drink specials. I am not thinking you’re concerned about the family budget and so are trying to make it so husbands and wives can have a cheap date night. It’s to bring more people in, and keep them staying. For the life of me I can’t even understand why “drink specials” are even allowed. Why on earth do we encourage people to get as much booze as possible for as little money as possible. Most of us, after the tipsy point, aren’t really aware of how much we’ve had until we are slurring our words, and staggering. At this point most of us no longer worry too much about how much we’ve had and we want more. Even worse, in our own minds we are “ok” to drive.
Perhaps if these same establishments had been more pro-active, more concerned about the ravages of drinking and driving it wouldn’t have got to this point. I am not thinking that any family that has lost a loved one due to drinking and driving would be very concerned about your profit margins. Who knows, maybe their loved one would still be alive if anyone had had the moxie to do something about this beforehand.
Already I have heard that a “watered down” version is being suggested. That is how much influence alcohol has on our society. How sad is that, people and businesses complaining that they can’t drink more than one or two when they are out. Truly, my heart bleeds for you…..
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